WHITE MARSH, MD. — Monarch Communities has unveiled plans for Monarch White Marsh, a 188-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community in the Baltimore suburb of White Marsh. Construction is scheduled to begin this month on the $80 million project. The property is incorporated into a 113-acre, master-planned, mixed-use development known as Villages of White Marsh. The community will be connected to a 20-acre park via a walking bridge, providing access to 40 acres of open space and walking trails. Monarch will be the operator upon completion, which is slated for late 2023. Monarch Communities operates and develops senior living communities along the East Coast.
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ATLANTA — Shadowbox Studios, a TV and movie studio operator formerly known as Blackhall Studios, is underway on expanding its studio campus in Atlanta from nine soundstages to 31. The 1.2 million-square-foot expansion project will grow the locally based company’s footprint to total 2 million square feet. The move follows a $500 million financing commitment from Silver Lake, a private equity investor with more than $88 billion in assets under management. Silver Lake will partner with existing investor Commonwealth Asset Management, which remains the majority shareholder of Shadowbox Studios. The capital injection will also be used to fund Shadowbox’s studio developments underway in London and Los Angeles. Deutsche Bank, EY and Sidley Austin represented Shadowbox in the financing transaction with Silver Lake. Farrer & Co. and King & Spalding also provided legal counsel. Latham & Watkins represented Silver Lake. The existing Atlanta studios for Shadowbox Studios served as filming locations for movies such as Jumanji: The Next Level, Jungle Cruise and Godzilla: King of the Monsters. The construction timeline for the expansion project was not disclosed.
CENTRAL, S.C. — Investors Management Group Inc. (IMG) has acquired The Whitley Apartments, a 250-unit multifamily community located in the Greenville suburb of Central. Built in 1997, The Whitley is located near Clemson University and several Upstate South Carolina employers, including BMW. IMG plans to invest more than $2 million in capital improvements at the property. Will Mathews of Colliers brokered the transaction. IMG raised $21 million from 160 investor clients in 22 states to fund the acquisition, and eight investors completed 1031 exchanges by acquiring Tenant in Common (TIC) positions in the property. IMG also secured a 10-year, non-recourse Fannie Mae loan through Arbor Realty Trust. The loan was underwritten with a 30-year amortization schedule and a 60 percent loan-to-value ratio. Over the past year, IMG has sponsored the acquisition of over 1,700 total units totaling $372 million in transactions nationally. Last year the firm acquired the nearby Tapestry at Hollingsworth Park in Greenville.
DUNCAN, S.C. — SunCap Property Group has broken ground on Hillside 290, a 284,400-square-foot industrial facility within Hillside Industrial Park in Duncan. Situated along SC Highway 290 near I-85 and Inland Port Greer, the rear-load building will feature 62 dock doors, 315 car parking spaces and 59 trailer parking spaces. The property features spaces divisible to 70,000 square feet and can accommodate distribution, light manufacturing and automotive-related users. Garrett Scott, John Montgomery, Brockton Hall and Dillon Swayngim of Colliers will handle leasing at Hillside 290. SunCap has selected Hogan Construction Group to build the project. Details about the construction timeline were not disclosed.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — SRS Real Estate Partners has brokered the sale of two urban retail properties in Washington, D.C., totaling $9.2 million. The properties include 2321 18th St. NW in the city’s Adams Morgan submarket and 1519 Wisconsin Ave. in the Georgetown district. Built in 1910 and renovated in 2020, the Adams Morgan property houses a single tenant (Ironworks Inc.) that operates three Asian fusion restaurants — Death Punch Bar, Shabu Plus and Shibuya — and has 10 years remaining on its lease. An unnamed private investor purchased the 4,500-square-foot property from a locally based developer for $3.5 million. Andrew Fallon and Rick Fernandez of SRS represented the seller in the transaction. The Georgetown property houses three retailers (a salon, nail parlor and mobile device repair shop) that are on triple-net leases. A local investor purchased the asset for $5.7 million in a 1031 exchange. Fallon and Fernandez represented the seller, a locally based, privately held investor and developer.
MIAMI — JDS Development Group has received $86 million in acquisition and construction financing for 1 Southside Park, a 64-story mixed-use project in Miami’s Brickell neighborhood. Plans call for 1,175 apartment units, 190,000 square feet of office space, a 200-room hotel, 10,000 square feet of retail space and 1,400 parking spaces. The development will include the country’s first Treehouse Hotel, along with multiple food and beverage outlets and public spaces. As part of the Brickell Rapid Transit Zone, the project will enhance access to public transportation, provide direct connection to The Underline and reinvigorate Southside Park, according to JDS. The Underline is a 10-mile linear park, urban trail and public destination being built on land below Miami’s Metrorail that is opening in phases through 2025. Southside Park’s proposed design enhancements include an enclosed dog run, seating areas, water features, opportunities for public art, playgrounds, a new basketball court and space for active programming such as movie nights and community sports events. A Walker & Dunlop team led by Aaron Appel, Keith Kurland, Jonathan Schwartz and Adam Schwartz arranged the financing through Maxim Capital Group. An existing land acquisition loan was replaced with a bridge construction loan at a lower interest …
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Walker & Dunlop: Spring Multifamily Market Contends with Inflation, Housing Bubble Fears
By Walker & Dunlop’s Research Department Inflation and a New Era of Monetary Tightening Amid 40-year high inflation rates, home prices that have surged by over 40 percent in the past three years and double-digit price increases in basic necessities such as food, gas and electricity, the United States seems to be beset on all sides. Inflation has become the question of the day with little relief even after monetary tightening began earlier in the year. After a quarter point increase in the Federal Reserve target rate in March, the Fed implemented a whopping 50 basis point increase in the target Federal Funds rate in May after April inflation remained at 8.2 percent, near the March high of 8.6 percent.[1] The central bank’s goal is to reduce inflation to an annual rate of approximately 2 percent. The employment base, the Fed’s other prime objective, seems to remain strong. Unemployment (at 3.6 percent in April) remains low and employment growth of 390,000 in May beat economist expectations. The Fed’s job now is to beat inflation and prevent it from becoming embedded in consumer expectations. Why? Because once inflation becomes embedded in expectations, it changes consumer behavior and becomes somewhat of a …
AMERICAN FORK, UTAH — Brixton Capital has purchased American Fork Center, a retail center at 648 E. State St. in American Fork, located between Salt Lake City and Provo. A partnership between Western Avenue Capital and ALTO Funds sold the asset for an undisclosed price in an off-market transaction. At the time of sale, the 149,928-square-foot shopping center was fully leased. Tenants include Vasa Fitness, JOANN, Big Lots, Dollar Tree and Del Taco. Brixton plans to upgrade the center through repainting, parking lot resurfacing, landscaping improvements and signage upgrades. Scott Brady and Garrett Blomquist of Mountain West Commercial Real Estate sourced the opportunity for Brixton.
Security Properties, Oaktree Capital Buy River Ridge Apartments in Tualatin, Oregon for $70M
by Amy Works
TUALATIN, ORE. — Security Properties and funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management have acquired River Ridge, a Class A apartment property located at 17865 SW Pacific Highway in Tualatin, for $70 million. Built in two phases from 2015 to 2017, River Ridge features 180 apartments spread across 14 residential buildings on nine acres. The apartments are a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts, averaging 977 square feet each. Units feature high ceilings, quartz countertops, large windows, walk-in closets, in-home washers/dryers and private balconies or patios with storage. Community amenities include a fitness center, resident clubhouse, resort-style outdoor pool, sundeck, basketball court, bocce ball court, playground, walking trail on the Tualatin River, 120 onsite storage units and 301 parking spaces. Security Properties Residential, an affiliate of Security Properties, will manage the community. Joe Nydahl, Josh McDonald and Phil Oester of CBRE represented the seller, Salem-based Mountain West Investment Corp., in the off-market transaction.
Live Oak, Locust Point Provide $28M Construction Loan for Assisted Living, Memory Care Community in San Diego
by Amy Works
SAN DIEGO — Live Oak Bank and Locust Point Capital have provided a $28 million loan for the development of an 81-unit assisted living and memory care community in the Clairemont neighborhood of San Diego. The borrower is a partnership between RhodesMoore and Frontier Management. The urban infill development will consist of a 73,000-square-foot building and parking deck situated on 1.5 acres. Frontier will be the operator upon completion.