YONKERS, N.Y. — Callahan Construction Managers has broken ground on a 440-unit multifamily project at 57 Alexander St. in the northern New York City suburb of Yonkers. Designed by Perkins Eastman and developed by Rose Associates, the seven-story waterfront community will offer a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom units. Amenities will include a pool, fitness center, outdoor grilling and dining areas, golf simulator, coworking lounge and a game room. The development team expects to deliver the project in phases throughout 2023.
MAHWAH, N.J. — CBRE has negotiated the $17.5 million sale of an industrial development site located at 1000 MacArthur Blvd. in the Northern New Jersey community of Mahwah. Jeffrey Dunne, Jeremy Neuer, Steve Bardsley, David Gavin, Rich Gatto, Fahri Ozturk, Travis Langer, Zach McHale, Matthew Saker and Patrick Cavanagh of CBRE represented the seller, TD Bank, in the transaction. The team also procured the buyer, a partnership between Russo Development and PGIM. The new ownership has secured approvals to develop a 200,000-square-foot building. Demolition of the existing 60,000-square-foot structure on site is set to begin in the coming days.
UNION, N.J. — New Jersey-based developer Landmark Cos. has received approval from The Union Township Planning Board to develop an 85-unit multifamily project in the Northern New Jersey community. The project, which includes a two-story parking garage with spaces designated for both public and resident use, represents Phase V of the company’s CENTURION Union Center development. Upon completion of this phase, the transit-oriented property will feature approximately 320 residential units and 27,000 square feet of retail space.
PHILADELPHIA — Equus Capital Partners has acquired a 5.4 million-square-foot industrial portfolio located across the Sun Belt and East Coast. The properties were purchased from Prologis for $900 million, according to the Philadelphia Business Journal. The 75-property portfolio primarily comprises multi-tenant, infill, shallow-bay assets located across seven major distribution markets in Texas, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and Virginia. The acquisition was made on behalf of the company’s sponsored value-add fund, Equus Investment Partnership XII L.P. The portfolio was 98 percent leased to 250 tenants at the time of sale, which included e-commerce, logistics providers, manufacturing, business-to-business and business-to-consumer users. Equus made headlines with another large-scale industrial acquisition in October of last year, buying a 7.3 million-square-foot industrial portfolio in Arizona for $1.1 billion. “We remain disciplined in our approach to appropriately scaling our industrial holdings across the U.S. on behalf of our investment partners,” says Kyle Turner, partner and director of investments for the Philadelphia-based firm. “This most recent investment further diversifies our platform holdings in the industrial sector and provides access to dynamic distribution locations poised to benefit from improving industrial fundamentals and sustained population growth,” he continues. Kyle Turner, Tim Feron, Laura Brestelli, Joe Felici, Scott Miller and Ryan Klancic …
By Mike Otillio, research director, Colliers The Dallas office market and North Texas region as a whole continue to evolve as leading destinations for corporate relocations, led in part by a favorable business climate. This reputation as a top landing spot for regional workforce consolidations and outright relocations from other states has helped Dallas become a national leader in some key back-to-work metrics. According to research from security firm Kastle Systems, which monitors keycard, fob and app usage within thousands of office buildings across the country, the average occupancy rate in December across 10 of the country’s biggest markets was 40.6 percent. Dallas was one of the 10 markets tracked in the report, posting an above-average occupancy rate of 52.3 percent. The basic business-friendly climate and healthy pace of job and population growth, along with evidence that users are making stronger pushes to return to their workspaces, have accelerated the market’s office investment sales recovery for value-add, core-plus and stabilized product. Barring any unforeseen circumstances, such as a prolonged spike in cases from the Omicron variant, we expect this trend to continue through 2022. Dallas recorded several notable sales of iconic office assets in 2021, plus numerous deals for suburban …
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Web-Based Multifamily Valuation Enhances Speed, Builds Better Predictions
The future of multifamily valuation requires flexibility and the use of technology to process data faster and more reliably. Meghan Czechowski, managing director and valuation lead for Apprise by Walker & Dunlop, spoke to Finance Insight about why multifamily valuations in particular are well suited to a web-based machine learning approach, resulting in faster appraisals with increased reliability. Finance Insight: How does the Walker & Dunlop Apprise program differ from traditional residential valuation programs? Czechowski: We’re focused on multifamily with our tech-enabled process. Most appraisal reports on the commercial side (multifamily included, that is, five units and up) are completed using a web-based database, and those databases are typically blank slates. When you’re entering sale comparables, rent comparables or other data, most people are starting from scratch and usually using an analyst to record that comparable information that then feeds into a database. The Apprise team of appraisal experts uses our Apprise application, which is a proprietary web-based system. It uses the property record database; therefore, it is not a blank slate. It has over 2.5 million multifamily records flowing into it from a public record aggregator and various industry resources like REIS, RCA and Yardi, using direct integration and …
ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. — KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment and KeyBank Real Estate Capital have provided a total of $69.8 million for the redevelopment of Jordan Park Apartments in St. Petersburg. Norstar Development USA-CDL, a Buffalo, N.Y.-based affordable housing developer, and the St. Petersburg Housing Authority are working together on the project, the timeline of which was not disclosed. KeyBank provided a $42.7 million construction bond. KeyBank funded the financing via Fannie Mae’s unfunded forward commitment execution that allows KeyBank to issue a mortgage-backed security (MBS) upon completion of the construction that will convert to a permanent mortgage loan. This Fannie Mae execution is referred to as MBS as Collateral for Tax-Exempt Bonds (MTEB), which is available for 4 percent LIHTC transactions. Jordan Park Apartments was originally built in 1939 on land donated by businessman Elder Jordan Sr. The 24-acre site contains single-family, duplex, triplex and quadplex buildings. The property’s former residents will have first right to return as the redeveloped property begins to reopen. The first phase includes the new construction of a six-floor midrise building for seniors ages 62 and older, as well as the rehabilitation of 41 buildings containing 97 units of affordable housing for families. …
CHESAPEAKE, VA. AND ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of the Templeton Portfolio, a three-property apartment portfolio in Chesapeake and Elizabeth City. Altay Uzun of Marcus & Millichap facilitated the transaction and secured the buyer, MRKT Capital. The undisclosed seller sold the portfolio for $61 million. The properties within the Templeton Portfolio include Green Tree Apartments and Oak Grove Apartments in Chesapeake and Emerald Lake Apartments in Elizabeth City. Green Tree is a 208-unit apartment community that offers one- and two-bedroom floorplans. Community amenities include a pool, fitness center, clubhouse, volleyball court, walking and biking trails, controlled building access, onsite laundry facilities and a package receiving service. Located at 749 Green Tree Circle, the property is situated 10.6 miles from Norfolk. Oak Grove is a 132-unit apartment community that offers one- and two-bedroom floorplans. Community amenities include onsite laundry facilities, controlled building access, a volleyball court and ample parking. Located at 408 Trotman Way, the property is situated near Chesapeake Regional Medical Center and the Great Bridge Lock Park. Emerald Lake is a 132-unit apartment community that offers three-bed/two-bath floorplans. Community amenities include a pool, clubhouse, parking, onsite management and a package receiving service. Located …
DURHAM, N.C. — StoneBridge Investments has acquired Haven at Patterson Place, a 242-unit apartment community in Durham, for $56.2 million. Howard Jenkins and Kevin Kempf of CBRE’s Southeast Multifamily team represented the seller, an affiliate of Washington, D.C.-based FCP. This property is StoneBridge’s fourth acquisition in the Raleigh-Durham market, and now the company owns a portfolio of more than 1,000 units in the Research Triangle area. Built in 2002, Haven at Patterson Place offers one-, two- and three-bedroom floorplans with an average range of 669 to 1,404 square feet. Community amenities include a swimming pool, fitness center, clubhouse, cyber café, community fire pit, dog park, playground, grilling stations, resident car wash with vacuum station and complimentary package service. StoneBridge plans to make renovations to the property including modernizing clubhouse design and decor, adding a 24-hour touchless package locker system and enhancing the pool and outdoor lounge areas. Unit renovations will include the addition of stainless steel appliances, granite countertops, modern Shaker style cabinet fronts, subway tile backsplashes, a modern lighting package, vinyl plank flooring, washer-dryer sets in all units and a tech package. Located at 5110 Old Chapel Hill Road, the property is situated near Interstate 40 and N.C. Highway …
WOODRIDGE, ILL. — Eaton, a provider of power management technologies and services, has preleased a 370,973-square-foot industrial development in Woodridge, a southwest suburb of Chicago. The developer, Duke Realty Corp., began construction of the speculative project in August. Completion is slated for this July. The 21-acre site at 10000 Woodward Ave. was previously home to a vacant movie theater. The project will feature a clear height of 36 feet, 37 dock doors, four drive-in doors, 44 trailer spaces and 343 parking spaces. Jason Lev of CBRE represented Eaton, while Jason West and Sean Henrick of Cushman & Wakefield represented Duke.