LAKE HOPATCONG, N.J. — NAI James Hanson has negotiated the sale of a 6,000-square-foot retail building in Lake Hopatcong, located about 40 miles northwest of New York City. The retail center comprises seven rentable units, 50 feet of lake access and close proximity to Route 80 in Upstate New York. Joe Vindigni of NAI James Hanson represented the seller, BD Newhouse LLC in the transaction. The buyer was Gardners Shed. The sales price was undisclosed.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has arranged the sale of Estancia Villas, a newly built, 312-unit apartment community in south Austin. The property is part of the 600-acre master-planned community of Estancia Hill Country, which upon completion will feature 130 acres of parks and nearly 280,000 square feet of retail and dining. Will Balthrope, Drew Kile and Jordan Featherston of IPA represented the seller and developer, JCI Residential. The buyer, Steadfast Cos., purchased the property for an undisclosed price.
GARLAND,TEXAS — Berkadia has arranged CMBS financing totaling $18.9 million for two retail properties near San Antonio and Dallas. The financing included a $15.4 million, 10-year loan that Argentic provided for Courtyard Plaza, a retail strip center located at 155 S. Interstate 35 in the San Antonio suburb of New Braunfels. The other deal was a 10-year, $3.5 million loan that Wells Fargo provided for Duck Creek Community Shopping Center, a retail center located at 5006 N. Jupiter Road in the Dallas suburb of Garland. Joseph Hevey Jr. of Berkadia’s Dallas office arranged the loans on behalf of the borrower, an affiliate of Dallas-based Retail Plazas Inc.
PHOENIX — High Street Residential, the residential subsidiary of Trammell Crow Co., and a fund sponsored by CBRE Global Investors have commenced construction on The Fillmore, a mixed-use project in downtown Phoenix. Situated on 2.8 acres at the southeast corner of Fifth Avenue and Fillmore Street, Phase I will include a seven-story, 533,460-square-foot building with 348 multifamily units, 480 parking spaces and more than 7,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. The first phase will feature one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments, as well as studio and junior one-bedroom units, ranging in size from 489 square feet to 1,626 square feet. The building will include a clubhouse featuring work-from-home suites, a tequila room for resident gatherings, billiards room, kitchen and bar, lounge, catering kitchen, double-sided fireplace and shuffleboard. Other amenities include a fitness center, swimming pool, cabanas, grilling stations, swinging lounge chairs, spa, hammocks, fire pits secure bike storage and Wi-Fi throughout the property’s common areas. Additionally, the phase will feature a second outdoor deck with a water feature, dog run and park. Completion of Phase I is slated for September 2021. Chasse Building Team is serving as general contractor. Alliance Bank is providing financing for the project.
NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS — Civitas Senior Living and StoneCreek Real Estate Partners have opened StoneCreek Senior Living at North Richland Hills. The property is located at 8505 Mid-Cities Blvd. in North Richland Hills, about 13 miles northeast of downtown Fort Worth. The seniors housing community offers 70 assisted living units, 16 memory care residences and 10 independent living cottages. Amenities include landscaped courtyards, a fitness center, full-service salon and a library. The Civitas-Stonecreek partnership has another seniors housing community in the works in Colorado Springs.
IRVINE, CALIF. — WNC, a provider of investment, asset management and development services in the affordable housing industry, has closed two institutional Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) funds. WNC Institutional Tax Credit Fund 47 (WNC Corp. 47) and WNC Institutional Tax Credit Fund 10 California Series 17 (CA 17) total approximately $210 million in equity. Together, the equity from the funds will be used to develop and renovate more than 1,900 affordable housing units in the United States. WNC Corp. 47 raised $134.6 million in equity, and CA 17 raised $75.5 million. The closure of the funds brings Irvine-based WNC’s total equity raised since inception to approximately $5.2 billion. The properties that will be funded are located in Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Virginia and Wyoming. The assets will include multifamily and seniors housing projects in urban, suburban and rural areas. One project of note is Mason Square Apartments II in Springfield, Mass., which is an adaptive reuse of two historic buildings — the former Indian Motorcycle manufacturing mill complex constructed in 1890 and the Masson Square Fire House, originally constructed in 1920. Another notable project is Park West Estates in Los Angeles County, Calif. …
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of 4817 Brentwood Stair, an 8,120-square-foot retail strip center in Fort Worth. The property was built on roughly half an acre in 1977 near the intersection of Interstate 30 and Loop 820. Philip Levy of Marcus & Millichap marketed the property, which was 90 percent leased at the time of sale, on behalf of the seller, a private investor. Additional terms of sale were not disclosed.
LAFAYETTE, LA. — Rise: A Real Estate Co. has completed The Heritage, a 589-bed student housing community located on the University of Louisiana at Lafayette campus. The development features five residential buildings geared toward upperclassmen. Shared amenities include ground-floor retail, a fitness center, swimming pool, resident lounge, game room, a business center, sand volleyball court, outdoor grill stations and fire pits. The development also houses an office suite for the university’s Housing and Residential Life staff.
LAS VEGAS — Invesco Real Estate and TA Realty Advisors have purchased 10 fully leased industrial buildings in Las Vegas from a private family trust for $117 million. Atlanta-based Invesco acquired four of the buildings, totaling 651,210 square feet, in North Las Vegas, while Boston-based TA Realty purchased the remaining six buildings, totaling 350,000 square feet in Southwest Las Vegas. Michael Kendall, Gian Carlo Bruno, Spencer Pinter, Dan Doherty, Paul Sweetlands, Chris Lane and Jerry Doty of Colliers International represented the seller in the deal.
BROOKSVILLE, FLA. — Housing Trust Group has delivered Phase II of Freedom Gardens, an affordable housing complex in Brooksville. Phase II comprises 94 units, bringing Freedom Gardens to a total of 190 units. A majority of the units are reserved for residents earning 60 percent of the area median income (AMI), while 10 units are reserved for those making 40 percent of the AMI. The community offers one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans, with monthly rents ranging from $503 to $1,045 per month. Freedom Gardens is located at 932 Freedom Way, about 50 miles north of downtown Tampa. Phase II was financed with an $8.4 million construction loan from CitiBank backed with a Multifamily Mortgage Revenue Note from Florida Housing Finance Corp., permanent financing from CitiBank of up to $5.2 million, $5.9 million of 4 percent low income housing tax credit (LIHTC) equity through Raymond James, a $5.5 million State Apartment Incentive Loan (SAIL) and a $493,400 Extremely Low Income (ELI) loan, both through Florida Housing Finance Corp.
