NEW YORK CITY — GFI Realty Services has brokered the sale of 18 West 125th Street in the Central Harlem South section of Manhattan. The five-story, walk-up building offers eight apartment units and a ground-level commercial unit. A local investor bought the property for $3 million, or $375,000 per unit. The property was constructed in 1909 and is within close proximity to the 125th Street subway stations. Jonathan Burland of GFI represented the seller, a local investor, and Ohad Babo, also of GFI, represented the buyer.
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HOUSTON — Fountain Residential Partners has broken ground on Campus Vue, a 465-bed off-campus student housing property to serve the University of Houston. The five-story community, which is being constructed on the former site of the Beall Village apartment complex, will offer one-, two- and four-bedroom units, as well as a parking garage, swimming pool, fitness room and fifth-floor overlook of the university campus. Centerpoint Builders is serving as general contractor on the project, and the design team includes 5G Studio Collaborative, Domus Studio Group and Kimley-Horn Associates. Campus Vue is Fountain Residential’s second off-campus student housing property serving the University of Houston, the first being Vue on MacGregor, which is fully preleased for the fall semester of 2015.
HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIF. — AMCAL Multi-Housing Inc. has broken ground on the 78-unit Oceana Apartments in Huntington Beach. The affordable housing project will be located along Beach Boulevard in the northern part of the city. It is scheduled for completion next year. Oceana Apartments is being developed under a creative partnership with the City of Huntington Beach and TRI Point Homes. This is AMCAL’s fifth affordable housing development in Orange County.
SEATTLE – The 14-unit Thorndyke Apartments in Seattle has sold to a local private investor for $2.2 million. The community is located at 2501 Thorndyke Ave. West. Spencer Clark of Marcus & Millichap’s Seattle office represented both the buyer and seller, a Canadian trust, in this transaction.
MIAMI BEACH, FLA. — CBRE has arranged the sale of eight multifamily properties in the South Beach section of Miami Beach totaling approximately $22.2 million. Boardwalk Properties FL LLC purchased the 113-unit, 69,583-square-foot portfolio from Pepis Corp., Erogol Corp. and Nanshar Corp. The properties are located at 705 Lenox Ave.; 762 Lenox Ave.; 710 Meridian Ave.; 825 Alton Road; 1501-1521 Michigan Ave.; 1600 West Ave.; and 1606 West Ave. Calum Weaver led the CBRE team in representing the sellers in the transaction. Neil Rollnick of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP provided legal representation for the sellers, and Marc Kleiner of Kleiner Law Group provided legal representation for Boardwalk Properties FL LLC.
CHICAGO — Essex Realty Group has brokered the $11.5 million sale of a 46-unit apartment building in Chicago’s Avondale neighborhood. The newly constructed property is located at 2601-2615 W. Belmont Ave. The building consists of two- and three-bedroom duplex apartments ranging from 1,040 to 2,109 square feet. The property also includes an underground parking garage with approximately 49 spaces. Matt Welke and Jason Fishleder were the brokers in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — GFI Realty Services has brokered the sale of 529 East 235th Street, a seven-story apartment building located in the Woodlawn section of the Bronx. The 53-unit apartment building sold for $9.3 million or $175,000 per unit. Josh Orlander and Aron Taub of GFI brokered the transaction for both parties. Constructed in 1938, the property is located within close proximity to Woodlawn Metro-North train station, the 233rd Street subway station and Van Cortlandt Park.
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of three multifamily properties totaling 295 units in Corpus Christi. The complexes include the 96-unit Woodlake Apartments at 1901 Rodd Field Road; the 89-unit Bluff Manor Apartments at 2360 Waldron Road; and the 110-unit Country Estate Apartments at 3720 Brookside Drive. Jeff Smith of Marcus & Millichap marketed the assets on behalf of the seller, a limited liability company, and also procured the buyer, another limited liability company.
DENVER – A joint venture between Griffis Residential and PCCP LLC has acquired the 288-unit City Lights apartments in Denver for $40.8 million. The Class A community is located at 325 N. Sable Blvd. in the Aurora submarket, near the Fitzsimons Medical Campus. The apartment complex has been renamed Griffis Fitzsimons South. Griffis will also manage the community. This is the joint venture’s fifth transaction.
BAL HARBOUR, FLA. — A group of banks led by HSBC Holdings PLC has provided a $332 million loan to Consultatio, an Argentine development firm led by Eduardo Costantini. The loan will be used to finance the construction of Oceana Bal Harbour, a 28-story, 240-unit luxury residential tower at 10201 Collins Ave. in Bal Harbour, a village community 12 miles northeast of Miami. The tower is slated for a 2016 completion. Units at Oceana Bal Harbour are selling at an average price of $1,875 per square foot with prices ranging from $3 million to $30 million. Total sales are projected to be in the $1.2 billion to $1.3 billion range. Amenities of the new community will include underground parking, a private poolside restaurant, lap pool and leisure pool with cabanas, movie theater, children’s playroom, fitness center, 24-hour concierge, two tennis courts and a wine cellar.