POHATCONG, N.J. — Locally based developer Larken Associates has completed Monte View at Pohatcong, a 120-unit multifamily project located near the Pennsylvania-New Jersey border near Easton. The garden-style property consists of three multi-story buildings and one four-story building with a ground-floor clubhouse. Units come in one- and two-bedroom floor plans. Other amenities include a pool, fitness center and a dog run. Construction began in November 2023. Rents start at roughly $2,000 per month for a one-bedroom apartment.
HOUSTON — Colliers has brokered the sale of Oaks of Kingwood, a 152-unit multifamily property in Kingwood, a master-planned community in northeast Houston. Oaks of Kingwood was originally built in two phases between 1984 and 1999 and offers one- and two-bedroom units with an average size of 876 square feet. Chip Nash, Bob Heard and Jaleel Adatia of Colliers represented the seller, an entity doing business as Kingwood Houston Oaks LP, in the deal. The buyer and sales price were not disclosed. Oaks of Kingwood was 99 percent occupied at the time of sale.
BOUND BROOK AND HACKENSACK, N.J. — Berkadia has arranged the $29 million preferred equity recapitalization of a portfolio of multifamily properties totaling 568 units in Northern New Jersey. The number and names of the properties were not disclosed, but they are located in Bound Brook and Hackensack and were built between 2014 and 2019. Noam Franklin, Cody Kirkpatrick, Chinmay Bhatt and Matthew Tu led the transaction for Berkadia. The sponsor and new equity partner were also not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — A joint venture between development and investment firm Olshan Properties and New York City-based O’Connor Capital Partners has completed Parkchester Gardens, a 221-unit affordable senior living project in The Bronx. Units are reserved for renters earning 50 percent or less of the area median income. Wells Fargo financed the project in conjunction with the New York City Housing Development Corp. and the Department of Housing Preservation & Development. Construction began in spring 2021.
FORKED RIVER, N.J. — New Jersey-based developer Walters has broken ground on a 70-unit multifamily project in Forked River, located along the Jersey Shore. The nine-building project represents the third and final phase of Cornerstone at Lacey, the first two phases of which delivered 118 units in one-, two- and three-bedroom formats across 15 buildings. Phase III, which also includes the construction of a new clubhouse, is slated for a late 2025 completion.
ORLANDO, FLA. — Subtext and Nuveen Real Estate have recently acquired a 3.1-acre lot at 3133 N. Alafaya Trail in Orlando, less than a quarter-mile from the campus of University of Central Florida. The co-developers have begun site work for VERVE Orlando, a new 626-bed student housing development that will span nearly 450,000 square feet across 200 units. The project will feature 32,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor amenities, including open study spaces, private study rooms, a podcast/content creation studio, fitness center, wellness suite, gaming lounge, club room with indoor/outdoor bar and kitchen, beach resort-style pool courtyard and a dog run, as well as 573 parking spaces. Subtext and Nuveen expect to deliver VERVE Orlando in 2026.
BLUFFTON, S.C. — Continental Realty Corp. (CRC) has purchased Bristol at New Riverside, a 166-unit, Class A multifamily community located at 205 Forest Trace in Bluffton, a coastal city near Hilton Head Island. The Baltimore-based investment firm purchased the property via its Core Multifamily Fund LP investment vehicle from the developer, Madison Communities, for $44.5 million. Taylor Bird of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the transaction. The development opened earlier this year under the name Madison New Riverside and was 90 percent occupied at the time of sale. Bristol at New Riverside features one- and two-bedroom apartments averaging 942 square feet in size, as well as a clubhouse, saltwater swimming pool, fitness center, coffee lounge, package acceptance lockers and an open recreation area.
LOS ANGELES — Berkadia has secured acquisition financing on behalf of a joint venture between California-based Cityview and New York-based Wafra for the purchase of Silva, a mid-rise multifamily community in Los Angeles. Allan Freedman, Ben Harris, Charlie Haggard, Kevin Mignogna and Michael Beach of Berkadia arranged the floating-rate loan through 3650 REIT. Patrick McGlohn and Brian Gould of Berkadia also assisted with the financing. The loan facilitated the acquisition of Silva at the receipt of Temporary Certificate of Occupancy (TCO). Cityview and Wafra began lease-up of the community following closing. Located at 235 N. Hoover St. on the city’s northwest side, Silva features 221 apartments with floor-to-ceiling windows, condo-quality finishes and an average unit size of 1,000 square feet.
CHICAGO — Chicago-based multifamily developer and property manager Habitat has broken ground on OC Living Phase A2, the second multifamily building at the $200 million Ogden Commons mixed-use project in Chicago’s North Lawndale neighborhood. Scheduled to open in late 2025, the building will feature 75 units, 82 percent of which will be affordable. Thirty units will be available to Chicago Housing Authority residents. The remaining 13 units will have market-rate rents. The City of Chicago invested $9 million for Phase A2, and 23 percent of the project’s total development costs are being covered by Chicago tax-increment financing funds. The three-story building will feature a mix of studios, one- and two-bedroom units. A planned third phase will consist of townhomes and multi-flat units with larger floor plans designed for families. Simultaneous with the groundbreaking, Habitat hosted the grand opening of the first residential building, OC Living. The four-story property features 23 studios, 60 one-bedroom units and nine two-bedroom apartments. A 45,000-square-foot commercial building completed in 2021 marked Phase I of the 10-acre development. The three-story building is home to Sinai Chicago’s One Lawndale Community Care and Surgery Center, a Wintrust Bank branch, La Catedral Café & Restaurant and Momentum Coffee. Developed …
BRENTWOOD, TENN. — Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD), an owner-operator based in the Nashville area, has entered into agreements to acquire three seniors housing portfolios totaling 41 properties and 2,789 units. The combined purchase price is $610 million. Brookdale currently leases and operates the properties on triple-net bases. In explaining the move, company officials noted that by taking ownership of these communities, Brookdale will gain portfolio management flexibility that is not present in a leased structure, providing additional opportunities to further enhance shareholder value. “The immediate and long-term benefits of these real estate transactions are wide-ranging,” says Cindy Baier, Brookdale’s president and CEO. “They include future portfolio flexibility that comes through asset ownership, the opportunity to fully realize the long-term benefits of the powerful senior housing outlook and, following closing, the expected immediate improvement in adjusted free cash flow from a lower-cost capital structure.” In the first transaction, Brookdale agreed to buy 11 properties totaling 1,228 units from a joint venture led by Ohio-based REIT Welltower Inc. (NYSE: WELL) for $300 million. The properties are largely concentrated in West Coast markets, and the portfolio comprises 470 independent living units, 723 assisted living units and 36 memory care units with a …