SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. — River City Bank has provided a $15 million loan for the refinancing of Villa Montaña, a 208-unit apartment complex located at 11350 E. Sahuaro Drive in Scottsdale. Built in 1986, the property offers one- and two-bedroom units and amenities such as a pool, fitness center and a 24-hour laundry room. Mark Plenge and Grant Robertson of Walker & Dunlop arranged the fixed-rate loan on behalf of the borrower, The Al Angelo Co.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based investment firm Benchmark Real Estate Group has acquired a 62-unit apartment building located at 194 E. 2nd St. in Manhattan’s East Village area for $43 million. The elevator- and doorman-served building was constructed in 1999 and houses one-, two-, four- five- and six-bedroom units as well as 10,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Joe Koicim, Logan Markley and Matt Berger of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, Skyline Developers, which purchased the building in 2000, in the transaction.
WICHITA, KAN. — The Annex Group is underway on the development of Union at Purple Heart Trail, a $61 million affordable housing community in Wichita. The property will offer 240 units for households whose income level is at or below 60 percent of the area median income. Completion is slated for early 2026. The project will encompass two four-story buildings surrounded by landscaping and open space. Amenities will include a community center with fitness center, media center, business center, outdoor gazebo, playground, dog park, walking path and picnic areas. Project partners include: HDJ as the architect; Baughman for civil engineering, surveying and planning; Summit LIHTC Consulting; the City of Wichita, which provided incentives and $45.4 million in tax-exempt bonds; and Kansas Housing Resources Corp., which issued the tax credit award. Aegon Asset Management provided $26.8 million in federal tax credit equity and $18.4 million in state tax credit equity, and Bank of America provided $45.5 million in construction financing. Merchants Capital provided $14.4 million for the project.
NEW YORK CITY — New York City-based developer TF Cornerstone is nearing completion on 2-20 and 2-21 Malt Drive, a 1.4 million-square-foot apartment complex in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens. At full build-out, the project will deliver 1,386 apartments across two buildings, as well as retail space and a public park. 2-20 and 2-21 Malt Drive are situated on Malt Drive, a new city street that was named as a nod to the site’s history as a sugar cane processing facility that later became a beer distribution center. The project is located within the 30-acre Hunter’s Point South mixed-use development. The South building at 2-20 Malt Drive will rise 33 stories and feature 575 units. The adjacent North building will comprise 811 apartments across two towers at 2-21 Malt Drive. Thirty percent of units at both buildings will be set aside as affordable housing, which will be leased at 130 percent of the area median income. The buildings were designed by SLCE Architects. Planned amenities include on-site parking, bicycle storage, co-working space, children’s playrooms, lounges, fitness centers, shared laundry rooms as well as in-unit washers & dryers, roof decks with BBQ grills, sundecks and courtyards. 2-20 Malt Drive will also …
HOUSTON — A joint venture between the principals of Westmont Hospitality Group, STOA Architects and DC Partners has delivered Torrey Chase Apartments, a 280-unit affordable housing project in North Houston. The property consists of five buildings that house one- and two-bedroom units that are reserved for households earning 60 percent or less of the area median income. Amenities include a pool, outdoor grilling and dining stations, a dog park and a children’s play area. Frank & Hill Architects designed Torrey Chase, which was 75 percent preleased as of the grand opening ceremony in April.
BOERNE, TEXAS — Capital advisory firm David B. Norton Inc. has arranged $18.7 million in construction and equity financing for a 125-unit multifamily project in Boerne, a northwestern suburb of San Antonio. The building will rise four stories and total 98,000 square feet of rentable space. Units will come in studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans and feature an average size of 782 square feet. Construction is set to begin immediately and last about 18 months. The borrower and direct lender were not disclosed.
GLENDALE, ARIZ. — JLL has arranged an undisclosed amount of financing for Inspira Arrowhead, a newly constructed seniors housing property in Glendale. Inspira Arrowhead is a three-story building that spans 187,393 square feet and totals 165 units. The borrowers are funds managed by affiliates of Fortress Investment Group LLC and COGIR Senior Living. Alanna Ellis and Alex Sheaffer led the JLL team on the transaction. The direct lender was also not disclosed.
SAN DIEGO — Community HousingWorks (CHW) has completed Puesta del Sol Apartments, a 59-unit affordable seniors housing project in the Linda Vista neighborhood of San Diego. Residences are reserved for households earning 30 to 60 percent of the area median income, and the community has been awarded 59 project-based vouchers to ensure access for the most income-vulnerable residents. Additionally, six of the 59 vouchers will serve chronically homeless.The community only offers one-bedroom apartments, plus a two-bedroom manager unit. The San Diego Housing Commission provided a below-market-rate loan and project-based vouchers for the development. Additional funding was provided by construction and permanent lender Chase Bank (as a successor to First Republic Bank). Red Stone Equity Partners is an equity investor in the project. The California Tax Credit Allocation Committee provided 9 percent tax credits, and the city of San Diego waived $144,000 in permit fees. The locally based development team included general contractor Sun Country Builders, architectural firm Studio E Architects, civil engineering firm Project Design Consultants and landscape architect Schmidt Design Group Inc. Onsite services for residents are provided by CHW services partner, LifeSTEPS.
DENVER — NorthPeak Commercial Advisors has brokered the sale of The Glenwood, a 24-unit multifamily property located at 1280 Albion St. in Denver. The sales price was $6.1 million, or $254,166 per unit. Greg Johnson and Connor Piretti of NorthPeak Commercial Advisors represented the seller in the transaction, and Compass Realty represented the buyer. Both parties requested anonymity.
SALEM, ORE. — Colorado-based investment firm Brinkman Real Estate has purchased Autumn Woods Apartments & Townhomes in Salem. The newly constructed, 10-building property offers two- and three-bedroom apartments and townhomes. Units feature private yards, patios and attached garages, as well as individual washers and dryers. Jason Bond and Grant Bailey of Berkadia provided an undisclosed amount of Fannie Mae acquisition financing for the deal. The seller and sales price were also not disclosed.
