WACO, TEXAS — Newsome Development & Investments has sold 11th Street Flats, a 134-bed student housing property located near Baylor University in Waco. The community was constructed in 2015 and offers 45 units in a mix of two-, three- and four-bedroom configurations with bed-to-bath parity. Shared amenities include a fitness center, study lounge and deck with campus views. Teddy Leatherman, Stewart Hayes and Scott Clifton of JLL represented the seller in the disposition of the property to Waterway Family Funds.
KILLEEN, TEXAS — Partners, the Houston-based investment and brokerage firm formerly known as NAI Partners, has negotiated the sale of Williamsburg Apartments, a 64-unit multifamily complex located in the Central Texas city of Killeen. According to Apartments.com, the property was built in 1977 and offers one-bedroom units. Jason Chtay of Partners represented the seller, an entity doing business as AJH Williamsburg Ltd., in the transaction. The name and representative of the buyer were not disclosed.
FORT MYERS, FLA. — A joint venture between two Miami-based developers, Global City Development and Gilu Development, plans to develop a $90 million multifamily project in Fort Myers. The companies purchased the site, a 17- acre parcel on the corner of Crystal Drive and 6 Mile Cypress Parkway, in August. The unnamed, 255-unit gated property will comprise one-, two- and three-bedroom residences ranging in size from 786 to 1,690 square feet. Amenities will include private garages, outdoor exercise areas and a two-story clubhouse that will feature a fitness center, meditation area, children’s playroom, private Zoom studios, coworking space, event room, onsite management office, package room and a pool overlooking the community’s private lake. The development team, including general contractor ANF Group Inc., plans to break ground in January 2023 with a completion date set for second-quarter 2024.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Greysteel has brokered the sale of a six-property multifamily portfolio in Northwest Washington, D.C., totaling 362 apartments. The six properties in the portfolio include Barclay, Ravenel, Park Meridian, Park Marconi, Richman Towers and Sarbin Towers. Van Metre Cos. and institutional investors advised by J.P. Morgan Asset Management sold the portfolio to four different buyers for approximately $76.7 million, three of which were sold to local nonprofit affordable housing provider Jubilee Housing. Kyle Tangney and Herbert Schwat of Greysteel represented the sellers in the transaction. Four of the assets will be preserved as affordable housing. All six properties were sold via an assignment of their respective tenant associations to third-party developers pursuant to D.C.’s Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA).
FREDERICKSBURG, VA. — Northmarq has arranged the $34.3 million sale of Timber Ridge Townhomes, a 147-unit affordable housing community located at 3500 Goldenfield Lane in Fredericksburg, a town equidistant between Richmond and Washington, D.C. Northmarq’s Richmond investment sales team of Wink Ewing, Mike Marshall and Matt Straughan represented the seller, CAPREIT, in the transaction. The firm’s Richmond debt placement team of Keith Wells, Reina Abboud and Hunter Wood originated an undisclosed amount of acquisition financing for the buyer, Linden Property Group, through an unnamed regional bank. Built in 1999, Timber Ridge is a LIHTC community that comprises 21 apartment buildings. The property had a waiting list at the time of sale, and the Virginia Housing Development Authority recently raised rent caps at the property by 12 percent, according to Northmarq. Community amenities include onsite property management, a pet play area, business center, fitness center and a pool, with Wi-Fi access available at the clubhouse and pool areas.
NEW YORK CITY — Ariel Property Advisors has brokered the $107.5 million sale of a portfolio of four affordable housing properties totaling 477 units in The Bronx. The sale, which also included a 525,000-square-foot development site, involved properties in the Morrisania, High Bridge and Belmont neighborhoods. Victor Sozio, Shimon Shkury, Jason Gold, Daniel Mahfar and Evan Hirsch of Ariel Property Advisors represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer was a joint venture between Systima Capital Management, Gilbane Development Co., ELH Management LLC and TerreAlto.
NEW YORK CITY — A partnership between National Real Estate Advisors and Taconic Partners has topped out a 33-story apartment building in Midtown Manhattan. The building at 312 W. 43rd St. is located at the confluence of the Times Square and Hell’s Kitchen neighborhoods and will house 330 apartments and 42,000 square feet of retail space. In addition, the property will offer 28,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor amenities. Handel Architects designed the building, and Triton Construction is serving as the general contractor. Full completion is slated for fall 2024.
DENVER — Cleveland-based The Max Collection and Denver-based NAVA Real Estate Development have broken ground on Wilder, a multifamily property located at 1521 Hooker St. in Denver. Davis Partnership Architects designed the project, which will feature 196 apartments, co-working spaces, ample outdoor access, two rooftop terraces, a plunge pool, fitness center and yoga studio. Completion is slated for late 2024. Saunders Construction is serving as general contractor.
LITTLE FERRY, N.J. — Northmarq has arranged an $11 million loan for the refinancing of Gilbert Manor Apartments, a 108-unit multifamily property located in the Northern New Jersey community of Little Ferry. Built in the 1960s, the garden-style property consists of seven two-story buildings on a 3.4-acre site. Robert Ranieri of Northmarq arranged the fixed-rate loan, which carried a five-year term with two years of interest-only payments followed by a 30-year amortization schedule, on behalf of the undisclosed borrower. The name of the direct lender, a regional bank, was also not disclosed.
ANAHEIM, CALIF. — Berkadia Institutional Solutions has arranged the sale of Anavia, an apartment community in Anaheim’s Platinum Triangle area. Essex sold the asset to Chapman University for an undisclosed price. Tom Moran of Berkadia Irvine handled the off-market transaction. Originally built as a for-sale condominium project, Anavia features 250-units/550 beds with an average unit size of 1,249 square feet. The buyer plans to convert the property into student housing.