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.
ST. LOUIS — Brinkmann Constructors has topped out construction of 11th and Spruce, a 148-unit luxury apartment complex in downtown St. Louis. San Francisco-based Balboa Real Estate Partners is the developer for the project, which is located three blocks from Busch Stadium. The $25 million development will feature 3,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space and amenities such as a fitness center, clubroom, courtyard, pet spa, dog run and rentable work-from-home space. The five-story development is situated in the city’s Cupples Station Historic District, once a thriving manufacturing hub. To preserve the area’s old-world aesthetic, the new complex matches the red brick used in surrounding buildings. The site was formerly home of the Cupples 7 Building, which sat vacant for nearly a decade. Balboa purchased the site from the Treasury Department of St. Louis. Completion of the project is slated for February 2024.
GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS — Colliers Mortgage has provided a $16.5 million Fannie Mae acquisition loan for The Chandler, a 164-unit multifamily property located roughly midway between Dallas and Fort Worth in Grand Prairie. The property offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units and amenities such as a pool and a playground. Robert Siddall, William Givens, Shawn Givens and Ken Higgins of Colliers Mortgage originated the financing, which was structured with a five-year term and a 35-year amortization schedule. The borrower was Dallas-based private equity firm Reap Capital.
PHOENIX — Developer Milhaus and Banyan Residential, a Los Angeles-based private real estate investment firm, have started construction on the first phase of a 515-unit apartment community in Phoenix. Phase I, a $117 million development, is slated for completion in fourth-quarter 2025. Located at the southwest corner of 48th and Washington streets in a designated Opportunity Zone, the 320-unit first phase will include a mix of studios, one-, two- and three-bedroom units ranging in size from 415 square feet to 1,392 square feet. Residences will feature glass showers, walk-in closets, kitchens with stainless steel appliances and private balconies. Community amenities will include two clubhouses and resort-style pools, a fitness center, green space and dog park. UMB, with syndication by First Merchants and Academy Bank, provided a $63.3 million construction loan for the project. The project is Banyan’s ninth Opportunity Zone development and its fourth deal with Milhaus.
PHOENIX — Orion Investment Real Estate has brokered the sale of Aerie Happy Valley, an apartment community located at 1717 W. Happy Valley Road in Phoenix. The asset, formerly known as FirstStreet Happy Valley, sold for $87.8 million, or $439.25 per square foot. The names of seller and buyer were not released. Aerie Happy Valley features 214 apartments in a mix of 55 one-bedroom/one-bath, 101 two-bedroom/two-bath and 58 three-bedroom/two-bath units. Linda Fritz-Salazar and Angelessa Ritchie of Orion Investment Real Estate handled the transactions.
CROTON-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. — View Living has sold an 82-unit multifamily property located in the Westchester County community of Croton-on-Hudson for $14.4 million. The three-building property was originally built in 1963 and offers one- and two-bedroom units. Aaron Jungreis of Rosewood Realty Group and Joe Brecher of Gebroe-Hammer Associates represented View Living the transaction. Alan Soclof and Michael Schattner, also with Rosewood Realty, represented the buyer, New York-based owner-operator Unppg Management LLC.
PHOENIX — MEB Management Services, as property manager, and Raintree Investment Corp. have opened Willow 38, a gated townhome community located at 3842 E. Osborn Road in Phoenix’s Arcadia neighborhood. The community offers 38 floorpans, all above 2,000 square feet with three or four bedrooms and 2.5 baths. The energy-efficient residences feature smart home technology, including thermostats and stoves, Ring doorbell cameras, leak detection, touchless door locks and remote garage doors. Additionally, townhomes offer upgraded features such as pre-wiring personal garages for electric vehicle charging capabilities. Other townhome amenities include private, fenced backyards, 10-foot ceilings, gourmet kitchens, walk-in closets and private direct-access garages. Community amenities include a swimming pool with sun deck, hot tub, barbecue grills, a dog park and pickleball court.