SPRINGFIELD, OHIO — NorthMarq Capital has arranged $4.13 million in first mortgage financing for Red Coach Village in Springfield. The multifamily complex offers 136 apartment units. The financing carries a 10-year term and a 30-year amortization schedule. Greg Duvall of NorthMarq Capital arranged the financing under Freddie Mac’s CME program. The borrower was not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — NAI Friedland Realty has brokered the sale of a 20,000-square-foot development site located at 4339 White Plains Road in the Bronx, New York City. The buyer, Praxis Housing Initiatives, paid $1.26 million. It plans to develop a 40,000-square-foot building on the site that will provide permanent supportive housing for homeless people with special needs. The project is expected to cost $20 million. Rick Stassa of NAI Friedland negotiated the transaction. The seller was 4339 White Plains Associates LLC.
HOUSTON — Byron Plant – Asset Plus has sold the 282-unit Timber Hollow Apartments to Ascension Cook Road for an undisclosed amount. The buyer plans to spend $2 million in upgrades on the property, which is located at 8000 Cook Road in Houston. Timber Hollow was sold out of receivership and is currently 82 percent occupied. Jim Hearn, Tom Warren, Tom Burns and Jay Gunn of Hendricks & Partners brokered the sale.
CARY, N.C. — Boca Raton, Fla.-based Altman Cos. has sold the 360-unit Preston's Reserve apartment complex to Atlanta-based Centennial Holding Co. for $34 million. The Cary property is situated in a growth corridor between downtown Raleigh, N.C., and the Research Triangle Park. Phil Brosseau of CB Richard Ellis' Charlotte, N.C., office and Robert Given of the firm's Miami office represented the seller in the transaction.
CREVE COEUR, MO. — Gannon Development/Fireside Financial has acquired Charter Place, a 284-unit multifamily property located at 11907 Charter House Lane in Creve Coeur. Principal Global sold the property, which was built in 1971 and renovated in 1999. Sean Fogarty, Matthew Lawton and Marty O’Connell of Holliday Fenoglio Fowler’s Chicago office brokered the transaction. The sales price was not disclosed.
SAN ANTONIO AND SAN MARCOS, TEXAS — The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Co. has sold the Marbach Manor apartment complex to Agape Marbach Manor for an undisclosed amount. The 123-unit property is located at 7203 Marbach Ave. in San Antonio. Mike Miller of Hendricks & Partners' San Antonio office represented the seller. Miller and the firm's Will Caruth represented San Marcos Meadows Apartments Limited and San Marcos Les Chateaux Apartments Limited in the sale of a two-property San Marcos portfolio to San Marcos Green Investors. The 128-unit Meadows Apartments is located at 222 Ramsay St., and the 77-unit Les Chateaux is located at 1000 N. LBJ Dr.
BOCA RATON, FLA. — An area real estate firm has sold the 248-unit Eden Condominiums to a joint venture of Priderock Capital Partners and an investment firm managed by URDANG, a subsidiary of BNY Mellon Asset Management. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Construction on the Boca Raton property, which features an 18,000-square-foot clubhouse and a pool, started in 2002 and is still unfinished. The buyers plan to complete construction by the end of 2010, converting the condominiums to apartments and renaming the property The Heritage at Boca Raton.
FORT LEE AND MORRIS COUNTY, N.J. — NorthMarq Capital has secured a total of $17.15 million in financing for three New Jersey properties. In the first transaction, NorthMarq arranged $8.9 million in permanent Fannie Mae DUS funds for Hampshire House, a 205-unit, luxury co-op property located at 1590 Anderson Ave. in Fort Lee. The borrower, which consists of trustees, will use the 20-year, self-liquidating loan to retire an existing loan on the property held by an insurance company. Greg Nalbandian of NorthMarq's New Jersey office arranged the transaction through Amerisphere Multifamily Finance. In the second transaction, Nalbandian worked on behalf of an undisclosed party to refinance the loans on two flex properties located in Morris County. The loans are for $4.125 million each and both carry 75 percent loan-to-value ratios. The properties total 173,000 square feet. The lender was a regional bank.
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLA. — Garrison Developer Group of Florida has broken ground on the 351-unit Preserve at Alafia, the first phase of a $100 million mixed-use project. The five-story luxury apartment complex is located on the Alafia River in Hillsborough County and features 3,000 feet of frontage on a wildlife conservation area. The entire mixed-use development is slated to deliver during the summer of 2011.
CHICAGO — Place/BV Student Housing Fund has closed on the construction loan for the $58.8 million Tailor Lofts in Chicago. Scheduled for delivery in August, the 477-bed Tailor Lofts will serve students of more than 20 Chicago-area colleges and universities. The project features 135 fully furnished units with full kitchens, including dishwashers, private bathrooms and views of downtown Chicago. Amenities include wireless Internet access, plasma televisions and DVRs in each unit, an activity center with pool tables and gaming systems, a computer lab, study rooms, a 24-hour fitness center, a high-pressure tanning dome, and a laundry center and trash chute on each floor. BVP Managers, a joint venture between Atlanta-based Place Properties, an affiliate group of companies and Chicago-based Blue Vista Capital Management, serves as the manager of the fund.