Multifamily

WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. — Silver Creek Development has received funding for the redevelopment of 8850 Sunset Boulevard, which is located on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood. Cottonwood Group provided a $62 million loan for the project. Currently a retail strip center and home to the legendary Viper Room music venue, the property is going through re-entitlement and will be transformed into a mixed-use project. Plans call for a redesigned music venue and recording studio, multiple eateries, retail spaces, a five-star hotel, 26 condominiums and eight income-restricted housing units. Completion is slated for 2023. Residents will have access to an outdoor fitness center, rooftop pool and below-ground parking. The hotel’s rooftop will feature a restaurant and bar with panoramic views from downtown Los Angeles to the Pacific Ocean. Architectural firm Arquitectonica designed the project, which is being built to meet or exceed LEED standards. Silver Creek is a Los Angeles-based real estate developer that focuses on revitalizing underused sites. The firm has developed more than 10 million square feet of mixed-use projects globally. The financing deal was executed as part of Cottonwood’s strategic platform with BCEG International Investment. Headquartered in Los Angeles, Cottonwood is a private real estate investment firm …

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Resia-National-Dallas

By Taylor Williams First things first: By most objective metrics and standards, multifamily assets in major Texas markets still represent strong investment propositions relative to certain other commercial sectors, as well as to the stock market, the other long-term vehicle to which real estate investments are most commonly compared. But as we cross the midpoint of 2022, the U.S. economy finds itself awash in a unique combination of challenging and extreme circumstances. Mainstream news coverage increasingly includes the word “record” in reports on inflation, one-off interest rate hikes and movement in the 10-Year Treasury yield. The yield on two-year Treasury notes recently eclipsed that of the 10-year, creating the “inverted curve” that has historically been an indicator of an upcoming downturn. Rumblings of an imminent recession grow louder by the day. Fear is contagious, and some markets are already showing signs of hunkering down in anticipation of a downturn.  The expectation of recession, let alone the materialization of it, impacts even the strongest of markets, including multifamily assets in Texas. Investors and brokers who specialize in the property type recognize that certain factors — net in-migration of hundreds of thousands of people per year, exceptional corporate relocation activity, and supply …

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CHARLOTTE AND MATTHEWS, N.C. — The Solomon Organization has sold a three-property multifamily portfolio in metro Charlotte for $173.5 million. The garden-style assets include Waterford Hills Apartments, a 270-unit property that was built in 1995 at 6219 Waterford Hills Drive in Charlotte; Mission Matthews Place a 392-unit community built in 1994 at 2100 Woodway Hills Drive in Matthews; and Matthews Pointe, a 100-unit property built in 1986 at 2100 Woodway Hills Drive in Matthews. Kevin Kempf, Howard Jenkins, Drew Harney and William Yowell of CBRE represented Solomon Organization in the transaction. CBRE Debt & Structured Finance secured the debt for the undisclosed buyer.

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HUNTSVILLE, ALA. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale of Seleno at Bridge Street, a 244-unit apartment community in Huntsville. California-based Steadfast Cos. purchased the community from Connecticut-based Twenty Lake Holdings for an undisclosed price. Craig Hey and Andrew Brown of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the transaction. Seleno at Bridge Street serves at the multifamily component of Bridge Street Town Centre, a mixed-use development comprising hotels, offices and retailers including Apple, H&M, The Cheesecake Factory, Main Event and PBR x Lockhart Smokehouse. Built in 2019, the apartment community includes a fitness center, heated resort-style swimming pool with in-pool loungers, clubhouse with TVs and a kitchen/coffee bar, dog park and pet spa, game lounge with glass garage doors overlooking the pool area, a karaoke room and focus rooms.

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HUNTSVILLE, ALA. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale of Selano at Bridge Street, a 244-unit apartment community in Huntsville. California-based Steadfast Cos. purchased the community from Connecticut-based Twenty Lake Holdings for an undisclosed price. Craig Hey and Andrew Brown of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the transaction. Selano at Bridge Street serves at the multifamily component of Bridge Street Town Centre, a mixed-use development comprising hotels, offices and retailers including Apple, H&M, The Cheesecake Factory, Main Event and PBR x Lockhart Smokehouse. Built in 2019, the apartment community includes a fitness center, heated resort-style swimming pool with in-pool loungers, clubhouse with TVs and a kitchen/coffee bar, dog park and pet spa, game lounge with glass garage doors overlooking the pool area, a karaoke room and focus rooms.

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ILLINOIS AND INDIANA — Morgan Properties has acquired two multifamily portfolios totaling eight communities and 2,986 units in Illinois and Indiana for $410 million. With the addition of these new assets, Morgan Properties now owns and operates 2,035 units in Illinois, 3,692 units in Indiana and more than 95,000 units nationwide. The Illinois portfolio consists of The Lakes of Schaumburg in Schaumburg, Blackhawk Apartments in Elgin and The Gates of Deer Grove in Palatine. The Indiana portfolio consists of The Boardwalk at Westlake, Parkside at Castleton Square, Lakeside Crossing at Eagle Creek, The Elliott at College Park and The Preserve on Allisonville. Morgan Properties plans to invest more than $40 million in capital improvements across the two portfolios. The seller was undisclosed.

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CHICAGO — The Habitat Co. and P3 Markets have topped out construction of the first building at 43 Green, a $100 million mixed-income apartment development in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood. Centered around the Chicago Transit Authority’s 43rd Street Green Line station, the project represents the first equitable transit-oriented development (ETOD) on Chicago’s South Side. The project will be developed in three phases and ultimately bring 300 new apartments to the neighborhood. The first building is the largest of the three planned buildings. The 10-story asset will house 99 apartment units as well as 5,500 square feet of retail space. Half of the units will be reserved for households earning up to 60 percent of the area median income. Construction of Phase I is slated for completion in February 2023. Construction on Phase II is expected to begin later this year. Bowa Construction and McHugh Construction are jointly building the project. Landon Bone Baker is the architect. Momentum Coffee and Super Cycle will occupy retail space. Financing for 43 Green involved a multi-layered capital stack, including the use of the City of Chicago’s low-income housing tax credits allocation and tax credit investor Stratford Capital. Fifth Third Bank provided debt via HUD’s 221(d)(4) …

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ST. PAUL, MINN. — Kraus-Anderson Development Co. has completed construction of MODA on Raymond, a $38.6 million multifamily project located at the corner of Raymond and University avenues in St. Paul. Designed by UrbanWorks Architecture, the development houses 220 market-rate apartment units and 2,314 square feet of commercial space. The six-story property is located one block from the Green Line station in the St. Anthony Park neighborhood. Units at MODA on Raymond range from 361 to 1,180 square feet. Amenities include a fitness center, outdoor courtyard, pool, clubroom, rooftop patio, convenience market, pet wash and dog run. Monthly rents start at $1,077 for studios.

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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS — San Antonio-based Koontz Corp. has sold Encino Trace Apartments, a 340-unit community in College Station. Koontz completed Encino Trace, which offers one- and two-bedroom floor plans, in January 2022. Units feature stainless steel appliances, quartz countertops, brushed nickel hardware, simulated wood and ceramic tile flooring, full-size washers and dryers, walk-in closets, private patios and balconies and detached garages. Communal amenities include a pool with a tanning ledge and outdoor kitchen, poolside lounge and fire pit, a dog park, fitness center and a clubhouse. Will Balthrope, Drew Garza and Jennifer Campbell of Institutional Property Advisors, a division of Marcus & Millichap, brokered the deal on behalf of Koontz Corp. The buyer was California-based SB Pacific Group LLC.

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DALLAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Hampton Greens, a 309-unit multifamily property in northeast Dallas. Built in 1985 on nine acres, the 16-building community offers one- and two-bedroom floor plans featuring patios or balconies, walk-in closets and exterior storage space. Amenities include a pool, business center, fitness center, clubhouse, children’s play area and onsite laundry facilities. David Fersing, Nick Fluellen and Bard Hoover of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, Los Angeles-based Oro Capital Advisors LLC, in the transaction. The team also procured the buyer, a partnership between two locally based firms, Capital Boutiq and Trinity Investors.

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