Multifamily

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DALLAS — Miami-based developer Resia, formerly known as AHS Residential, has completed a 336-unit, garden-style multifamily project in West Dallas. Resia Dallas West features one-, two- and three-bedroom units, including 17 affordable housing residences, across eight three-story buildings. All units feature private balconies or patios. Amenities include a pool, fitness center and a business center. Leasing began in October 2023, at which points rents started at $1,280 per month for a one-bedroom unit. Fifth Third Bank and Chicago-based Pearlmark financed construction of the project.

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DECATUR, TEXAS — Colliers Mortgage has provided a $32.9 million HUD-insured construction loan for Deer Park Apartments, a 204-unit multifamily property in Decatur, about 40 miles northwest of Fort Worth. The property will offer one-, two- and three-bedroom units and amenities such as a pool, fitness center, business center, game room, outdoor grilling and dining stations and a dog park. Fritz Waldvogel of Colliers Mortgage originated the loan through a partnership with Old Capital Lending on behalf of the borrower. A construction timeline was not disclosed.

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DALLAS — Multifamily brokerage firm GREA has arranged the sale of 3311 at Vernon and La Madera, two apartment complexes totaling 178 units in South Dallas. According to Apartments.com, 3311 at Vernon property totals 118 units and was built in 1968, and La Madera totals 60 units and was constructed in 1962. Both properties offer one- and two-bedroom floor plans, and La Madera also includes some three-bedroom units. The buyer and seller both requested anonymity. Mark Allen of GREA brokered the deal.  

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NEW YORK CITY — A partnership between locally based developer Naftali Group and holding company Access Industries is underway on construction of Williamsburg Wharf, an 850-unit multifamily development in Brooklyn. The 3.8-acre site is located on Kent Avenue between Division Street and South 11th Street, adjacent to the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Williamsburg Wharf will be a waterfront campus with five 22-story buildings that will also house retail and commercial space. Williamsburg Wharf will also feature an open lawn, public waterfront park, dog run and various walking and biking paths. The first phase is slated for a late 2025 completion.

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KIRKLAND, WASH. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged the acquisition of a land parcel at the corner lot of 13005 and 13003 NE 70th Place in Kirkland, across Lake Washington from Seattle. Mill Creek Residential purchased the asset from Totem Bowl and Investments for $26.2 million in an off-market transaction. The 139,223-square-foot land parcel currently features the TechCity Bowl building that will be demolished to develop a fully approved, 369-unit, mid-rise multifamily community. Of the 369 units, 36 will be affordable. Additionally, the property will offer 6,700 square feet of retail space and 425 parking stalls. Jordan Louie, Corey Marx, David Young, Chris Ross, Michael Lyford and Reed Curtis of JLL Capital Markets Investments Sales and Advisory represented the buyer in the transaction.

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PLEASANT PRAIRIE, WIS. — Senior Living Investment Brokerage (SLIB) has arranged the sale of The Addison of Pleasant Prairie for an undisclosed price. The 100-unit assisted living and memory care community is located in Pleasant Prairie, a village along Lake Michigan and the Illinois border. The seller was an East Coast-based capital firm partnered with a national operator. The buyer was a regional owner-operator that intends to expand the campus with independent living units. Ryan Saul, Jeff Binder and Brad Clousing of SLIB brokered the transaction.

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BROWN DEER, WIS. — Jewish Family Services Inc. is scheduled to break ground on Woodale Crossing on Thursday, May 16. The 56-unit affordable and supportive seniors housing community will be located at 4114 W. Woodale Ave. in Brown Deer, a northern suburb of Milwaukee. Of the total units, 25 percent will be reserved for persons with disabilities who are in need of support services. Residents will have access to onsite supportive services that include socialization and skill-based programming, social services and independent living support services. Jewish Family Services has a subsidiary, JFS Housing Inc., which develops affordable housing.

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CHICAGO — Interra Realty has negotiated the sales of two multifamily properties in Chicago’s Montclare neighborhood for a total of $2.7 million. A nine-unit building at 3145 N. Nordica Ave., constructed in 1965, sold for $1.4 million. A nine-unit property at 3037-39 N. Harlem Ave., built in 1974, sold for $1.3 million. The Nordica asset closed at full price and marked the highest price per unit for vintage apartment buildings in the Montclare neighborhood in the last nine years, according to CoStar. Patrick Kennelly, Paul Waterloo and Nathan Zito of Interra represented the seller, a local partnership that had owned the properties for decades. The trio procured the buyer of the Harlem property, a local investor. Beco Kalamperovic of Dream Town Real Estate represented the undisclosed buyer of 3145 N. Nordica. The new owners plan to renovate units as tenants move out.

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ATLANTA — The investment sales market for the affordable housing sector remains muted for one overarching reason: volatility. Cory Sams, executive managing director of GREA (Global Real Estate Advisors), said that a lack of certainty, especially in the capital markets, is giving buyers and sellers of affordable housing properties pause. “The worst thing for a deal is [interest rates] constantly moving around,” she said. “When they were running up and down, every deal fell apart.” Doug Childers, senior managing director of JLL, estimated that affordable housing transaction volume fell 40 percent in 2023 compared with the prior year. For context, multifamily investment sales overall declined by 61 percent year-over-year in 2023, according to MSCI Real Assets (formerly Real Capital Analytics). Childers and Sams made their comments during the investment sales panel of Interface Affordable Housing Southeast, an information and networking conference held at the Cobb Galleria Centre in Atlanta on Thursday, May 9. Interface Conference Group and Southeast Multifamily & Affordable Housing Business hosted the event, which drew approximately 170 industry professionals from across the region. Brian Flanagan, regional director of RBC Community Investments, moderated the investment sales panel. Fittingly, Flanagan kicked off the investment sales discussion by asking the …

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DUNWOODY, GA. — The Dunwoody City Council has approved the rezoning of Phase IV of Park Center, a 17-acre, transit-oriented office campus in metro Atlanta. The master developer of the project is KDC, a Dallas-based corporate development and investment firm. The amended zoning will allow KDC to change its plans from a standalone fourth office tower to a two-tower project that will comprise 175 hotel rooms, 300 residential units, 22,000 square feet of retail space and 300,000 square feet of office space. The plan includes two towers on a common podium with a 20-story apartment tower and a combined office and hotel tower, where six floors of hotel rooms will sit atop 12 levels of office space. Phase IV represents the final phase of Park Center and will occupy the last undeveloped portion of the development, which was originally conceived as a 2.2 million-square-foot East Coast hub for State Farm Insurance. The project team includes local architecture firm Cooper Carry. The current campus contains three office towers developed over the past 10 years: the 600,000-square-foot Park Center One, which is directly connected to the Dunwoody MARTA Station; the 621,000-square-foot Park Center Two with more than 39,000 square feet of retail …

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