SEATTLE — PCCP has provided a $75 million senior loan to Griffis Residential for the acquisition and repositioning of The Post, a 16-story multifamily community located at 888 Western Ave. in downtown Seattle. Situated in the Seattle Central Business District, Waterfront and Pioneer Square submarkets, The Post features 208 apartments with quartz countertops, vinyl-plank flooring, steel appliances, floor-to-ceiling windows and views of downtown Seattle, Elliott Bay and the Olympic Mountains. Community amenities include a rooftop deck with grilling areas and a reflection pool, multiple rooftop lounges, a media room, dog run, yoga studio, library and fitness center.
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BUCKEYE, ARIZ. — An entity controlled by Contour Real Estate has acquired an approximately 77-acre industrial site at the southeast corner of Apache and Southern Avenue roads in Buckeye. The Napolitano Family sold the property, which is adjacent to the Cardinal Glass and Walmart distribution facilities, for $14.5 million. Contour plans to develop a 1.2 million-square-foot, Class A, cross-dock facility targeting e-commerce and logistics tenants in needs of a regional distribution hub. Ware Malcomb is serving as architect and civil engineer for the project. Paul Borgesen and Dylan Sproul of SVN Desert Commercial Advisors represented the buyer in the deal. Marc Hertzberg of JLL’s Phoenix office will handle leasing for the completed facility.
Lument Funds $25.1M in Fannie Mae Financing for Affordable Housing Portfolio in Colorado
by Amy Works
LAKEWOOD, ARVADA, DENVER AND FOUNTAIN, COLO. — Lument has closed five Fannie Mae conventional multifamily housing loans totaling $25.1 million to refinance the Archway Portfolio, five affordable housing communities near Denver and Colorado Springs. The borrower is Archway Communities, which manages the portfolio. Andrew Ellis of Lument led the transactions. Fountain Ridge, the largest of the portfolio, received a 10-year loan with a fixed interest rate and a 30-year amortization schedule. The other four loans feature fixed interest rates, 12-year terms, two years of interest-only payments and 30-year amortization schedules. The portfolio includes the 72-unit Foothills Green in Lakewood, the 60-unit Willow Green in Arvada, the 65-unit Sheridan Ridge in Arvada, the 60-unit Arapahoe Green in Denver and the 111-unit Fountain Ridge in Fountain.
LAKE OSWEGO, ORE. — CBRE National Senior Housing has arranged a refinancing for The Springs at Lake Oswego, a 216-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community in Lake Oswego. The borrower is a joint venture between Harrison Street and The Springs Living. Aron Will, Austin Sacco and Tim Root arranged the non-recourse, four-year, floating-rate loan with three years of interest-only payments through a national bank. CBRE previously arranged construction financing for the community in 2017. The amount was not disclosed. The community opened in 2019 in a highly affluent city approximately eight miles south of downtown Portland.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Regent Properties, an investment and management firm headquartered in Dallas and Los Angeles, has acquired 816 Congress, a 435,000-square-foot office building in downtown Austin. The 20-story building offers amenities such as a fitness center, conference facilities and a sky lounge with a terrace. Regent plans to implement a capital improvement program that includes repositioning the lobby and courtyards, as well as the activation of roughly 12,000 square feet of retail space. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
DALLAS — Locally based developer Billingsley Co. is underway on construction of a new, 260,000-square-foot headquarters campus in Dallas for home improvement retailer At Home. The property will be located within Billingsley’s Cypress Waters development and will consist of 182,000 square feet of office space and a 78,000-square-foot design center. Amenities will include training rooms, wellness facilities, coworking spaces and a barista bar. Architecture firms GFF and Corgan designed the project. Completion is slated for December. At Home, which is currently headquartered in Plano, employs a corporate staff of about 400 in Dallas and plans to expand to over 1,000 over the next 10 years. The retailer operates about 230 stores across 40 states.
HOUSTON — Houston-based developer BHW Capital has sold The Park at Tour 18, a 241-unit apartment community located on the city’s northeast side. Units at the property come in one- and two-bedroom floor plans that, according to Apartments.com, range in size from 700 to 1,198 square feet. Amenities include two pools, a fitness center, game room, dog park, indoor and outdoor grilling stations and a conference room. Dallas-based Civitas Capital acquired the asset for an undisclosed price.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — An affiliate of Bristol Development Group and Hallmark Partners have sold Vista Brooklyn, 308-unit multifamily property in Jacksonville. The buyer, an entity known as CS 1031 Vista Brooklyn Apartments DST, an affiliate of Capital Square, purchased the property for $126.3 million. Built in 2021, Vista Brooklyn is a 10-story apartment community offering studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floorplans, as well as 12,687 square feet of ground floor commercial and retail space. Community amenities include a resort-style rooftop pool and beer garden, fitness studio with yoga room, gaming area, grilling stations, gift wrapping room, coworking spaces, dog park, pet spa and a meditation suite. Located at 200 Riverside Ave., Vista Brooklyn is situated adjacent to downtown Jacksonville. The property is also near retailers and restaurants such as The Fresh Market, Burrito Gallery Brooklyn, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Navy Federal Credit Union and Winston Family YMCA.
ROSWELL, GA. — New York-based Eastern Union has secured a $71.3 million acquisition loan for Crest at Riverside, a 396-unit multifamily property in Roswell. Michael Muller of Eastern Union arranged the loan through New York-based Arbor Realty on behalf of the buyer, Atlanta-based MSC Properties. With a full sale price of $87.5 million, the transaction’s loan-to-cost ratio equaled 81 percent. The non-recourse loan carries a three-year term with options for two one-year extensions, and repayment is interest-only over its full term. Built in 1965 and renovated in 2016, The Crest at Riverside was rebranded to Grace Apartment Homes Roswell. The property offers one-, two- and three-bedroom floorplans with 18 one-bedroom units that are 882 square feet in size; 247 two-bedroom units that range from 1,258 to 1,408 square feet in size and 131 three-bedroom units that range from 1,290 to 1,408 square feet in size. Unit features include white or stainless steel appliances, laminate or solid surface counters, wood cabinets and tile backsplashes. Community amenities include two pools, business center, fitness center, playground, grills and a pet park. The property was 96 percent occupied at the time of sale. Located at 100 Chattahoochee Circle, the 518,460-square-foot property is situated 20.4 …
COVINGTON, LA. — Dallas-based MedProperties Realty Advisors and Chicago-based Heitman LLC, in their first joint venture together, have acquired Avala Hospital, a 21-bed, 60,087-square-foot surgical hospital in Covington. The seller(s) and sales price were not disclosed. Capital One NA, with a participation by Siemens Financial Services, provided an undisclosed amount of financing for the acquisition. Avala Hospital is one of the only facilities in Louisiana offering robotics-assisted surgeries for hip replacements, total and partial knee replacements and spinal procedures. The hospital recently had Class A renovations and expansions done to the facility. Located at 67252 Industry Lane, the hospital is situated 36.1 miles from New Orleans and 37.2 miles from the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport. The property is also situated near retailers and restaurants such as Whole Foods Market, Walgreens, Mandeville Seafood and a Winn-Dixie.