NEW YORK CITY — Pace University has entered into an agreement for the development of new student housing at 180 Broadway near the school's main Manhattan campus. The school is partnering with a joint venture between SL Green Realty Corp., Jeff Sutton and Harel Insurance & Finance to develop a 24-story building. Upon completion in 2013, Pace University will acquire a long-term ground lease condominium interest for 20 floors of the building, which will contain 600 beds of student housing. The joint venture will control the lower four floors, which will contain retail space. The new student housing will replace leased dormitory facilities Pace operates in Brooklyn Heights. Law firm Stroock & Stroock & Lavan represented Pace University in the transaction.
Multifamily
DALLAS AND HOUSTON — An affiliate of San Antonio-based USAA Real Estate Co. has entered into a joint venture agreement with Gables Residential to develop Class A multifamily properties at urban infill sites as well as purchase an interest in several of Gables' best-in-class stabilized properties. The development and acquisitions have the capacity to equal more than $400 million of Class A multifamily assets. Two of the first three stabilized properties under development include Gables Fairmount, which will comprise 333 apartments in Dallas' Uptown neighborhood, and Gables Bering, which will consist of 306 apartments and 11,200 square feet of retail space in Houston.
SAN ANTONIO — Memphis, Tenn.-based Mid-America Apartment Communities, an apartment-only REIT, has acquired the 340-unit Alamo Ranch apartment community, located in the Westover Hills corridor of northwest San Antonio. Completed in 2009, Alamo Ranch is part of a newly developed mixed-use, master-planned community with more than 900,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space, anchored by JC Penney and Lowe's Home Improvement Warehouse. Amenities at the gated Alamo Ranch include nine-foot ceilings, attached garages and a resort-style pool.
ADDISON — Tom Burns, Jay Gunn and Tom Warren of Hendricks & Partners' Dallas office have represented Frisco-based Hall Financial Group in its sale of a three-property apartment portfolio totaling 628 units in Addison. Bent Tree Brook, located at 4820 Westgrove Dr., Bent Tree Fountains, located at 16400 Ledgemont Ln., and Bent Tree Oaks, located at 4815 Westgrove Dr., have been sold to a joint venture between Crossbeam Capital and Concierge Asset Management. The buyers plan to invest $5.9 million to upgrade the properties.
LOS ANGELES — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the nearly $5.47 million sale of a 68-unit apartment property located in the North Hills area of Los Angeles. The brokerage firm’s Jeff Louks represented the limited-liability-company seller in the transaction.
MARIETTA, GA. — Atlanta-based Cortland Partners has purchased Highland Court, an apartment community located on Allgood Road in Marietta. The 152-unit property was acquired from a Florida-based bank, which foreclosed on the property last year, for $2.6 million. Cortland plans to invest $800,000 in the property for improvements. The property offers two- and three-bedroom townhomes. Planned renovations include new roofs, exterior paint, landscaping, signage and utility repairs. The acquisition was financed by Douglasville, Ga.-based MetroBank.
NEW YORK CITY — First Market Properties has acquired a non-performing loan portfolio. The portfolio contains 25 mortgages secured by multifamily communities located in Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx. First Market acquired the portfolio for $11.53 million at a discount of approximately 35 percent on the current unpaid principal.
HOUSTON – Mediterra at Westchase, a 312-unit, 250,014-square-foot multifamily property located at 3131 Hayes Rd., between Westheimer Road and Richmond Avenue, in Houston has changed hands. Miami-based Alterra Capital Group sold the property to Houston-based Mosaic Residential for an undisclosed amount. Matthew Kesterson of Marcus & Millichap’s Vero Beach, Fla., office and Jeffrey Fript of the firm’s Houston office represented the seller. Marcus & Millichap also represented the buyer. Mediterra at Westchase is comprised of 21 two-story buildings built in 1980 on approximately 10.5 acres. It features one-, two- and three-bedroom units.
ORLANDO, FLA. —Milestone Properties has purchased Osprey Links at Hunter's Creek, which is located at 13931Osprey Links Road in Orlando for $39.5 million. Renovated in 2004 and 2007, the CORE, Class A property features 424 garden-style apartment units. At the time of acquisition, the property was 93 percent occupied. Jeff Morris, Jubeen Vaghefi, Denny St. Romain and Steve Echelson of Jones Lang LaSalle brokered the transaction. The seller was not disclosed.
PENSACOLA, FLA. — J.I. Kislak has acquired three multifamily properties from Miami-based Ocean Beach for an undisclosed price. The recently foreclosed properties, which are located in Pensacola, offer a total of 481 apartment units. The assets include Villas at Jasmine Creek, Villas at Jasmine Fields and all rental units from Villas at Jasmine Park. The buyer has significant renovations planned for the properties. Terms of the transaction were not released.