EL PASO, TEXAS — Greysteel has arranged agency financing for the refinance of the Amigos Del Sol, a multifamily property located in El Paso. The seven-year, non-recourse loan was provided by an agency lender under the Freddie Mac small balance loan program. Greysteel’s Anton Mattli and John Marshall Doss negotiated the transaction. Amigos Del Sol, located at 10009 Rushing Road, was constructed in 1973 and totals 52 units.
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STOUGHTON, MASS. — CBRE/New England has arranged the sale of Coppermill Park, a garden-style apartment community located at 3101 Stagecoach Road in Stoughton. Fairfield Residential sold the 154-unit property for an undisclosed sum. Built in 2010, the property consists of three four-story buildings with a mix of 55 one-bedroom apartments, 53 one-bedroom with den units and 46 two-bedroom apartments on 8.6 acres of land. The apartments range in size from 710 to 1,042 square feet. The community was developed under Chapter 40B with 75 percent of the units at market and 25 percent of the units at 80 percent of area median income. Simon Butler and Biria St. John of CBRE/NE represented the seller and procured the undisclosed buyer in the transaction.
Endurance Real Estate Acquires Two-Building Warehouse Portfolio in New Jersey for $5.7M
by Amy Works
MOORESTOWN, N.J. — An affiliate of Endurance Real Estate Group has purchased a two-building warehouse portfolio, located at 550 Glen Ave. and 600 Glen Court in Moorestown, for $5.7 million. The 85,337-square-foot warehouse at 600 Glen Court is fully occupied by The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company and FinishMaster Inc. The 102,232-square-foot building at 550 Glen Ave. features 22-foot clear heights, 2,000 amp three-phase electric service, 40-foot by 40-foot bays, 14 loading docks and the potential for rail service. Shortly after closing, Endurance signed a lease for half of the vacancy at 550 Glen Avenue, which increased the portfolio’s occupancy to 73 percent. Tony Rod of Flynn Company represented the undisclosed seller in the deal.
HARLEYSVILLE, PA. — Green Courte Partners through its fund, Green Courte Real Estate Partners IV and its affiliates, has acquired Arbour Square of Harleysville. Built in two phases and completed in 2014, the 275-unit independent living community was 78 percent occupied at the time of closing. Heritage Senior Living will manage the property. Matt Pyzyk of Green Courte Partners originated the transaction for Green Courte Partners.
BOSTON — Trinity Financial has opened One Canal Apartment Homes, an apartment community located in Boston’s Bulfinch Triangle neighborhood. Apartment Investment and Management Co. (Aimco) invested $195 million in the 12-story, 310-unit apartment community. One Canal features a mix of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts, plus 44 luxury penthouses on the building’s top two floors. On-site amenities include a 2,000-square-foot fitness center and a rooftop social deck with a heated pool, fire pit lounge, outdoor theater and 360-degree panoramic views of the city. Additionally, the project features 21,000 square feet of retail space that will house City Winery, a high-end culinary and cultural destination that will offer concerts, food and wine classes.
DOWNINGTOWN, PA. — Gulph Creek Development has developed its eighth hotel in the Philadelphia suburbs. The 115-suite Home2 Suites by Hilton Downingtown-Route 30 features complimentary breakfast and WiFi, a combination laundry and fitness area, Home2 MKT for grab-and-go snacks and an indoor swimming pool. Additionally, each suite features a full-equipped kitchen and modular furniture. Gulph Creek Hotels will manage the hotel, which is located at 975 E. Lancaster Ave. within Ashbridge Commons.
Robbins/Electra America Acquire Multifamily Portfolio in North Carolina, Virginia for $400M
by John Nelson
TAMPA, FLA. — Robbins/Electra America LLC (REM), a joint venture between Robbins Property Associates and its investment partner Electra America, has purchased a 12-property multifamily portfolio in North Carolina and Virginia for more than $400 million. Totaling 3143 units, the communities include seven properties in the Charlotte area, four in metro Raleigh and one in Richmond, Va. The new ownership is planning a multimillion-dollar investment program to upgrade the properties’ kitchens, bathrooms, fixtures, lighting and flooring. Berkadia Commercial Mortgage LLC arranged acquisition financing through Freddie Mac on behalf of REM. With this transaction, REM owns and manages 57 apartment communities totaling 16,689 units.
GREENBELT, MD. — Capital One has provided a $66.7 million acquisition loan for Gates of Cipriano, a 591-unit apartment community located at 8501 Greenbelt Road in Greenbelt. The asset is situated roughly 13 miles outside of Washington, D.C., and across the street from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. Abe Hirsch, Jacob Katz and Zev Karpel of Meridian Capital Group arranged the 12-year, Fannie Mae loan through Capital One on behalf of the borrower, BDMG.
NEWPORT NEWS, VA. — Savills Studley has arranged the $64 million sale of City Center at Oyster Point, a nine-building mixed-use property located in the Oyster Point District in Newport News. The development was built as a public-private partnership between nine local partners, joint venture equity partner Northwestern Mutual and the city of Newport News. Patricia Earnest, Lindsay Stroud and Stephanie Lynch of Savills Studley, along with local brokerage partner Harvey Lindsay Commercial Real Estate, represented the local partners and Northwestern Mutual in the sale of City Center at Oyster Point to the newly formed Point Hope LLC. The project includes nearly 575,000 square feet of office and retail space, three publicly owned parking garages, 2,700 parking spaces and a 50,000-square-foot conference center managed by Marriott International. The property’s tenants include PNC Bank, Riverside Health System, Morgan Stanley, city of Newport News, The Boeing Co., Siemens and Progressive Casualty. The Peninsula Division of TowneBank and Union Bank & Trust provided acquisition financing for the transaction.
MIAMI BEACH, FLA. — Ivy Realty has purchased Miami Beach Towers, a two-building, Class A office portfolio in Miami Beach, for $48.8 million. Ivy Realty acquired the assets from Beach Tower LLC, an affiliate of South Florida-based Terranova Corp., which has owned the assets since 2004. Situated 400 feet from Miami Beach’s famous Lincoln Road, the properties are located at 1674 and 1688 Meridian Road and total nearly 120,000 square feet. The office buildings were 69 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Regus, Next Model Management, Verizon Wireless, Barclay’s Real Estate Group, SCPF and Merchant Data Systems. With this purchase, Ivy Realty’s South Florida office portfolio spans roughly 1.7 million square feet. Terranova is currently constructing two neighboring three-story retail buildings that will be anchored by Marshalls and Antropologie. New York City-based design firm James Corner Field Operations plans to overhaul the Lincoln Road District using roughly $32 million from the Community Redevelopment Agency to redevelop the street’s pedestrian-only promenade, as well as Meridian Road and other side streets. Ivy Realty believes the facelift will help boost the visibility and occupancy of Miami Beach Towers.