ESCONDIDO, CALIF. — Colliers has arranged the purchase of City Plaza, an apartment building located at 300-330 S. Escondido Blvd. in Escondido, a northern suburb of San Diego. Providence City Plaza Apartments II LLC acquired the asset from Escondido Apartments Investment LLC for $25 million. Built in 2018, the 63,729-square-foot property features 56 units in a mix of one- and two-bedroom layouts. Additionally, the property offers ground-floor retail space and 126 subterranean parking spaces. Peter Scepanovic and Corey McHenry of Colliers represented the buyer in the deal.
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Cushman & Wakefield Negotiates Sale of 703-Unit Seniors Housing Portfolio in Vancouver, Washington
by Amy Works
VANCOUVER, WASH. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of three Class A seniors housing communities in the Portland, Oregon suburb of Vancouver. The 703-unit portfolio spans the care continuum with offerings of active adult apartments, independent living, assisted living and memory care services. The seller, Rood Investments, developed all three communities between 2001 and 2017 in well-amenitized urban areas. Cushman & Wakefield’s Rick Swartz, Jay Wagner, Aaron Rosenzweig, Dan Baker and Jack Griffin represented the seller in the transaction. The buyer and price were not disclosed.
SAN ANTONIO — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has negotiated the sale of Timberhill Commons, a 340-unit apartment community in northwest San Antonio. Built in 2020 on a 21.5-acre site on the city’s northwest side, the garden-style property offers studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units with an average size of 820 square feet. Residences include full-size washers and dryers and private patios/balconies. The amenity package comprises a pool, fitness center, dog park, business center, game room, social lounge, coffee bar and outdoor grilling and dining areas. Will Balthrope and Drew Garza of IPA represented the seller, a partnership between San Antonio-based White-Conlee Builders and Palatine Capital Partners, in the transaction. The duo also procured the buyer, Atlanta-based Dreamstone Investments.
SAN ANTONIO — Lument has provided a $16 million bridge loan for the acquisition of Palazzo, a 92-unit apartment complex in San Antonio. The property was built as a 100-unit condo development in 2008, but with only eight units sold upon completion, ownership converted the residences to rentals. Today, Palazzo consists of 10 buildings on a 4.3-acre site that house 20 one-bedroom, 48 two-bedroom and 24 three-bedroom units. Amenities include a fitness center, business center and a dog park. Phil Frasca of Lument originated the financing, which was structured with a floating interest rate, three-year term and two 12-month extension options. The borrower was not disclosed.
JONESBORO, ARK. — CLK Properties has purchased Willow Creek, a 324-unit apartment community located at 6 Willow Creek Lane in Jonesboro. The seller, Montana-based Braxton Development, sold the property to CLK Properties for an undisclosed price. Aaron Jungreis and David Wildes of Rosewood Realty represented both the buyer and the seller in the transaction. Built in 2011 by Braxton Development, Willow Creek features 10 three-story buildings, as well as two resort-style swimming pools, a playground, two modern fitness centers and a clubhouse with a business center. Willow Creek is the second property in Jonesboro for CLK Properties, as the New York City-based firm purchased the 264-unit Landing at Greensborough Village last year. CLK Properties owns more than 19,000 apartments in its portfolio, including 2,300 in Memphis where the firm keeps a regional headquarters.
LOMBARD, ILL. — Barings has provided a $67 million, three-year loan for the recapitalization of The 450, a newly constructed apartment complex in the Chicago suburb of Lombard. Amenities at the 256-unit property include a fitness center, yoga studio, business center, package room with cold storage, heated underground parking, pet park, pool and electric car charging stations. Emerald Isle Investment Partners advised the borrower, a joint venture between UrbanStreet Group and Atlas Residential. The three-year loan includes funding to complete lease-up.
Mission Senior Living Buys Wheatfields Estates Seniors Housing Community in Clovis, New Mexico
by Amy Works
CLOVIS, N.M. — Carson City, Nev.-based Mission Senior Living has acquired Wheatfields Estates Senior Living and Memory Care at 4701 N. Prince St. in Clovis, located in the eastern portion of the state near the Texas border. Wheatfields Estates offers independent living cottages, assisted living, memory care and respite care for seniors. Terms of the transaction were not released. The acquisition brings Mission Senior Living’s portfolio to seven properties in three states, including Three Rivers Estates Senior Living and Memory Care property, currently under construction in Farmington.
HACKENSACK, N.J. — The Kislak Co. Inc. has negotiated the $38.5 million sale of 22 Sussex, an 88-unit apartment building in the Northern New Jersey community of Hackensack. The property consists of 22 studios, 51 one-bedroom units and 15 two-bedroom units. Residences average 883 square feet and feature stainless steel appliances, quartz countertops and individual washers and dryers. Amenities include a fitness center, coworking lounge, rooftop deck and a gaming area. Andrew Scheinerman of Kislak represented the seller and developer, an entity doing business as 22 Sussex Street Urban Renewal LLC, in the transaction. Scheinerman also procured the buyer, Lusia Realty Corp.
CHESTER, PA. — Locally based brokerage firm Starkman Realty Group has arranged the $3.1 million sale of Buckman Meadows, a 42-unit affordable housing building in Chester, a southwestern suburb of Philadelphia. The property was originally constructed in 1917 to house shipbuilders during World War I and subsequently converted to a veterans’ hospital and then an affordable housing complex for veterans in 2015. New Jersey-based Tunic Group purchased Buckman Meadows from an undisclosed partnership. Jason Starkman of Starkman Realty Group represented both parties in the deal.
JLL Arranges Construction Financing for 54-Unit Mountain View Memory Care in California
by Amy Works
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIF. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged an undisclosed amount of construction financing for the redevelopment of Italian restaurant Frankie, Johnnie & Luigi Too! into Mountain View Memory Care, a Class A, 54-unit, 60-bed, private-pay memory care community in the Bay Area city of Mountain View. JLL worked on behalf of the borrower, the D’Ambrosio Family, and its operating partner, Calson Management, to secure the construction financing through a local bank. The community will also continue be home to the D’Ambrosio Family’s restaurant, Frankie, Johnnie & Luigi Too! once completed. The community is positioned on 0.85 acres in an affluent residential neighborhood in Silicon Valley. The site is near highways 85, 237 and 101 and will have two accessible bus stops on either end of the community, providing future residents with transportation to nearby retail, dining and entertainment amenities. Bercut Smith, Lillian Roos and Chad Morgan led the JLL Capital Markets debt advisory team representing the borrower.