ST. LOUIS — Dougherty Mortgage LLC has originated a $5.3 million loan for the refinancing of Washington Avenue Apartments, a 95-unit multifamily affordable housing property in St. Louis. The apartments are located at 1133 Washington Ave. The HUD loan includes a 35-year term and a 35-year amortization schedule. Dougherty arranged the refinance loan for Washington Avenue Apartments LP, a Missouri limited partnership.
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MARLBOROUGH, MASS. — FF Realty II LLC, an affiliate of Fairfield Residential, has acquired a 28-acre development site located on Ames Street in Marlborough for an undisclosed price. The buyer plans to develop the land into a 225-unit luxury apartment community of four multi-level buildings.The complex will offer 117 one-bedroom units, 96 two-bedroom units and 12 three-bedroom units. Additionally, the community will feature a clubhouse with pool. Construction is expected to begin later this year. Simon Butler and Biria St. John of CBRE/New England’s capital markets team represented the seller, Marlborough/Northborough Realty Trust, an affiliate of The Gutierrez Company, and the buyer in the transaction.
LARCHMONT, N.Y. — Byron Place Associates plans to start construction this month on The Cambium, a multifamily development in Larchmont.Located at 10 Bryon Place, the property will feature 149 one- and two-bedroom apartment units and a three-level parking garage with more than 270 spaces. The apartments feature custom flooring, gourmet kitchens with stainless steel appliances, and bathrooms with marble and limestone. Community amenities include a 24-hour doorman and onsite concierge, courtyard, fitness center, clubroom and a two-story lobby. Ceres Realty Group will manage the property, which is slated for completion in 2015.
NEW YORK CITY — GFI Realty Services has brokered the sale of 18 West 125th Street in the Central Harlem South section of Manhattan. The five-story, walk-up building offers eight apartment units and a ground-level commercial unit. A local investor bought the property for $3 million, or $375,000 per unit. The property was constructed in 1909 and is within close proximity to the 125th Street subway stations. Jonathan Burland of GFI represented the seller, a local investor, and Ohad Babo, also of GFI, represented the buyer.
HOUSTON — Fountain Residential Partners has broken ground on Campus Vue, a 465-bed off-campus student housing property to serve the University of Houston. The five-story community, which is being constructed on the former site of the Beall Village apartment complex, will offer one-, two- and four-bedroom units, as well as a parking garage, swimming pool, fitness room and fifth-floor overlook of the university campus. Centerpoint Builders is serving as general contractor on the project, and the design team includes 5G Studio Collaborative, Domus Studio Group and Kimley-Horn Associates. Campus Vue is Fountain Residential’s second off-campus student housing property serving the University of Houston, the first being Vue on MacGregor, which is fully preleased for the fall semester of 2015.
PLANO, TEXAS — Mainstreet, Greenbrier Development LLC and Adolfson & Peterson Construction have commenced construction of a new 100-unit, 66,500-square-foot seniors housing property in Plano. Designed by PRDG Architecture, the two-story facility will feature a community room, movie theater, salon, fitness center, game room, spa and four different dining venues. Ninety percent of the community’s apartments will be one-bedroom, private-bath residences. Indiana-based Mainstreet and Dallas-based Greenbrier are partnering on the development, while Adolfson & Peterson Construction is serving as general contractor. The Ensign Group will operate the soon-to-be-named property upon its completion in the first quarter of 2015.
HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIF. — AMCAL Multi-Housing Inc. has broken ground on the 78-unit Oceana Apartments in Huntington Beach. The affordable housing project will be located along Beach Boulevard in the northern part of the city. It is scheduled for completion next year. Oceana Apartments is being developed under a creative partnership with the City of Huntington Beach and TRI Point Homes. This is AMCAL’s fifth affordable housing development in Orange County.
SEATTLE – The 14-unit Thorndyke Apartments in Seattle has sold to a local private investor for $2.2 million. The community is located at 2501 Thorndyke Ave. West. Spencer Clark of Marcus & Millichap’s Seattle office represented both the buyer and seller, a Canadian trust, in this transaction.
MIAMI BEACH, FLA. — CBRE has arranged the sale of eight multifamily properties in the South Beach section of Miami Beach totaling approximately $22.2 million. Boardwalk Properties FL LLC purchased the 113-unit, 69,583-square-foot portfolio from Pepis Corp., Erogol Corp. and Nanshar Corp. The properties are located at 705 Lenox Ave.; 762 Lenox Ave.; 710 Meridian Ave.; 825 Alton Road; 1501-1521 Michigan Ave.; 1600 West Ave.; and 1606 West Ave. Calum Weaver led the CBRE team in representing the sellers in the transaction. Neil Rollnick of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP provided legal representation for the sellers, and Marc Kleiner of Kleiner Law Group provided legal representation for Boardwalk Properties FL LLC.
CHICAGO — Essex Realty Group has brokered the $11.5 million sale of a 46-unit apartment building in Chicago’s Avondale neighborhood. The newly constructed property is located at 2601-2615 W. Belmont Ave. The building consists of two- and three-bedroom duplex apartments ranging from 1,040 to 2,109 square feet. The property also includes an underground parking garage with approximately 49 spaces. Matt Welke and Jason Fishleder were the brokers in the transaction.