HOUSTON — HFF has placed a loan for the refinancing of Aspen Houston, a 717-bed student housing property located at 4971 Martin Luther King Blvd in Houston. The amount of the loan was not disclosed, but the financing was arranged as part of a $92 million package to refinance a student housing portfolio totaling 1,653 beds in Iowa, Texas and South Carolina. Doug Opalka, Casey Wenzel and Michael Johnson of HFF arranged the funds on behalf of the ownership, which is partnership between Austin-based developer Aspen Heights and global investment firm Safanad.
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AUSTIN, TEXAS — Locally based brokerage firm Muskin Commercial LLC has brokered the sale of Retama Trace Apartments, a 42-unit asset located in north-central Austin. Muskin Commercial represented the seller, 3405 Dimond LLC, in the transaction. Ray Quezada of Q Realty Austin represented the buyer, California-based Retama Trace Apartments LLC.
JONESTOWN, TEXAS — Dallas-based investment brokerage firm STRIVE has arranged the sale of Jonestown Center, a 6,500-square-foot retail property located on the outskirts of Austin. James Anderson of STRIVE represented the seller and worked with an outside broker to procure the buyer. Both parties were locally based investors. The population within a 10-mile radius of Jonestown Center has grown by 25 percent since 2010. The area also has an average household income of nearly $120,000.
HOUSTON — NAI Partners has negotiated a 3,342-square-foot office lease at 3 Riverway in Houston. According to LoopNet Inc., the property spans approximately 159,000 square feet and was built in 1982. Alex Taghi of NAI Partners represented the tenant, law firm Sico Hoelscher Harris LLP. CBRE handles leasing at Riverway on behalf of the landlord.
COLTON, CALIF. — San Diego-based Tower 16 Capital Partners has acquired The District at Grand Terrace, a multifamily community located at 1315 S. Meadow Lane in Colton. FPA Multifamily sold the asset for $63 million in an off-market transaction. The District at Grand Terrace features 352 units in a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts with covered parking and private balconies or patios, four pools, a fitness center, two laundry facilities, two playgrounds and a leasing office. The buyer will oversee renovations and upgrades to the property, including new outdoor amenities, an upgraded leasing office and interior renovations. Alliance Residential will take over as property manager. Tyler Martin, Alex Garcia and Chris Zorbas of Institutional Property Advisors, a division of Marcus & Millichap, represented the buyer and seller in the deal. Scott Peterson and Bill Chiles of CBRE’s Capital Markets team in San Diego handled placement of the financing on behalf of Tower 16.
PHOENIX —Wood Partners has broken ground on Alta Warehouse District, a multifamily property in Phoenix. Located at 402 W. Lincoln St., the four-story property will feature 300 apartments, a double-height clubhouse area and game room, oversized fitness center, resort-style pool, rooftop entertainment space and a library and music room, as well as cultural, community-based amenities and programming. Scheduled to open in the second quarter of 2020, Alta Warehouse District is expected to begin pre-leasing in spring 2020.
Levin Johnston Brokers $25.5M Sale of Pacific Gardens Apartment Community in San Mateo, California
by Amy Works
SAN MATEO, CALIF. — Levin Johnston of Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Pacific Gardens, a townhome-style apartment community in San Mateo. Located at 25 McAker Court and constructed in 1993, Pacific Gardens features 38 two-story townhouse units with two bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms, as well as in-unit washers/dryers, private patios, fireplaces, underground parking and individual storage. Adam Levin and Robert Johnston of Levin Johnston represented the undisclosed buyer and seller in the deal.
PARKER, COLO. — CBRE has brokered the sale of Parker Crossroads, a retail center located at 10901 S. Parker Road in Parker. A California-based private investor acquired the property from St. Louis-based Pace Properties for $11 million. Hobby Lobby and Planet Fitness occupy the 94,772-square-foot, two-tenant box retail center, which was built in 1994 and situated on 9.3 acres. The property was 100 percent occupied at the time of sale. Matthew Henrichs and Brad Lyons of CBRE represented the seller in the deal.
FREMONT, CALIF. — Eden Housing has opened Pauline Weaver Senior Apartments, a 90-unit affordable housing community for seniors in Fremont, located at the southeast edge of San Francisco Bay. KTGY Architecture + Planning designed the project. The City of Fremont also partnered on the development. Formerly known as Mission Court, units are reserved for seniors earning between 30 and 50 percent of area median income. The community sits on a 2.25-acre site approximately one mile from the Warm Springs BART Station. “As the first piece of a greater age-qualified master plan, Pauline Weaver Senior Apartments sits across the street from a future senior center. This future amenity will not only enhance the lives of the residents living in this affordable community but also the future master plan,” says Jessica Musick, a principal in KTGY’s Oakland office. Pauline Weaver, the property’s namesake, is a longtime advocate for affordable housing in California. She has been on the Eden Housing Board of Directors since joining in 1988. Weaver was an assistant public defender in Alameda County and the past president of both the National Conference of Women’s Bar Association and California Women Lawyers. According to Eden Housing, the development has a unique financing …
Morning Calm Management Acquires Nine-Property Industrial Portfolio in Metro Detroit for $83.7M
by Alex Tostado
DETROIT — Morning Calm Management has acquired a nine-property industrial portfolio in metro Detroit for $83.7 million. Promanas Group sold the portfolio, which totals approximately 1.5 million square feet. The assets are located within Livonia, Auburn Hills, Redford, Saline, Lake Orion and Macomb Township. Tom Oldham and Dan Labes of Newmark Knight Frank oversaw the transaction.