MT. JULIET, TENN. — CBRE has arranged the $64 million sale of Creekside at Providence, a 209-unit apartment community located at 1001 Providence Parkway in Mt. Juliet, about 18 miles east of Nashville. Newport Beach, Calif.-based Olen Properties Corp. purchased the property for $64 million, or $306,220 per unit. Built by Dobbins Group in 2015, Creekside at Providence features a swimming pool, pet play area with washing station, car care center, business center, gym, playground, movie theater, game room, picnic area and walking/biking trails. The community is situated adjacent to Providence Marketplace, a shopping mall housing tenants such as Best Buy, Belk, Books-A-Million, Dick’s Sporting Goods, HomeGoods, Kroger, Old Navy, PetSmart, Regal Cinemas, Taco Bell, Target and The UPS Store. Russ Oldham and Brett Kingman of CBRE’s Nashville office represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Olen Properties was self-represented.
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NASHVILLE, TENN. — Rethink Community, a New York-based real estate development firm and investment manager of social impact projects in urban areas, purchased 21 acres on Nashville’s east side for a new development dubbed Rethink Community – Nashville. The site is two miles north of downtown Nashville and a half-mile from Oracle Corp.’s upcoming 65-acre campus. Rethink Community, a subsidiary of Rethink Capital Partners and a division of Seavest Investment Group, plans to build workforce apartments, for-sale townhomes, lofts and neighborhood retail and dining at the site, as well as a one-acre public park. Once complete, the firm plans to deliver programs and services for residents. BlackBirch Capital acted as exclusive advisor to Rethink Community on the capital raise for the project. In addition to Nashville, Rethink Community has projects in the development pipeline in Atlanta, Cleveland, Durham and Portland.
PORTLAND, TEXAS — LRC Commercial, an owner-operator primarily focused on secondary and tertiaruy markets in the Midwest, has acquired Westcliffe-Royal Palms, a 132-unit multifamily property in Portland, located in South Texas outside Corpus Christi. The Waller Group represented LRC Commercial and the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Chris Litzler of Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. arranged acquisition financing for the deal. LRC Commercial will rebrand the property as LUX Off Moore.
TUSCALOOSA, ALA. — A partnership between Arch Cos. and Drake Real Estate Partners has purchased a three-property multifamily portfolio in Tuscaloosa totaling 649 units. The communities in the sold portfolio include Broadmoor Gardens, Copper Greek and Woodlawn Manor. The seller(s) and sales price was not disclosed. Arch will be implementing value-add capital improvements to the portfolio through its Arch Builders division and operate the communities in-house. Arch Cos. and Drake have purchased three garden-style portfolios in the past five months. The partners jointly own approximately 2,000 multifamily units. The investment sales brokers for this transaction include Josh Jacobs of Marcus & Millichap and Brian Savage of Colliers International. Walker & Dunlop arranged acquisition financing.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — UrbanSpace Real Estate + Interiors, a development, design and project management firm, will build The Modern Austin Residences, a multifamily project in downtown Austin that will add 345 for-sale condos to the local supply. The 55-story tower will be located at 610 Davis St. in the Rainey Street District and will include two retail spaces. The development team includes Nelsen Partners (design architect), Page (architect of record) and Flintco (general contractor). Construction and sales are set to commence in the first quarter of next year.
CARROLLTON, TEXAS — CBRE has negotiated the sale of Keystone at Castle Hills, a 690-unit multifamily property in the northern Dallas suburb of Carrollton. According to Apartments.com, the property was built in 1988 and offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units. Amenities include two pools, a fitness center, resident clubhouse with a coworking lounge and outdoor grilling areas. Danny Baker, Nita Stewart, Chandler Sims and Kevin O’Boyle of CBRE represented the seller, Acre Valley Real Estate Capital, in the transaction. Miami-based Starwood Capital Group purchased the property for an undisclosed price.
UNIVERSAL CITY, TEXAS — Lument has provided an $18.6 million Fannie Mae loan for the refinancing of Meadows Apartments, a 216-unit affordable housing property in Universal City, a northeastern suburb of San Antonio. All units at the property, which was built in 1972, are reserved for renters earning 80 percent or less of the area median income (AMI). Marc Suarez of Lument originated the loan through Fannie Mae’s Green Rewards program on behalf of the sponsor, locally based multifamily development and investment firm Lynd Co.
PLAINFIELD, ILL. — Wingspan Development Group has started pre-leasing Sixteen30, a new $60 million luxury apartment community in Plainfield, about 35 miles southwest of Chicago. Located at 14750 S. Wallin Drive, the 284-unit property features eight buildings arranged around a 7,500-square-foot clubhouse. Amenities include a pool, fitness center, bocce court, demonstration kitchen, outdoor grilling area, pet spa and 24-hour package room. First move-ins are expected to begin later this summer. Units range in size from 600 to 1,500 square feet and monthly rents range from $1,485 to $2,850. Chicago-based Studio 222 Architects designed the project and Wingspan’s sister company Nicholas & Associates served as the general contractor. Lincoln Property Co. will oversee leasing and property management.
CHICAGO — Kiser Group has arranged the $1.7 million deconversion sale of 4944 N. Harding Ave. in Chicago’s Albany Park neighborhood. The property includes 13 units, 11 of which are two-bedroom floor plans and two of which are three-bedrooms. The building was renovated and converted to condominiums in 2005. Andy Friedman and Jake Parker of Kiser represented the seller, the condominium association, as well as the buyer, Block & Key. Under the Condominium Property Act in Illinois, condo unit owners can elect to sell a property if 75 percent or more are in agreement. Sellers then have the option to either move out of their units or lease them back from the new owner.
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. — Nauset Construction, a locally based design-build firm, has completed 77 Park, a 93-unit multifamily project located in the Alewife area of Cambridge. Designed by Piatt Architects, the transit-served property rises four stories and spans 96,000 square feet. Units feature studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans ranging in size from 595 to 1,265 square feet. Amenities include a terrace with grilling stations, a café with a full kitchen, multimedia room, sky lounge, fitness center and a dog washing and grooming station. Rents start at $2,200 per month for a studio unit.