COLUMBIA, S.C. — Dwight Capital has financed a $24.5 million HUD 223(f) loan for Wellspring Apartments, a 232-unit, garden-style multifamily community located in Columbia. This loan qualifies for a reduced Green Mortgage Insurance Premium (MIP) totaling 25 basis points. The undisclosed borrower will use the loan to retire existing debt, close costs, fund the replacement reserve account and complete necessary repairs. Keith Hoffman and Aaron Kirshtein of Dwight Capital originated the loan. The apartment community consists of one-, two- and three-bedroom units, and amenities include a clubhouse, leasing office, walking trails, grilling areas, fitness center, valet trash service and a resort-style pool.
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NEW YORK CITY — Philadelphia-based development and investment firm Arden Group has completed Forty-Six Fifty, a 22-story mixed-use building located at 4650 Broadway in Manhattan’s Inwood neighborhood. Designed by Handel Architects, the building offers 222 apartments in studio, one- and two-bedroom formats, with 30 percent of the apartments subject to income restrictions. Amenities include a fitness center, resident lounge, screening room and a children’s play area. In addition, 4650 Broadway houses 120,000 square feet of commercial space that is leased to a charter school and a supermarket. Apartment rents start at $2,800 per month for a studio.
HOBOKEN, N.J. — Advance Realty Investors has broken ground on a 52-unit multifamily project in Hoboken. The site at the intersection of 14th Street and Willow Avenue formerly housed a Hertz car rental depot. The new building will feature studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units that will have an average size of 903 square feet, with five residences to be set aside as affordable housing. Amenities will include a lobby lounge, fitness center, coworking space, landscaped terrace and a rooftop deck equipped with barbeque grilling stations. The building will also house 6,800 square feet of retail space. Completion is slated for the third quarter of 2026.
CHICAGO AND MILWAUKEE — Berkadia has arranged the sale of three upscale senior living communities offering assisted living and memory care services in the Chicago and Milwaukee metropolitan areas. Heartis of Orland Park in suburban Chicago features 96 assisted living and memory care units. Opened in 2018, the property is the newest majority assisted living community in the Southwest Cook County submarket. Heartis Village Brookfield and Heartis Village North Shore, located in Brookfield and Glendale, Wis., opened in 2019 and total 210 assisted living and memory care units. Ross Sanders, Dave Fasano, Cody Tremper and Mike Garbers of Berkadia arranged the sale on behalf of the seller, a joint venture between Dallas-based Caddis Partners and a private equity real estate fund. A publicly traded REIT was the buyer.
CHICAGO — Summit Design + Build has broken ground on 537 W. Drummond, a seven-story apartment building with 84 market-rate units in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood. The 80-foot-tall development will feature a fitness room, conference and coworking spaces, 84 bike parking spaces and 52 car parking spaces. The project site is the historic Covent Theater, which was situated behind the Covent Hotel. Moyer Properties is the developer, ParkFowler Plus is the architect, Catapult Real Estate Solutions is the owner’s representative, Cross Street is the broker and Principal Asset Management provided construction financing. A timeline for completion was not provided.
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InterFace: Multifamily Investors Are Bullish on 2025 Sales Market, Though Many Hurdles Will Carry Over into New Year
by John Nelson
Speakers on the investment sales panel at the annual InterFace Multifamily Southeast conference were overall bullish on the sector’s investment prospects in the new year. The event, now in its 15th year, was held on Wednesday, Dec. 4 at the Cobb Galleria Centre in Atlanta. To kick off the panel, moderator Paul Berry, president and COO of Mesa Capital Partners, discussed what a recovery could look like in terms of investment sales volume. 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. Berry said that in the six years leading up to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, annual U.S. multifamily investment sales volume hovered between $155 billion to $195 billion per year. He noted that due to robust inventory growth during that time, a “normal” yearly sales total would average out to $180 billion to $190 billion. “2021 saw ‘double normal’ — it was $350.7 billion,” said Berry. “The first three quarters of 2022 were at that same level before it slowed down by the end of the year, but it still eclipsed $300 billion.” He …
UNION CITY, GA. — Woodfield Development has delivered Union Green, a 295-unit apartment community located at 4980 Stonewall Tell Road in Union City, a southwest suburb of Atlanta. The property features a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments averaging 741 to 1,573 square feet in size. Monthly rental rates range from $1,498 to $4,175, according to Apartments.com. Amenities include a swimming pool with a sun lounge area, club lounge, demonstration kitchen for events, outdoor social commons with a grilling area, wellness and fitness studio and a sky lounge that offers views of downtown Atlanta’s skyline. The project team for Union Green included general contractor CBG Building Co., architect of record Fifth Dimension Architecture and interior designer Shelton Taylor + Associates.
FARMERS BRANCH, TEXAS — Texas-based developer Presidium has begun leasing Presidium Valley View, a 348-unit multifamily project located in the northern Dallas metro of Farmers Branch. Units come in studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans and range in size from 573 to 1,631 square feet. Residences are furnished with stainless steel appliances, quartz countertops, kitchen islands, built-in desks, private balconies, keyless entry mechanisms and individual washers and dryers. Indoors, the property houses a fitness center, clubroom area, coffee bar, theater lounge with a golf simulator and coworking spaces. Outdoor amenities include a pool, yoga lawns, grilling areas and a pet park/spa. Dallas-based O’Brien Architects served as the project architect. Rents start at $1,585 per month for a studio apartment.
Lendlease, Aware Super Top Out Office, Multifamily Buildings at Habitat Mixed-Use Project in Los Angeles
by Amy Works
LOS ANGELES — A joint venture between Lendlease and Aware Super has topped out the six-story office building and 12-story multifamily building at Habitat, the joint venture’s mixed-use development in Los Angeles. Located at 3401 S. La Cienega Blvd., Habitat will feature a 253,000-square-foot office building, a 260-unit multifamily building and 2,900 square feet of retail and restaurant space, along with an integrated acre of open space. The project is slated for completion in early 2026. Designed by SHoP Architects, with commercial interiors by A+I and Steinberg Hart as executive architect, Habitat’s 50,000-square-foot floor plates feature 14-foot floor-to-floor heights and terraces. Office amenities include a lobby with niches for gathering, fitness center, hospitality-inspired locker rooms with showers and end-of-trip facilities for cyclist commuters. The residential building will offer 260 studio, one- and two-bedroom layouts with access to outdoor space along with hospitality- and wellness-inspired amenities. Expected to be net zero carbon in construction and operations, Habitat will include an integrated 125kW solar array, 64 dedicated electric vehicle parking spots, 222 secured bike parking spots, natural ventilation and lower-carbon concrete. Los Angeles-based RELM designed Habitat’s network of parks and walking paths, which offer a mix of secluded seating clusters and communal gathering …
LOS ANGELES — Berkadia has arranged the sale of Marquee, a garden-style multifamily community in the North Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles. Post Investment Group and Walker & Dunlop Investment Partners acquired the asset for $44 million in an off-market transaction from an undisclosed seller. Located at 12300 Sherman Way, Marquee offers 236 apartments, a swimming pool with sundeck, large on-site leasing center with leasing offices, a 24-hour fitness center and landscaped fountains and walkways. Built in 1965 and subject to Los Angeles City Rent Control, the community offers 194 studios, 36 one-bedroom units and six two-bedroom units. Adrienne Barr and Nancy Badzey of Berkadia Los Angeles led the transaction. Tim Leonhard and Jeremy Kanter of Berkadia secured $32.9 million in acquisition financing on behalf of the buyer.