Multifamily

FORT WAYNE, IND. — Merchants Capital has provided $17.4 million in Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) equity financing for the construction of Reserve on Park Place, an affordable seniors housing community in Fort Wayne. Brown Capital Group, Leo Brown Group and Rogers Development Group are developing the 187-unit property. Restricted to seniors age 55 and older, the three-story community will feature 15 studios, 136 one-bedroom units and 36 two-bedroom units for residents earning up to 80 percent of the area median income. The units are designed to support senior and special needs with features such as handrails, grab bars, intercoms, limited access and video surveillance. Completion is slated for April 2025.

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VERNON HILLS, ILL. — OneLife Senior Living has acquired the former Springs of Vernon Hills Alzheimer’s Special Care Center in the Chicago suburb of Vernon Hills. The firm has since rebranded the 70-unit property as The Laurel at Vernon Hills. OneLife retained all 59 staff members, and reviewed and updated benefits, wages and best practices for staffing. OneLife reduced temporary agency staff and increased permanent team members. The Laurel at Vernon Hills provides memory care services for people with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. The community features large hallways, a circular design, fully enclosed courtyards and enhanced security. The seller and sales price were not provided.

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CHICAGO — Interra Realty has brokered the sale of a 69-unit apartment building in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood for $8.1 million. Located at 7219 N. Sheridan Road, the property features three studios, 37 one-bedroom units, 21 two-bedroom units and eight ground-floor retail spaces. Kevin Rahmanim of Interra represented the buyer, a local private investor. The sale marks the first time the building, which was constructed in 1931, has transacted in over 50 years. The local private seller was self-represented.

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CHICAGO — The NHP Foundation (NHPF) has completed a major renovation of the Edwin C. Berry Manor Apartments in Chicago. The Section 8 seniors housing property is located at 737 E. 69th St. The rehabilitation project was made possible by a financial partnership between HUD, Merchants Capital, Illinois Housing Development Authority, National Affordable Housing Trust and UnitedHealth Group. The 57-unit community, built in 1991, marks the fourth property that NHPF has acquired or built in Chicago in the last five years and the first specifically for seniors. The units are fully leased. The project team included Weese Langley Weese, Burling Builders Inc., Solis Construction and baso ltd. Operation Pathways, a subsidiary of NHPF, will provide social and enrichment services to the residents. An onsite resident services coordinator will work with residents to support aging well in their independent living spaces.

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ANN ARBOR, MICH. — American Campus Communities (ACC) is underway on the development of a $631 million student housing project at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Plans call for a new residential community with five residence halls totaling 2,300 beds and a 900-seat dining facility, the largest of its kind among academic institutions, according to ACC. The university engaged ACC in a public-private partnership to lead the development of the project, which is situated on Central Campus between East Hoover Avenue and Hill Street. RAMSA is serving as the architect of record and Elkus Manfredi Architects is the interior architect. According to ACC, the development signifies the first Central Campus residence halls built specifically for first-year students since 1963 and will significantly alleviate a decades-long shortage of on-campus housing. “This important new student residential community allows all first-year students who want to live on the University of Michigan Central Campus to do so,” says Graham Wyatt, partner at RAMSA. “It will provide affordable and uniquely appropriate residential communities and amenities for the first- and second-year students who live there, and it will create a crucial link between Central Campus and the Athletic Campus.” To make way for the …

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HOUSTON — Ascendant Development has completed Haven at Elgin, a 649-bed student housing project that serves students at the University of Houston. The 16-story building sits on a 1.3-acre site that is adjacent to campus. Units range in size from 497 to 1,985 square feet and are furnished with vinyl plank flooring, granite countertops, kitchen backsplashes, and stainless steel appliances. Amenities include study rooms on every floor, a fitness center with yoga and spin studios, outdoor kitchen space and a resort-style saltwater pool.

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DAVENPORT, FLA. — Urban Network Capital Group and Vertical Developments have broken ground on Visions Resort & Spa, a $170 million mixed-use development located at 7007 Osceola Park Line Road in Davenport, a suburb of Orlando. The property will comprise 48 single-family homes, 132 multi-level townhomes, a 180-unit condo/hotel and 70,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space. Starting sales prices range from $229,000 for condo-hotel units to $879,000 for single-family homes, according to the co-developers. The townhomes are completely presold and the single-family and condo-hotel units are 85 percent presold. Visions Resort will include a 12,000-square-foot clubhouse and an amenity package comprising a pool with cabanas with a wet bar for poolside refreshments, sports courts, a meditation garden, Pilates/yoga center, a gym facility and an outdoor cross-training gym. First residential units at Visions Resort are expected to deliver in first-quarter 2025.

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BROOKHAVEN, GA. — Connolly has recently signed new retail tenants at Parkside on Dresden, a $70 million mixed-use development underway in the Atlanta suburb of Brookhaven. The four-acre development is set to open in fall 2024 and will comprise the 183-unit Solis Dresden Village apartment community that Terwilliger Pappas is developing. The project will also include 32,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space that will be leased to tenants including Confab Kitchen and Bar, Honeysuckle Gelato, Café Vendome, Clean Juice, El Valle, MIRAE and F45 Training. Mindy Elms and Ed O’Connor of Lavista Associates Inc. are handling the retail leasing assignment at Parkside on Dresden on behalf of Connolly. The development will be situated at 1350 Dresden Drive between Caldwell Road and Parkside Drive, which is within walking distance to the Brookhaven-Oglethorpe MARTA station.

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POOLER, GA. — Jim Chapman Construction Group has broken ground on The Cottages at New Hampstead, a 327-unit build-to-rent residential development underway in Pooler, a western suburb of Savannah. Situated off Little Neck Road near the Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport, the gated, 66-acre project will include attached townhomes offering a mix of floor plans ranging from 1,020 to 1,466 square feet. Amenities at The Cottages at New Hampstead will include onsite management and leasing offices, 24-hour emergency maintenance, a clubhouse, swimming pool, fitness center, sidewalks and streetlights. The project is on track for completion in December and leasing will begin in January 2024.

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POOLER, GA. — Novare Group and Batson-Cook Development Co. (BCDC) have opened Populus Pooler, a 316-unit apartment community located at 5000 Populus Drive in Pooler. The 30-acre project is situated near Hyundai’s $5.5 billion manufacturing plant that is set to open in 2025, as well as the Port of Savannah. Populus Pooler features one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments with monthly rental rates ranging from $1,585 to $2,491, according to the property website. Amenities include an onsite car care center, game room, library nook, coworking micro-offices, fitness center with a yoga and spin room, resort-style pool with a sun deck and tanning ledge, a dog park and pet spa and an outdoor fire pit.  The project team includes architect Dynamik Design, general contractor Classic Plains Construction, lender Citizens Bank and property manager Livcor, which also provided mezzanine financing.

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