NEW YORK CITY — Locally based brokerage firm Ariel Property Advisors has arranged the $6 million sale of a 35-unit multifamily building located at 524 E. 119th St. in East Harlem. All but two of the units are rent-stabilized. Victor Sozio, Mark Anderson and Michael Tortorici of Ariel Property Advisors brokered the deal. The buyer and seller were not disclosed.
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LOS ANGELES — After bottoming out at 78.7 percent in the second quarter of 2021, private-pay seniors housing occupancy has been on a slow, steady climb, according to data from the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing and Care (NIC). The most recent data — for the fourth quarter of 2021 — showed occupancy at 81 percent. However, the pace of recovery varies widely among individual markets, individual companies and even individual properties. “Some people are able to manage the turmoil. Some are even thriving, or at least doing pretty well,” said J.P. LoMonaco, president of Valuation & Information Group. “Other people are really floundering. The questions I’m getting all revolve around occupancy, inflation, maintaining margins and revenue growth.” LoMonaco’s comments came as moderator during a panel titled, “The Power Panel: CEOs Discuss the State of the Industry” at France Media’s InterFace Seniors Housing West conference in Los Angeles on Feb. 24. Nearly 225 industry professionals attended the event. Other panelists included Chris Belford, CEO, Sinceri Senior Living; Rob Leinbach, principal, Cadence Living; Bill Pettit, president, R.D. Merrill Co.; Courtney Siegel, president and CEO, Oakmont Management Group; and Dave Sedgwick, president and CEO, CareTrust REIT. All the panelists reported their …
By Tim Harris, vice president of multifamily development, Rosewood Property Co. San Antonio’s multifamily market is realizing its own potential. New nodes of development are emerging, and new projects are meeting pent-up demand for higher-quality renter experiences. Today, developers are building multifamily projects that they wouldn’t have considered five or 10 years ago. They’re no longer stuck in their comfort zones, afraid to venture into new submarkets. And they’re no longer worried that they won’t be rewarded with the rents necessary to provide differentiated properties with unit diversification, higher-end finishes and increased amenities. History, Affordability Historically, many institutional investors and national developers have overlooked San Antonio. Bigger and trendier Texas cities — Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston — have always overshadowed the Alamo City. That wasn’t always the case, though. In 1860, San Antonio was the largest city in the Lone Star State. It thrived as a center for the cattle industry until the 1930s, when its population fell behind that of Houston and Dallas, mostly because of the booming oil industry. Today, San Antonio’s metro area is the 25th-largest in the country with 2.6 million residents, according to Oxford Economics. Hispanics represent 55.1 percent of the population — the …
HOUSTON — Metro Dallas-based investment firm ClearWorth Capital has purchased Park at Woodmoor, a 220-unit apartment community in The Woodlands, located about 30 miles north of Houston. Built in 1999, Park at Woodmoor offers one- and two-bedroom units and amenities such as a pool and a clubhouse. The new ownership plans to implement a value-add program and to turn management of the property over to its affiliate, ClearWorth Residential. Chip Nash and Bob Heard of Colliers represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.
SANDY SPRINGS, GA. — Spyglass Capital Partners has sold The Carlyle of Sandy Springs, a 389-unit multifamily community in the northern Atlanta suburb of Sandy Springs. Mike Kemether, Travis Presnell and James Wilber of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the transaction. WashREIT acquired the property for $105.6 million. The Carlyle of Sandy Springs offers one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom floorplans. Unit features include granite countertops and stainless steel appliances. Community amenities include a pool, clubhouse, pet play area, business center, fitness center, trash door-to-door pickup, playground and a grill. Located at 501 N. River Parkway, the property is situated 13.5 miles from Atlanta’s Buckhead neighborhood, 34.8 miles from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and 6.9 miles from the Dunwoody Campus of Georgia State University.
MIAMI — JLL Capital Markets has arranged $60 million in construction financing for The Kavista, a 282-unit, eight-story multifamily development in Miami. Melissa Rose and Michael DiCosimo of JLL represented the borrower, Miami-based Barrington Brothers LLC, to secure the 2.5-year construction loan through Trez Capital. The Kavista will feature one-, two- and three-bedroom floorplans. Community amenities will include a pool and deck, barbeque grilling area with outdoor seating, coworking lounge, theater, fitness center and electric vehicle charging stations. Located at 495 N.E. 83rd St. in Miami’s El Portal neighborhood, The Kavista is situated close to Biscayne Boulevard, State Road 934 and Interstate 95. The property is also located close to Biscayne Medical, Miami Beach and The Citadel, which features 15 restaurants, a rooftop bar and walkable retail frontage totaling 62,000 square feet of active commercial uses.
SVA Architects Plans Lakeland & Laurel Intergenerational Affordable Project in Santa Fe Springs, California
by Amy Works
SANTA FE SPRINGS, CALIF. — SVA Architects, along with development partners The Richman Group Inc., The Whole Child and Habitat for Humanity, has received entitlements for the construction of Lakeland & Laurel, an intergenerational affordable housing community in the Los Angeles suburb of Santa Fe Springs. The project encompasses more than an entire city block and will feature three distinct housing communities consisting of intergenerational affordable apartments, interim transitional housing and for-sale townhomes. The development will cost the city approximately $110,000 per unit for 139 units and is scheduled to break ground in April. The Richman Group, based in Newport Beach, Calif., is developing the three-building intergenerational portion of the project. This part of the development will total 102 affordable apartment homes on nearly four acres. The first building, at four stories tall, will provide homes to 50 seniors. The other two buildings will be three stories tall and offer 52 family apartments. These homes will also share a 1,000-square-foot clubhouse with a fitness facility, laundry room, mail room and clubroom. The Whole Child is developing the three-story interim housing, which will serve up to 40 homeless families at any given time. Habitat for Humanity will build the 18 for-sale …
USA Properties Starts Construction of 164-Unit College Creek Affordable Community in Santa Rosa, California
by Amy Works
SANTA ROSA, CALIF. — USA Properties Fund has started construction of College Creek, an affordable multifamily community for a range of income levels in Santa Rosa. Completion is slated for fall 2023. Located at 2150 W. College Ave., the 164-unit property is close to downtown Santa Rosa, large shopping centers, healthcare providers and several schools. The community will be available for low-income residents that meet an expanded range of income limits established by the Tax Credit Allocation Committee. Renters earning 30 percent to 70 percent of the area’s median income could quality for residence at College Creek. The community, which will feature a four-story building and two three-story buildings, will offer a community room with computer workstations, fitness room, swimming pool, tot lot and onsite laundry facilities. Apartments will feature energy-efficient appliances and light fixtures, ceiling fans and low-flow faucets, showers and toilets. USA Properties worked closely with the community, including the City of Santa Rosa and Sonoma County, on the project, which has been in the planning stages for several years.
Pinnacle Real Estate Advisors Brokers $5.6M Sale of Sun Haven Apartments in Pueblo West, Colorado
by Amy Works
PUEBLO WEST, COLO. — Pinnacle Real Estate Advisors has negotiated the sale of Sun Haven Apartments, a multifamily community located at 201 S. McCulloch Blvd. in Pueblo West. An undisclosed buyer acquired the asset for $5.6 million, or $78,875 per unit. Built in 1970 and renovated in 2008, Sun Haven Apartments features 71 units and a large amount of excess land. Michael Krebsbach of Pinnacle represented the seller, while Jamie Mitchell of Pinnacle represented the buyer in the deal.
ARDMORE, PA. — Locally based brokerage firm Starkman Realty Group has negotiated the sale of Greenfield Commons, a 53-unit affordable housing property located in the eastern Philadelphia suburb of Ardmore. The property was built in 2006. Starkman Realty represented the locally based seller, Canus Development, as well as the undisclosed buyer, in the transaction.