Multifamily

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SANTA ROSA, CALIF. — Buchanan Mortgage Holdings, an affiliate of Newport Beach, Calif.-based Buchanan Street Partners, has provided a $35.5 million non-recourse senior construction loan for the development of an apartment community located at 888 Fourth in downtown Santa Rosa. Construction was approximately 50 percent completed at the time of loan closing. Totaling 108 apartments, the multifamily property will offer unobstructed views from all units, a rooftop hot tub, third-level recreation terrace, ground-level picnic area and a fitness center. The market-rate multifamily property is slated to open in mid-2023. The name of the borrower was not released.

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EUGENE, ORE. — PTLA Real Estate has acquired a four-property student housing portfolio near the University of Oregon campus in Eugene. The communities — named The Anthony, The Pearl, Westgate and The Sonja — offer a total of 186 units and 383 beds. The properties were 95 percent leased ahead of the current academic year. The portfolio recently underwent roughly $2 million in renovations, including updates to shared amenity spaces. Jaclyn Fitts, William Vonderfecht and Casey Schaefer with CBRE’s national student housing team and Josh McDonald with CBRE’s Northwest multifamily investment sales team arranged the transaction on behalf of the undisclosed seller.

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LAS VEGAS — Cottonwood Group has purchased Summit on Nellis (formerly The Boulevard) and The Quinn, two apartment communities in Las Vegas, for $64 million and $58.5 million, respectively. The acquisition marks Cottonwood’s entry into the Las Vegas multifamily market. The Summit on Nellis, located at 3050 S. Nellis Blvd., features 296 units, and The Quinn, at 5500 S. Mountain Vista St., offers 237 units. For both transactions, Cottonwood partnered with experienced operators and contributed the majority of the equity. This year, Cottonwood has invested in six multifamily properties, including these two in Las Vegas.

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TAMPA, FLA. — Crescent Communities and CP Capital US have broken ground on Novel Independence Park, a 277-unit apartment community located in Tampa’s Westshore Business District. The property will serve as the multifamily component of Independence Park, a 44-acre mixed-use development site. Units will feature stainless steel appliances, stone surface countertops and vinyl wood flooring, and amenities will include a fitness center with a private yoga and spin studio, pool deck overlooking a pond, rooftop lounge, indoor-outdoor private events space, dog park, detached garages and a pedestrian nature trail. The site is situated within walking distance to Rocky Point Golf Club, Skyway Sports Complex and the trailhead for the Skyway Park Trail. The design-build team for Novel Independence Park includes architectural firm Dwell Design Studio, landscape architect LandDesign, civil engineer Haiff Associates and interior designer Vignette Interior Design. CBG Construction is serving as the general contractor. The construction timeline was not disclosed.

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GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS — Texas-based multifamily developer Presidium has delivered Presidium Hill Street, a 290-unit community located in the central metroplex city of Grand Prairie. Designed by Dallas-based O’Brien Architects and situated on 13 acres, Presidium Hill Street offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units that are furnished with stainless steel appliances, quartz countertops and various smart home features. Amenities include a pool with cabanas, business center with private coworking spaces, clubroom, fitness center, dog park and a package handling system. Rents start at $1,370 per month for a one-bedroom apartment.

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DALLAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Maverick Oak Lawn, a 137-unit apartment complex located in the Oak Lawn area of Dallas. The property features one- and two-bedroom units as well as a pool, outdoor grilling and dining areas and onsite laundry facilities. Al Silva and Ford Braly of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a locally based partnership, in the transaction. The duo also procured the buyer, an out-of-state partnership. Both parties requested anonymity. Los Angeles-based Veleta Capital Partners provided an $18 million floating-rate bridge loan for the acquisition. Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital arranged the financing, a portion of which will be used to fund capital improvements.

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ANN ARBOR, MICH. — Greystone has provided a $14.9 million bridge loan for the acquisition of Lynden Parke Apartments in Ann Arbor. The 154-unit, garden-style multifamily property was constructed in 2002. Reuben Dolny and Jason Yuen of Greystone structured the loan on behalf of the borrower, Cape Sierra Capital. The loan features a two-year term with one 12-month extension option, enabling the borrower to complete the acquisition and fund capital improvements while Greystone works to secure permanent agency financing as part of its bridge-to-agency platform.

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LAWRENCE, MASS. — MassHousing has provided $25.9 million in financing for an affordable housing redevelopment project in Lawrence, a northern suburb of Boston. The project will convert a 177-year-old structure that originally housed a stone mill into a complex with one-, two- and three-bedroom units. Of the 86 units, 11 will be rented to households earning 30 percent or less of the area median income (AMI); 58 will be reserved for renters earning up to 60 percent of AMI; and the other 17 will be rented at market rates. WinnCos. is the developer of the project. The financing package comprised a $4.6 million tax-exempt permanent loan, a $20.4 million bridge loan and $900,000 from the Capital Magnet Fund, an initiative designed to attract private capital to affordable housing projects in economically distressed areas.

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CAMBRIDGE, MASS. — General contractor Nauset Construction has broken ground on 605 Concord, a 49-unit multifamily project that will be located across the Charles River from Boston in Cambridge. Designed by Piatt Associates, the six-story project will include 2,500 square feet of street-level retail space. Floor plans will come in studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom formats, and 15 percent of the units will be designated as affordable housing. Completion is slated for summer 2024.

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TAMPA, FLA. — Miami-based investment, development and design firm LD&D has announced plans for the development of a $200 million mixed-use project in downtown Tampa. The project site, located at 1101 E. Harrison St., comprises two acres within the 40-acre master-planned development district known as ENCORE. LD&D acquired the property from the Tampa Housing Authority (THA). Plans for the project include the construction of a 28-story multifamily building, a 178-room hotel, 32,500 square feet of ground-floor retail space and a 586-space parking podium. Baker Barrios Architects is the designer for the project. Construction is scheduled to commence in the second half of 2023. The residential tower, which the developers say will be the tallest building in the area, will feature 365 units and more than 45,000 square feet of amenity space. Amenities will include a 4,500-square-foot wellness area, 10,000-square-foot coworking space and a 26th-floor sky lounge with views of the city. Hotel and residential uses at the development are to be separated by a pedestrian alleyway, which will be lined with restaurant and retail tenants. Situated blocks from the site of the Amtrak station and potential new Brightline train station that would connect other major cities in the state, the …

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