SAN DIEGO — Nonprofit affordable real estate developer Community HousingWorks has announced plans to build a $27 million, unnamed seniors housing community in San Diego that would welcome LGBT seniors. The 76-unit, affordable independent living community will be located at the corner of Texas Street and Howard Avenue in San Diego’s North Park neighborhood. The community will be open to all seniors, but is intended to create a welcoming community to LGBT seniors. The City of San Diego and the San Diego Housing Commission are providing $7 million for the $27 million complex, which is expected to take about 18 months to build. The San Diego LGBT Community Center recently completed a study that found 68 percent of LGBT seniors had neither family nor younger friends they could count on for support or assistance as they age, and were more likely to live alone and not be in a significant relationship. Further, 23 percent of the LGBT seniors responding to the survey reported an annual income of less than $20,000 per year. Only 16 percent reported having $100,000 or more saved for retirement.
RENO, NEV. — A joint venture between ProEquity Realty Partners and CRG LLC has acquired a 76,800-square-foot-office building in Reno for $12.4 million. The building is located at 885 Trademark Drive and is fully leased by Mitel Communications. The JV plans to reposition the property. Morrissey Realty represented the seller, Dermondy Property Investments, in this transaction.
PHOENIX — Yotam Shochat at NOY Investments LLC has purchased the 38-unit West Glen apartment complex in Phoenix for $2.7 million. The community is located at 911 and 917 W. Glendale Ave. It was built in three phases in 1954, 1959 and 1963. Zack Mishkin of Orion Investment Real Estate represented the buyer. Bill Hahn of Colliers HSK Multifamily represented the seller, Cal DeSouza at Sonoma West Villas LLLP.
PORTLAND AND SCARBOROUGH, MAINE — CBRE/New England and CBRE – The Boulos Company has arranged the sale of the Casco Bay Portfolio, a three-property multifamily portfolio located in Portland and Scarborough. An affiliate of Chestnut Realty Management acquired the assets from an affiliate of Resource Real Estate for $50.2 million. The 309-unit portfolio includes the 115-unit Tamarlane Apartments in Portland; the 104-unit Foxcroft Apartments in Scarborough; and the 90-townhome Coach Lantern Apartments in Scarborough. Simon Butler and Biria St. John of CBRE/NE, along with Joe Porta of CBRE – The Boulos Company, represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Eastern Consolidated has brokered the sale of two multifamily properties located in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan. Skyland Management LLC sold the properties to 117 West 15th Street LLC and 119 West 15th Street LLC for $27 million, or $1,085 per square foot. Totaling 25,330 square feet, the properties include a five-story walk-up at 117 W. 15th St. and a six-story walk-up at 119 W. 15th St. The assets feature a total of 40 units in a mix of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts. Steven Zimmerman and Gabriel Saffioti of Eastern Consolidated represented the seller and buyer in the transaction.
HARRISBURG, PA. — Cronheim Mortgage has secured $26.3 million in permanent financing for Market Square Plaza, a 172,629-square-foot office building and 275-space parking facility in downtown Harrisburg. The loan features a 10-year term and a 30-year amortization schedule. The property has maintained 100 percent occupancy since its development in 2005. David Turley, Janet Proscia and Jeff Pacailler of Cronheim Mortgage arranged the financing for the borrower.
HARTFORD, VT. — KeyBank has provided a $6.8 million construction loan to Twin Pines Housing Trust & Housing Vermont for the development and rehabilitation of historic affordable housing properties. The properties are part of Hartford Scattered Sites LP, which is located in downtown White River Junction in Hartford. Lynne Callis-Wilson of Key Community Development Lending arranged the financing.
RAYNHAM, MASS. — Calare Properties has acquired an industrial/flex building located at 480 Paramount Drive in Raynham for an undisclosed price. The 40,000-square-foot property is currently vacant. Situated on 7.5 acres and built in 2004, the facility features 20-foot clear ceiling heights, eight tailboard doors, loading docks and 111 surface-level parking spaces. Calare Properties expects the facility to be fully leased in the first half of 2016. CBRE/New England is handling leasing efforts for the property. The name of the seller was not released.
Development booms have come and gone in the U.S. seniors housing industry over the past 20 years. In the late 1990s, the construction wave was fueled by Wall Street investors. Another building boom occurred from 2004 to 2007 when all forms of real estate were awash in capital just prior to the Great Recession. Now the seniors housing industry is in the midst of another burst of construction activity, most notably in Texas. So, how does the sharp upturn in new construction over the past few years compare with previous boom times? “I would say it’s quite similar,” said Patricia Will, founder and CEO of Houston-based Belmont Village Senior Living. “That is to say in places where it’s relatively easy to develop, there is lots of open land. When you combine that with the kind of liquidity we see now and we saw in the mid-2000s and in the late 1990s, you are going to get what I would characterize as oversupply. This cycle is no different in that respect. There isn’t sufficient institutional memory to discipline both equity and debt when it comes to putting capital out. “ Will’s remarks came before an audience of over 240 industry professionals …
STUART, FLA. — Konover South LLC plans to develop Stuart Landings, a 30,587-square-foot shopping center located at 3801 S.E. Federal Highway in Stuart. Upon completion in summer 2016, the shopping center will feature a 17,837-square-foot Aldi, 3,500-square-foot Aspen Dental, a 4,000-square-foot fast food restaurant outparcel and another 5,250 square feet of inline retail space. The new development will be situated adjacent to an existing Walmart Supercenter. Konover South purchased the 4.4-acre land parcel from Industrial Development Corp. for approximately $2.3 million. Al Cicchese of SLC Commercial Realty & Development brokered the transaction. The Shopping Center Group represented Aldi in its lease transaction, and Katz & Associates represented Aspen Dental.