BURLINGTON, MASS. — Developer Nordblom Co., in partnership with Life Time Living, has broken ground on a 167-unit multifamily project in Burlington, a northern suburb of Boston. Residents will have access to memberships at the adjacent athletic resort, concierge services and work-from home amenities. The property is situated within the 150-acre Northwest Park mixed-use development and will include an affordable housing component. Completion is slated for summer 2023.
OVERLAND PARK, KAN. — JVM Realty Corp. has acquired The Vue, a 219-unit luxury apartment complex in the Kansas City suburb of Overland Park. Hunt Midwest sold the asset for an undisclosed price. Units at The Vue, located at 7201 W. 80th St., average 936 square feet. Completed in 2018, the six-story property includes 7,300 square feet of ground-floor retail space that is leased to tenants such as Parisi Coffee and Evolve Juicery & Kitchen. Amenities include a sundeck, fitness center, clubhouse, outdoor lounge and pet spa.
PHOENIX — KB Investments has acquired Green Leaf Arts District, an apartment complex in Central Phoenix, for an undisclosed price. Located at 222 E. McDowell Road, the property features 280 units with nine-foot ceilings, gourmet kitchens, granite countertops, stainless steel appliances and modern cabinetry. Common area amenities include a two-story clubhouse with an upscale chef’s kitchen, a swim deck with a pool, spa and covered fireplace, a two-story fitness facility and outdoor yoga lawn and a gaming area with barbecue grills and fire pits. The community was built in 2017. Asher Gunter, Matt Pesch, Sean Cunningham, Austin Groen and Tyler Anderson of CBRE represented the seller, Green Leaf Capital Partners, in the transaction.
GARDENA, CALIF. — Cityview has broken ground on South Bay X, a multifamily project in Gardena that will feature 265 workforce housing units. Residences will be available in a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans ranging in size from 510 to 1,197 square feet. Located at 12850 Crenshaw Blvd., the transit-oriented property offers access to Interstate 105, the LA Metro Green Line and Los Angeles International Airport. South Bay X is slated for completion in early 2025. The project is expected to create upwards of 1,000 jobs during its development.
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. — Pinnacle Real Estate Advisors has brokered the sale of Brookside Apartments, an apartment building located at 418-432 E. Brookside St. in Colorado Springs. The asset traded for $6.6 million, or $170,000 per unit. Built in 1955, the building features 39 apartments. Michael Krebsbach and Kenny Clarke of Pinnacle represented the buyer in the deal.
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — Prospect Real Estate Development Group and Midtown Capital have begun construction on a new 252-unit apartment building in Fort Lauderdale. The property, Advantis Station Flagler Village, will include a seventh-floor amenity deck with a pool and unique features such as a large mural, art columns and sections framed by synthetic wood. Advantis Station at Flagler Village is one of several ventures between Prospect and Midtown Capital. The partnership also broke ground on Advantis Lake Worth in November 2021. Advantis Station at Flagler Village is expected to be complete in fall 2024. BCC Construction is serving as general contractor on the project.
LOUISVILLE, KY. — Middleburg Communities, a Vienna, Va.-based real estate investment, development, construction and management firm, has sold Vesta Derby Oaks, a 418-unit apartment community located at 3237 Utah Ave. in Louisville. Craig Collins and Austin English of Cushman & Wakefield | Commercial Kentucky, along with Travis Presnell and Mike Kemether of Cushman & Wakefield’s Multifamily Investment Sales Group, brokered the sale of the property. The buyer and sales price were not disclosed. Middleburg invested $17 million in an extensive renovation at Vesta Derby Oaks, including all new siding, windows, roofs, plumbing and HVAC and electrical systems, as well as improved sidewalks and landscaping. Interiors were also equipped with new Energy Star-rated appliances, LED lighting, cabinets, countertops, flooring, fixtures and finishes. Additionally, the property previously was 100 percent two-bedroom units, but Middleburg reconfigured the layouts for some units to now be one-bedroom apartments. At the time Middleburg acquired it, the property was approximately 15 percent occupied with most of the buildings in shell or uninhabitable condition. At the time of sale, Vesta Derby Oaks was 95 percent occupied.
CHATTANOOGA, TENN. — Los Angeles-based Haven Realty Capital, in a joint venture with funds managed by New York City-based Yieldstreet, has closed on the first phase of a $28.6 million acquisition of Hartman Hill, a 71-home build-to-rent (BTR) residential community in Chattanooga. The Haven-led joint venture will close on the remaining homes in phases over the next seven months. Hartman Hill is being developed on a 26-acre site at 5005 Dayton Blvd. in the Red Bank neighborhood, approximately eight miles north of downtown Chattanooga. At full buildout, the property will offer three- and four-bedroom homes ranging in size from 1,538 to 2,515 square feet. Each of the two-story homes will offer custom cabinetry with soft-close drawers, quartz countertops, tile backsplashes, stainless steel appliances, private backyards and direct access garages. Common area amenities will include a sports court, bark park and a pet washing station. The new ownership will maintain the landscaping for all homes and common areas.
Like much of the rest of the country, the Atlanta multifamily market has been white-hot with strong occupancies and rent growth that is contributing to outsized returns for owners, investors and developers. Recent increases in financing costs does not mean the music is stopping, but the tempo is slowing a bit. Atlanta’s multifamily fundamentals are still outstanding. Occupancies are holding strong and rents are continuing to rise. According to Northmarq’s fourth-quarter 2021 research, occupancy improved by 90 basis points while asking rents spiked by 15.9 percent at year-end. The compelling story fueling investor interest — growing demand and limited supply of housing options — remains firmly in place. In addition, there is plenty of investor appetite and capital available for multifamily assets for both debt and equity financing. The big change that has occurred over the past several weeks is the increasing cost of debt that will likely take some of the edge off what has been an ultra-aggressive investment sales market. The 10-year Treasury was 1.73 percent on March 1, 2022. At the end of April, it was 2.91 percent, a 118-basis-point increase in less than two months. Additionally, lender spreads have widened over this same period — 30 …
GLENDALE, ARIZ. — Silver Star Real Estate has purchased Maryland West, a multifamily community located at 4530 W. McLellan Road in Glendale. CRSC Residential Inc. sold the asset for $26.5 million, or $265,000 per unit. Built in 1970, Maryland West features 100 apartments, the majority of which are two- and three-bedroom units. Communal amenities include onsite laundry facilities, a basketball court, playground and covered parking. Cliff David and Steve Gebing of Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, represented the seller and procured the buyer in the deal.
