OAK CREEK, WIS. — Heyday has broken ground on Heyday Oak Creek, a 130-unit build-to-rent community in the Milwaukee suburb of Oak Creek. The project marks Heyday’s second build-to-rent community in Wisconsin. Floor plans come in one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts ranging from 832 to 1,701 square feet. Each residence features an attached two-car garage with personal electric vehicle charging outlets. Private patios or covered porches accompany each home. Residents have access to bike and walking paths as well as a dog parka and community garden. Leasing is slated to begin in early 2024.
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GEORGETOWN, TEXAS — A partnership between two Phoenix-based developers, Mosaic and NexMetro Communities, will build Avilla Berry Creek, a 224-unit build-to-rent residential community that will be located in the northern Austin suburb of Georgetown. The total development cost of the project is $66 million. Avilla Berry Creek will feature one-, two- and three-bedroom detached homes and duplexes that will range in size from 690 to 1,265 square feet and will include private backyards and front patios. The 25-acre site will also house communal amenities such as a pool, clubhouse, community garden and a dog park. Completion is slated for summer 2025.
JLL Arranges $26.8M Construction Loan for Build-to-Rent Residential Project in Loganville, Georgia
by John Nelson
139-home build-to-rent (BTR) residential community located at 2882 Rosebud Road in Loganville. Matthew Putterman, Danny Kaufman, Chris Knight and Ware Shipman of JLL represented the sponsor, a joint venture between Landeavor and LAMB Properties, to secure the five-year, floating-rate loan through a regional bank. Upon completion, Rosebud Place will include three- and four-bedroom homes ranging from 1,833 to 1,854 square feet. Homes will feature stainless steel appliances, in-home washers and dryers and attached two-car garages, and community amenities will include a resort-style pool, large dog park, children’s play area and walking trails.
Cushman & Wakefield Brokers $10.3M Sale of Single-Family Rental Community on Hilton Head Island
by John Nelson
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the $10.3 million sale of Tidal Bluff, a 30-unit single-family rental (SFR) residential community on Hilton Head Island. Built in 2003, the gated property is situated along tidal marshes with proximity to the beach, Publix, Harris Teeter and Starbucks. Louis Smart, Taylor Bird and Austin Green of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Singerman Real Estate LLC, in the transaction. The buyer was an unnamed private investor.
WESTFIELD, IND. — CenterSquare has acquired Casey Corner, an 80-unit build-to-rent townhome community that is under construction in Westfield, a northern suburb of Indianapolis. The acquisition of completed homes will occur in stages as the project is built. The final deliveries are slated for February 2024. Units average 1,750 square feet with three bedrooms and attached two-car garages. The seller and purchase price were undisclosed.
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Single-Family Rental, Built-to-Rent Investment Sales Outlook Remains Positive Despite Economic Challenges
The multifamily sector is under general disruption from a variety of factors, such as falling valuations, financing difficulties, questions about forward net operating income, shifts in regulations and more. Chris Town, who works in commercial sales and leasing at NAI Latter & Blum in Baton Rouge, La., is an expert in single-family rental (SFR) and built-to-rent (BTR) investment sales. Town says that there are challenges, but a solid future ahead for the sector. The overarching challenges take the form of the Federal Reserve interest rate hikes. “It’s the major factor behind the immediate slowdown of home construction and home buying,” Town explains. “Another factor, of course, is land. These are true whether you’re talking true multifamily or the submarkets of BTR and SFR.” A combination of factors has created a tug-of-war among incentives. High interest rates, with home prices at or near historical highs, mean millions of people need places to live. Many of these potential homeowners have families and want the ameliorations and amenities of a detached single-family housing. “Depending on the metric and organization’s research used, you could say the country is five to six million units short on single-family homes,” Town says. The Larger Economy’s Impact on …
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Multifamily Owners Navigate Challenges, Opportunities Arising from Capital Markets
When Zelman & Associates’ 2023 Virtual Housing Summit opens in September, Alex Virtue will take the stage as a newly appointed managing director who has been charged with expanding the firm’s investment banking coverage of multifamily and other commercial real estate property sectors. Virtue joined the institutional research advisory and investment firm in May with over two decades of experience in mergers and acquisition transactions and capital raising across real estate sectors in both the public and private capital markets. His resume includes senior positions with Merrill Lynch, Eastdil Secured/Wells Fargo Securities, CBRE Capital Advisors and Xebec, an industrial developer and asset manager. Zelman & Associates, founded in 2007, was acquired by Bethesda, Md.-based commercial real estate finance and advisory firm Walker & Dunlop in 2021. “My focus at Zelman and Walker & Dunlop is broadening the firm’s reach on entity-level transactions in multifamily and related housing sectors such as single-family rentals, built-for-rent, student housing, affordable housing and manufactured housing communities, as well as other commercial real estate sectors,” says Virtue “I would characterize my concentration as bringing traditional banking investment expertise, knowledge and services across the Walker & Dunlop platform and working with my colleagues to bring these advisory …
ASHBURN, VA. — A partnership between American Real Estate Partners (AREP) and GreenBarn Investment Group has acquired a development site in Ashburn, located in Northern Virginia’s Loudoun County approximately 30 miles west of Washington, D.C. The site is fully approved for the construction of 200 build-to-rent homes. The price was $120 million. National homebuilder Dream Finders Homes originally acquired and entitled the site before selling it to the partnership. Genesis Capital, a subsidiary of New York City-based REIT Rithm Capital Corp., provided an $86.4 million loan to the partnership to fund both acquisition and construction costs. Rithm Capital is also an equity partner on the project. According to the property website, CityHouse Ashburn Station will consist entirely of three-bedroom units with an average size of 2,000 square feet. Preleasing for Phase I of the project is currently underway, and the development team expects to fully complete the community within the next 15 months. Residences will offer attached private garages, large island kitchens, full-size washers and dryers and various pieces of smart home technology. Residents will also have access to sports courts, communal green spaces, pet-friendly facilities and indoor/outdoor entertainment areas. Rents start at around $4,000 per month. “With this acquisition, …
SUN PRAIRIE, WIS. — Heyday has opened the first phase of Heyday Sun Prairie, a 170-unit build-to-rent community in the Madison suburb of Sun Prairie. Homes feature attached garages with electric vehicle charging outlets, private patios, keyless entry and green spaces. Monthly rents range from $1,700 for one-bedroom homes to $2,800 for three-bedroom homes. New leases include a six-month membership to nearby Sun Prairie Athletic Club. Daniel Management Group is the property manager.
Cushman & Wakefield Arranges $62M Construction Financing for Multifamily Development in Leland, North Carolina
by John Nelson
LELAND, N.C. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged $62 million in construction financing for The Village at Compass Pointe, a 268-unit multifamily development coming to a 25-acre site in Leland, about 10 miles west of Wilmington, N.C. The property will feature 140 single-family rental townhomes and 128 traditional apartments in two four-story, elevator-serviced buildings. Gideon Gil, Zachary Kraft, Sebastian Sanchez and Dale Braverman of Cushman & Wakefield originated the loan through Dwight Mortgage Trust on behalf of the borrowers, SR Real Estate Partners and Circle Squared Alternative Investments. Upon completion, Village at Compass Pointe will feature two clubhouses, cabana pools and pickleball courts. The first units are expected to be delivered in January 2025.