FORT WAYNE, IND. — Steadfast Income REIT Inc. has acquired Oak Crossing, a 222-unit apartment community in Fort Wayne, Ind., for $24.2 million. The Class A apartment community, built in 2013, consists of garden-style buildings with one-, two- and three-bedroom units. The average monthly in-place rent is $952. Apartment units include private balconies/patios, washer and dryers, walk-in closets and kitchen appliances. Select floor plans come with attached garages, and detached garages are available for rent. Oak Crossing is currently 94 percent occupied. Amenities at the complex include a fitness center, swimming pool, clubhouse with a stone fireplace, business center and grilling area. Oak Crossing is Steadfast Income REIT’s third property in Indiana. The REIT also owns the 268-unit Lodge at Trails Edge in Indianapolis and the 250-unit Sycamore Terrace in Terre Haute.
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INDIANAPOLIS, IND. — Tikijian Associates has brokered the sale of Suncrest Apartments, a 140-unit community in western Indianapolis, to a Geneva, Ill.-based investment group. The sales price was undisclosed, but the property was listed for $4.5 million. The apartment community, built in 1986, is located near I-465 and the Indianapolis International Airport. The buyer plans to upgrade the kitchens and bathrooms to include granite counter and vanity tops, new flooring and appliances. Tikijian Associates represented the seller, JVM Realty Corp., an Oak Brook, Ill.-based privately held real estate investment and management firm.
HILLSIDE, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $670,000 sale of 25 & 29 North Hillside Ave., a 14-unit apartment property located in Hillside, a western suburb of Chicago. The property consists of one and two-bedroom units and features an on-site laundry room and off-street parking. Ryan Engle and Andrean Angelov of Marcus & Millichap’s Chicago Oak Brook office represented the seller, a private investor, and the buyer, another private investor.
BUFFALO, N.Y. — KeyBank has provided $16.3 million in financing for the construction of Mass Ave Community Homes, an affordable multifamily development in Buffalo. The community will include 46 units across a total of 16 scattered sites with nine newly constructed buildings and seven rehabilitated buildings. The buildings will feature one-, two-, three- and four-family residences. Additionally, the community will feature an on-site management office, community space, a computer lab, a laundry facility and a community kitchen. The development is slated for completion in third quarter 2015. The total development budget for Mass Ave Community Homes is $13.4 million. KeyBank provided approximately $10 million in Low Income Housing Tax Credit equity and $6.3 million in a construction loan. Project partners include PUSH Buffalo and Syracuse, N.Y.-based Housing Visions. When complete, the project will provide housing options to families with incomes ranging from 40 to 80 percent below the area median income.
BALDWINSVILLE, N.Y. — NorthMarq Capital has arranged an $11.58 million in refinancing of Center Point at Radisson, a 121-unit multifamily property located in Baldwinsville. The loan has a 10-year term and 30-year amortization schedule. Sam Berns of NorthMarq Capital’s Rochester, N.Y., office arranged the loan for the borrower through its seller/servicer relationship with Freddie Mac.
DRIPPING SPRINGS, TEXAS — JCI Residential has begun work on Belterra Springs, a two-story, 152-unit apartment community in Dripping Springs, which is about 25 miles west of Austin. The nine-acre property will be completed in June 2015 with units ranging from 745 square feet to 1220 square feet. The community’s clubhouse will include a movie theater, 24-hour fitness center, meeting rooms, and a resort-style pool. Unit interiors will have stainless appliances, granite counters in kitchens and baths, faux wood flooring, nickel finish light fixtures and ceiling fans.
DALLAS, TEXAS — Chris Parker of Mark One Capital, a wholly owned subsidiary of Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp., has arranged $3.06 million in debt refinancing for Park Place, an 82-unit multifamily community that was built in the East Dallas submarket in 1974. The loan was structured with a seven-year term and amortizes over 25 years with a fixed interest rate of 4.85 percent. The loan structure includes a 12-month period of interest-only installments. The LTV was 75 percent. “We are seeing a significant trend in the market of increased interest-only loans by lenders and this is driving many opportunities for investors to purchase and reposition properties in the East Dallas submarket,” Parker says.
LOS ANGELES — Trumark Urban has acquired a 151-unit condominium project in Downtown Los Angeles’ South Park neighborhood for $100 million. The community will be located at the corner of West 11th Street and South Grand Avenue. The project was originally entitled in 2007. It stalled during the financial crisis. Trumark plans to complete the design and entitlement processes this year, before breaking ground this January. The condos are scheduled to hit the market in 2016. This is Trumark Urban’s first foray into the Los Angeles market. Trumark Urban is an offshoot of San Francisco Bay Area-based Trumark Companies. The newest iteration now has 10 projects with more than 1,200 residential units in the process between Los Angeles and San Francisco. The total investment cost is more than $750 million. Trumark Urban is also in the middle of purchasing a second condo development site in Downtown Los Angeles. Construction is expected to begin on that project in the third quarter of this year.
RICHMOND, VA. — NorthMarq Capital has arranged $11.6 million to refinance two student housing properties serving students of Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in Richmond. The two communities, NMJ Chesterfield Apartments and Stuart Apartments, total 132 rooms. Charles Cotsalas of NorthMarq Capital’s New York office arranged the 10-year loan with a 30-year amortization schedule through a CMBS lender on behalf of the borrowers, NWJ Chesterfield Apartments LLC and Stuart Apartments LLC.
MACON, GA. — Multi Housing Advisors (MHA) has brokered the sale of Ansley Village, a 294-unit apartment community located at 6435 Zebulon Road in Macon. The property, built in 2008, features a business center, fitness center, pet park, swimming pool, clubhouse, laundry facility, playground and media center. Robert Stickel of MHA’s Atlanta office represented the seller, a joint venture between MAA and Thackeray Partners, in the transaction. The buyer, Bluerock Real Estate LLC, is a national real estate investment firm based in New York City.