HILLSBORO, ORE. — CBRE National Senior Housing has arranged $33.1 million in financing for MorningStar of Hillsboro. The borrower is a joint venture between Artemis Real Estate Partners, MorningStar Senior Living and American Capital Group. Situated on a 1.35-acre parcel, the community comprises 142 independent living units. The property recently opened its doors. The operator is MorningStar. The property is less than a mile north of Kaiser Permanente Westside Medical Center, a 126-bed hospital that serves the greater Hillsboro and Beaverton suburbs. Additionally, half a mile north of the community is The Streets of Tanasbourne, a 386,000-square-foot outdoor shopping mall with over 55 retail and restaurant options. Aron Will, Austin Sacco and Tim Root arranged the nonrecourse, floating-rate loan with full-term interest-only payments. A national bank provided the capital.
Multifamily
SEATTLE — Colliers has brokered the sale of Villa Andora, a multifamily building located at 1520 California Ave. SW in the North Admiral neighborhood of West Seattle. The property traded for $13.6 million. The names of the buyer and seller were not released. Tim McKay, Dan Chhan, Sam Wayne and Matt Kemper of Colliers represented the seller, while Adam Groberman of Colliers represented the buyer in the deal. Totaling 30,029 square feet, Villa Andora features 37 apartments, all of which have undergone interior renovations and feature new kitchens, bathrooms, flooring, windows, appliances, fixtures and finishes.
NORMAN, OKLA. — CBRE has arranged the sale of 2900 Apartments, a 556-bed student housing community located near the University of Oklahoma in Norman. Built in 1999, the property offers 156 units and is situated adjacent to the university’s golf course. Jaclyn Fitts, William Vonderfecht, Casey Schaefer and Matt Bukhshtaber of CBRE represented the undisclosed seller in the disposition of the property to Hamilton Point Investments. The sales price was also not disclosed.
ANNA, TEXAS — Palladium USA, a locally based affordable housing developer, has broken ground on East Foster Crossing, a $64 million mixed-income residential community in Anna, located north of Dallas in Collin County. East Foster Crossing will feature 239 units in one-, two- and three-bedroom formats and amenities such as a pool, fitness center, conference center, a children’s playroom, dog park and a clubroom. HEDK Architects is designing the project, and BBL Construction is the general contractor. Preleasing will begin next summer. Information on specific income restrictions was not disclosed.
DULUTH, MINN. — Colliers Mortgage has provided a $26.4 million HUD 221(d)(4) loan for the acquisition and rehabilitation of the historic Duluth Central High School in Minnesota. The 128-year-old building will be transformed into a 122-unit, mixed-income multifamily development known as Zenith. Amenities will include a gym, community lounge, game den, golf simulator, library, package room, patio and coworking area. The loan features a 40-year term and a 40-year amortization schedule. An entity doing business as Saturday Zenith LLC was the borrower.
CHICAGO — Interra Realty has arranged the sale of a pair of adjacent multifamily buildings totaling 42 units in Chicago’s Budlong Woods neighborhood for $6.7 million. All the units feature two bedrooms and one bath. Craig Martin of Interra represented the seller, Chicago-based Realty Resources, and the buyer, Chicago-based The Manderly Group. The new owner plans to upgrade units with new kitchens and baths to bring rents in line with the market.
HOUSTON — Berkadia has arranged the sale of Creekside Villas at Clear Lake, a 202-unit workforce housing community in Houston. The property was built in 1979 and offers one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments. Amenities include a lounge with a coffee bar, a resident kitchen, pool, fitness center, outdoor grilling areas and onsite laundry facilities. Joey Rippel, Chris Young, Kyle Whitney, Jeffrey Skipworth, Chris Curry and Todd Marix of Berkadia represented the seller, metro Dallas-based ClearWorth Capital, in the transaction. Cutt Ableson, also with Berkadia, arranged acquisition financing through New York City-based Ready Capital on behalf of the buyer, partnership between Utah-based Trinnium Equity Group and Dallas-based Starboard Equity.
PLANO, TEXAS — Forefront Living has begun construction of The Outlook at Windhaven, a seniors housing community in the northern Dallas suburb of Plano. Architectural firm three designed the 18-acre project. Plans call for 30 independent living cottage homes, 153 independent living apartments and a 56 units of assisted living and memory care in a 530,000-square-foot building. A timeline for completion was not released.
PHILADELPHIA — French investment bank Natixis has provided a $73.6 million acquisition loan for Mansion at Bala, a 276-unit apartment community in northwest Philadelphia. Built in 2010, the property offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units with an average size of 1,059 square feet. Amenities include a pool, resident clubhouse, business center and a fitness center. Robert Lipson, T.J. Piper and Jeremy Lynch of Berkadia arranged the five-year, floating-rate loan on behalf of the borrower, Rose Valley Capital, an affiliate of Hampshire Properties.
As Charlotte continues to expand its economy and population, its multifamily market is reporting unprecedented levels of activity. The market has experienced a tremendous rebound from the artificial pandemic performance in terms of investor demand, in-migration and rent growth. The market recorded double-digit rent growth in 2021, extremely tight vacancies across submarkets, record lease-up velocity and a modest supply of new deliveries. All these signs clearly point to a landlord’s market, and investors have taken notice. This year looks to be another solid one for Charlotte’s multifamily investment market, coming off a record-setting 2021 with nearly $6.4 billion in transactions (compared to $3.5 billion in 2020 and $3.7 billion in 2019). So far in 2022, pricing remains strong and sales are ahead of the pace set at the start of last year ($1 billion in first-quarter 2022 vs. $566 million in first-quarter 2021). Companies and residents are flocking to Charlotte, which is increasingly recognized as a high-growth market. It is business-friendly, offers a great lifestyle and is a talent magnet. Lowes, USAA and Centene are examples of companies expanding their footprints and hiring thousands of employees, all who need a place to live. Moreover, these are high-paying jobs ($100,000-plus), targeting …