WASHINGTON, D.C. — Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services has arranged the sale of La Reine Apartments, a 95-unit apartment building, located at 5425 Connecticut Ave. NW in Washington, D.C. The building sold for approximately $17 million. Ari Firoozabadi of Marcus & Millichap's Washington, D.C. office represented the seller, B Kline Family LLC, and the buyer, Kossow Management Corp.
SAN ANTONIO — Embrey Construction has broken ground on Pearl Brewery's 300-unit Can Plant Apartments, a multifamily community located at 503 Avenue A in San Antonio. The development will include a resort-style swimming pool, parking garage, health club and social lounge. An affiliate of San Antonio-based Silver Ventures is developing the property, which is designed to achieve the 2008 National Green Building standard. The property is slated for a third quarter 2012 delivery.
INGLEWOOD, CALIF. — The 36-unit 524 Venice Way apartment complex in Inglewood has sold to Lazy J Bar Z, LLC from Shree Ram Ven, LP for $4,350,000. It sold at a 6.5 percent cap rate. Lazy J Bar Z was represented by Michael McKinney and Steffan Braunlich of Hendricks & Partners’ new South Bay, Calif., office.
SOUTH BEND, IND. —Memphis-based Education Realty Trust has purchased Irish Row, a collegiate housing community adjacent to the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind. for $27.5 million in cash. The community consists of 127 units in two-, three-, and four-bedroom styles. The community is fully leased for the 2011-2012 academic year.
KELLER — Santa Ana, Calif.-based Daymark Realty Advisors has secured a $21.4 million bridge loan for the 273-unit Enclave on Golden Triangle, a garden-style multifamily community located at 5001 Golden Triangle Blvd. in Keller. The 6-month loan was originated by Berkadia Commercial Mortgage.
MONROVIA, CALIF. – The 36-unit Wellesley Court apartment community has sold to 208-210 W Lemon Ave, LLC, for $4,550,000. The complex was built in 1963 and will undergo renovations initiated by the buyer over the next 18 months. The buyer also assumed a five-year, fixed-rate loan with a 6.28 percent interest rate. Peter M. Hauser and Steven C. Brombal of Hendricks & Partners’ Newport Beach, Calif., office represented the seller, Wagon Wheel Village.
SPRING HILL, FLA. — Oak Grove Capital has secured a $16 million Fannie Mae supplemental loan for the 205-unit The Residences at Timber Pines, located at 3140 Forest Rd. in Spring Hill. The loan was provided to refinance the recourse construction loan used by the facility's sponsor, Chaska, Minn.-based The Goodman Group, to construct a 78-unit expansion. The 10-year loan has a 30-year amortization schedule.
ATLANTA AND LAWRENCEVILLE, GA. — Atlanta-based Pollack Shores Real Estate Group has purchased the 268-unit Oxford Springs in Atlanta and the 288-unit Oxford Oak in Lawrenceville from Oxford Properties for $49.1 million. Oxford Springs is located at 100 Ridgebrook Way NE in Atlanta and Oxford Oak is located at 405 Philip Blvd. in Lawrenceville. ARA represented the seller in the transaction.
ORLANDO, FLA. — Beech Street Capital has provided an $11.2 million Freddie Mac CME loan to refinance the 318-unit Woodhollow Apartments, located at 5739 Kingsgate Dr. in Orlando. Jacob Katz of Meridian Capital Group's Bethesda, Md., office originated the transaction. The loan has a 10-year term.
BOSTON — Construction crews have broken ground on The Kensington, a $170 million residential tower in Boston. The 488,000-square-foot tower, located at 659 Washington St., includes 381 rental apartments and 2,300 square feet of ground retail space. The development team includes Boston-based Kensington Investment Co., National Development and equity partner Northwest Mutual. Suffolk Construction is the contractor for the project and the architectural firm is The Architectural Group. Construction is scheduled for completion in summer 2013.
