SACRAMENTO, CALIF. — Reliant Group has completed the sale of The Lofts, an apartment property in Sacramento’s Natomas submarket. Jackson Square Properties acquired the asset for $52.3 million. Located at 3351 Duckhorn Drive, The Lofts offers 188 one- and two-bedroom units, with more than 40 percent including loft-style floor plans. Select units feature attached direct-access garages, nine-foot vaulted ceilings, dual-pane windows and luxury flooring. Community amenities include a swimming pool, hot tub, fitness center, an outdoor barbecue and entertainment center and a playground. Marc Ross of CBRE represented the seller in the deal. Ryan Greer and Trevor Breaux of CBRE Capital Markets Debt & Structured Finance arranged financing on behalf of the buyer.
EUGENE AND SPRINGFIELD, ORE. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged $40 million in acquisition financing for a portfolio comprising three seniors housing communities in Oregon. Totaling 344 units, the properties are located in Eugene and Springfield. Built between 1996 and 2006 and renovated in 2021, the communities include Evergreen Senior Living in Eugene and Timber Pointe and Woodside Senior Living in Springfield. Together, the properties offer 43 independent living, 245 assisted living and 56 memory care residences. Amenities at the communities include onsite dining, complimentary transportation, television lounges, libraries, beauty salons and barber shops, game rooms, movie and theater rooms and a billiards lounge. Alanna Ellis and Alex Sheaffer of JLL secured the three-year, floating-rate bridge financing on behalf of the undisclosed borrower.
ANN ARBOR, MICH. — Marquette Cos. and a fund managed by DRA Advisors have sold The Haven at Ann Arbor, a 520-unit apartment community in Ann Arbor. Abacus Capital Group, a New York-based real estate investment firm, purchased the asset for an undisclosed price. Marquette purchased The Haven in 2017 when it was known as Village Green of Ann Arbor and undertook a $13 million revitalization project that included extensive exterior improvements and unit interior renovations. Marquette also renovated the amenities and improved site operations. At the time of sale, The Haven was 95 percent occupied. Located about a 15-minute drive from the University of Michigan, the property features studio, one- and two-bedroom units ranging from 650 to 1,075 square feet. Amenities include a clubhouse with resident lounge, three fitness centers, an outdoor pool with terrace, enclosed dog park, tennis courts, nature trails and an onsite car washing station.
BRECKSVILLE AND VERMILION, OHIO — Browns Gibbons Lang & Co. (BGL) Real Estate Advisors has arranged development financing for Valor Acres in Brecksville, a southern suburb of Cleveland, and The Bluffs at WaterWood Resort in Vermilion, about 42 miles west of Cleveland. The borrower was DiGeronimo Cos. Fifth Third Bank & First Commonwealth Bank provided the financing for Valor Acres, a mixed-use development incorporating 44,000 square feet of Class A office space, 221 luxury apartment units, 70,000 square feet of retail and entertainment space, an onsite safety station and 700-space parking garage. The project is being developed on the former site of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Brecksville hospital. Valor Acres is also home to the new Sherwin-Williams Research and Development Center and the DiGeronimo corporate headquarters. DiGeronimo closed on Phase I of the project, which included a multifamily building as well as for-rent townhomes, in December 2021. The developer closed on the for-sale townhomes, attached loft homes, memorial park and clubhouse in June 2023. BGL also served as the financial advisor for those transactions. In addition to senior construction debt from Fifth Third Bank, the project received transformational mixed-use development tax credits, Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority incentives and …
CHICAGO — Berkadia has negotiated the sale of Midpointe Apartments in Chicago for an undisclosed price. The 423-unit, garden-style multifamily property was built in 1973 and extensively upgraded over the last 10 years. Amenities include an outdoor pool, fitness center, dog park, fire pit and outdoor gas grilling areas. Ralph DePasquale of Berkadia represented the seller, an institutional investor. An affiliate of California-based Turner Impact Capital was the buyer.
MINNEAPOLIS — Kiser Group has expanded into Minnesota by partnering with multifamily broker Robert Dulin to open a new multifamily brokerage office. The firm maintains brokers focused on Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin, and this latest expansion broadens the company’s reach across the Midwest. Kiser Group’s transaction volume is in excess of $6 billion in multifamily investment sales since its inception in 2005. Dulin, formerly a director at Cushman & Wakefield, brings 15 years of multifamily brokerage experience to his role as executive director for Kiser’s Minneapolis-St. Paul operations.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — As the clock struck midnight on New Year’s Eve, the 2025-2026 academic year moved further into focus. What can the industry expect to see this year from a preleasing perspective? Are rents expected to keep growing? And by how much? All of these questions and more were discussed during a kick-off panel at the 2024 LeaseCon/TurnCon conference by InterFace Conference Group, which took place this past December in Charlotte. As of Dec. 3, student housing properties across the country were 36.6 percent preleased on average — a 1.3 percent decline from rates seen at the same time in 2023, according to moderator Charlie Matthews, founder and CEO of data provider College House. Editor’s note: InterFace Conference Group, a division of France Media Inc., produces networking and educational conferences for commercial real estate executives. To sign up for email announcements about specific events, visit www.interfaceconferencegroup.com/subscribe. Of markets across the United States, the Southeast led the way with the highest preleasing percentage at 43.5 percent. Asking rents have congruently grown by 4.9 percent across the country as of early December, according to Matthews, with average rents at $990. Leading the way in rent growth for the 2025-2026 academic year …
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Clear Investment Group has purchased Marbury Plaza, a 681-unit apartment community located in southeast Washington, D.C. The Chicago-based investment firm plans to rebrand the property to Langston Views and upgrade the amenity package to include a new fitness center, onsite convenience store and renovated pools and locker rooms. This is the fifth investment for the buyer’s Clear Opportunities Fund I. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
KENNESAW, GA. — JLL has negotiated the sale of Bixby Kennesaw, a 656-bed student housing community located near the Kennesaw State University campus in metro Atlanta. Completed in 2020, the property offers 179 units in a mix of studio through five-bedroom configurations. Shared amenities include a rooftop sky deck overlooking the university’s football stadium, resort-style swimming pool, fitness center and multiple study spaces. Teddy Leatherman, Scott Clifton, Kevin Kazlow and Jack Goldberger of JLL represented the seller, Alden Street Capital, in the disposition. The buyer and terms of the transaction were not released.
DENVER — Trammell Crow Residential and Cigna have obtained $75 million in refinancing for One Seven at Belleview Station, a multifamily community in Denver. The refinancing will retire the original bank construction loan. Leon McBroom and Mark Erland of JLL Capital Market’s Debt Advisory team arranged the three-year, floating-rate loan through a national life insurance company for the borrowers. Located at 4882 S. Newport St., One Seven at Belleview Station offers 250 one-, two- and three-bedroom units with wood vinyl plank flooring, Bluetooth-enabled entry doors, roller shades, stainless steel appliances, quartz countertops and private balconies. Community amenities include a rooftop pool deck, remote work center, clubroom, wellness center, bike storage, pet spa and theater rooms. The property also offers 7,062 square feet of fully leased retail space.