ST. CHARLES, ILL. — Ready Capital has closed a $24.5 million loan for the acquisition, renovation and stabilization of a 220-unit multifamily property in the Fox River Valley submarket of St. Charles. The undisclosed borrower plans to renovate unit interiors and property exteriors as well as bring in new management. The nonrecourse, floating-rate loan features a three-year term and includes a capital expenditures facility.
Ziegler Arranges $24M Construction Loan for Onelife Seniors Housing Community in Springfield, Oregon
SPRINGFIELD, ORE. — Ziegler has acted as financial advisor in a debt placement totaling $24 million for a new seniors housing community in Oregon. The borrower, Onelife Senior Living, will use the funds to develop Esther Assisted Living Community, a 103-unit property in Springfield, a suburb of Eugene. The Esther will be the fifth assisted living/memory care community owned by Onelife in the state. The financing provides a construction and bridge term for Onelife to build and stabilize the community prior to placing long-term, permanent, fixed-rate financing via long-term agency debt. The transaction was closed with asset management firm Locust Point Capital.
NEW YORK CITY — New York City-based Vesper Holdings has acquired a four-property, 2,761-bed student housing portfolio for approximately $240 million. The properties are located in Georgia, Virginia, Kentucky and Indiana. Jaclyn Fitts of CBRE negotiated the transaction on behalf of the undisclosed seller. The properties in the portfolio include a 635-bed community located near Indiana University in Bloomington, Ind.; a 699-bed community located near the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Ky.; a 736-bed community located near Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, Ga.; and a 691-bed community located near Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Va. The portfolio had an average occupancy of 97 percent at the time of sale. This transaction brings Vesper’s portfolio to a total of 23,544 beds. Vesper’s portfolio is managed by Vesper’s subsidiary property management company, Campus Life & Style.
NEWPORT NEWS, VA. — Berkadia has secured $36.6 million in HUD-insured construction financing for Huntington Pointe Apartments, a 176-unit multifamily project in the Hampton Roads city of Newport News. Amy Gay and Stephen Murden of Berkadia secured the loan on behalf of the borrower, Virginia-based The Breeden Co. The 40-year HUD 221(d)(4) loan was financed through the HUD Green MIP Reduction program and features a fixed 3.36 percent interest rate and an 85 percent loan-to-cost ratio. Designed by Humphreys & Partners Architects, Huntington Pointe will offer one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans in one elevator building and two carriage-style, walk-up buildings. Community amenities will include a swimming pool, clubhouse with a clubroom, kitchen, business office and a fitness center. Located at 903 Denbigh Blvd., the property is situated about two miles from Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport and 30 miles from Norfolk.
MACON, GA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of two multifamily properties in Macon that were sold for a total of $26.2 million. Mason Taylor and John McCalla of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, New York-based Exact Capital Group LLC, in the transaction. Glenn Cove Group LLC purchased the property. The two properties included Hidden Lakes, a two-story, 144-unit apartment community located at 180 Hidden Lakes Court on 12 acres, and Shadowood West, a two-story, 152-unit apartment community located at 4394 W. Highland Drive on 19 acres. Both properties were 96 percent occupied at the time of sale. Community amenities at both properties include swimming pools, fitness centers, onsite management teams, 24-hour emergency maintenance, clubhouses, laundry centers, playgrounds, sand volleyball pits and fishing ponds.
HOUSTON — New York City-based investment firm Cadre has sold Lodge at Copperfield, a 330-unit apartment community in Houston. The property features one-, two- and three-bedroom units that are furnished with stainless steel appliances, built-in desks, individual washers and dryers and private balconies/patios. Amenities include a pool, fitness center, business center, clubhouse, outdoor grilling and dining areas and a dog park. Cadre originally acquired the property in 2018 and implemented a value-add program. The sales price was not disclosed. The undisclosed buyer has since rebranded the property as Weston at Copperfield.
EVERETT, MASS. — South Carolina-based development and management firm Greystar has broken ground on 35 Garvey Street, a 450-unit apartment community in the eastern Boston suburb of Everett. The project will transform a vacant former industrial site in Everett’s evolving Commercial Triangle into a transit-oriented development. About 5 percent (23) of the units will be reserved as affordable housing. The community will also include a 564-space parking garage and 6,500 square feet of ground-floor retail space. A tentative completion date was not disclosed.
NEW HAVEN, CONN. — New York-based investment firm Paredim Partners has acquired Taft Apartments, a 194-unit multifamily complex situated across from Yale’s Old Campus (the oldest portion of the campus) in New Haven. Originally constructed as a hotel in 1912 and converted to residential use in 1978, the 14-story building houses studio, one- and two-bedroom units. Victor Nolletti, Eric Pentore and Wes Klockner of Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, represented the seller, an entity doing business as Taft Realty Associates LLC, in the transaction. The trio also procured Paredim Partners, which plans to implement a value-add program, as the buyer.
PHILADELPHIA — CBRE has negotiated the $7.2 million sale of The Retro Apartments, a 21-unit multifamily building located in Philadelphia’s Fishtown/East Kensington neighborhood. The five-story property was built in 2021 and offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units. Samantha Kupersmith and Spencer Yablon of CBRE represented the seller, Stamm Development Group, in the transaction. The buyer was a partnership between private investors Laibel Newhouse and Joel Friedman.
KANSAS CITY, MO. — Flaherty & Collins Properties has received a $46.8 million HUD 223(f) loan for the refinancing of The Yards, a luxury apartment complex in the Stockyards District of Kansas City that opened in May 2020. The Yards consists of 232 apartment units, 3,150 square feet of commercial space and more than 9,500 square feet of amenity spaces. Kevin Muesenfechter and Ali Rode of Gershman Investment Corp. originated the loan. The HUD financing replaces the construction debt provided by Citizens Bank, Equity Bank and First National Bank of Omaha. Flaherty & Collins plans to build a second phase of the development.