Multifamily

HUNTSVILLE, ALA. — RCP Cos. has announced plans for Anthem House, a $110 million mixed-use development in Huntsville’s new MidCity district. The property will feature 330 apartment units, 35,000 square feet of creative office space and 32,000 square feet of street-level retail space. Named for MidCity’s music theme, Anthem House will offer a “residential-meets-hospitality housing solution” with furnished units, shorter lease contracts and hotel-like surroundings and amenities. Most of the major aerospace companies have a presence in Huntsville, which is home to regional employers including U.S. Army post Redstone Arsenal and Cummings Research Park. Additionally, the city offers twice the amount of government jobs per capita than any other city in the country. Huntsville’s workforce demographics feature many remote and contract workers who greatly prefer the multifamily-hospitality niche for their housing. “Currently, Huntsville has a housing deficit that is accentuated by the continued job growth in the market,” says RCP co-founder Max Grelier. “The shift in consumer preferences, particularly among millennials, is driving demand for more hospitality features within real estate projects, including more amenities, hosting events and activities which bring residents together.” U.S. News & World Report named Huntsville as the best place to live in the United States …

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Paul Darrow LA multifamily investment sales

Multifamily investment transaction volume had an unprecedented year in 2021, and the first six months of 2022 were quite robust. Now, economic uncertainty in the form of rising interest rates and a cooling economy has created some hesitancy on the part of investors. “Some normalization is occurring in the market now, in addition to a pullback because of what is going on in the capital markets and economy,” says Paul Darrow, a managing director of Walker & Dunlop’s investment sales team based out of Los Angeles. Walker & Dunlop is one of the largest providers of capital to commercial real estate industry in the United States. Darrow sat down with REBusinessOnline to talk about multifamily investment sales trends in the Los Angeles area and the opportunities he sees for investors down the road. REBusiness: Investor interests have shifted in the past few months. What kinds of properties are investors most interested in now? Darrow: It’s a mixed bag when it comes to investor appetite. Those who raised money to buy specific types of buildings are obviously guided by what they’ve promised their investors in the form of return profiles and risk.  Core funds, for example, can’t just switch to value-add or …

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HOUSTON — Austin-based investment firm Casoro Group has sold The Quinn South at Westchase, a 368-unit apartment community in West Houston. The property offers studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units, and select units feature stainless steel appliances, granite countertops, individual washers and dryers and private patios/balconies. Communal amenities include multiple pools, a tennis court, dog park, fitness center, clubhouse and onsite laundry facilities. Casoro Group acquired the property in 2018 and implemented capital improvements to the unit interiors, building exteriors and amenity spaces. Scott LaMontagne and Justin Chambers of Northmarq brokered the deal. The buyer was not disclosed.

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HOUSTON — Lubbock-based Madera Residential has acquired Chelsea Museum District, a 325-unit multifamily property in Central Houston. Built in 2021, the property offers one- and two-bedroom units ranging in size from 412 to 1,632 square feet. Amenities include a pool, fitness center, coworking lounge, speakeasy, dog park, golf simulator and package lockers. Chris Curry, Todd Marix, Jeff Skipworth, Chris Young, Joey Rippel and Kyle Whitney of Berkadia represented the seller, Arizona-based Alliance Residential, in the transaction. Chris Pollard and Jason Rice, also with Berkadia, arranged acquisition financing through an undisclosed direct lender on behalf of Madera Residential.

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BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS — Northmarq has brokered the sale of Casa Grande, a 116-unit multifamily property located in the South Texas city of Brownsville. The community was built in 1973 and features a pool, courtyard and onsite laundry facilities. Zar Haro, Moses Siller, Phillip Grafe and Bryan VanCura of Northmarq represented the seller, Raybec Investments, in the transaction. An Austin-based syndication led by DARE Investing purchased Casa Grande for an undisclosed price. The new ownership plans to implement a value-add program.

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LENEXA, KAN. — CBRE has brokered the sale of Park Edge in Lenexa for an undisclosed price. Located at 8201 Renner Road, the apartment community consists of 260 units across 29 buildings. Units average 1,131 square feet each. Completed in 1999, Park Edge features amenities such as a fitness center, clubhouse and indoor and outdoor pools. Jeff Stingley and Max Helgeson of CBRE represented the seller, Maxus Realty Trust Inc. Kansas City-based Cohen-Esrey was the buyer.

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MARINETTE, WIS. — Newcap Inc. has completed Trolley Station Terrace in Marinette, about 55 miles north of Green Bay. The mixed-income housing development features 38 units for residents earning up to 60 percent of the area median income and seven market-rate units. The property also offers social services for veterans and persons with disabilities. Nine of the units are designated for veterans and individuals who have permanent developmental, physical, sensory, medical or mental health disabilities. Amenities include a community room, computer lab, reading room, storage units, dog wash and internet. The development team included Crown Court Properties Ltd. as co-developer, McGann Construction Inc. as general contractor, Dimension IV Madison Design Group as project architect and Lutheran Social Services as property manager. The total project cost was $10.2 million. Hunt Capital Partners provided $6.3 million in federal low-income housing tax credit equity through its multi-investor fund, Hunt Capital Partners Tax Credit Fund 37. The fund includes eight investors, including CVS Health. Trolley Station Terrace also benefits from funds from the HOME Investment Partnerships Program, which is a federal block grant to state and local governments designed exclusively to create affordable housing for low-income households. Additionally, Merchants Capital Corp. provided a $1.8 …

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CHICAGO — Quantum Real Estate Advisors Inc. has negotiated the sale of a 12-unit multifamily building located at 3137 W. Wellington Ave. in Chicago for $2.8 million. Clay Maxfield of Quantum represented the seller, which purchased the asset in 2018. The property sold to a California-based buyer completing a 1031 exchange.

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PLAINFIELD, N.J. — Locally based brokerage firm The Kislak Co. Inc. has negotiated the sale of Milton Terrace, a 20-unit multifamily complex located in the Northern New Jersey community of Plainfield. The two-building property was built in 1970 and houses two-bedroom units. Julie Gralla of Kislak represented the seller, an entity doing business as Milton Terrace Holdings, in the transaction. Joni Sweetwood, also with Kislak, represented the undisclosed buyer.

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Cabana99th-Glendale-AZ

GLENDALE, ARIZ. — Greenlight Communities has completed the sale of Cabana 99th, a multifamily community in Glendale. B&R Capital Partners and American Landmark acquired the asset for $93.5 million, or $326,923 per unit. Completed in 2022, Cabana 99th features 286 apartments with nine-foot ceilings, stainless steel appliance packages, wood-style vinyl plank flooring with carpet in the bedrooms and keyless entry systems. Select floor plans have built-in workstation desks and full-size, front-loading washers and dryers. Community amenities include a clubhouse, fitness center, outdoor fitness circuits and a resort-style swimming pool. The controlled-access, gated-entry property also offers two laundry rooms, co-working space, a parcel delivery room and covered parking. Steve Gebing and Cliff David of Institutional Property Advisors, a division of Marcus & Millichap, represented the seller and procured the buyer in the deal.

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