GLASSBORO, N.J. — PRP Real Estate Investment Management has completed the sale of the Park Crest Village Apartments, a garden apartment community located in Glassboro. Chelsea Management purchased the 385-unit property for $23 million. At the time of sale, Park Crest Village was 94 percent occupied, up from 88 percent when PRP originally acquired the property in 2007.
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PHOENIX – Cove on 44th, a 256-unit apartment community in Phoenix, has sold to Cove Phoenix LLC for $7.7 million. The Class B community is located at 4030 N. 44th Ave. It was built in 1983. Bill Hahn, Jeffrey Sherman and Trevor Koskovich of Colliers International’s HSK Multifamily Southwest team represented both the buyer and seller, Cove at 44th LLC, in this transaction.
AUSTIN — ARA has arranged the sale of the Reserve at Walnut Creek, a 284-unit apartment complex built in 2002 in Austin. Pat Jones of ARA represented the seller, a Delaware Statutory Trust, in the transaction. Houston-based Tradewind Properties was the buyer. Premium Property USA Inc. of Switzerland provided equity for the transaction.
DALLAS — Brian Gramlich of BMC Capital’s Dallas office has arranged a $2.7 million purchase loan for an apartment property in Dallas. The five-year loan includes a 3.5 percent interest rate and 25-year amortization schedule. The loan was arranged through one of BMC Capital’s correspondent banking relationships.
ARLINGTON, TEXAS — The Greysteel Co., has arranged the sale of Pioneer Creek, a 213-unit property located at 600 W. Pioneer Parkway in Arlington. Boyan Radic, Doug Banerjee, Andrew Mueller and John Marshall Doss of Washington, D.C.-based Greysteel represented the seller, BJS 600 W. Pioneer Parkway LLC, in the transaction. Korca Realty Investments was the buyer.
MINNEAPOLIS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $2.1 million sale of Amber Court Apartments, a 22-unit apartment property in Minneapolis. Amber Court Apartments is located at 5523 and 5531 Washburn Ave. S. Built in 1959, the building features original woodwork and hardwood flooring, built-in air conditioning units, circuit breakers and a parking garage. Josh Talberg of Marcus & Millichap’s Minneapolis office represented the seller, a private investor. Talberg along with Mox Gunderson and Dan Linnell of Marcus & Millichap’s Minneapolis office represented the buyer, a limited liability company.
NEW YORK CITY — Ariel Property Advisors has arranged the sale of the Morrisania multifamily portfolio, a 17-building portfolio located in the Morrisania section of the Bronx. The 676-unit portfolio, which includes one vacant lot, sold for $85.5 million. The 17 buildings total 674,565 gross square feet and are clustered in an area between 165th and 169th streets and Sheridan and Clay avenues. Shimon Shkury, Victor Sozio, Michael Tortorici, Scot Hirschfield and Jason Gold of Ariel Advisors represented the seller, a developer and multifamily operator, and procured the buyer, an affordable housing operator, in the transaction. The new ownership plans to maintain the affordability of the portfolio, which consists of Project Based Section 8 buildings operating under HAP agreements.
NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of an apartment building, located at 974 Saint Nicholas Ave. in Manhattan’s Washington Heights neighborhood. The asset sold for $15.5 million, or $330,000 per unit. Located between 159th and 160th streets, the six-story property features 33 market-rate units, 13 rent-stabilized apartments and one rent-controlled unit. Recent renovations to the building include new parapets, new elevator and mechanicals, new stone flooring through the common areas, new hallway lighting and a full roof replacement. Additionally, the units have been upgraded with new wood floors, new plumbing and electrical, stainless steel appliances and granite countertops. Peter Von Der Ahe, Scott Edelstein, Seth Glasser and Rafi Moskowitz of Marcus & Millichap’s Manhattan office represented both the seller and the buyer in the transaction.
WILMINGTON, DEL. — NAI Emory Hill has arranged the sale of a warehouse building, located at 1320 Clifford Brown Walk in downtown Wilmington. 1320 CBW LLC purchased the four-story, 83,000-square-foot building, which is situated on two acres of riverfront property along the Brandywine River. The owner plans to convert the property into an 80-unit residential development called The Lofts at Clifford Brown Walk. The building was formerly home to Iron Mountain, Security Archives & Storage Company, and Kaumagraph. Jon Hicky of NAI Emory Hill Real Estate Services represented the seller, Sasco Realty Too Inc., in the transaction. Brett DiClemente of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank represented the buyer, which is an affiliate of Chatham Bay Group, a Wilmington-based development company.
BROOKHAVEN, GA. — Colliers International has brokered the sale of The Clairmont, a 288-unit apartment community located at 3078 Clairmont Road in Brookhaven, a northeast suburb of Atlanta. New York-based GFI Capital Resources Group Inc. sold the asset to an affiliate of Equus Capital Partners Ltd., which will rename the property Madison Brookhaven. Equus plans to invest $3 million in capital improvements to the property, which was 95 percent occupied at the time of sale. The apartment community features a clubhouse, fitness center, two pools and a dog park. Equus affiliate Madison Apartment Group will manage the property. Ron Cameron and Will Matthews of Colliers International’s Atlanta office represented GFI Capital in the transaction.