LOS ANGELES — Kidder Mathews has merged with Los Angeles-based industrial firm Heger Industrial. The new company will retain the Kidder Mathews name and operating structure. Robert Thornburgh, Heger’s CEO, will join Kidder’s executive leadership committee. Heger Industrial manages one of the largest independent portfolios of industrial properties in the Los Angeles area. The firm employs 35 commercial real estate professionals and staff, maintaining offices in Long Beach and Commerce, Calif., and Phoenix.
DENVER — Parkview Financial has provided a $13.5 million loan for an 82-unit micro-apartment community in Denver. The funds will go toward the construction of this ground-up development.
TAMPA, FLA. — Crescent Communities has sold Crescent Westshore, a 374-unit apartment community that Crescent opened in September 2016 at 2202 N. Lois Ave. in Tampa’s Westshore district. Crescent sold the asset to Nashville-based Nicol Investment Co. for $80 million. Nicol Investment has retained Greystar to manage the property, which is still in lease-up and was 50 percent occupied at the time of sale. The new ownership will also rebrand the property later this year. CBRE’s Tampa office represented Crescent Communities in the sale. Situated near the intersection of Lois Avenue and Boy Scout Boulevard, Crescent Westshore features studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom residences ranging from a 528-square-foot studio to a 1,431-square-foot, three-bedroom apartment. Unit interiors include stainless steel appliances, quartz countertops, tile backsplashes, quiet-close cabinets and drawers and full-size washer and dryers. Community amenities include a two-story clubhouse with an outdoor elevated terrace and three courtyards. The community also features a meeting area with a flat screen TV, shared indoor/outdoor summer kitchen, dog run for small and large dogs, two saline pools, a fitness center and an 18-foot, aluminum-plated sculpture with an LED lighting core. The sculpture is situated at the front of the community.
BALTIMORE — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has provided a $56.1 million HUD 221(d)(4) loan for the construction of Center/West, a 33-acre multifamily redevelopment project in southwest Baltimore. The 221(d)(4) product is HUD’s flagship program for financing the construction and redevelopment of market-rate and affordable housing communities. Phase I of Center/West, known as PSH 1 LLC, will be developed by La Cite Development LLC and BRP Development Corp. Situated in front of the historic Poe House, Phase I will comprise a six-story, 262-unit apartment complex with 19,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space, neighborhood services and a dog park. Roughly 20 percent of Center/West’s units will be designated for households earning at or below 50 percent of the area median income. La Cite Development worked closely with the City of Baltimore and the University of Maryland BioPark for the redevelopment project. KeyBank’s execution of the 221(d)(4) loan was the fastest firm commitment for new construction financing in the history of HUD, according to KeyBank.
SIMPSONVILLE, S.C. — Phoenix Senior Living is set to open the doors next week on The Pearl at Five Forks, a 48-unit memory care community located at 15 Five Forks Road in the Greenville suburb of Simpsonville. Phoenix, a privately held seniors housing developer based in Kennesaw, Ga., hired a team of certified dementia practitioners to deliver care at the community. The company also partnered with Memory Care Centers of America for the project.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — ARA Newmark has brokered the $20.1 million sale of Eden’s Edge, a 244-unit, garden-style apartment property located near Interstate 295 in Jacksonville. Situated west of the St. John’s River, Eden’s Edge features a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts with washer and dryer units, fully-equipped kitchens and breakfast bars in each unit. The property’s amenity package includes a pool with sundeck, 24-hour fitness center and cyber café with Wi-Fi. Steve Lear and Erik Bjornson of ARA Newmark represented Colorado-based Real Capital Solutions in the sale to Jacksonville-based Apartment Asset Advisors. Lear and Bjornson were formerly of Walchle Lear, a Jacksonville-based multifamily brokerage firm that was recently acquired by ARA Newmark’s parent company Newmark Grubb Knight Frank, a division of BGC Partners Inc.
SOUTHAVEN, MISS. — Conn’s HomePlus, an appliance and furniture retail chain based in The Woodlands, Texas, has sold Stateline Square, a nearly 220,000-square-foot shopping center located at 550 Stateline Road and 570 W. Main St. in Southaven, a Mississippi suburb of Memphis. Built in 1995 and renovated in 2007, the shopping center’s tenant roster includes Conn’s HomePlus, Burlington Coat Factory, Essex Bargain Hunt and Home Décor. The property also features a 1.4-acre parcel for an outparcel tenant. Ryan West of HFF represented Conn’s HomePlus in the transaction. The buyer and sales price were undisclosed. Conn’s currently operates more than 110 retail locations in the Sunbelt.
NEW YORK CITY — New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development and Housing Development Corp. have selected Jonathan Rose Cos. and L+M Development Partners to develop a mixed-use, sustainable community on East 111th Street in East Harlem. Slated to be constructed in three phases, the property will bring 655 affordable rental units to the area with 163 designated as permanently affordable, 20 percent for extremely low-income households, nearly 60 percent for low-income households and 79 affordable seniors housing units. The development will also include an 85,000-square-foot Harlem RBI/Dream Charter School, an 11,000-square-foot Union Settlement Community Space, a 29,000-square-foot YMCA facility, a 26,000-square-foot Mount Sinai East Harlem Community Health Center, a 7,500-square-foot Urban Market grocery store and a Two Boots Pizza location. Designed by Handel Architects, the project is utilizing a passive design that will result in 60 to 70 percent less energy usage than a standard building of its kind. Passive design uses building placement within a site to maximize environmental factors to reduce energy usage for heating and cooling.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of a mixed-use property located at 106 Franklin St. in Manhattan’s Tribeca East Historic District. An undisclosed buyer acquired the 10,500-square-foot property for $11.5 million, or $1,095 per square foot. Partially vacant at the time of sale, the five-story building features 4,200 square feet of additional air rights. Will Suarez and Maurice Suede of Cushman & Wakefield represented the undisclosed seller, while Rachel Glazer of Brown Harris Stevens represented the buyer in the deal.
YARDLEY, PA. — Yardley Hospitality Holdings has purchased Hampton Inn & Suites Newtown, located at 1000 Stony Hill Road in Yardley. MLMT 2005-CIP1 Stony Hill Lodging Limited Partnership, an entity managed by LNR Partners, sold the 137-room hotel for $10.7 million. The buyer plans to implement a property improvement plan that will extend the Hilton-brand license for 15 years. Situated within Lower Makefield Corporate Center, the three-story hotel was constructed in 1999.