Multifamily

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ROUND ROCK, TEXAS — ARA Newmark has arranged the sale of Brushy Creek Village, a 112-unit apartment community located in Round Rock, a suburb of Austin. The property was 100 percent occupied at the time of the sale. Andrew Shih and James Young of ARA Newmark represented the seller, Steinmetz Family Trust, in the transaction. NGKF Capital Markets and ARA Newmark’s Patrick Short arranged financing through Freddie Mac on behalf of the buyer, a private investor out of San Diego. Brushy Creek Village is a garden-style community that was constructed in 1984 with brick and wood siding. Community amenities include a pool, laundry facilities, eight-foot ceilings and a washer and dryer connection in select units.

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CHICAGO — Power Construction Co. LLC, along with Ascend Real Estate Group and Intercontinental Real Estate Corp. has broken ground on Niche 905 in Chicago. The 18-story, 202-unit luxury apartment tower will be located at 905 N. Orleans St. Designed by Fitzgerald Associates Architects, the building is expected to obtain LEED certification and will include one-, two- and three-bedroom units. The tower will also include 1,750 square feet of ground-level retail, parking for more than 150 vehicles and storage for 110 bikes, as well as views of Lake Michigan and the downtown skyline. Niche 905 will be located near the Chicago Transit Authority’s Brown, Purple and Red lines. Amenities at Niche 905 include a rooftop pool, spa and sundeck; grilling stations and a fire pit; outdoor bar; community garden; a fitness center with yoga studio; private party room with kitchen; business center; conference room; coffee bar; pet washing station and bike storage and workshop. Unit amenities include quartz countertops, glass tile backsplashes, under-cabinet lighting, plank flooring, 9-foot ceilings, private balconies and washers and dryers. Ascend Real Estate Group and Intercontinental Real Estate Corp. make up the development venture.

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PORT TOWNSEND and BUCKLEY, WASH. — Lancaster Pollard has secured two HUD loans totaling $10.4 million to refinance San Juan Villa, a 32-bed memory care community in Port Townsend, and Heritage House, a 76-unit assisted living and memory care community in Buckley. Both towns are suburbs of Seattle. Oregon-based operator Caring Places Management manages both communities. Each loan is nonrecourse and features a 35-year term. The loans will provide annual debt service savings and fund replacement reserves for ongoing repairs at each property. Matt Lindsay led the transactions for Lancaster Pollard.

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NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sales of three multifamily properties in Brooklyn totaling $7 million. In the first transaction, a limited liability company purchased an eight-unit apartment building, located at 371 Irving Ave. in Brooklyn, for $2.2 million. Shaun Riney, Thomas Shihadeh and Daniel Greenblatt of Marcus & Millichap’s Brooklyn office represented the seller, a private investor, and the buyer in the transaction. In the second deal, a limited liability company purchased a six-unit apartment building, located at 235 Wyckoff Ave. in Brooklyn, for $2 million. Riney, Shihadeh and Greenblatt represented the buyer and the seller, a limited liability company, in the deal. In the final transaction, a private investor acquired a three-unit apartment property, located at 701-703 Grand St. in Brooklyn, for $2.8 million. Riney, James Saros and Michael Salvatico of Marcus & Millichap’s Brooklyn office represented the buyer and the seller, a private investor, in the transaction.

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University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

CHATTANOOGA, TENN. — The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga has broken ground on a new 600-bed, $70 million housing complex. The 231,959-square-foot development on the west side of campus will also include classrooms, a bookstore outlet, dining facility and a demonstration kitchen to help students transition to apartment living. The structure will feature 648 new parking spaces for cars and 22 motorcycle parking spaces. Each room will be wired for gigabyte service, as well as wireless connectivity. The facility is projected to open in fall 2018.

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Antiquity Cornelius

CORNELIUS, N.C. — Capstone Apartment Partners has brokered the $5.2 million sale of a multifamily development site in Cornelius. The site is approved for a 320-unit development. Located at Catawba Avenue and Lawn Market Street, the site was part of Antiquity, a mixed-use community featuring a Harris Teeter store, seniors housing, retail, restaurants and single-family homes. The development site features a swimming pool, 30-acre park, arboretum and athletic fields. Antiquity LLC sold the site to SAG/LIV Development for $16,250 per unit. Austin Green, Alex McDermott, Andrew Klenk and Brian Ford of Capstone brokered the transaction.

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CARBONDALE, ILL. — Love Funding, a lender specializing in HUD loans, has closed an $11.3 million bridge loan for Landings of Carbondale, a 92-unit assisted living and memory care community under development in the southern Illinois city of Carbondale. The loan will fund the transition from construction to permanent financing. Landings of Carbondale will be built on a 6.5-acre site on the northeast side of Carbondale. Fricke Management is developing the site, which The Landings of Carbondale LLC will own. Once completed, Revere Healthcare will operate the community. Love Funding’s Robyn Cunningham, senior director, and Adrian Hartman, director, secured the financing through Midland States Bank.

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BATTLE CREEK, MICH. — Bernard Financial Group has completed a $10 million loan for River Apartments and River Oaks Apartments located in Battle Creek. There are 288 units between the two properties. BC River Oaks Apartments LLC is the borrowing entity. Kevin Kovachevich of Bernard Financial originated the loan through a CMBS lender. River Apartments is a five-building, 120-unit property that was built in 1980. River Oaks Apartments is a seven-building, 168-unit complex that was built in 1976.

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NEW YORK CITY — Related Companies and Oxford Properties Group have closed on $1.3 billion in financing to fund 15 Hudson Yards, the first residential tower at the 28-acre Hudson Yards mixed-use development on Manhattan’s West Side.   Already under construction, the building contains both rental and condominium apartments. The 960,000-square-foot building will be completed in 2018, and sales are expected to begin in mid-2016.   Designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Rockwell Group to obtain LEED Gold certification, 15 Hudson Yards will be 910 feet tall and will include 285 for-sale residences throughout its 70 stories, as well as 106 rental units. The property will offer unobstructed views of the city and Hudson River.   Hudson Yards is being developed by Related Cos. and Oxford Properties Group and will include 17 million square feet of commercial and residential space, more than 100 shops and restaurants, including the first Neiman Marcus in New York City, approximately 5,000 residences, 14 acres of public open space, a new 750-seat public school and a 200-room, Equinox-branded luxury hotel.   15 Hudson Yards will have frontage on the newly created plaza at the center of Hudson Yards and is also adjacent to the …

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PENFIELD, N.Y. — Ready Capital Structured Finance, a nationwide commercial real estate bridge and mezzanine lender, has closed a $17.6 million value-add loan for a multifamily property in Penfield. The loan features a three-year term with a one-year extension and is structured in the stretch senior loan program up to 85 percent loan-to-cost. The property, Penbrooke Meadows, features 350 apartment units. Ready Capital originates, manages and finances non-recourse floating- and fixed-rate loans of up to five years on transitional, value-add and event-driven commercial and multifamily real estate opportunities.

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