CHICAGO — Essex Realty Group Inc. has arranged the $690,000 sale of an apartment property in Chicago. The 25-unit courtyard building is located at 7038 S. Chappel Ave. in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood. The property is situated just one half-block from the intersection of the 71st Street commercial corridor and Jeffery Boulevard. Doug Imber and Bob O’Connell of Essex represented the seller and Jordan Gottlieb of Essex represented the buyer in the transaction.
MESA, ARIZ. — A joint venture between Domain Acquisitions and BH Equities has acquired the 472-unit Midtown on Main Apartments in Mesa for $35 million. The Class B community is located at 2121 West Main Street. Midtown is situated southeast of the Loop 101 and 202 interchange, and west of Dobson Road. It is located directly on the Metro Light Rail line that connects Mesa to Tempe, Sky Harbor International Airport and Metro Phoenix. Common-area amenities include a 10,000-square-foot recreation facility with indoor basketball and racquetball courts, three swimming pools, sand volleyball court, covered children’s play area and gas barbecue facilities. The seller was Bay Club Partners. The transaction was executed by Cindy and Brad Cooke of the Colliers Cooke Team.
SPARKS, NEV. – The Villagio Apartments, a 40-unit multifamily property in Sparks, has sold to an unnamed buyer for $2.8 million. The community is located at 1850-1852 Merchant Street. It was built in 1979 and is fully occupied. The seller, a limited liability company, was represented by Kenneth N. Blomsterberg and Ryan Rife of Marcus & Millichap’s Reno office.
NORTH LAUDERDALE, FLA. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has brokered the sale of The Cove at Parrot’s Landing, a 152-unit multifamily community located at 7575 Hampton Blvd. in North Lauderdale, a city in Broward County. CFH Group purchased the asset from Brass Enterprises for an undisclosed amount. Constructed in 1997, units at The Cove at Parrot’s Landing include separate laundry rooms with full-size washer and dryer, walk-in closets, track lighting and balconies with storage closets. Still Hunter III of IPA represented the seller in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Alpha Realty has brokered the sales of three multifamily properties located in Brooklyn and East New York totaling $3.24 million. In the first transaction, a multifamily investor purchased a three-story, nine-unit apartment building located at 200 28th St. in Brooklyn’s Greenwood Heights section. The 6,000-square-foot building sold for $1.4 million. In the second deal, an investor acquired a 642 Vermont St. in Brooklyn’s East New York area for $995,000. The three-story property features six apartments and one commercial unit. Additionally, 2162 Fulton St., located in Brooklyn, sold for $850,000. The property consists of four apartment units and one store. Lev Mavashev, Jacob Aronov and Adam Traub of Alpha Realty represented all parties in the off-market transactions.
LONG BEACH, CALIF. — Sares Regis has acquired the 158-unit Pine@Sixth apartment community in Long Beach for an undisclosed sum. The community is located at 595 Pine Ave. As its name suggests, Pine@Sixth is situated at the corner of Sixth Street and Pine Avenue in the North Pine district. It was built in 1986. The community also includes 8,661 square feet of ground-floor retail space. The property’s previous owner, UDR, originally acquired the asset with the intention of converting it into condos before the recession hit. Pine@Sixth will undergo a significant capital improvement program to improve its mechanical systems, as well as update the exterior and façades. The courtyard space will also be converted into an “entertainment and social space [that] will include a fire pit, water feature, landscaping improvements and expanded outdoor kitchen space,” according to Sares Regis. The leasing center will also be relocated, the fitness facility will be refurbished and one of the community’s laundry facilities will be converted into a dog-wash station. This is the ninth apartment community purchased by Sares Regis Multifamily Fund I. The fund deployed $114 million for a total capitalization of more than $329 million. The fund acquired properties in Seattle, Denver, …
BROOMFIELD, COLO. – Asher Investments has acquired the 297-unit Alta Harvest Station apartment community in Broomfield for an undisclosed sum. The community is located at the southeast corner of Wadsworth Boulevard and 118th Avenue. Alta Harvest was just completed in late 2014. It is currently 93 percent leased. The new development was modeled after the 280-unit Alta Aspen Grove in Littleton, which was also developed by Wood Partners. That property now operates as Berkshire Aspen Grove. Common-area amenities at Alta Harvest include a resort-style swimming pool, outdoor fireplace, lawn courtyard, dog park and wash, bicycle/ski repair shop, plaza with seating and water features, fitness center, yoga/serenity room and a business center. Wood Partners dedicated 1.4 acres of the site as public land. Part of this land was turned into a one-acre pocket park. A half-acre urban trail along the east and south edges of the development connects to the future light rail stop. It also created a pedestrian route that accesses the RTD Regional Transit Station at West 116th Avenue. Wood Partners acted as the general contractor on Alta Harvest, while Womack Hampton served as the architect.
LAFAYETTE, IND. – Mainstreet and Trilogy Health Services will open The Springs at Lafayette, a 66,786-square-foot transitional care (short-stay rehabilitation and therapy) and assisted living facility in Lafayette. The property is located at 2402 S. St. Construction started on The Springs at Lafayette in April 2014 and the property is tentatively scheduled to open by the first week of February. The Springs at Lafayette will include 100 beds and will provide hospitality-oriented care with amenities such as a therapy gym, an outdoor rehabilitation courtyard, a movie theatre, a game room, a spa, an on-site chef and more. The project, which represents a total investment of $14 million in the community, created more than 350 construction jobs and 120 part-time and full-time jobs. Mainstreet is the developer and owner of The Springs at Lafayette and Trilogy will operate the facility.
EULESS, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Oakwood Crest Apartment Homes, a 96-unit apartment property located in Euless. John Barker of Marcus & Millichap’s Fort Worth office marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a private investor. Barker and Alexander Skotarek, also of the firm’s Fort Worth office, represented the buyer, a private investor. Oakwood Crest Apartment Homes is located at 307 Martha St. The property features five, one-story buildings, one, two-story building and includes 96 units.
ATHENS, GA. — Landmark Properties has begun construction on The Mark, a 928-bed student housing project with 38,400 square feet of retail space and 41,000 square feet of Class A office space. Located adjacent to the campus of the University of Georgia at the intersection of Oconee and Broad streets in downtown Athens, The Mark will offer 14 different floor plans including studios, one-, two-, three-, four- and five-bedroom apartments. The Mark will provide students with an amenity package that includes a clubhouse, fitness facilities, a golf simulator, racquetball court, indoor basketball court, tanning beds, computer lab with private and group study rooms and an Internet café. A rooftop resident center will feature a large fitness center overlooking a two-tiered rooftop pool with cabanas, a Jumbotron, outdoor grilling areas and a stadium-view rooftop lounge. The top level will also feature a “VIP” floor with private rooftop patios and a select number of private hot tubs. A Landmark subsidiary, Landmark Construction, will serve as the project’s general contractor. Niles Bolton Associates is the architecture firm and Williams & Associates is the engineering firm.
