TAMFORD, CONN. — LCB Senior Living has broken ground on The Residence at Summer Street, a 104-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community in Stamford, approximately 25 miles northeast of New York City. LCB will both own and operate the community, which is scheduled to open in summer 2018. Headquartered in Massachusetts, LCB Senior Living owns and/or operates communities throughout New England and the Mid-Atlantic states.
KANSAS CITY, MO. — Metropolitan Capital Advisors Ltd. (MCA) has arranged a $39.7 million bridge loan for East 9 Pickwick Plaza Apartments in Kansas City. The property, formerly home to the Pickwick Hotel, was converted into 260 apartment units and 35,000 square feet of commercial space in July of this year. Amenities include a community room, business center, swimming pool, fitness center and outdoor decks. Charley Babb and Todd McNeill of MCA arranged the loan on behalf of the borrower, a partnership sponsored by Kansas-based Gold Crown Properties. The bridge loan was used to refinance a construction and mezzanine loan in order to help stabilize lease-up prior to permanent financing, according to Babb.
OMAHA, NEB. — Cushman & Wakefield/The Lund Co. has brokered the sale of a 295-unit multifamily portfolio in metro Omaha for $19.9 million. Fireside Village is a 180-unit property located at 8214 Wilson Drive in Ralston. Chateau Apartments is a 115-unit property located at 401 Cheateau Drive in Bellevue. Although the portfolio was marketed as a whole, two separate buyers purchased the buildings. Vukota Capital purchased Fireside Village, while Strategic Funding Partnership acquired Chateau Apartments. Scott Koethe of Cushman & Wakefield/The Lund Co. represented the seller, Hudson Equities Management Corp.
ST. LOUIS — McGrath & Associates is building a new $5 million warehouse for U.S. Paint, a developer and manufacturer of customized automotive and industrial paints, at the company’s facility in downtown St. Louis. McGrath will work in two phases to replace an existing warehouse with a 33,000-square-foot building while the manufacturing facility remains operational. During Phase I, McGrath will erect a new pre-engineered metal building to provide new office space, a maintenance shop, a battery charging area and storage for raw materials. A connecting link will tie the new building into an existing manufacturing building to allow covered access for forklift truck traffic. During Phase II, the existing raw materials warehouse will be demolished and a new building erected to provide space for a quality control lab and liquid materials storage. Japan-based Kansai Paint acquired U.S. Paint last year.
DES MOINES, IOWA — Timberland Partners has acquired Ashley Square in Des Moines for an undisclosed price. The 144-unit apartment property consists of one- and two-bedroom floor plans. Built in 1986, the five-building property features amenities such as an outdoor pool and clubhouse. Planned improvements include new signage, fencing and renovations to unit interiors and clubhouse. All units will receive new flooring, lighting, appliances, countertops and in-unit washers and dryers. This is Timberland’s ninth property that it has acquired in the Iowa market. William Ryan, Alex Blagojevich and Michael Sullivan of Berkadia represented the undisclosed seller.
MAUMEE, OHIO — Reichle Klein Group has arranged the sale of a 36,000-square-foot office building in Maumee, about 10 miles southwest of Toledo, for $2.2 million. The property is situated on three acres at 1789 Indian Wood Circle within Arrowhead Business Park. John Sluhan of Reichle Klein Group represented the seller, Manhattan Building Co. Marty Gallagher, also of Reichle Klein Group, represented the buyer, Walbridge Investors LLC.
ORLANDO, FLA. — Berkadia has arranged a $65.7 million acquisition loan for Elan Audubon Park, a 449-unit multifamily community located at 990 Warehouse Road in Orlando. Charles Foschini, Chris Apone and Lourdes Carranza-Alvarez of Berkadia arranged the five-year loan through Bank of America on behalf of the borrower, Harbor Group International. The company acquired the property for $97.1 million. Constructed this year, Elan Audubon Park features one-, two- and three-bedroom units with vaulted ceilings, hardwood floors and in-unit washers and dryers. Community amenities include two resort-style pools, a poolside bar with a TV, outdoor kitchens with gas grilling areas, outdoor fire pits, two-story clubhouse, two-story fitness center, tanning room, game room, dog park and a dog wash station. Elan Audubon Park is situated near Colonial Town Center, home to a variety of shopping, dining and entertainment destinations.
MARIETTA, GA. — Capital Properties Group and Concordia Properties have unveiled the first round of restaurant tenants to occupy Marietta Square Market, a new food hall concept located in the Historic Marietta Square District, roughly 20 miles north of downtown Atlanta. The 18,500-square-foot converted warehouse building, located adjacent to the railroad tracks at 68 N. Marietta Parkway N.W., will have the look of a historic train station complete with a restored trolley car and a porch that wraps around two sides of the building. The food hall will feature 19 restaurant and retail concepts. Signed tenants at the project include Forno — Wood Fired Artisan Pizza, Street Taco, Grand Champion BBQ, Toppoke Korean & Poke and Pita Mediterranean Street Food. Kelly Wilson of Windsor Realty Group is handling the project’s leasing assignment. Marietta Square Market is slated to open in summer 2018.
TAMPA, FLA. — Preferred Apartment Communities (PAC) has acquired Overlook at Crosstown Walk, a 180-unit apartment community in Tampa. PAC acquired the asset through a wholly owned subsidiary and financed the acquisition using a $22.2 million, fixed-rate Fannie Mae loan. Berkadia Commercial arranged the seven-year loan with a fixed interest rate of 3.95 percent and a 30-year amortization schedule. Other terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Constructed in 2016, Overlook at Crosstown Walk features a pet washing station, fitness center, pool, business center and a clubhouse.
NORTH EAST, MD. — Klein Enterprises has acquired North East Station Shopping Center, an 87,006-square-foot retail center in North East, a town in northeast Maryland situated between Baltimore and Philadelphia, for $11.6 million. The seller was not disclosed. Food Lion anchors the center, which was 90.3 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Walgreens, Waffle House, AutoZone, Wendy’s and West Marine. North East Station is less than a mile from the Principio Industrial Park, which will house the new Amazon distribution center and its 700 full-time employees.