ATLANTA — Berkadia has arranged the $33.5 million sale of a garden-style multifamily portfolio comprising two properties in metro Atlanta. The first property is Ashford Oaks, a 260-unit property in Union City, which sold for $22.7 million. Ashford Oaks offers two-, three- and four-bedroom plans, as well as communal amenities including a fitness center, swimming pool, business center, sundeck, playground and a barbeque area. The second asset, Ashford Town and Country, is a 132-unit complex in Fairburn that sold for $10.8 million. Ashford Town and Country offers two-bedroom townhomes and amenities such as a sundeck, business center, swimming pool and a playground. Paul Vetter, Andrew Mays, Judy MacManus and Matthew White of Berkadia represented the seller, Atlanta-based Benimax, in the transaction. New York City-based Asden Properties acquired the communities.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Pollack Shores has acquired The Bryce, a 494-unit apartment complex in Charlotte. The Atlanta-based apartment developer and owner plans to invest $6.6 million to upgrade the property and unit interiors. Unit interiors will receive new stainless steel appliances, granite countertops and hard-surface flooring. Exterior upgrades include converting the outdoor volleyball court into a green space with grilling areas and a beer garden, and renovating the clubhouse to include an expanded gym with modern equipment. Other communal amenities include a three-hole golf course, tennis court, swimming pool and several walking trails. The community is situated at 4101 Double Creek Crossing Drive, 10 miles north of downtown Charlotte and four miles from University Research Park. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
PORTLAND, ORE. — Fore Property has opened The Revere, an urban infill residential development in North Portland’s historic Mississippi neighborhood. The community is Fore’s fifth multifamily property in metro Portland. Holst Architecture designed the project. Located at 3309 N. Mississippi St., The Revere features 211 apartments in a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts. Units feature kitchens with stainless steel appliances, gas cooktops, quartz countertops, under-cabinet lighting and porcelain tile backsplash. Other unit features include wood-style plank flooring, in-unit washers/dryers, walk-in closets and private balconies or patios. Community amenities feature a rooftop lounge with fire pits, yoga studio, fitness center and a bouldering wall. Fore also recently developed Northpointe Apartments, located at 1314 N. Skidmore St., as well as Hearth apartment community, which is slated to open in August.
TEMPE, ARIZ. — Berkadia has arranged $22 million in acquisition financing for MarQ at 1st, a 164-unit community located one mile northwest of the Arizona State University campus in Tempe. Scott Holland and Jeremy Hammill of Berkadia Commercial Mortgage secured the loan through NXT Capital. Terms of the financing and the identity of the borrower were undisclosed. The community offers shared amenities including two swimming pools, a 24-hour fitness center and outdoor picnic and barbecue areas.
SALEM, ORE. — BHG Hotels has purchased DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Salem, a full-service hotel located at 1590 Weston Court NE in Salem. An institutional seller sold the property for an undisclosed price. Built in 1997, the four-story hotel was converted to a DoubleTree in 2012. Situated on 1.5 acres, the 80-room property features 1,500 square feet of meeting space, an outdoor swimming pool, fitness center and business center. The hotel also features Wake-up DoubleTree Breakfast Buffet, Pavilion Pantry Market and Press NW Bistro & Bar, an on-site restaurant. Scott Hall, Aaron Lapping, Blake Malecha and Nick Kassab of JLL Capital Markets represented the seller in the deal.
MERCER ISLAND, WASH. — Aegis Living has opened its newest seniors housing community, located on Mercer Island, between Seattle proper and the developer’s headquarters in Bellevue. Inspired by a Lake Placid ski lodge, the 104,000-square-foot building features 89 units of assisted living and memory care. The community offers a mix of studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom options, with 16 apartments dedicated to memory care. Aegis Living is the developer, owner and operator. Compass Construction was general contractor for the property, which architect Ankrom Moisan designed. The LA Studio was landscape architect. Aegis operates 32 communities in Washington, California and Nevada, with seven additional communities in development.
HIGHLAND, CALIF. — Developer Evergreen Devco has completed the sale of its newly developed retail project, a Jack in the Box restaurant, located at 27734 Base Line St. in Highland. An unnamed buyer acquired the 2,756-square-foot property for an undisclosed price with a signed a lease to a Jack in the Box franchisee. Jimmy Slusher of CBRE represented the developer and seller, Evergreen Devco, in the deal.
MADISON, WIS. — Banyan Investment Group has acquired a three-property hotel portfolio in Madison for approximately $50 million. Banyan will operate the portfolio, which is comprised of a 127-room Courtyard by Marriott, a 130-room Fairfield Inn & Suites and a 115-room Hampton Inn. Each of the four-story properties features a pool, fitness center and business center. The Fairfield Inn & Suites and the Hampton Inn have newly furnished breakfast lounges. The Courtyard by Marriott features 1,080 square feet of meeting space. Banyan is a hotel investment and management company with offices in Florida and Georgia. The seller was not disclosed.
CHICAGO — Stanton Road Capital LLC, in partnership with Third Lake Partners LLC, has purchased 200 S. Michigan Avenue, a 371,566-square-foot office tower in the heart of Chicago’s East Loop. The 22-story tower overlooks The Art Institute of Chicago and Millennium Park. Completed in 1958 and widely known by its previous name, the Borg-Warner Building, the property will undergo a modernization. Plans call for an upgraded lobby and improvements to existing amenities such as the tenant lounge. Cushman & Wakefield brokered the sale of the building. Crain’s Chicago Business previously reported that Stanton was under contract to pay approximately $34 million for the leasehold interest in the building. Shidler Group was the seller.
WISCONSIN — Zilber Property Group (ZPG) has sold a portfolio of 15 industrial buildings to two private equity funds managed by High Street Realty Co. for an undisclosed price. The buildings total 1.7 million square feet and are located throughout Southeast Wisconsin and northern Illinois along the I-94 corridor. The majority of the portfolio’s assets are the product of ZPG’s development activity over the last 10 years.