WILMINGTON AND NEWARK, DEL. —Life Care Services (LCS) has completed renovations at three seniors housing communities in Delaware: Foulk Living and Shipley Living in Wilmington and Millcroft Living in Newark. Renovations at Foulk Living included upgrades to the lobby, corridors, fitness center and dining room. In addition, Foulk Living’s independent living cottages are being updated as they become available with new kitchen cabinets, countertops, appliances, flooring, paint, blinds and carpeting. Shipley Living received a new roof, updated exterior, porte-cochère and grand entrance. Inside, the lobby, corridors, communal living room, dining room, bistro and bar were all updated. Millcroft Living’s entrance received a new concierge desk and lobby, as well as a new bar/lounge space, renovated dining room and card room and beautified corridors.
IRVINGTON, N.J. — Locally based brokerage firm The Kislak Co. Inc. has arranged the sale of a portfolio of seven multifamily properties totaling 190 units in the Northern New Jersey community of Irvington. The buildings within the portfolio range in size from 11 units to 37 units and have six retail spaces across them. Joni Sweetwood of Kislak represented the seller, a publicly traded Canadian investment firm, in the transaction and procured the buyer. Both parties requested anonymity.
BOSTON — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $5.3 million sale of a 12-unit apartment building located in Boston’s Jamaica Plain neighborhood. According to LoopNet Inc., the four-story property at 81 Amory St. was built in 2017. Evan Griffith and Tony Pepdjonovic of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a limited liability company, in the transaction. The duo also procured the buyer, an individual/personal trust.
OCONOMOWOC, WIS. — McShane Construction Co. has completed construction of Hackney House Apartments, a 302-unit apartment community in Oconomowoc, a western suburb of Milwaukee. Mandel Group developed the 20-building property, which consists of 18 garden-style buildings and two townhome buildings. Amenities include a 4,000-square-foot clubhouse with a fitness center and gourmet kitchen, outdoor pool, outdoor kitchen, pet spa, event lawn, car wash and dog parks. The development was funded in part through HUD 221(d)(4) financing. BSB Design was the project architect.
LAKE ELMO, MINN. — Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. (MMCC) has arranged a $13.6 million loan for the refinancing of The Fields at Arbor Glen in Lake Elmo, an eastern suburb of the Twin Cities. The age-restricted property was recently built and features a mix of one- and two-bedroom units in the main building as well as nine townhouse duplex units. Michael Hughes of MMCC arranged the five-year, fixed-rate loan with an interest rate of 5.85 percent and interest-only payments for six months. The loan features a 30-year amortization schedule and a 65 percent loan-to-value ratio. A local credit union provided the loan.
PHOENIX — IDM Cos. has received $62.6 million in construction financing for Meritum Sonoran Desert, a garden-style apartment project in Phoenix. Kevin MacKenzie, Brad Miner and Elle Miraglia of JLL Capital Markets Debt Advisory secured the loan through a life company for the borrower. Slated for completion in 2025, the 13-building community will feature 348 one-, two- and three-bedroom units with an average size of 1,048 square feet. Additionally, Meritum Sonoran Desert will feature a freestanding clubhouse with a residential living room and kitchen, exercise facility, package lockers, covered patio, dog park, fire pits and two resort-style pools. Meritum Sonoran Desert will be located at the northwest corner of Sonoran Desert Drive and 29th Avenue.
SAN BERNARDINO, CALIF. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Chestnut Apartments, a multifamily property located at 1398 N. Sierra Way in San Bernardino. A limited liability company sold the asset to an individual/personal trust for $8.2 million. Constructed in 1949, the value-add community features 68 apartments spread across 17 two-story residential buildings. The property offers 36 one-bedroom/one-bath units, 32 two-bedroom/one-bath units, an exterior fence, a courtyard and 72 carport parking spots. All apartments feature individual hot water heaters and wall air conditioning units. Douglas McCauley and David Covarrubias of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and buyer in the transaction.
ATLANTA — Core Spaces has opened Hub Atlanta, a 792-bed student housing community located near the Georgia Tech campus in Atlanta’s Midtown neighborhood. The 19-story property offers 292 units in studio through six-bedroom configurations. Amenities include a fitness center, coworking spaces, private study lounges, a rooftop pool deck with a hot tub, dog park, 6,990 square feet of ground-floor retail space and a four-story parking garage. New Here Coffee operates a coffee shop. Curioso provided interior design services alongside Core’s in-house design team. Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture served as the architect, and Juneau Construction Co. was the general contractor. Core Spaces is managing the community. Residents recently moved in for the 2023-2024 school year, and leasing is now open for next year. Core Spaces focuses on developing, buying and managing student housing and build-to-rent communities. The firm maintains offices in Austin and Chicago. — Kristin Harlow and Katie Sloan
PFLUGERVILLE, TEXAS — Newmark has arranged the sale of Villas Tech Ridge, a 350-unit apartment community located in the northern Austin suburb of Pflugerville. Built in 2009, the garden-style property features a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans with an average unit size of 976 square feet. Amenities include a pool with cabanas, a resident clubhouse, fitness center and a fenced dog run. Patton Jones and Andrew Dickson of Newmark represented the seller, an institutional client of New York Life Real Estate Investors, in the transaction. Colin Cross of Newmark arranged acquisition financing through an undisclosed lender on behalf of the buyer, Pegasus Real Estate.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Chicago-based investment firm Draper & Kramer has acquired Griffis at Riata, a 307-unit apartment community that sits on a 17-acre site in Austin’s tech district. Built in 2017, Griffis at Riata comprises 195 one-bedroom units and 112 two-bedroom units across 17 buildings. Units range in size from 713 to 1,848 square feet and feature plank-style flooring, island kitchens with granite countertops, stainless steel appliances and individual washers and dryers. The amenity package consists of a pool, coworking spaces, resident lounge, two fitness centers, a dog park and outdoor grilling and dining areas. The seller was not disclosed. At the time of sale, the property, which will be rebranded as DK Riata, was 95 percent occupied.