GEORGETOWN, KY. — RealSource Properties Multifamily REIT has purchased The Mill at Georgetown, a 228-unit apartment community located at 115 Magnolia Drive in the Lexington suburb of Georgetown. The Salt Lake City-based investment firm purchased the property from an undisclosed seller for $47 million. Situated three miles from Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky, The Mill at Georgetown features one-, two- and three-bedroom townhouse-style apartments. Amenities include a clubroom, fitness center, resort-style pool with shaded pergola, outdoor lounge, grilling area and a dog park.
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ST. PAUL, MINN. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a two-building multifamily portfolio in St. Paul for $4.4 million. The properties total 40 units and are located along Grand Avenue within the Macalester-Groveland neighborhood. Originally constructed in 1925 and 1926, the buildings were fully leased at the time of sale. Abe Roberts of Marcus & Millichap represented the undisclosed seller and the buyer, a local investor.
MEMPHIS, TENN. — Drapac Capital Partners has sold its final Memphis asset, a four-story mixed-use building located at 44 S. Front St. A local investor acquired the property for $2.5 million and intends to operate the property for residential use. Austin Ehrat of Newmark represented Drapac in the transaction. The 22,922-square-foot building is located in downtown Memphis at the corner of Front Street and Monroe Avenue and features six apartments, ground-floor retail space and a full basement. The 1925-era property, which once housed the Mid-South Cotton Growers Association, was fully leased at the time of sale. Drapac Capital originally purchased the property in 2016 for $820,000.
ROWLETT, TEXAS — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has negotiated the sale of Rowlett Station, a 302-unit apartment community located on the northeastern outskirts of Dallas. Units at the four-story complex feature an average size of 828 square feet, and amenities include a pool, fitness center and a sky lounge. Joey Tumminello, Drew Kile, Michael Ware, Taylor Hill and Will Balthrope of IPA represented the seller, Zale Properties, in the transaction. Brian Eisendrath and Cameron Chalfant, also with IPA, arranged acquisition financing on behalf of the undisclosed buyer.
HOUSTON — Dallas-based Civitas Capital Group has broken ground on UNITi Montrose, a 238-unit multifamily project in Houston. The site spans a full acre, and the building will rise six stories atop a three-story parking garage. Amenities will include a pool, coworking space and a courtyard, as well as 4,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Meeks + Partners is designing the project, and Arch-Con Corp. is serving as the general contractor. Completion is slated for late summer 2024.
WOBURN, MASS. — An affiliate of San Diego-based developer Fairfield Residential has purchased land at 316 New Boston St. in Woburn, a northern suburb of Boston, for the development of a 425-unit multifamily project. Of those units, 15 percent will be reserved as affordable housing for renters earning 80 percent or less of the area median income. A construction timeline was not disclosed. Simon Butler, Biria St. John and John McLaughlin of CBRE represented the undisclosed seller and Fairfield in the $23.4 million sale of the land.
NEWTON, N.J. — Locally based brokerage firm The Kislak Co. Inc. has negotiated the $22.5 million sale of a portfolio of three multifamily properties totaling 115 units in the Northern New Jersey community of Newton. Swartswood Gardens totals 32 units in one- and two-bedroom formats; Stonewood Apartments comprises 32 apartments in studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans; and Mill Street Manor offers 51 residences in one-, two- and three-bedroom configurations. Joseph Keenan and Justin Lupo of Kislak represented the sellers, Red Knight Properties, in the transaction. The duo also procured the undisclosed buyer, which completed the purchase via a 1031 exchange.
Global Student Accommodation Completes Acquisition of 1,600-Bed Student Housing Portfolio
by Jeff Shaw
AUSTIN, TEXAS; FLAGSTAFF, ARIZ.; AND CHARLESTON, S.C. — Global Student Accommodation (GSA) has completed the acquisition of a five-property student housing portfolio totaling over 1,600 beds. The seller was Harrison Street, an investment management firm headquartered in Chicago. The portfolio includes three assets in Austin, one in Flagstaff and one in Charleston. The price and names of the specific properties were not disclosed. Student housing provider Yugo will take on the management of all five assets immediately, with the aim of enhancing students’ overall experience throughout and beyond university and college life. The transaction gives GSA access to the new market of Charleston, which is rapidly becoming a tech hub and has seen its labor pool grow three times faster than the U.S. average since 2010. This growth is also reflected in student applications to the College of Charleston, which have increased 29.1 percent over that same time period. “These latest additions to our portfolio build on the momentum that we have had since entering the U.S. market at the start of 2021, where demand for student housing remains robust,” says Robin Moorcroft, transaction director of GSA. — Kari Lloyd
HOUSTON — Locally based developer Avenue Community Development Corp. has completed an affordable housing project in northwest Houston. Avenue on 34th offers 56 units that are reserved for renters earning up to 30, 50, 60 and 80 percent of the area median income, as well as some market-rate units. Support services for residents include an afterschool program, exercise classes, arts-and-crafts classes and onsite social events. Los Angeles-based Hunt Capital Partners contributed $3 million in Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) equity for the project, which carried a total price tag of $18.3 million. Amegy Bank provided a $9 million tax-exempt construction loan and $5.7 million in permanent financing as part of the capital stack.
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — San Francisco-based Friedkin Property Group has acquired Windsor at the Gramercy, a 260-unit multifamily property located north of New York City in White Plains, for $113 million. Built in 2003, the property features one- and two-bedroom units that are furnished with stainless steel appliances, built-in workstations, breakfast bars, walk-in closets, full-sized washers and dryers and private balconies/patios. Amenities include a pool, fitness center, theater, clubhouse, billiards room and a dog park. Jeff Dunne, Eric Apfel, Jeremy Neuer, Stuart MacKenzie and Zach McHale of CBRE represented the seller, institutional investment firm GID, in the transaction.