ROSLYN, N.Y. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $33 million sale of Horizon at Roslyn, a 50-unit, age-restricted apartment building in the New York City suburb of Roslyn. The sales price equates to $660,000 per unit. Michael Tuccillo, Anthony Cerrone and Nicholas Tuccillo of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, Horizon at Roslyn LLC, in the transaction. The trio also procured the buyer, Fairfield Knolls LLC.
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ST. LOUIS — Mac Properties, a multifamily residential developer with offices in Chicago, Kansas City and St. Louis, has delivered a luxury apartment tower in St. Louis called One Hundred Above the Park. Clayco was the general contractor for the 36-story project, which overlooks Forest Park within the city’s Central West End neighborhood. “We are proud to have completed this world-class landmark for St. Louis in the midst of the pandemic,” says Matt McKenna, Clayco’s vice president of residential construction. “The project’s success is the result of months-long planning, scheduling and logistical collaboration between all stakeholders.” Mac Properties worked closely with St. Louis Development Corp. and the City of St. Louis to bring One Hundred Above the Park to fruition, and Clayco kept construction on schedule by completing one floor per week. Architect Jeanne Gang of Studio Gang designed One Hundred Above the Park with a “scalloped” glass façade. The angled exterior gives each of the 316 apartments a corner living room with double windows, which helps Mac Properties to improve energy efficiency by promoting natural lighting. Each floorplate is designed into a leaf-shaped pattern, which gives the tower a tiered look. “We hope residents enjoy this distinctive high-rise for …
PORT ORANGE, FLA. — Trez Capital, a private real estate lender, has provided a $44.1 million construction loan for a new Class A, garden-style apartment community in Port Orange, a city near Daytona Beach. The 288-unit development is known as EDEN Crystal Lake. Ben Jacobson of Trez Capital originated the loan on behalf of the developer, EDEN Multifamily. Located on 19.5 acres at 1270 Reed Canal Road, EDEN Crystal Lake will have a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments with nine-foot ceiling heights, granite countertops, high-end appliances, walk-in closets and balconies/patios in three-story buildings. Planned community amenities include a clubhouse, resort-style pool, fitness center, lakefront boardwalk, dog park with a grooming station, expansive lawn areas and detached garages. The EDEN Crystal Lake site is located within four miles from the beaches in Daytona Beach, the Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach International Airport and LPGA headquarters. The property is also near Interstates 95 and 4. Construction of EDEN Crystal Lake is scheduled for completion in mid-2022.
MOBILE, ALA. — Lument has provided a $33 million Fannie Mae loan to refinance Stone Ridge Apartments, a 317-unit, garden-style apartment complex in Mobile. Chad Hagwood and Brandon Pate of Lument led the transaction. The unnamed borrower has over 35 years of commercial real estate experience and a 15-year working relationship with Lument’s Chad Hagwood. The 12-year loan features a low, fixed interest rate, five years of interest-only payments and a 30-year amortization schedule. In addition, the loan has a maximum loan-to-value ratio of 75 percent. Stone Ridge offers eight different floor plans throughout its 18 residential buildings. The apartment complex was originally built in 2008 and recently underwent approximately $1.3 million in capital improvements and renovations.
ALEXANDRIA, VA. — Berkadia has secured $24.9 million in financing for the acquisition of The Tuscany Apartments, a mid-rise multifamily property in Alexandria. Jonathan Pratt of Berkadia’s Salt Lake City office secured the acquisition financing on behalf of the borrower, an affiliate of Maryland-based Advantage Properties Inc. and Cove Property Management LLC. An affiliate of CW Financial Services LLC participated in the acquisition as a joint venture equity partner. The 10-year Freddie Mac loan features a floating interest rate, an approximately 70 percent loan-to-value ratio and a five-year interest-only period followed by a 30-year amortization schedule. Located at 260 Yoakum Parkway, Tuscany Apartments features one- and two-bedroom floor plans with in-unit washers and dryers, walk-in closets and private patios or balconies. Community amenities include a clubhouse, fitness center and a pet playground. The property is close to Stevenson Park, Interstate 395 and the shops and restaurants along South Van Dorn Street.
Healthpeak Properties to Develop 141,000 SF Life Sciences Project in South San Francisco
by Amy Works
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. — Healthpeak Properties will commence construction on Nexus on Grand, a life sciences development located at 233 E. Grand Ave. in South San Francisco. The Class A development will consist of a five-story, 141,000-square-foot building and an adjacent parking structure. The purpose-built lab building will feature modern design, prominent location on East Grand Avenue, flexible and efficient floor plates and lab-ready building systems that will accommodate a number of life sciences users. Nexus on Grand will be Healthpeak’s third ground-up development in the San Francisco market since 2015, following the leasing of The Cove at Oyster Point and The Shore at Sierra Point.
DENTON, TEXAS — Dallas-based developer Hunt Southwest has broken ground on Phase I of I-35 Convergence, a speculative industrial project in the North Texas city of Denton that could ultimately feature as much as 500,000 square feet of Class A space. The site is located within Westpark Industrial Park, just northwest of the Interstate 35 East/West split. Building I will span 250,000 square feet and will include 32-foot clear heights and an ESFR sprinkler system. Building II will be a build-to-suit for a user with a 100,000- to 250,000-square-foot requirement. Completion of Building I is slated for December. Colliers International is leasing the project.
DENTON, TEXAS — Square Mile Capital has provided a $45.5 million acquisition loan for Village at Rayzor Ranch, a 300-unit multifamily community located within the Rayzor Ranch mixed-use development in Denton. Built in 2019, the property offers amenities such as a pool, fitness center, art clubhouse, outdoor grilling areas, dog park, pickleball and bocce ball courts, coworking space, coffee bar and an outdoor yoga terrace. Dustin Dulin of JLL arranged the loan on behalf of the borrower, Seven Seas Holdings. EPC Real Estate Group developed Village at Rayzor, which was approximately 90 percent occupied at the time of sale.
MIAMI — Sterling Bay, a Chicago-based real estate development firm, has signed a retail lease with eatery Love Life Café in Miami’s Wynwood district. Love Life Café will take 3,767 square feet of storefront space at 545wyn, Wynwood’s first Class A creative office building. Sterling Bay broke ground on 545wyn in January 2019 and completed the building in late 2020. The 298,000-square-foot creative office and retail property offers tenants flexible floorplates and access to amenities like a wellness center, touchless elevator systems, lounges with outdoor space, air filtration systems, a private parking garage and art installations by local artists. Gensler, the global design and architecture firm, is another confirmed tenant. Love Life Café, a plant-based dining concept, will be relocating its existing Wynwood location at 2616 NW 5 Ave. to its new location at 545 NW 26th St. later this year. Veronica Menin and her husband, Diego Tosoni, created Love Life Café in 2015. Tosoni, a self-taught chef with a passion for vegan cooking, aims to bring plant-based foods to 545wyn, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner items. Love Life Café currently operates venues at Time Out Market in Miami Beach and another at 18 N Dollins Ave. in Orlando.
LEWISVILLE, TEXAS — Berkadia has provided a $26.8 million Freddie Mac acquisition loan for Arbor Creek, a 280-unit apartment community in the northern Dallas suburb of Lewisville. The property was built in 1984, and its units offer washers and dryers and private balconies/patios. Amenities include a fitness center, dog park and picnic areas. Mitch Sinberg and Brad Williamson of Berkadia originated the floating-rate financing on behalf of the borrower, Miami-based Eagle Property Capital. The seller was Dallas-based CONTI Organization.