NEW YORK CITY — New York City-based Massey Knakal has completed two Manhattan, New York City, multifamily sales. In Chelsea, the firm was the sole broker in the $7.26 million sale of two, five-story, walk-up apartment buildings located at 217-219 W. 16th St. The buildings contain 39 one-bedroom units and one commercial unit. Four of the apartments are market rate and the rest are rent stabilized. Massey Knakal’s Brock Emmetsberger and Paul Massey handled the transaction. On the Upper East Side, Massey Knakal’s Tom Gammino represented the seller in the $2.75 million disposition of a three-story, vacant brownstone building located at 1624 York Ave. The building totals 3,060 square feet with an additional 9,435 square feet of air rights. Gammino was the sole broker in the transaction. Both parties in both transactions were undisclosed.
VISTA, CALIF. — Hillsborough, Calif.-based Mitchel S. Berger and Joan L. Berger recently completed the disposition of Sunglen Vista, a 34-unit apartment community located in at 1550 South Santa Fe Ave. in Vista. San Diego-based Sunglen Vista LLC/Harlan T. Stratton/Barbara Ann Stratton/Jeffrey Oesterle purchased the property for $3.53 million. Built in 1980, the property features three two-story buildings offering 24 one-bedroom/one-bath units and 10 two-bedroom/one-bath units. Allen Chitayat and Josh Browar of Hendricks & Partners’ San Diego office represented the seller in the transaction.
CHICAGO — Rosemont, Ill.-based McShane Construction Co. has commenced construction for Casa Maravilla, a five-story, affordable senior housing project located at 2021 S. Morgan St. in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood. The project will comprise 73 rental units in a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom units. Community amenities will include a dining area, a community room, a therapy room, a library and a recreation room. The project is registered under Chicago’s Green Homes program; sustainable features will include a green room, a geothermal HVAC system, an eco-friendly elevator structure, Energy Star appliances and permeable pavement surfaces. Weese Langley Weese is serving as project architect, and completion is scheduled for June 2010. McShane is building the project for The Resurrection Project, a non-profit affordable housing developer. McShane is building a second Chicago project for The Resurrection Project, a seven-story, 45-unit affordable housing project named Casa Morelos that is scheduled for completion this summer.
LYNDHURST, N.J. — Hasbrouck Heights, N.J.-based DMR Architects has been selected to provide design and construction management services for the development of a 50-unit affordable senior housing project, located at the corner of Valley Brook Avenue and Warren Street in Lyndhurst. The project will total five stories with mostly one-bedroom units. Building amenities include a community room, administrative offices, an activities room, laundry facilities, a mailroom and 24 off-street parking spaces. Construction is expected to begin in 2010. The project is being developed by Domus Corp., which is leasing the site for a 40-year term from the nearby Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Domus will be working in conjunction with the Catholic Charities organization of the Archdiocese of Newark, N.J. Construction financing is being provided by the HUD Section 202 program.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — An undisclosed REIT has sold the 208-unit Pinebrook Apartment Homes, located at 7500 Powers Ave. in Jacksonville, to an undisclosed buyer for $7.12 million. The property encompasses 14 two-story buildings. Stewart Weston of Marcus & Millichap’s Long Beach, Calif., office and David Hsieh of the firm’s Jacksonville office brokered the sale.
LYNWOOD, CALIF. — Maurius Jeffrey of Marcus & Millichap brokered the disposition and acquisition of a 13-unit apartment building in Lynwood. Located at 3582 Brenton Ave., the property sold for $1.3 million. The asset features seven one-bedroom/one-bath units, five two-bedroom/two-bath units, a two-bedroom/two-bath unit, individual garage parking and an enclosed courtyard. The buyer and seller were not disclosed.
LOUISVILLE, COLO. — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has closed a $4.9 million Fannie Mae loan for Grandview Flatirons, a 130-unit apartment community in Louisville. Built in 1990, the property is owned by Meadow Ridge Apartments Ltd.
ANAHEIM, CALIF. — Jonathan Mitchell and Christopher Stensby of Marcus & Millichap represented the undisclosed seller in the disposition of Fay Lane Apartments. Located in Anaheim, the nine-unit apartment property sold for $1.1 million.
LAKE CHARLES, LA. — Raintree Investment Corp. Thirteen has borrowed a $4.53 million refinance loan for its 172-unit Whispering Pines Apartments in Lake Charles. The loan carries a 6.25 percent interest rate and a 40-year amortization. With the loan, Raintree made $90,000 worth of upgrades to the 127,680-square-foot property. Love Funding secured the HUD loan.
GARLAND, TEXAS — Metro Wing LLC, a Denver-area investment group, has acquired a 59-unit multifamily community in the Dallas/Fort Worth suburb of Garland. The group purchased the foreclosed property, Kent Apartments, from the Wachovia Bank REO division for $900,000. Kent Apartments, which was put into foreclosure last fall, consists of one- and two-bedroom units throughout four buildings on 2.1 acres. Metro Wing has implemented a 60-day property stabilization plan and improvements are already under way.