COLUMBUS, OHIO — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of the 248-unit distressed apartment property, La Vista Townhomes, located at 6797 Springhouse Lane in Columbus. Midland Special Servicing serviced the property’s loan, and the receiver, McKinley, facilitated the sale. The buyer, an East Coast real estate fund focusing on distressed assets, assumed the debt for $4.75 million plus cash for immediate property repairs. The property was 80 percent occupied at closing and contains two-bedroom townhome and garden-style units.
CHICAGO — Cohen Financial has secured a total of $4.8 million in Fannie Mae funds for the refinancing of two multifamily properties located in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood. The properties include a 32-unit building located at 3500 N. Fremont St. and a 16-unit building located at 3433 N. Lakewood St. Both were fully occupied at the time of closing. Both loans include a 10-year term with a 30-year amortization schedule and a 75-percent loan-to-value ratio. The borrower is Frank Campise, a local real estate investor, and the transaction was arranged by Steve Kundert of Cohen Financial’s Skokie, Ill., office.
LAKEWOOD, WASH. — RS Diversified Co. has acquired Merrill Creek, a 149-unit multifamily community in Lakewood, for $15.9 million. Built in 1994, the property consists of 13 three-story buildings and offers one-, two- and three-bedroom garden-style apartments. Alliant Capital provided an approximately $11.11 million acquisition loan for the transaction. Jeff Williams of Moran & Co. represented the seller, Equity Residential, in the transaction.
LODI, CALIF. — Locally owned RPM Company/Manchester Renovation Partners has acquired Lakeview Apartments, which is located at 1510 and 1511 S. Mills Ave. in Lodi, for $14 million. Constructed in 1984, the 138-unit property features two swimming pools, two spas, private garages, a leasing office and a fitness center. Units feature balconies/patios with storage, electric stoves, dishwashers and garbage disposals. Chicago-based Equity Residential/Lakeview Community Rentals sold the property. Mark Feldman of Hendricks & Partners San Francisco office brokered the transaction.
ANAHEIM, CALIF. — An undisclosed limited liability company has purchased Canfield Park Apartments, a multifamily property located in Anaheim. Located at 1535 E. Canfield Lane, the 24-unit property sold for $2.8 million. Joe Berkson of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer and the undisclosed seller in the transaction.
ATLANTA — The Atlanta-based developer Isakson Living has purchased Colonial Bank’s equity interest in the planned 274-unit Peachtree Hills Place senior housing complex. The property, which is more than 50 percent preleased, will be located on Peachtree Hills Avenue in Atlanta. Completion is expected next year. Isakson paid down its existing loan with Colonial Bank with $8.5 million in additional equity, set aside operating funds for the project and posted a deposit for 2010’s interest reserve. Isakson currently has 42 percent leverage on the property.
LITCHFIELD, N.H. — Apartment Realty Advisors (ARA) has brokered the sale of a 32-acre improved site located in Litchfield. The site was sold with site plan approvals for an active adult community, Annandale on the River. Zoned for residential use, the partially developed site was improved with nine of 57 permitted independent living homes at the time of the sale. Site plan approvals are in place for the remaining 41 units to be built in Phase II. With Phase I infrastructure improvements in place, the buyer, K&M Deveopment, is currently completing three units that were partially built prior to the sale and plans to fully develop the site to comprise a total of 57 units of age 55+ independent living homes. The seller, Annandale Fields Development, LLC, was represented by ARA’s Brendan Reilly, Richard Robinson, Terry Scott and Stephen Ordway. Annandale on the River is located off of Route 3A with shore frontage on the Merrimack River and close proximity to Nashua and Manchester, N.H. The sale price was undisclosed.
HOUSTON — A joint venture involving Dallas-based Behringer Harvard has purchased The Verandah at Meyerland, a 301-unit luxury multifamily community located in Houston. The property comprises two buildings situated on 5.3 acres at 4620 N. Braeswood Blvd. The first building is a four-story, mid-rise tower that contains 238 units, and the second is a nine-story tower previously used as office space that was converted into 63 units. Community amenities include a 12,500-square-foot social center, an outdoor entertainment area, a resort-style swimming pool and a heated lap pool, a fitness center, a business center with a conference room, a movie theater and covered access to the property’s five-story parking garage. The property was purchased by a joint venture between Behringer Harvard Multifamily REIT I, one of the company’s non-traded REITs, and PGGM, a Dutch pension fund. The acquisition price was not disclosed.
CARROLLTON, TEXAS — Hendricks & Partners has brokered the sale of Greentree Apartments, a 365-unit multifamily rental community located at 1120 Mac Arthur Dr. in Carrollton. Situated on approximately 18 acres, the property contains 51 two-story, garden-style buildings. Units average 829 square feet and consist of one- and two-bedroom floorplans. Community amenities include a clubhouse with a leasing office, a kitchen and a 24-hour fitness center. Other amenities include three swimming pools, a playground, a lighted basketball court and barbecue grills. Occupancy averaged 96 percent in 2008. The seller was AIMCO/Greentree Associates, an Illinois limited partnership based out of Denver. The seller was represented by Tom Burns, Jay Gunnand Tom Warren of Hendricks & Partners’ Dallas office, as well as Jim Hearn and Greg Austin of the firm’s Houston office. The buyer was Greentree Carrollton Apartments LP, a Delaware limited liability company based out of Los Angeles. The new owner plans to spend approximately $4,000 per unit in interior upgrades in the near-term.
DENVER — Inca Land Holdings has acquired a 25-unit apartment building, which is located at 1563 Washington St. in Denver’s Capitol Hill neighborhood. Built in 1938, the 13,188-square-foot property sold for $1.41 million or $56,500 per unit. The property offers 21 studio units and four one-bedroom/one-bath units. Jim Windsor of RE/MAX Alliance represented the buyer; Joe Hornstein and Bobby Hutchinson of Pinnacle Real Estate Advisors represented the seller, 1563 Washington LLC, in the transaction.