KERRVILLE, TEXAS — PNC Bank has provided financing for Heritage Oaks, The Meadows and Paseo de Paz, three affordable housing properties totaling 224 units in Kerrville, about 65 miles northwest of San Antonio. The financing will be disbursed as part of PNC’s $251 million fund to support new construction, rehabilitation and preservation of 16 affordable housing properties totaling approximately 1,700 units across the country. The owner of the Kerrville properties was not disclosed.
THE COLONY, TEXAS — Self-storage brokerage firm Versal has negotiated the sale of a 93-unit facility in The Colony, located north of Dallas. LifeSmart Storage operates the facility, which totals 9,300 net rentable square feet. Bill Bellomy, Michael Johnson, Logan Foster, Hugh Horne and Kirk Silas of Versal represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which were Texas-based limited liability companies, in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Walker & Dunlop has arranged a $137.5 million loan for 12 Halsey, 240-unit apartment building in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood. Completed last fall, 12 Halsey occupies a full city block and offers studio, one- and two-bedroom units, 30 percent of which are reserved as affordable housing. Amenities include a pool, fitness center, rooftop terraces, coworking space and outdoor grilling and dining stations, and the building also houses 2,400 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Aaron Appel, Jonathan Schwartz, Keith Kurland, Adam Schwartz, Dustin Stolly, Sean Reimer, Michael Diaz, Michael Ianno and Cole Grims of Walker & Dunlop arranged the three-year, floating-rate loan through AllianceBernstein. The owner is a partnership between EJS Group and Hope Street Capital.
SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS — Whole Foods Market will open a new store at Shivers Farm, a 40-acre mixed-use development in Southlake, located north of Fort Worth. The square footage was not disclosed. The groundbreaking of the new store will take place in the coming days, and the store is expected to open late next year. Trademark Property Co. is the master developer of Shivers Farm.
PHILADELPHIA — Local developer Keystone has completed an office-to-residential conversion project in Philadelphia’s Independence Mall district. Designed by Tantillo Architecture and built by Fasttrack Construction, the project transformed the historic, 12-story building at 400 Market St. into a 176-unit apartment complex known as 400 Market Flats. Units come in studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans, and amenities include coworking space and a rooftop terrace. Keystone developed the project, which opened with 40 percent of the units preleased, in partnership with Lubert-Adler.
ELIZABETH, N.J. — Berkadia has brokered the $8.7 million sale of Aberdeen Arms Apartments, a 52-unit building located in the Northern New Jersey community of Elizabeth. Built in 1965, Aberdeen Arms offers 10 one-bedroom units and 42 two-bedroom units and was fully occupied at the time of sale. Nat Gambuzza, Trevor Fiebel and Nick Balancia of Berkadia represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Berkadia also arranged acquisition financing for the deal. The buyer and direct lender were also not disclosed.
BOSTON — Autodesk has signed a 72,000-square-foot office lease renewal in Boston’s Seaport District. The provider of 3D design, engineering and entertainment software will remain at the Innovation & Design Building, a 1.4 million-square-foot mixed-use building that was originally constructed in 1918 as a waterside storehouse for the South Boston Army Base. Luke Wilson of Colliers represented Autodesk in the lease negotiations. A partnership between Related Beal and Jamestown owns the building.
GREENWICH, CONN. — The Richman Group, a multifamily owner and operator based in Greenwich, has obtained loans for the refinancing of three luxury apartment communities in Florida totaling approximately $225 million. The deals include a $107 million loan via New York Life Investment Management (NYLIM) for The Marc in Palm Beach Gardens; a $72.5 million loan from NYLIM for Everly in Naples; and a $45.5 million loan from Reinsurance Group of America Inc. for Vista Sur in South Miami. All three loans are underwritten with 10-year terms, fixed interest rates and five years of interest-only payments. Each loan exceeds the amount of their original construction loans, according to The Richman Group.
CALIFORNIA, MD. — The Home Depot has purchased 13.5 acres within Lexington Exchange, a 140-acre mixed-use park situated along Three Notch Road (Md. Route 235) in California. The Atlanta-based retail giant plans to open a new store at the site, representing the company’s first store in southern Maryland. Baltimore-based St. John Properties Inc., the master developer of Lexington Exchange, sold the site to The Home Depot for an undisclosed price. Alex Lyons and Bill Holzman handled negotiations for St. John Properties internally, and Greg Ferrante of Segall Group represented The Home Depot. The size of the store and target opening date were not released. The Home Depot is the latest retailer coming to the lineup at the mixed-use development, joining tenants including Aldi, Royal Farms, Chipotle Mexican Grill and RC Theatres. Lexington Exchange currently features five buildings spanning 120,000 square feet of flex/research-and-development space and 65,000 square feet of retail. The park is configured to support approximately 600,000 square feet of commercial space. St. John Properties and development partner Chaney Enterprises are currently marketing several pad sites within Lexington Exchange to retail users in the healthcare, banking and food-and-beverage segments.
MONROE, N.C. — Regions Real Estate Capital Markets has originated a $64.3 million Freddie Mac loan for the refinancing of Elevate Rocky River, a 360-unit apartment community in Monroe, about 28 miles southeast of Charlotte. Andrew Buckley was Region’s loan originator on behalf of the borrower, Greensboro, N.C.-based Signature Properties Group. The fixed-rate loan has a 10-year term, 35-year amortization schedule and a six-year period of interest-only payments. Built in 2024, Elevate Rocky River comprises one- and two-bedroom units, as well as a pool, fitness center and a clubhouse with a lounge and business center.