GLOUCESTER, N.J. — Boston Capital has provided a $2.6 million mortgage financing for Revere Run at Park Place, an 80-unit multifamily development, in Gloucester, located about eight miles east of Philadelphia. The fixed-rate, two-year loan carries a 15-year term. Located on eight acres, Revere Run at Park Place will feature 15 one-bedroom, 41 two-bedroom and 24 three-bedroom units in six three-story buildings. Units will include central air conditioning, dishwashers and high-speed Internet.
SAN PEDRO, CALIF. – The 107-unit La Corona Del Mar Apartments in San Pedro has received $6 million in refinancing. The loan features a 3.87 percent interest rate, a 10-year, fixed-rate term and 10 years of interest-only payments. It was originated by Don Frankman of Alliant Capital LLC.
MIAMI — Bar Invest Group, a Miami-based private capital group, has acquired three apartment properties on South Beach at 1348 Drexel Ave., 1135 8th St. and 951 Jefferson Ave. for $5.5 million. The properties total 39 units. The deal is the fourth multifamily transaction that CBRE Private Capital Group has brokered the sale of in the past 12 months. All of the sales were to foreign buyers. Calum Weaver of CBRE represented the seller, Bleu Lionn Capital, in the transaction. According to Weaver, pricing is on the rise due to limited investment opportunities on Miami Beach and a competitive appetite among investors.
KANSAS CITY — Steadfast Income REIT has acquired the Library Lofts East, two conjoined apartment buildings totaling 119 units in Kansas City’s redeveloped Library District, for $12.7 million. The property is located at 1004 Baltimore Ave. It includes the 10-story Dwight Building, which was built in 1923, and the six-story 1906-built Burnap Building. Both buildings were retrofitted and renovated in 2003. The buildings feature a collection of one- and two-bedroom loft-style apartments with original hardwood floors, large windows, spacious closets and skylights. David Gaines and Alex Blagojevich of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a Kansas City-based developer.
NEW YORK CITY — A group of investors has sold 193 Buffalo Avenue, a five-story, 9,100-square-foot apartment building in Brooklyn, for $1.1 million. The 10-unit multifamily property was built in 1910 and has had the same owners for more than 20 years. Shlomo Antebi of GFI Realty Services Inc. represented the seller. Joseph Landau of GFI Realty Services represented the buyer, a local investor, in the transaction.
GLENDALE, COLO. — 341-unit Solana Cherry Creek development in Glendale has received joint venture equity through an institutional investor. The funds will finance the Class A community's construction. It is scheduled for completion in 2016. Pat Burger, Josh Simon, Jordan Robbins and Husayn Hasan of HFF arranged the financing on behalf of MKS Residential LLC.
MIAMI, FLA. — The Harvard House Apartments, a formerly distressed North Miami Beach complex, has reopened following a renovation. Developers Carrfour Supportive Housing and the National Housing Trust partnered to redevelop the property into a 140-unit affordable housing community using $8 million in federal funds supported by HUD's Neighborhood Stabilization Program. The program revitalizes communities that have been negatively impacted by properties that were foreclosed upon or abandoned as a result of the recession. Harvard House is located at 2020 N.E. 169th St.
POMPANO BEACH, FLA. — CBRE has arranged a $10.4 million Freddie Mac loan for the refinancing of Palm Island Apartments, a 402-unit multifamily property at 401 N.W. 34th St. in Pompano Beach. The property was constructed in 1974 and is fully leased. The community consists of 13 two-story buildings and one clubhouse spanning 17 acres. Amenities include a laundry facility in each building, swimming pool, two tennis courts and a playground. Charles Foschini, Christian Lee and Christopher Apone of CBRE arranged the 10-year loan with a fixed interest rate below 4 percent on behalf of the borrower, Sample APTS LLC.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — MAC Realty Advisors has arranged a $28.6 million construction loan for the development of Kalorama West, a 117-unit apartment building in the Adams Morgan neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The borrower is a joint venture between Columbia General Corp. and Potomac Investment Properties. The sponsor developed and owned the adjacent 394-unit Dorchester House. Kalorama West is an expansion of the existing apartment building, which will be built on Dorchester House's surface parking lot. Construction of the five-story building is expected to begin next month, with completed slated for the first quarter of 2015. Andrew McAllister, Bruce Levin, Britton Browne and Nick Rubenstein led the MAC Realty team that arranged the loan through a national bank.
BLOOMINGTON, ILL. — Love Funding has arranged a $19.8 million HUD 223(f) loan for the refinancing of Wingover Apartments, a market-rate apartment community in Bloomington, located about 72 miles north of Springfield. The refinancing will allow the property owners to take on needed repairs and consolidate four separate mortgages into a non-recourse, fixed-rate loan with a term of 35 years. The ownership group includes Illinois State University graduate Darren Rogers and his business partners Donald Franke and Harold Hoeferle. Wingover Apartments was built in four stages between 2006 and 2009, and consists of 19 two- and three-story buildings and 250 apartment units. Love Funding Midwest regional director Bruce Gerhart secured the financing.
