FORT MYERS, FLA. — Dallas-based Behringer Harvard, in partnership with DeBartolo Development and Christian Tyler Properties, has sold the 408-unit The Palms of Monterrey, located at 15250 Sonoma Dr. in Fort Myers, to Newton, Mass.-based Churchill Forge Properties for $39.2 million. Amenities include a clubhouse with a business center, a fitness center with a racquetball facility, a lighted tennis court, a playground, two heated pools and a poolside hot tub.
BATON ROUGE, LA. — Walker & Dunlop has secured $26.5 million in financing for the 312-unit Bristol Place Apartments, located at 5960 Siegen Ln. in Baton Rouge. Stephen Farnsworth arranged the 7-year loan with 2-years interest only and a 30-year amortization schedule on behalf of the borrower, AMG Properties, through Freddie Mac's CME program.
NEW YORK CITY — Mar-Mart Realty Co. has sold 12 Fifth Ave., a 33-unit apartment building for $12.5 million. The 19,545-square-foot property is located between 8th and 9th streets in central Greenwich Village. John Stewart of the Manhattan office of Marcus & Millichap represented Mar-Mart in the transaction. He also represented the buyer, a New York City-based real estate investor. Built in 1906 as a hotel, the property was converted into apartments in the 1940s.
BALTIMORE, MD. — Beech Street Capital has provided an $11.3 million Fannie Mae loan for the acquisition of Henderson House, a 120-unit apartment property in Baltimore. Jacob Katz of Meridian Capital Group originated the loan for the undisclosed borrower. The property includes two contiguous buildings: a nine-story building with 94 units and a 10-story building containing 56 units. The 10-year, fixed-rate loan has a 30-year amortization schedule.
MCKINNEY — NorthMarq Capital has arranged $11.4 million in first mortgage financing for the 208-unit Parkview Legends, a multifamily property located at 1701 Park Central Dr. in McKinney. Jeff Frankel of NorthMarq's Chicago office and Charlie Robinson of the firm's Dallas office arranged the 4-year loan with a 30-year amortization schedule through a Midwest-based life insurance company.
ATLANTA — The $60 million SkyHouse Midtown, a 23-story high-rise apartment building, has broken ground at the corner of West Peachtree and 12th streets in Midtown Atlanta. SkyHouse Midtown is being developed by a joint venture between Novare Group and Batson-Cook Development Co. Smallwood, Reynolds, Stewart, Stewart is the project architect, and an investor account advised by the U.S. real estate business of UBS Global Asset Management is providing construction and permanent financing for the project. NGI Investments, LLC and Batson-Cook Development Co. are providing equity. Construction is set to be completed by January 2013.
DAHLONEGA, GA. — The 264-bed Liberty Hall, a residence hall located at the North Georgia College & State University at 82 College Cir. in Dahlonega, has opened. The three-story, 65,343-square-foot building includes 84 suite-style units, a fully equipped kitchen, a computer lab, and a common space featuring gaming, television and areas designed for military unit assembly. The facility was developed through a turnkey design-build contract between Ambling University Development Group and the state of Georgia and was funded through tax-exempt bonds.
CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA —CBRE/Hubbell Commercial has arranged the $33 million sale of Windsor on the River, a 424-unit apartment community located at 2415 Oxford Lane in Cedar Rapids. Windsor on the River was built in 1982 and remodeled in 2008. It includes one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments. Linda Gibbs and Timothy Sharpe of the Des Moines office of CBRE/Hubbell Commercial represented the seller in the transaction. They also procured the undisclosed buyer.
BOSTON — Boston Capital has closed the Boston Capital Tax Credit Fund XXXV, a diversified portfolio of 53 affordable apartment properties in 21 states, including Maryland, Maine and Rhode Island. The total fund size is $350 million. The firm has raised nearly $640 million in equity since January 2011. The properties acquired by the fund add an additional 3,610 apartment units to Boston Capital's holdings. The fund includes 1,093 newly constructed units and 2,517 rehabilitated units. Boston Capital will launch Fund XXXVI later this month.
CLAREMONT, CALIF. – The 154-unit Claremont Villas senior apartment community has sold to an unnamed buyer for $15.3 million. The complex was built in 1994 and is located at 100 South Indian Hill Blvd. in Claremont. Alex Mogharebi of Hendricks & Partners’ Ontario, Calif., office represented the seller, who was also unnamed.
