CHICAGO — LG Development has paid more than $32 million for a 1.3-acre land site at 1143 W. Lake St. in Chicago. LG plans to develop two apartment buildings with 665 units and 290 parking spaces. Both buildings will include ground-floor retail space. Scott Maesel and Drew Dillon of SVN | Chicago Commercial represented the undisclosed seller.
TAMPA AND CLEARWATER, FLA. — 29th Street Capital (29SC) has acquired two apartment communities in the Tampa Bay area for $112 million. The properties, Henley Tampa Palms in Tampa and Enclave at Northwood in Clearwater, have a total of 503 units. Luis Elorza and Justin Hofford of NorthMarq represented the seller, Preston Giuliano Capital Partners, in the transaction. Mitch Sinberg, Brad Williamson, Justin Ownby and Wesley Moczul of Berkadia arranged $91 million in acquisition financing through PGIM Real Estate on behalf of 29SC. Trevor Arnholt of PGIM orginated the three-year, floating-rate loan with extension options. The loan includes $85.4 million in initial funding, with $6.1 million in future funding for capital improvements. Built in 1997, Henley Tampa Palms is located at 15350 Amberly Drive, and is about 20 miles from Tampa International Airport. The 315-unit property offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units with nine-foot ceilings, attached garages, oversized closets, stainless steel appliances, plank flooring, fireplaces and patios. Community amenities include a pool, fitness center, clubhouse, dog park and climate-controlled racquetball courts. Built in 1985, Enclave at Northwood is a 188-unit property with one-, two- and three-bedroom units. The units include a fireplace, hardwood floors, granite countertops, vaulted ceilings, walk-in closets, …
EAST CAMBRIDGE, MASS. — A partnership between Leggat McCall Properties and Granite Properties is underway on the redevelopment of a former courthouse building located at 40 Thorndike St. in East Cambridge. The redevelopment will add 48 affordable housing apartments, as well as office and retail space and a childcare facility. Elkus Manfredi Architects is designing the project, and John Moriarty & Associates is serving as the general contractor. JLL arranged $300 million in construction financing through Bank OZK on behalf of the partnership and has been retained to provide leasing services. JLL also secured joint venture equity for the project through CBRE Global Investors. Completion is slated for fall 2023.
PRESCOTT VALLEY, ARIZ. — Los Angeles-based JRK Investors has acquired Terraces, an apartment property located at 5700 E. Market St. in Prescott Valley. Larkspur, Calif.-based Virtu Investments sold the asset for $76.6 million. Constructed in 2003, Terraces features 226 apartments in a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts. Community amenities include a heated pool with waterfall feature, a zero-edge hot tub, dog park, 56 detached garages, barbecues and an outdoor lounge. Brad Cooke, Matt Roach, Cindy Cooke and Chris Roach of the Cooke Multifamily Team within Colliers International’s Arizona office handled the transaction.
SEDRO-WOOLLEY, WASH. — MedCore Partners has sold Birchview Memory Care, a 60-unit senior living community in Sedro-Woolley, approximately 72 miles north of Seattle. The community was part of a seven-property portfolio that MedCore purchased in July 2020 with locations in Washington State and Southern California. The buyer and price were not disclosed. “We are pleased with our investment in Birchview and the success in operations during the 14 months MedCore owned it,” says Brian Bollich, partner with MedCore. “There were several milestones accomplished in the past year, including occupancy stability during COVID-19 and meaningful capital improvements.” Tacoma, Wash.-based Senior Services of America (SSA) will continue to manage the property for the new ownership. SSA also manages seven other MedCore assets in Washington State, Oregon and California. MedCore currently operates 15 seniors housing communities in Texas, Arizona, Utah, California, Washington and Oregon. In addition, the company has two senior living projects under construction, both of which are slated to open in 2022.
SEATTLE — Wright Runstad & Co. and J.P. Morgan have welcomed the first residents of The Residences at Rainier Square in downtown Seattle. Wright Runstad & Co. partnered with institutional investors advised by J.P. Morgan Global Alternative on development of the mixed-use project. The Residences features 189 for-lease apartments, occupying floors 39 through 58 of the mixed-use structure, in a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts and top-floor penthouse. The property also offers a 40th-floor Sky Lobby, 14,000 square feet of amenity space, a 24/7 concierge service, a Full Swing golf simulator, an indoor grilling station, full-service pet lounge with grooming stations, exercise room, play area and pet relief area. NBBJ served as architect for the community.
NASHVILLE, TENN. — RangeWater Real Estate has broken ground on a 353-unit apartment community in Nashville’s River North Development District, a former industrial neighborhood undergoing revitalization. The project is RangeWater’s 100th development. Located at 201 Cowan St., the apartment project will include studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments located close to downtown Nashville and Germantown. When completed, the apartments will have two floors of amenities and a sky lounge with views of downtown Nashville. Community amenities will include a listening lounge with recording equipment for musicians and a pool deck atop a green rooftop space. The apartments will feature nine-foot ceilings and modern finishes with stainless steel appliances, quartz countertops and washer and dryer units in each residence. Groundbreaking will take place this month with first apartment homes delivering spring 2023. RangeWater is an Atlanta-based multifamily real estate company. The apartment project will be RangeWater’s second development in Nashville, with the first being The Gossett on Church in the city’s Gulch neighborhood.
CYPRESS, TEXAS — San Francisco-based Hamilton Zanze has sold The Point at Cypress Woods, a 530-unit apartment community located in the northwestern Houston suburb of Cypress that was originally built in 1983. Units offer one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans, and amenities include two pools, a fitness center, playground, outdoor grilling stations and onsite laundry facilities. The Point at Cypress Woods was 94 percent occupied at the time of sale. The buyer and sales price were not disclosed. Hamilton Zanze purchased the property in 2014 and implemented a range of capital improvements during its seven-year holding period.
HOUSTON — JLL has arranged a $39.5 million loan for the refinancing of South Main, a 186-unit multifamily property located near the Texas Medical Center in South Houston. The property was built in 2019 and was 99 percent occupied at the time of sale. Units features stainless steel appliances, quartz countertops and individual washers and dryers. Amenities include a pool, fitness center, outdoor grilling stations and indoor/outdoor lounges. Mark Brandenburg of JLL arranged the loan through a fund sponsored by CBRE Global Investors on behalf of the borrower, locally based development firm Allen Harrison. The loan was structured with a floating interest rate and an initial term of three years.
KINGWOOD, TEXAS — Lument has provided a $37.8 million loan for the refinancing of Paramount at Kingwood, a 372-unit apartment community in the northern Houston suburb of Kingwood. The property offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units and amenities such as a pool, fitness center and a clubhouse. The loan carried a fixed interest rate and a three-year term. The borrower, San Antonio-based investment firm LYND Co., will use a portion of the proceeds to fund capital improvements. Marc Suarez led the transaction for Lument.