DIXON, ILL. — Evergreen Real Estate Group has completed a $3.3 million renovation of Dixon Square Apartments, a 72-unit affordable housing community in Dixon, approximately 90 miles north of Peoria. Evergreen teamed up with HUD, the Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA) and City Real Estate Advisors to complete the project. The three-building property had not been significantly upgraded since it was completed in 1980. Evergreen made improvements to the laundry facilities, on-site playground, community garden and replaced the roof on each building. Renovations were also made to the units and included new flooring, appliances, cabinetry, countertops, plumbing fixtures, air conditioners and television hookups. The rehabilitation project, which started last spring, also included a 20-year extension of the community’s Section 8 Housing Assistance Payment contract, preserving the affordability of the residences through 2036. Dixon Square Apartments is located at 540 Freedom Walk.
CAMERON, LA. — Port Cameron LLC plans to develop a new deep-water staging port in Cameron, a town near Lake Charles in Louisiana’s Gulf Coast region. As the largest private energy services facility on the Gulf Coast, the new port complex will facilitate energy development in the Gulf of Mexico. Construction on the $1.5 billion project will commence in November, and Phase I of the project is slated for completion by the third quarter of 2017. Phase I will encompass 500 acres, with an additional 750 acres available for expansion in the future. In addition to the new port, the project includes constructing approximately 25,000 linear feet of all-weather roads and two new concrete bridges. The new port will be located on the Calcasieu Ship Channel, roughly 185 miles east of Houston and approximately 50 miles south of I-10. Mark Nicholas, John Talhelm, Richard Quarles and Joe Berwick of JLL Houston’s office are leading the leasing efforts for Port Cameron. According to an economic impact study by Louisiana-based economic consulting firm Loren Scott Associates, when fully leased, activity at the port will create approximately $2.8 billion in sales and about 10,000 jobs for the state of Louisiana.
ALEXANDRIA, VA. — Washington REIT has closed the previously announced $244.8 million acquisition of Riverside Apartments, a 1,222-unit multifamily property in Alexandria. The property was 98 percent occupied at the time of sale. Comprising three 15-story concrete buildings on approximately 28 acres, Riverside Apartments features a clubhouse with a leasing center and management office, two-story fitness center, exercise studio, social room, outdoor pool with lap pool and an outdoor theater. Washington REIT owns a portfolio of 55 properties totaling approximately 7 million square feet of commercial space and 4,480 residential units, as well as land held for development. The 55 properties consist of 25 office properties, 16 retail centers and 14 multifamily properties.
GAINESVILLE, FLA. — Pierce Education Properties LP has acquired The Pavilion on 62nd, a 990-bed student housing community located just west of the University of Florida (UF) campus in Gainesville. The 312-unit, garden-style community offers two-, three- and four-bedroom, fully furnished units with bed to bath parity, full-sized appliances, washers and dryers and balconies. Community amenities include two resort-style pools, a 24-hour fitness center, outdoor basketball court, upgraded game room and high-speed internet access. In addition to UF, The Pavilion also serves Santa Fe College students. KeyBank Real Estate provided acquisition financing for the transaction.
JONESBORO, GA. — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has provided a $14 million Fannie Mae loan for Villas by the Lake, a 256-unit apartment community in Jonesboro, a southern suburb of Atlanta. Built in 2003, the property’s amenities include an outdoor swimming pool, fitness center, clubhouse, tennis court, business center, detached garages, controlled access gates, grilling areas and lake views. Caleb Marten of KeyBank Real Estate’s commercial mortgage group arranged the acquisition loan on behalf of the undisclosed borrower.
HOMOSASSA, FLA. — Capital One has provided an $11 million, fixed-rate Fannie Mae loan to refinance Sunflower Springs Assisted Living Community, a 72-unit facility in Homosassa, approximately 60 miles north of Tampa. The property was built in 2009. Allison Holland of Capital One originated the12-year loan on behalf of the undisclosed borrower.
DALLAS — An affiliate of HCA Holdings Inc. has agreed to purchase the Forest Park Medical Center facility in Dallas, a 190,000-square-foot medical campus featuring 20,000 square feet of green space, for $135 million. The physician-owned hospital will require approval from bankruptcy court to sell the property. If the transaction is approved, $124.6 million of the purchase price will be used to pay back the facility’s main debt holder, Sabra Health Care REIT Inc. (NASDAQ: SBRA). The publicly traded real estate investment trust refinanced the facility’s mortgage loan for $110 million in October 2013. The owners of the Forest Park Medical Center health system created the Neal Richards Group LLC, headed by real estate developer Derrick Evers, to build the hospitals under the Forest Park umbrella and serve as landlord, according to reports by D Magazine. Ascension Group Architects designed the Dallas campus, which features 84 luxury private inpatient rooms, 12 intensive care units, 22 operating suites, three special procedure and endoscopy suites, ancillary services and an imaging center. Drs. Richard Toussaint and Wade Barker founded the Forest Park Medical Center system in the late 2000s. In March, Toussaint was found guilty of committing $10 million in healthcare fraud and …
MIAMI — Volatility in world markets affected capital flows to the U.S., contributing to a slowdown in office deals in the first quarter of 2016, but foreign funds are expected to surge in the second half of the year, according to an office roundtable held at Accesso Partners’ second annual Capital Markets Conference in Miami. Commercial brokerages attending the conference included CBRE, Eastdil Secured, JLL, HFF, NAI Global and NGKF. The majority of brokers in attendance said the opportunities today are in Class A suburban office properties with walkable amenities. “In almost every market, there are trophy suburban assets that offer a stronger risk-adjusted return than comparable properties in the central business district,” said Jim Postweiler, managing director of JLL’s Chicago office. “In strong submarkets, a suburban property can command yields that are difficult to obtain in CBDs today.” Other brokers and office acquisition specialists said office towers and mid-rise buildings in CBDs are experiencing rising demand from institutional investors eager to invest in “repositioned” assets. “There is still good leasing activity in these markets and more importantly, a good rent growth story,” said Will Yowell, vice chairman of CBRE’s Atlanta office. “We think the markets have another 18 to …
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — CBRE Group, through its FHA lending platform, has refinanced Westpoint at Scenic Vista, a market rate apartment community located in Fort Worth. The $25,164,600 loan was funded through HUD’s Section 223(f), providing a 35-year, fully amortizing, fixed rate and non-recourse loan structure. The loan will finance the rehabilitation of Westpoint at Scenic Vista, a 264-unit garden-style apartment complex with 132 one-bedroom units and 132 two-bedroom units constructed in 2008. The project is located on the east side of West Loop 820 South Frontage Road and Deerbrook Drive, 10 miles west of downtown Fort Worth with access to I-30 and I-820. Chad Ricks of CBRE originated the financing of Westpoint at Scenic Vista. CBRE is a direct FHA lender offering the full array of FHA-insured financing for both multifamily and healthcare.
HOUSTON — On behalf of Fidelis Realty Partners, JLL Capital Markets has completed recapitalization financing for Hedwig Village Shopping Center in Houston. John Hancock provided the 10-year, interest-only loan. Fidelis will continue to lease and manage the property. Tom Fish and Jimmy Board led the JLL team on the deal. Located on the south side of the Katy Freeway, Houston’s main east-west thoroughfare, Hedwig Village Shopping Center occupies one of the city’s most trafficked areas. The 226,933-square-foot shopping center also caters to the Hedwig Village and Piney Point neighborhoods. The fully leased asset includes anchor tenants such as Marshall’s Home Goods, Ross Dress For Less, DSW and Pier 1 Imports. JLL Capital Markets is a full-service global provider of capital solutions for real estate investors and occupiers.