Multifamily

NEWARK, DEL. — A fund managed by Sentinel Real Estate Corp. has acquired The Apartments at Pike Creek, a 264-unit garden-style complex in Newark. The complex is situated on 19 acres and contains 11 three- and four-story buildings. Amenities include a swimming pool, tennis court, fitness center with sauna and a car care center. The community is located near I-95 and is 40 miles south of Philadelphia. Karen Iman, Brian Whitmer, Andrew Merin and Anthony Liberto of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Henderson Global, in the transaction. They also procured the buyer.

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WARMINSTER, PA. — J.G. Petrucci Co. has secured a $34 million loan for The Station at Bucks County, a newly completed, 233-unit apartment community in Warminster, a suburb of Philadelphia. Jon Mikula led the HFF team that arranged the 10-year, fixed-rate loan through Webster Bank. In 2011, HFF also arranged a $32 million construction loan for the borrower through Webster Bank. The Station at Bucks County is located at 330 Jacksonville Road and contains 19 buildings. Amenities include a clubhouse, fitness center and pool.

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SAN ANTONIO — A partnership between Dallas-based MedProperties Holdings and Dallas-based Suntex Development, the development arm of Suntex Ventures LLC, has made an equity investment for the development of a 60-unit, 56,313-square-foot assisted living/memory care facility, located at the intersection of Lakeside Parkway and Cable Ranch Road in San Antonio. The facility will house 42 assisted living units and 18 memory care units. Austin-based TRISUN Healthcare will operate the facility, which will be designed by Austin-based DFD Architects and constructed by San Antonio-based Metropolitan Contracting Co. The unnamed facility is slated for a summer 2013 completion.

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DALLAS — Construction has begun on the 276-unit 4110 Fairmount, an upscale multifamily community located in the Oak Lawn/Uptown submarket of Dallas, an infill area near the intersection of Maple and Oak Lawn avenues. The development plans include the demolition of 1960s-era housing on Throckmorton Street. The community will be a four-story residential building wrapped around a five-story parking garage and will include 23 three-story townhomes with attached two-car garages. Amenities will include a cyber cafe, business center, fitness center, virtual game room, two luxury swimming pools, and a dog-amenity station. Trammell Crow Residential is partnering with Behringer Harvard to develop the community, and an affiliate of Trammell Crow will serve as the general contractor.

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CEDAR PARK — ARA has brokered the sale of the 416-unit Middle Brook Gardens, a multifamily community located at 335 Cypress Creek Road in Cedar Park. The community's amenities include two resort-style swimming pools, heated spa, fitness center, playground, sand volleyball court and a pond. The property is 97 percent occupied. Patton Jones of ARA's Austin office represented the seller, Baltimore-based Alex Brown Realty Inc., in the transaction. Newton, Mass.-based Northland Investment Corp. was the buyer.

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ARLINGTON — HFF has secured nearly $16 million in financing for Sunset Point and Springmist Apartment Homes, two multifamily communities totaling 408 units. Sunset Point and Springmist are located at 2015 and 2004 Randy Snow Road in Arlington, close to the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport. The properties are 97 percent occupied. John Brownlee of HFF arranged the 10-year loan through Freddie Mac on behalf of the borrower, Pure Multi-Family REIT. Loan proceeds were used to acquire the properties.

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HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. – The 56-unit El Royale apartment community in Hollywood has sold for $29.5 million. The community is located at 450 North Rossmore Ave. It was originally built in 1929. The buyer’s acquisition team included Kamran Hakim, a developer and investor, and Farhad Eshaghpour, a real estate professional. The seller, a family trust that had owned El Royale for more than 50 years, was represented by Ron Harris, Stewart I. Weston and Joseph Smolen of Institutional Property Advisors.

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AURORA, COLO. – The 320-unit Vistas at Saddle Rock apartment community in Aurora has sold to Advenir for $45.2 million. This is the highest price per unit ever paid for a multifamily asset in Aurora, according to ARA, which represented the seller, Bascom Group, in this transaction. The community was built in 2002 and updated in 2009 and 2010. It is currently 95 percent leased. Bascom was represented by principals Terrance Hunt, Shane Ozment, Doug Andrews and Jeff Hawks.

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LADY LAKES, FLA. — Orlando, Fla.-based CNL Healthcare Trust and Vero Beach, Fla.-based Harbor Retirement Associates (HRA) have broken ground on the $21.6 million HarborChase of Village Crossing, an assisted living community on Route 441 across from The Villages Regional Hospital in Lady Lakes. The community will include a two-story building with 96 units and approximately 91,000 square feet of space. HRA will provide management services upon the community’s completion in late 2013.

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LAKE WORTH, FLA. — An 18-acre parcel of land at 4411 S. Congress Ave. in Lake Worth has sold for $2 million to Morguard Coral Lakes LLC, an affiliate of Kenner, La.-based Morguard Management Co., that is approved for 169 townhouses. FCB Palm Beach Holdings LLC, an affiliate of Florida Community Bank, sold the site that is located west of Palm Beach State College and north of JFK Medical Center. Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Brenner Real Estate Group’s Reese Stigliano represented Morguard Coral Lakes and the seller was self-represented.

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