NEW YORK CITY — Massey Knakal Realty Services has completed the sale of two Manhattan multifamily buildings for a total of $12.7 million. The first property, which is located at 237 E. 53rd St., contains three retail spaces on the street level and 18 apartments. The second property, which is located at 239 E. 53rd St., contains three retail spaces and 17 apartments. The properties traded at a 5.9 percent cap rate. Massey Knakal's Clint Olsen and Paul Massey, Jr., arranged the deal on behalf of the two undisclosed parties.
PHILADELPHIA — Construction will begin in November for 20 LEED-Plaintum multifamily units in Philadelphia's Francisville neighborhood. The first of the 20 modular buildings, which will be known as The Vineyards at 16th and Ridge, will be a 4,830-square-foot, three-family structure that will feature, among other sustainable amenities, a 500-square-foot green roof. The residences are being built to surround the 20,000-square-foot Francis Village Marketplace. Spearheading the project is the 16th and Ridge Avenue Property Owners Association, which is led by developer Anthony Miles. The association's partner is the Francisville Neighborhood Development Corp.
SEATTLE — Newmark Realty Capital has arranged $52 million in financing for the 208-unit Rollin Street Flats, a Class A, 11-story residential building located at the intersection of Westlake and Denny avenues in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood. The property also includes 16,000 square feet of ground-level retail. On behalf of Rollin Street Ventures, Newmark's Michael Taylor secured the financing from John Hancock Life Insurance Co., one of Newmark’s correspondent lenders.
MESA, ARIZ. — BH Properties has purchased the 320-unit Fiesta Park apartment complex, located at 1033 S. Longmore Street in Mesa, from Fiesta Park LLC for $5.5 million. Built in 1979 and approximately 50 percent occupied at the time of the sale, the multifamily property comprises 10 three-story, garden-style buildings consisting of 192 one-bedroom units and 128 two-bedroom units. NAI Capital’s Tom Papoulias represented both parties in the short-sale transaction.
WEST BEND, WIS. — Lighthouse Acquisitions Group has purchased a 7.68-acre land parcel near the northwest corner of Continental Drive and Corporate Center Drive within the West Bend Corporate Center in West Bend. Beverly West Bend Acquisition LLC sold the property for an undisclosed price. Lighthouse is planning to construct a 150-unit senior-living facility on the site. The $20 million development, which will include a memory care unit as well as independent and assisted living facilities, will be operated by Edina, Minn.-based New Perspective Senior Living. David Buckley of Cassidy Turley Barry brokered the transaction. Terms of the deal were not released.
HIGHLAND PARK, N.J. — Gebroe-Hammer Associates (GHA) has completed the sale of a 46-unit multifamily community in Highland Park for $4.92 million. The two-story complex is located at 481 S. 2nd Ave. It features 26 one-bedroom units and 20 two-bedroom units. A majority of the units have been recently renovated. Occupancy was 95 percent at the time of the sale. The undisclosed buyer plans to complete renovations to the remaining units to bring rents up to market levels. Joseph Brecher of GHA represented the buyer as well as the seller, Lighthouse Highland Park LLC.
TUCSON, ARIZ. — Colliers International–Greater Phoenix has negotiated the sale of a five-property, 1,347-unit multifamily portfolio in Tucson to Gaines Investment Trust. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Boasting an average occupancy of 90 percent, the Class B portfolio consists of Summit Ridge (360 units), La Hacienda (275 units), Pavilions at Pantano (314 units), Sienna Ridge (305 units) and Verrano Park (93 units). Colliers International’s Cindy Cooke, Brad Cooke, Carrie Burton and Nicholas Eggert represented the undisclosed seller in the all-cash transaction; the La Jolla, Calif.-based buyer was self-represented. Part of a 1031 exchange, it was the first Tucson multifamily acquisition for Gaines Investment Trust. This is the second multifamily portfolio that the Colliers team has sold in Tucson in the last 30 days.
APPLE VALLEY, MINN. — Arbor Commercial Funding, a wholly owned subsidiary of Arbor Commercial Mortgage, has funded a $1.85 million loan for Grand Manor Apartments in Apple Valley. The property offers 36 multifamily units. The loan, which was under the Fannie Mae DUS Small Loan product line, has a 10-year term and a 30-year amortization schedule. Patrick McNulty of Arbor’s Chicago office originated the financing on behalf of the undisclosed borrower.
SAN DIEGO — Raintree Partners has completed the $68.2 million acquisition of the 302-unit Trieste Apartment Villas, located at 3950 Mahaila Ave. in the prestigious La Jolla area of San Diego. More than 95 percent occupied at the time of sale, the 11-building complex offers one- and two-bedroom units configured as flats, lofts and a single townhouse unit. Laguna Niguel, Calif.-based Raintree has planned several upgrades to the multifamily property, including renovation of the existing clubhouse and improvements to the fitness center. CB Richard Ellis’ Kevin Mulhern, Dixie Hall and Rachel Hemingway represented the seller, Trieste Apartments LLC, in the transaction; Raintree Partners represented itself.
LONG BEACH, CALIF. — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the $8 million sale of the 186-unit Magnolia Senior Living, a 109,548-square foot senior-housing property located at 3360 Magnolia Ave. in Long Beach. The brokerage firm’s Pasha Darvishian, Alex Mobin, Christopher Hyldahl and Mark Myers represented the seller in the all-cash transaction involving a first-time senior-housing buyer.