EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Asian-American grocer H Mart has opened a 38,000-square-foot store within American Dream, a megamall and entertainment destination located within the Meadowlands sports complex in Northern New Jersey. Chuck Lanyard of The Goldstein Group and Jeff Chaus of Chaus Realty represented H Mart, which now operates more than 100 stores worldwide, in the lease negotiations. Canadian conglomerate Triple Five Group owns American Dream.
HOUSTON — Berkadia has arranged the sale of Metro Greenway, a 309-unit apartment community in Houston’s Greenway/Upper Kirby neighborhood. Developed in 2008 by The Dinerstein Cos., Metro Greenway is a four-story building that sits on a two-level parking garage. Units come in one- and two-bedroom floor plans and range in size from 709 to 1,272 square feet. Amenities include a pool, fitness center, outdoor kitchen, pet park, coffee bar and a resident lounge. Todd Marix, Chris Curry, Jeffrey Skipworth, Chris Young, Joey Rippel and Kyle Whitney of Berkadia represented the seller, Denver-based Simpson Housing, in the transaction. Dallas-based investment firm Westdale acquired the asset for an undisclosed price.
HOUSTON — Fairstead, an investment firm with three offices along the East Coast, will undertake a $25 million renovation of Coppertree Village Apartments, a 324-unit affordable housing complex in Houston. Matt Napoleon and Joseph Mandeville of Berkadia arranged construction financing for the project, and R4 Capital provided tax credit equity. Renovations will include new kitchens, bathrooms, windows and flooring to all units, as well as upgrades to the HVAC systems, roofing, siding and staircases of the buildings themselves. Lastly, the project team will add a new playground and community garden and redevelop the existing amenity building to support a computer lab, demonstration kitchen and a library.
ATLANTA — The University System of Georgia’s Board of Regents has approved a $117 million residence hall development on the Georgia Tech campus in Midtown Atlanta. The 191,000-square-foot community will offer 850 beds alongside collaborative learning spaces, community lounges and group kitchens. The project is being built to accommodate first-year student enrollment growth over the next 10 years, and to help relocate students during planned renovations to the university’s existing housing. The residence hall will be Georgia Tech’s first new construction since 2005 when 10th and Home opened according to Kasey Helton of Georgia Tech’s Campus Services division. Completion on the project is scheduled for fall 2026.
FAYETTEVILLE, ARK. — The ITEX Group and Time Warp Enterprises have released plans for The Aronson, a build-to-rent (BTR) project in Fayetteville that will be anchored by a new moviegoing concept from Austin, Texas-based theater chain Alamo Drafthouse Cinema. The Aronson’s 214 units will be available as single-family, duplex or triplex configurations. Amenities will include a clubhouse, fitness center, pool, playgrounds, dog parks and bike parking. The project is anticipated to deliver by 2024. The Aronson will be home to Alamo Drafthouse Cinema + Drive-In, developed via a partnership among Catchlight Entertainment, ITEX and Time Warp. In addition to eight indoor movie screens, with a total of 798 reclining theater seats, the concept also includes a permanent outdoor drive-in theater with a beer garden and parking for cars and bikes. The Aronson is named for cinema pioneer and Arkansas native Max Aronson, whose screen name was Gilbert “Bronco Billy” Anderson. Aronson starred in several silent films in the early part of the 20th century as Bronco Billy. He also was a producer on “The Tramp,” a film released in 1915 and recognized as one of Charlie Chaplin’s first well-known performances.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The NRP Group has delivered a 180-unit affordable housing community located in northeast Charlotte at 2019 Aberdale Farm Lane. Dubbed Sundale Flats, the community is reserved for residents earning at or below 80 percent of the area median income (AMI) and comprises three four-story buildings with homes in two-, three- and four-bedroom layouts. Amenities include a fitness center, clubhouse and community lounge, business center, playground, outdoor grill and picnic area, onsite laundry room and onsite parking. Residents will also have access to a 16-foot-wide multi-use path that connects to a larger network of trails and will be part of the 26-mile Cross Charlotte Trail (XCLT). The City of Charlotte, The North Carolina Housing Finance Agency, Inlivian (formerly the Charlotte Housing Authority) and Bank of America provided financing for the project. Leasing is currently underway with a waitlist in progress.
HOMESTEAD, FLA. — Mast Capital, in partnership with Angelo Gordon, has sold Seascape Pointe, a townhome community located in Homestead, roughly 40 miles southwest of Miami. IMC Equity Group purchased the property for an undisclosed price. Located on 31.7 acres at 1140 S.E. 24th Road, the Seascape Pointe features 54 buildings comprising 306 two-story, direct-access townhomes. Residences range in size from 1,387 square feet to 1,501 square feet in three- and four-bedroom layouts. Amenities include a clubhouse, swimming pool, outdoor fitness area, playground, dog park and 24-hour gated entrance. Mast Capital and Angelo Gordon originally acquired the community as a joint venture in 2020 and instituted capital improvements, as well as the addition of 14 new townhomes.
BLOOMINGTON, IND. — Gray Capital has acquired Echo Park Apartments in Bloomington for an undisclosed price. The company says its business plan includes improving onsite management and reducing expenses. Amenities at the property include a bark park, resort-style pool, trash pickup and in-unit washers and dryers. Gray Capital’s property management company, Gray Residential, is now managing Echo Park as well as nearby apartment property Forest Ridge. Echo Park is the fourth property within Gray Capital’s $100 million multifamily investment fund, The Gray Fund. Previous acquisitions include Sycamore Terrace in Terre Haute, Ind.; Club Meridian in Lansing, Mich.; and Stonybrook Commons in Indianapolis. Gray Capital maintains roughly $775 million in assets under management.
NILES, MICH. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $4.2 million sale of Village West in Niles, a city in Southwest Michigan. The 54-unit apartment building is located at 746 Colony Court. Renovations made to the property in 2020 and 2021 included a new roof, windows and gutters, as well as upgraded electrical and HVAC systems. Aaron Kuroiwa, Jack Friskney and Austin Meeker of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a limited liability company that plans on using proceeds from the sale and a 1031 exchange to buy another multifamily asset in Indiana or Florida. The Marcus & Millichap trio also represented the buyer, a limited liability company that secured agency financing with five years of interest-only payments.
MERIDIAN, IDAHO — Developer Morgan Stonehill, with Los Angeles-based Newman Garrison + Partners as architect, has released plans for Seasons at Meridian, a 360-unit apartment community located at 2700 E. Overland Road in Meridian, a western suburb of Boise. The team broke ground on the development in January. Seasons at Meridian will feature 10 residential buildings arranged around an open-air courtyard space. Each building will offer a mix of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units ranging from 488 square feet to 1,328 square feet. The community will offer more than 30,000 square feet of amenity space, including a 10,000-square-foot clubhouse, a pool, park, community garden, fitness facility, bike maintenance room and barbecue areas. Additionally, the project is designed to provide direct pedestrian linkages to the adjacent commercial and retail developments with access to nearby recreational trails, landscaped areas and pocket parks. Completion is slated for second-quarter 2025.
