MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. CLOUD, MINN. — Centerspace (NYSE: CSR) has agreed to acquire a portfolio of 17 apartment communities in Minnesota for $323.8 million. The portfolio is comprised of 14 properties in Minneapolis and three assets in St. Cloud for a total of 2,696 units. Centerspace intends to refinance a portion of the properties as well as invest $40 million into repositioning the communities over the next 24 to 36 months. The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter. KMS Management Inc. was the seller. Upon closing of the transaction, Centerspace will increase its footprint to 4,901 units in Minneapolis and 1,524 units in St. Cloud.
CHESTERFIELD, MO. — Passco Cos. has acquired a 345-unit apartment complex in Chesterfield for $98 million. Watermark Residential was the seller. Passco will rebrand the community, previously named Watermark at Chesterfield Village, as The PARQ at Chesterfield. The property is located at 16300 Lydia Hill Drive in suburban St. Louis. Amenities include a pool, fitness center, Starbucks coffee bar, firepit area, dog wash and 24-hour package pickup. Units range in size from one-bedroom to three-bedroom floor plans. Caleb Marten of KeyBank Real Estate Capital’s Commercial Mortgage Group arranged acquisition financing on behalf of Passco. Andrea Kendrick, Ken Aston and Bobby Mills of Berkadia St. Louis brokered the sale on behalf of Watermark.
LAWRENCE, MASS. — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has closed a $25 million Freddie Mac acquisition loan for Saunders Crossing, a 222-unit apartment community in Lawrence, located north of Boston near the Massachusetts-New Hampshire border. The eight-acre, garden-style property was built in phases between 1972 and 2005 and offers studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans. Amenities include a pool and a business center. Dirk Falardeau and Matt Purtell of KeyBank originated the 10-year, interest-only loan on behalf of the borrower, locally based multifamily investment and management firm Dolben.
LOS ANGELES — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Franklin Park Apartments, a four-story multifamily property located at the base of the Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles. A family that had owned the property for 55 years sold the asset to a private limited liability company for $22 million, or $293,333 per unit. Built in 1962, the 65,746-square-foot property features 75 units, 21 of which were vacant at the time of sale. The community also offers a swimming pool, parking garage with electric car charging station, on-site laundry facilities and a courtyard. Rick Raymundo and Shane McConnell of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer in deal.
KNIGHTDALE, N.C. — Dwight Capital has provided a $43.9 million HUD 223(f) cash-out loan for Greystone at Widewaters, a 332-unit apartment community located in Knightdale. Adam Sasouness and Josh Sasouness of Dwight Capital originated the refinancing. Built in 2006, Greystone at Widewaters includes 13 three-story residential buildings, a car wash station, clubhouse and recycle and storage buildings situated on 24.5 acres. Community amenities feature a business center, dog park, fitness center, media center, playground, swimming pool and cabana and outdoor fireplace with a built-in grilling station. The loan benefitted from HUD’s Green Mortgage Insurance Premium (MIP) Reduction set at 25 basis points because Greystone at Widewaters is Energy Star-certified.
SAN ANTONIO — California-based Investors Management Group has purchased Azul Apartments, a 246-unit multifamily community in northwest San Antonio. Built in 2007, the property offers a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom units averaging 868 square feet. Amenities include a pool with a lounge and game areas, fitness center, outdoor grilling stations and picnic areas, a basketball court and a business center. David Bleiweiss of Berkadia originated an undisclosed amount of Freddie Mac acquisition financing for the deal on behalf of the new ownership, which plans to invest more than $1 million in capital improvements. The seller was not disclosed.
CARROLLTON, TEXAS — Locally based firm Darwin German Real Estate Investments has acquired Frankford Station, a 204-unit apartment community located in the northern Dallas suburb of Carrollton. The property offers one- and two-bedroom units with keyless entry mechanisms, quartz countertops and wood-style plank flooring. Communal amenities include a pool, fitness center, dog park, onsite storage space and a resident clubhouse with a coffee bar, business center and private conference room. The community, which was 89 percent occupied at the time of sale, was acquired in an off-market transaction from an undisclosed Dallas-based investor. The sales price was also not disclosed.
DUNDALK, MD. — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has secured an $18 million Fannie Mae acquisition loan for a manufactured housing community in Dundalk known as Briarwood Estates. The borrower is a partnership between Dahn Corp., a Newport Beach, Calif.-based real estate investment and asset management company, and Orlando-based Elevation Capital Group. The property represents the first purchase for Elevation’s investment fund Elevation Fund 8 LLC, which focuses on self-storage and manufactured housing acquisitions. Paul Angle and Jason Weaver of KeyBank originated the financing. The 10-year loan is structured with a fixed interest rate, three years of interest-only payments and a 30-year amortization schedule. Originally built in 1949, renovated in the 1960s and expanded in the 1980s, Briarwood Estates is a 209-pad manufactured housing community situated on 34 acres approximately 48 miles north of Washington, D.C.
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — A partnership between KRE Group and National Real Estate Advisors LLC has opened Journal Squared 2, a 68-story multifamily tower in Jersey City. Designed by HWKN and Handel Architects, the property features 704 units that are now more than 50 percent leased. Floor plans include micro studio, studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom options. The project represents the second phase of a larger development that began with the delivery of a 53-story, 538-unit apartment tower. Residents have access to nearly 100,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor amenities between the two buildings. Rents start at $1,960 per month.
STAMFORD, CONN. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has negotiated the sale of Hoyt Bedford, a 350-unit apartment complex in Stamford. Built on seven acres in 1940, the property consists of five buildings with 57 to 60 units per building that feature an average size of 927 square feet. Victor Nolletti, Eric Pentore and Wes Klockner of IPA represented the seller, an entity doing business as Stamford Apartment Co. LLC, in the transaction. The trio, along with Marcus & Millichap’s Andrew Daitch, also procured the buyer, Hoyt Bedford LP.