EVANSVILLE, IND. — Merchants Capital has secured $21.4 million for the renovation of Carriage House of Evansville, a Section 8 housing development in southern Indiana. The financing involved a Fannie Mae mortgage-backed security as collateral for new tax-exempt bonds (M.TEB). Additionally, PNC Bank provided 4 percent low-income housing tax credits. Fannie Mae’s M.TEB solution provides borrowers with a lower interest rate and significant savings over the life of the loan, offering a loan-to-value ratio of up to 90 percent. This type of loan can be used to finance the construction, acquisition or rehabilitation of multifamily affordable housing properties. CRG Residential is the general contractor for the renovations. Updates include new flooring, cabinetry, countertops, energy-efficient light fixtures, bathroom renovations and new appliances. Plans also call for the addition of a bark park, picnic area, fitness center and internet café. Gene B. Glick Co. is the borrower. Carriage House of Evansville dates back to 1978 and serves tenants at 60 percent of the area median income or less. Renovations are set to begin immediately.
EDINA, MINN. — NorthMarq has arranged a $17.4 million Freddie Mac loan for the refinancing of York Place Apartments in Edina. Built in 2009, the 114-unit apartment property is located at 3121 W. 69th St. Dan Trebil of NorthMarq arranged the 10-year loan with five years of interest-only payments and a 30-year amortization schedule. The borrower was undisclosed.
SUN PRAIRIE, WIS. — Ryan Cos. US Inc. will develop a 141-unit senior living community to be named Talamore at Sun Prairie in suburban Madison. Ryan will develop, design and build the project and is set to begin construction in spring 2020. Great Lakes Management will operate the property. Talamore at Sun Prairie will offer independent living, assisted living and memory care services. Amenities will include multiple dining venues, a library, wellness center, salon, clubroom and activity room.
EAGAN, MINN. — The Opus Group has broken ground on Dodd Road Business Center, a 152,000-square-foot industrial development in Eagan. Construction of the building is slated for the first quarter of 2020. The speculative project will sit on 10 acres and include 180 parking stalls, a clear height of 32 feet, 35 dock doors, two drive-in doors and an outdoor patio. Opus is the developer, design-builder, architect and engineer of record. Eric Rossbach and Bill Ritter of Colliers International will market the property for lease.
NAPERVILLE, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Maple Court Apartments in Naperville for $4.6 million. The 48-unit multifamily property is located at 1135 W. Ogden Ave. Eric Bell of Marcus & Millichap marketed the property on behalf of the seller. Andrean Angelov and Ryan Engle of Marcus & Millichap secured and represented the buyer.
PHOENIX — Black Salmon, a national commercial real estate investment firm, has purchased U.S. Bank Center in Phoenix. Local news reports an acquisition price of $93 million, while Black Salmon claims a total capitalization of more than $107 million, inclusive of other costs. The buyer engaged in a joint venture with ScanlanKemperBard Cos., a privately held real estate merchant bank, for the transaction. Centrally located at 101 N. First Ave., the 375,862-square-foot, Class A office building is located in Phoenix’s downtown submarket. Currently, the high-rise building is 83 percent leased to a variety of tenants, including U.S. Bank, WeWork and Jacobs Engineering Group. The transaction also includes a separate, seven-story parking structure that sits in a designated Opportunity Zone. Additional terms of the transaction were not released.
AURORA, COLO. — NorthPoint Development has closed on 185 acres of land that will be part of the site for Stafford Logistics Center, a 350-acre, 4.4 million-square-foot industrial and mixed-use development in Aurora. The property is located at the confluence of Interstate 70, Expressway 470, East Colfax Avenue and Picadilly Road. NorthPoint has already started construction on a 598,500-square-foot warehouse that is slated for delivery in the second quarter of 2020. Building 1 at Stafford Logistics Center will feature 136 trailer spaces, approximately 134 dock-high doors, four drive-in doors/ramps, 36-foot clear heights and ESFR sprinklers. Aaron Valdez, Tyler Smith and Alec Rhodes of Cushman & Wakefield Denver’s industrial team represented the undisclosed seller in the deal. Additionally, the Cushman & Wakefield team has been retained to handle the leasing efforts of Stafford Logistics Center.
LITCHFIELD PARK, ARIZ. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has arranged the sale of Remington Ranch, an apartment community in Litchfield Park, a western suburb of Phoenix. BRIO Investment Group sold the asset to JB Partners for $58.5 million, or $192,434 per unit. Remington Ranch is a two-story, low-density multifamily community featuring 304 apartments. Steve Gebing and Cliff David of IPA represented the seller and procured the buyer in the deal.
BELLEVUE, WASH. — A joint venture between Schnitzer West and RMA has completed the disposition of Bellevue 520 Corridor Office Portfolio, two multi-tenant office assets located in Bellevue. Swift Real Estate Partners acquired the portfolio for $59 million. Totaling 185,930 square feet, the assets are known as Bel-Kirk 520 and Centra Office Park. At the time of sale, the portfolio was 93 percent leased. Situated on 7.2 acres at 11120 and 11130 NE 33rd Place, Bel-Kirk 520 consists of two two-story buildings offering a total of 94,221 square feet. Built in 1988, the property underwent a renovation in 2016 and features indoor and outdoor work spaces and an Avanti Market. Located at 11808 and 11820 Northrup Way, Centra Office Park consists of two three-story office buildings totaling 91,709 square feet on 4.7 acres. Built in 1983 and renovated in 2016, the property features an Avanti Market, outdoor plaza with seating areas, new monument signage and a renovated lobby. Kevin Shannon, Nick Kucha, Michael Moll, Rob Hannan and Bill Delacy of Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) represented the seller, while the buyer was self-represented in the deal. David Milestone and Brett Green, also of NKF, represented the buyer in securing new acquisition …
MIAMI — CIM Group has broken ground on a mixed-use development in Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood. The project will feature 27,000 square feet of street-level retail and studio space, about 60,000 square feet of office space, 257 apartment units and approximately 480 parking stalls. The yet-to-be-named project will span a city block from NE 22nd and NE 23rd streets, four miles north of downtown Miami. Three office floors will be situated above the street-level retail and studio space and extend across the full city block. Set above are two eight-story apartment buildings, one each at the northern and southern ends of the block. The residential units will offer studio to three-bedroom floor plans. The retail, office and apartments feature floor-to-ceiling windows. The project is anticipated to be complete in mid-2021. CIM acquired the fully entitled site in October 2018.