NORTH KANSAS CITY, MO. — Milhaus has broken ground on a $58 million apartment development in North Kansas City. The project is the 10th in the Kansas City market for the Indianapolis-based developer. Plans call for 275 studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units. Amenities will include a bark park, coffee bar, fitness and yoga centers, grills and fire pits, pool, bike parking and charging ports for electric vehicles. Great Southern Bank provided a construction loan. The project team includes Rosemann & Associates as architect, BASI Collective as interior designer and Renaissance Infrastructure as civil engineer. Completion is slated for October 2024.
FRIDLEY, MINN. — Northmarq has provided a $45 million Freddie Mac loan for the refinancing of Axle Apartments in the Minneapolis suburb of Fridley. The 262-unit apartment complex is located at 6530 University Ave. NE. Andy Finn and Dan Trebil of Northmarq arranged the 10-year, fixed-rate loan, which features seven years of interest-only payments followed by a 30-year amortization schedule. Roers Cos. was the borrower.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — Berkadia has brokered the $66 million sale of Topaz Villas, a 444-unit multifamily community located at 5327 Timuquana Road in Jacksonville. Greg Rainey of Berkadia’s Jacksonville office led the transaction on behalf of the sellers, Topaz Capital Group and The Lynd Co. Mitch Sinberg, Brad Williamson and Wesley Moczul of Berkadia arranged $53 million in acquisition financing on behalf of the buyer, ROI Capital Group, which plans to rebrand the community. Voya Investment Management provided the three-year, floating-rate loan with extension options and interest-only payments. The loan includes approximately $5.3 million in future funding for capital improvements. Topaz Villas offers one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments that range from 500 to 1,400 square feet in size. Community amenities include two swimming pools, a fitness center, bark park, playground, tennis court and 24-hour emergency maintenance. The property is situated within Ortega Farms, a suburban neighborhood along the Ortega River, and offers convenient access to I-295 and the Naval Air Station Jacksonville.
ALEXANDRIA, VA. — American Real Estate Partners (AREP) has acquired 1101 King Street, a 200,000-square-foot office building in Old Town Alexandria, a historic neighborhood in metro Washington, D.C. The McLean, Va.-based investor purchased the office condominiums within the building simultaneously from seven individual owners for an undisclosed price. AREP plans to convert the property to 200 apartments, with 17,500 square feet of commercial space on the ground floor, as well as amenities including a club room, fitness center and a rooftop terrace. The firm restructured the office leases to allow for the conversion program and is keeping existing retail tenants Orangetheory Fitness and Paris Baguette throughout the redevelopment process. AREP has selected Cooper Carry to lead the project redevelopment design and RD Jones for the interior work. Construction is set to begin in July 2023.
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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LA Multifamily Investment Deals See Volume Normalization, Pricing Resets for Select Assets
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 …
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.
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.
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.
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.