NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the sale of two multifamily development sites in Brooklyn. The combined sales price was $11.7 million. The adjoining sites at 2425 and 2413 Atlantic Ave. are located in the Ocean Hill neighborhood and offer a total of roughly 142,000 buildable square feet. Matthew Peters of Marcus & Millichap represented the sellers in the transactions and procured the buyer, a local private investor. All parties requested anonymity.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Community Preservation Corp. (CPC) has provided a $4.5 million construction loan for a multifamily conversion project in Syracuse. The project will transform the former William Howard Taft School in the city’s Eastwood neighborhood, which opened in 1907 and closed in 1964, into a 28-unit rental complex. The unit mix will comprise six one-bedroom residences and 22 two-bedroom apartments. The developer is Skinner Properties.
SAN JOSE, CALIF. — San José State University (SJSU) has purchased Spartan Village on the Paseo (SVP) at 184 S. Market in downtown San Jose from Throckmorton Partners for $165 million. Throckmorton acquired the asset, the former Signia by Hilton Hotel south tower, in November 2023 and commenced a nine-month conversion into a 264-room student housing property with beds for approximately 700 undergraduate students. The 14-story property offers an onsite dining area and community kitchen, a fitness center, games room, co-learning spaces and a study lounge in the sky bridge. SJSU was granted access to $89 million in debt relief capacity as part of the state’s Higher Education Student Housing Grant program that allowed the university to enter a lease agreement with Throckmorton Partners. The agreement included an option to purchase after two years, which SJSU has implemented to assume ownership of the building.
GRESHAM, ORE. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has arranged the sale of East Wind, an apartment community in Gresham. Terms of the transaction were not released. Hamid Panahi and Anthony Palladino of IPA and Whitney Rhoades of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer in the deal. David Tabata of Marcus & Millichap served as broker of record in Oregon. Built in 1971, the three-story, eight-building property features 150 one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments with enclosed patios with planters boxes and large, dual-pane windows. Community amenities include a clubhouse with kitchen, individual leasing offices, a basketball court, playground and laundry facilities.
MIAMI BEACH, FLA. — Mast Capital and Rockpoint have delivered Avara, a 178-unit luxury apartment community located in Miami Beach. The eight-story community features one- to three-bedroom floorplans ranging in size from 560 square feet to 1,410 square feet, as well as penthouse suites. Monthly rental rates begin at $3,200. Designed by Arquitectonica, CID Design Group and Within Hults + Partners, Avara comprises a variety of amenities such as a bayfront pool deck on the second floor with shaded cabanas and a fully equipped outdoor kitchen with grilling stations; a 1,500-square-foot fitness center, clubroom and game lounge; and a flexible work center with conference rooms and private offices. Additional amenities include dedicated bike storage, a dog park, pet spa and full-time concierge services.
SHAKOPEE, MINN. — JLL Capital Markets has brokered the sale of The DECO, an 89-unit luxury apartment building in the Minneapolis suburb of Shakopee. Joseph Peris and Josh Talberg of JLL represented the seller, Enclave Development. The buyer was LouMin Holdings, a locally based multifamily investment firm. Completed in 2021, The DECO features a rooftop sundeck, fitness center, clubroom, underground parking and ground-floor retail space occupied by Mana Brewing. The development is situated on the site of Shakopee’s original City Hall from 1883. LouMin has engaged Sail Management to oversee day-to-day operations of the five-story property. The acquisition was funded through an equity raise and supported by institutional financing, including a Fannie Mae loan.
ATLANTA — For many multifamily professionals, 2025 is a year to forget. Paul Berry, president and chief operating officer of Mesa Capital Partners, said that U.S. multifamily investment sales are on track to close out the year at $125 billion, which represents a 25 percent decline from an average pre-COVID year and a little more than a third of 2021’s total (a torrid $354 billion). Andrew Zelman, senior vice president of Southeast investments at Boston-based GID Multifamily, said that owners are doing “everything they can to hold out for a profit.” Editor’s note: InterFace Conference Group, a division of France Media Inc., produces networking and educational conferences for commercial real estate executives. To sign up for email announcements about specific events, visit www.interfaceconferencegroup.com/subscribe. “As simplistic as this is, sellers will avoid transacting at less than peak values at any cost,” said Zelman, who added that owners are essentially kicking the can down the road by recapitalizing their assets or stopping and starting the marketing process if their pricing expectations aren’t being met. Zelman’s comments came during the opening panel on Tuesday, Dec. 2, at the 2025 InterFace Multifamily Southeast conference, which was held at the InterContinental Buckhead in Atlanta. Co-hosted …
THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS — The Howard Hughes Corp. (NYSE: HHH) has completed 1 Riva Row, a 268-unit multifamily project located about 30 miles north of Houston in The Woodlands. The development features a 13-story tower and a four-story residential living building with two-story townhomes on the ground level, as well as traditional studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Amenities include a pool with cabanas, outdoor grilling and dining areas, a 24/7 fitness center, sports lounge and a rooftop terrace. Residents will also have access to roughly two miles of walking and jogging trails along The Woodlands Waterway. Construction began in September 2023.
MIAMI — Allen Morris Co. has obtained a $138.5 million construction loan for Ziggurat, a mixed-use development located at 3101 Grand Ave. in Miami’s Coconut Grove neighborhood. Faisal Ashraf of Lotus Capital Partners arranged the loan through BDT & MSD Partners and BHI, the U.S. bank of Israel-based Bank Hapoalim. Further details of the financing were not released. Designed by Oppenheim Architecture, Ziggurat will comprise two buildings featuring natural stone exteriors with gardens wrapping every level. The project will be situated on a 1.7-acre site at the intersection of Grand Avenue, Matilda Street and Florida Avenue. The property will include a five-story, 100,000-square-foot trophy office building with a rooftop restaurant and a three-story building that will comprise 18 for-sale luxury condominiums and 45,000 square feet of retail space on the ground level. The condominiums will range in size from 1,254 to more than 5,000 square feet. ONE Sotheby’s International Realty is handling sales, with prices ranging from $3.5 million to $15 million. Ryan Holtzman, Andrew Trench and Brian Gale with Cushman & Wakefield will manage office leasing alongside Thad Adams with Allen Morris Co. Daniel Cardenas and Michael Sullivan with Vertical Real Estate will lead the retail leasing efforts. Allen Morris …
HARRISONBURG, VA. — Northstar REIS has arranged the $44.5 million sale of Squire Hill Apartments, a 504-bed student housing community located at 1443 Devon Lane near the James Madison University campus in Harrisonburg. Jack Stead of Northstar REIS represented the buyer, North Beacon Capital, and the seller, The Michaels Organization, in the transaction. Squire Hill offers 189 units in one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom configurations. Shared amenities include a 24-hour fitness center, resort-style pool and hot tub, study area, picnic pavilion, coffee bar, clubhouse, conference space and a dog park.