RICHMOND, VA. — Capstone Apartment Partners has brokered the $17.5 million sale of Ashton Square Apartments, a 372-unit apartment community located in Richmond. The property, originally built in 1964, was 95.4 percent occupied at the time of sale. Kohn Family Trust purchased Ashton Square from Weinstein Properties for roughly $47,151 per unit. Todd Conner, Jared Alcorn and Beau McIntosh of Capstone represented Weinstein Properties in the transaction.
TUCSON, ARIZ. — HSL Properties has broken ground on the 368-unit Encantada at Tucson National apartment community. The $46-million luxury community is located at 8323 N. Shannon Road. Encantada at Tucson National is scheduled for completion in fall 2016. It will begin leasing this summer. The newest community will join HSL’s existing apartment properties in northwest Tucson, including Encantada at Riverside Crossing, Dove Mountain and Steam Pump. Common amenities at Tucson National include a clubhouse, fitness center, movie theater, indoor/outdoor living space with a professional kitchen, two resort-style pools with a large spa and private cabanas, a complimentary coffee bar and a dog area.
CEDAR PARK & SEAGOVILLE, TEXAS — BMC Capital has provided a $5.9 million acquisition loan for a 100-unit multifamily property located in Cedar Park, a suburb of Austin. BMC has also provided a $588,000 acquisition loan for a 16-unit multifamily located in the Dallas suburb of Seagoville. The first is a five-year loan that includes a 69 percent loan-to-value ratio, a 4 percent fixed interest rate and a 30-year amortization schedule. The second is a seven-year loan that includes a 70 percent loan-to-value ratio, a 4.75 percent interest rate and a 25-year amortization schedule. The loans were arranged through BMC’s correspondent banking relationships.
DALLAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Villas at Montierra, a 28 building, 357-unit apartment property built in 1984 in Dallas. Al Silva of Marcus & Millichap’s Fort Worth office marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a limited liability company located in the state of Washington. Villas at Montierra is located at 1603 John West Road in Dallas just north of I-30. The property was recently renovated with new roofs and exterior paint. The new owners plan to make additional improvements to the interior and exterior of the apartments.
RALEIGH, N.C. — ARA has brokered the sale of Lexington Farms, a 188-unit garden-style apartment community in northwest Raleigh. The property is situated between Rex Healthcare and Crabtree Valley Mall near I-440. Sean Wood, Blake Okland, Dean Smith and John Heimburger of ARA represented the seller, Church Street Partners LLC, a private real estate investment firm based in Raleigh. The buyer, Chicago-based Redwood Capital Group LLC, purchased Lexington Farms for an undisclosed price. The apartment community was 96 percent occupied at the time of sale and 70 percent of the unit interiors were recently renovated. Redwood Capital plans to invest $800,000 to continue the renovations.
NEW YORK CITY — GFI Realty Services has brokered the sale of a multifamily building located at 115 Ocean Ave. in Brooklyn’s Prospect Lefferts Gardens section. The 89-unit building sold for $25.7 million, or $290,000 per unit or $295 per square foot. Erik Yankelovich of GFI represented the seller, a local investor, and the buyer, a local family, in the transaction.
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.
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.
