ATLANTA — Walker & Dunlop has provided a $340 million loan for the acquisition of Pure Multi-Family REIT (TSX: RUF), a publicly traded Canadian real estate investment trust. Atlanta-based real estate firm Cortland Partners LLC acquired Pure late last year in a $1.2 billion all-cash transaction, which included a 22-property multifamily portfolio totaling 7,085 units. All properties in the portfolio are located in the Sun Belt region of the United States, which spans from the southern half of California to South Carolina. A large portion of the portfolio is located in Houston and Dallas, and the deal will make Cortland the largest multifamily owner-operator in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Cortland plans to implement a capital improvement investment in each of the properties to improve the exteriors, landscaping, amenities and interior unit finishes. “The acquisition of PURE Multi-Family REIT represents our confidence and conviction in multifamily growth,” says Mike Altman, chief investment officer of Cortland. “By executing our financing on this acquisition, [Walker & Dunlop has] allowed us to continue our growth in these markets.” Aaron Appel, Keith Kurland and Jonathan Schwartz led the Walker & Dunlop financing team. Deutsche Bank served as a lending partner. — Alex Patton
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Fore Property, Canyon Partners to Develop 384-Unit Multifamily Community in Metro Orlando
by Alex Tostado
KISSIMMEE, FLA. — A joint venture between Fore Property and Canyon Partners Real Estate LLC will develop 19 South, a planned 384-unit multifamily community in Kissimmee. BBVA provided a $49.6 million construction loan for the project, which is situated within an Opportunity Zone. Canyon Partners invested $29.8 million in the community, which is slated to open in May 2022. The project will comprise four four-story buildings offering studio to three-bedroom floor plans with chef-inspired gourmet kitchens, quartz countertops, energy-efficient stainless steel appliances, walk-in closets and hardwood-style flooring. Units will range in size from 670 to 1,437 square feet. Communal amenities will include two pools, an arcade, gaming area, 24-hour fitness center, park and a pet spa. Fore Construction LLC is leading the development of 19 South.
CECIL COUNTY, MD. — Lidl has opened a 700,000-square-foot regional distribution center in Cecil County. The German-based grocer invested $100 million in the project, which is expected to create more than 200 full-time jobs. Cecil County is situated in northeast Maryland, 53 miles from Baltimore and 60 miles from Philadelphia. Lidl officials said the center will service stores in five states. The discount grocer operates more than 85 stores in nine states on the East Coast. This is the second distribution center Lidl is developing in 2020, having broken ground on a facility in Covington, Ga. in early February.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Seefried Properties and Clarion Partners LLC have acquired 50 acres in Charlotte to construct a five-building, 590,000-square-foot industrial campus. The property will be able to accommodate users seeking 20,000 to 180,000 square feet. Buildings will feature 32- to 36-foot clear heights, 130- to 210-foot truck courts, 50 trailer parks, a total of 686 parking spaces and an ESFR sprinkler system. The property is situated at the southeast corner of Beam Road and Pine Oaks Drive, six miles south of Charlotte Douglas International Airport and seven miles southwest of downtown Charlotte. The developers expect to complete the shells by the second quarter of 2021. Merriman Schmitt Architects is the architect, and Burton Engineering is the civil engineer. Spencer Yorke and Jordan Quinn of JLL will lead the leasing efforts for the new project.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In the April issue of the National Retail Federation’s (NRF) Monthly Economic Review, NRF chief economist Jack Kleinhenz says in order to see the economy bounce back from the coronavirus pandemic, the country must first “get the virus under control.” The Associated Press reported Thursday morning that U.S. unemployment claims hit 6.6 million for the week ending March 28, doubling that of the 3.3 million claims filed in the week ending March 21. “How quickly the country gets a handle on containing the virus will determine the degree of the impact on the economy and how soon businesses can reopen,” Kleinhenz wrote in the report. The NRF report highlighted that leaving 2019, the gross domestic product (GDP) was growing at 2.1 percent clip year over year and that the U.S. economy benefits from sound fundamentals, unlike during the Great Recession. “Once the pandemic is over, we hope we will find that there is nothing structurally wrong with the economy and that any deficiencies were solved by monetary and fiscal policies,” Kleinhenz said. Washington, D.C.-based NRF has advocated for retailers and policies for more than 100 years.
DENVER — JLL has arranged $18.8 million in financing for the development of Bloom at Cherry Creek, a multifamily property located at 4700 E. Kentucky Ave. in Denver. Kristian Lichtenfels and Matt Steffen of JLL worked on behalf of the borrower, Botnick Realty, to secure the five-year, fixed-rate construction loan through a regional bank. Situated on 1.1 acres within Denver’s Cherry Creek district, Bloom at Cherry Creek will feature 111 apartments in a mix of one- and two-bedroom layouts. Units feature white shaker cabinets, quartz countertops, stainless steel appliances, luxury flooring and in-unit washers and dryers. The five-story, podium-style property is slated for completion in mid-2021. Community amenities will include a rooftop deck with firepit, grilling station, community kitchen, game room, fitness center and workstations.
LOS ANGELES — Counterpointe Sustainable Real Estate (CounterpointeSRE) has closed a Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) transaction totaling $14.5 million in financing through the California Statewide Communities Development Authority’s Open PACE program. The financing will support energy efficiency, seismic strengthening and water conservation measures at a new multifamily property, which LiveWorkCreate is developing. Located at 2870 W. Olympic Blvd. in the Koreatown neighborhood of Los Angeles, the seven-story multifamily development will feature 126 units, ground-floor retail space and a parking garage. Upgraded sustainability features are projected to reduce electricity and water consumption, as well as greenhouse gas emissions. The upgraded multifamily property is slated for completion in 2022. The $14.5 million in C-PACE funding for the project is being used to directly support energy-efficient infrastructure investments throughout the building, including building envelope, interior lighting, HVAC, low-flow fixtures and high-efficiency domestic hot water.
SummerHill Apartment Communities Buys Transit-Oriented Development Site in Metro Seattle for $12.3M
by Amy Works
BELLEVUE, WASH. — SummerHill Apartment Communities has acquired a 1.4-acre transit-oriented development site, located at 1600 132nd Ave. NE in Bellevue. The property is situated next to the planned Bel-Red/130th East Link light rail station. A private family office sold the asset for $12.3 million, or $200 per land square foot. SummerHill received approval in March to construct a 249-unit multifamily building. Runberg Architecture Group designed the project, which will feature a courtyard that will face the new light rail station. Dylan Simon and Jerrid Anderson of Kidder Mathews’ Seattle office represented the seller, while the buyer was self-represented in the deal.
LAKEWOOD, COLO. — Evans Senior Investments (ESI) has arranged the sale of Lakewood Memory Care, a 46-unit memory care facility, for $8.5 million, or $185,000 per unit. Located 10 miles south of downtown Denver in Lakewood, the facility totals 52 beds. The property was built in 2016 and is 100 percent private pay. It was 75 percent occupied at the time of sale. ESI represented the seller in the transaction, an independent investor group that had partnered with a national operator. This was the investor group’s only seniors housing asset. The buyer was a nonprofit owner-operator with a regionally focused seniors housing portfolio in Colorado.
SunCoast Properties Sells Ground Lease of Chase Bank-Occupied Asset in Anaheim for $5.1M
by Amy Works
ANAHEIM, CALIF. — SunCoast Properties has completed the disposition of the ground lease of a newly constructed, freestanding retail building located at 545 N. Euclid St. in Anaheim. A Los Angeles-based private investor acquired the asset for $5.1 million. Chase Bank occupies the 3,988-square-foot, single-tenant property with a corporate-guaranteed, triple-net, 20-year lease. SunCoast developed the property, which opened earlier this year. Pat Kent, Patrick Luther, Matthew Mousavi and Parker Walter of SRS Real Estate Partners’ National Net Lease Group represented the seller, while Bill Asher and Jeff Lefko of Hanley Investment Group represented the buyer in the deal.