MIAMI — Housing Trust Group (HTG) and AM Affordable Housing have broken ground on Tucker Tower, a $44 million affordable housing community in Miami for seniors aged 62 and older. Located at 9940 W. Hibiscus St. in the city’s Perrine neighborhood, the eight-story property’s apartments will be reserved for income-qualifying residents who earn at or below 25, 30 and 60 percent of area median income (AMI), with rents ranging from $457 to $1,317 per month. Amenities will include a fitness center, business center with computer stations, swimming pool, pet grooming station, lighted pathways along accessible routes and a library. The property is scheduled to deliver in early 2024. The project team for Tucker Tower includes general contractor BDI Construction; engineer HSQ Group LLC; architect Corwil Architects; landscaper Witkin Hults; and interior designer B. Pila Design Studio. Tucker Tower is the fifth affordable housing collaboration between HTG and AM Affordable Housing, a nonprofit developer founded by former NBA player Alonzo Mourning. Capital sources for Tucker Tower include $28.4 million in 9 percent Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) equity syndicated through Raymond James and purchased by Bank of America; a $30 million construction loan from Bank of America; a $9.5 million …
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Champion Acquires Village at Wake Forest Student Housing Portfolio in Winston-Salem for $43M
by John Nelson
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Champion Real Estate Co. has purchased Villages at Wake Forest, a 75-unit portfolio comprising single-family homes and duplexes located across the street from Wake Forest University. Scott Clifton and Stewart Hayes of JLL represented Champion and the undisclosed seller in the $43 million transaction. Located at 961 Palm Drive in Winston-Salem, the 62-parcel portfolio, which will be rebranded as Victory at Wake Forest, is Champion’s first student housing community in North Carolina. The buyer plans to fully furnish all units and lease by the bed.
Northwood Investors Adds Two New Concepts to Metropolitan Shopping Center in Midtown Charlotte
by John Nelson
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Northwood Investors LLC has added two new tenants to Metropolitan, a mixed-use development and lifestyle shopping center located in Midtown Charlotte. The new concepts include Yuliya’s Ice Cream, a locally based, woman-owned ice cream company founded by Belarusian immigrant Yuliya Shvinhelskaya. The eatery will open at Metropolitan, its first brick-and-mortar shop, in early 2023. The other concept is Removery, the largest specialized provider of tattoo removal services. The company operates nearly 100 locations. Other newcomers to Metropolitan include European Wax Center, Open Rice and Clean Your Dirty Face. In addition to new tenants, Northwood Investors is unveiling the refresh of Metropolitan’s exterior that includes new signage, enhanced lighting along the bike path, colorful banners along Charlottetowne Avenue and South Kings Drive, metal and fabric garage screens and vertical wood and warmer colors throughout. Other upcoming renovations include updated landscaping and interior furnishings.
Comstock Signs Puttshack to Lease at Reston Station Mixed-Use Project in Northern Virginia
by John Nelson
RESTON, VA. — Comstock Holding Cos. Inc. has signed mini-golf retail concept Puttshack to anchor Phase II of Reston Station, an 80-acre mixed-use project underway in Northern Virginia. Located near the Wiehle-Reston East Metro Station at 1850 Reston Row Plaza in Reston, Puttshack will be the project’s first active entertainment venue when it opens in summer 2025. The more than 29,000-square-foot space will feature four nine-hole mini-golf courses equipped with Puttshack’s proprietary Trackaball technology that keeps track of patrons scores as they play. The venue will also have a full dining menu and hand-crafted cocktails, as well as multiple bars and private event spaces for parties and business outings. Chicago-based Puttshack recently completed a growth capital round of $150 million from funds managed by BlackRock and continued support from Promethean Investments to help fuel the operator’s expansion plans.
HAVERHILL, MASS. — Locally based design-build firm Dacon Corp. has completed a 135,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Haverhill, located north of Boston, that is a build-to-suit for Memphis-based Monogram Foods. The facility houses several temperature-controlled storage spaces, as well as production areas and offices. Paradigm Properties developed the facility, which is primarily dedicated to pre-assembled sandwich manufacturing and is ultimately expected to employ about 350 people.
ORANGE AND EAST ORANGE, N.J. — Locally based brokerage firm The Kislak Co. Inc. has negotiated the sale of two apartment complexes totaling 68 units in Northern New Jersey for a combined price of $8 million. The property at 57-61A E. Park St. in East Orange totals 22 units, and the complex at 453-475 Park Ave. in Orange comprises 46 units. Joni Sweetwood of Kislak represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which were limited liability companies, in the transaction.
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the $4.5 million sale of a 28,800-square-foot industrial property in South Plainfield, about 40 miles southwest of Manhattan. The property features a clear height of 22 feet and is currently leased to Liftec Forklifts. Andy Schwartz, Jordan Sobel and Andre Balthazard of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, an entity doing business as Sylpan Inc., in the transaction. The trio also procured the buyer, ACSS Group LLC.
NEW YORK CITY — 1-800Accountant, which provides virtual accounting software for small businesses, has signed a 12,344-square-foot office lease at 260 Madison Avenue, a 570,000-square-foot building in Midtown Manhattan. Peter Turchin, Gregg Rothkin, Tim Freydberg, Hayden Pascal and Jared London of CBRE represented the landlord, The Sapir Organization, in the lease negotiations. The representative of the tenant was not disclosed.
CLINTON TOWNSHIP, MICH. — Bernard Financial Group has arranged a $16.8 million Freddie Mac loan for the refinancing of a 206-unit multifamily property in Clinton Township, about 25 miles north of Detroit. Dennis Bernard and Adam Ferguson of Bernard arranged the loan on behalf of the borrower, Oxford Square Limited Dividend Housing Association LP. Loan terms were not provided.
CINCINNATI — Northsiders Engaged in Sustainable Transformation (NEST) and Pennrose have opened John Arthur Flats, Cincinnati’s first LGBTQ-friendly affordable seniors housing community. Located in the Northside neighborhood, the development adds 57 affordable units for residents age 55 or older. The three-story, elevator-serviced building includes studio, one-, and two-bedroom apartments available for residents earning 30 to 60 percent of the area median income, with rents ranging from $444 to $1,212 per month. The new community helps meet the demand for inclusive, affordable housing in the region, where the National Low-Income Housing Coalition reports only 43 available rental homes per every 100 low-income renters in Ohio. Studies also show that LGBTQ seniors experience higher rates of housing discrimination and poverty, making them especially at risk of housing vulnerability. The community is named in recognition of the late John Montgomery Arthur, a Cincinnati native and husband of the plaintiff in the Supreme Court case that legalized same-sex marriage in the United States. This $13 million redevelopment was financed through Low-Income Housing Tax Credits from the Ohio Housing Finance Agency, equity syndicated by CREA, HOME funding from the City of Cincinnati, an award from the Affordable Housing Program of the Federal Home Loan Bank …