OCOEE AND ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. — Landmark Apartment Trust of America Inc., a multifamily REIT, has acquired and rebranded two apartment communities in Florida for $53.2 million. Collectively, the two communities total 826 units and are 94 percent occupied. In the first transaction, Landmark acquired Vizcaya Lakes, a 522-unit property located at 1024 Vizcaya Lake Road in Ocoee, a suburb of Orlando. The community is now known as Landmark at Stafford Landing. In the second transaction, Landmark acquired Avondale by the Lakes, a 304-unit community located at 5473 27th St. South in St. Petersburg. The community is now known as Landmark at Avondale. In July, Landmark acquired 11 multifamily communities totaling 3,586 units in Florida, North Carolina, Texas and Tennessee.
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LOUISVILLE, KY. — PRG Investments has arranged the sale of the 192-unit, Class C Colonial Oaks Apartments in Louisville for $4.3 million. The property is located at 101 Colonial Oaks Court in southern Louisville off Southside Drive. Reed Weinberg and Fred Sutterlin of PRG Investments represented the seller, New York City-based Intervest Bank, in the transaction. Multifamily owner and manager Goldin Management acquired the property from Intervest Bank.
MOUNT PROSPECT, ILL. — McShane Construction Co. has completed construction on Myers Place, a 39-unit supportive apartment complex in Mount Prospect, a northwest suburb of Chicago. The multifamily community provides housing for people with mental and physical disabilities. The four-story, 41,715-square-foot apartment complex is located on a 3.7-acre site at 1585 W. Dempster St. Myers Place includes 21 furnished one-bedroom apartments and 18 studios. An individual who can live independently without assisted care occupies each unit. However, access to available supportive services is located on the first floor of the facility, if required. The first floor of the residential building also features laundry facilities, a computer room, tenant and bicycle storage areas, staff and management services offices, as well as 4,500 square feet of retail. Daveri Development Group LLC and the Kenneth Young Center developed the property. Cordogan, Clark & Associates served as the architect.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA — NorthMarq’s Omaha regional office has arranged a $11.5 million first-mortgage loan for the refinancing of Valley View Apartments in Council Bluffs, located about 10 miles east of Omaha. The 258-unit, market-rate multifamily community is located at 720 Valley View Drive. Jason Kinnison, vice president at NorthMarq, arranged the 20-year, self-amortizing loan. A life insurance company provided the loan.
NEW YORK CITY — Ariel Property Advisors has arranged the $8.3 million sale of six properties, including five multifamily buildings and one vacant lot, in Central Harlem, the Bronx and Brooklyn. The New Sierra Portfolio includes four walk-up buildings at 423 and 439 Lenox Ave., 134 W. 133rd St. and 140-42 W. 133rd St. in Central Harlem that sold for $5.2 million. The properties feature 47 residential units and three retail units. Victor Sozio, Shimon Shkury, Michael Tortorici and Jesse Deutch of Ariel Property Advisors represented the seller, an affordable housing developer and operator, and procured the buyer, ABJ Properties. The fifth multifamily building, located at 868 Faile St. in the Hunts Point section of the Bronx, sold for $2 million. The four-story, 17,860-square-foot building includes 21 apartments. Scot Hirschfield, Shkury, Jason Gold, and Sozio of Ariel Property Advisors marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a private investor, and procured the buyer, a local investor. The vacant lot, located at 1164 Greene Ave. in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn, sold for $1.1 million. The property features 50 feet of frontage and approximately 11,000 buildable square feet. Daniel Tropp, Jonathan Berman and Mark Spinelli of Ariel Property Advisors marketed …
MANSFIELD, TEXAS — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a multifamily brokerage division of Marcus & Millichap, has arranged the sale of Dolce Living at Mansfield, a 334-unit multifamily community south of Fort Worth. The property, located at 370 North State Highway 360 and adjacent to Mansfield National Golf Club, was built in 2012. IPA executive director Will Balthrope and IPA associate director Drew Kile advised seller DLC Residential. The buyer was real estate investment company Advenir.
SAN FRANCISCO — SoMa Studios, a 23-micro-unit apartment building in San Francisco’s South of Market (SoMa) district has sold to a buyer that was in a 1031 exchange for $7.5 million. The community is located at 38 Harriet Street. It is leased to California College of the Arts, which uses the 295-square-foot micro-apartments as a dormitory. CBRE’s Michael Thomas and Toby Costello represented both the buyer and the seller, a partnership led by Patrick Kennedy of Panoramic Interests, in this all-cash transaction.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — Hendricks-Berkadia Real Estate Advisors has arranged the $19.2 million sale of Addison Landing Apartments, a 289-unit multifamily community located at 9455 103rd St. in Jacksonville. The community's amenities include a controlled-access gate, swimming pool, fitness center, business center and 24-hour maintenance services. Cole Whitaker, Hal Warren and Jason Stanton of Hendricks-Berkadia represented the seller, Jacksonville Zone LLC, in the transaction. St. Petersburg, Fla.-based WRH Income Properties acquired the property from Jacksonville Zone.
RICHMOND AND CHESTER, VA. — Arbor Commercial Mortgage LLC has arranged two FHA-insured multifamily loans totaling more than $29 million. Hal Reinauer of Arbor's Boston office arranged a 40-year, $22 million construction loan for Shafer Grace, a planned apartment community in Richmond that will include 152 units. The loan features a 40-year amortization schedule. Planned amenities include a fitness center, roof deck, clubhouse, washer/dryer units, garage parking, storage and Internet, phone and cable included in the rent payments. Reinauer also arranged a 37-year, $7.3 million refinance loan for Chesterfield Gardens Apartments, a 105-unit community in Chester, located 17 miles south of Richmond. The loan features a 37-year amortization schedule. Amenities include a clubhouse, 24-hour fitness center, swimming pool, tennis court and playground.
OLATHE, KAN. — Johnson Capital has arranged a $17.2 million loan for a 227-unit multifamily property in Olathe, about 25 miles south of Kansas City. The borrowers developed Somerset Oaks Apartments, which is located at 813 S. Mur-Len Road, in 1999. Amenities at the complex include a 24-hour fitness center, business center with wireless Internet, clubhouse and a swimming pool with waterfall and wading pool. A life insurance company provided the 25-year, fully amortizing loan. Proceeds of the loan were used to refinance existing debt. Thomas Cohen, principal, and John Schorgl, vice president at the Johnson Capital’s Kansas City office, arranged the loan.