JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — Hunt Real Estate Capital has provided a $35.6 million loan to an affiliate of EBSCO Income Properties LLC for the purchase of Integra River Run, a 300-unit apartment complex in Jacksonville. The non-recourse Fannie Mae loan has a 10-year term with five years of interest-only payments, as well as a 30-year amortization schedule. The garden-style community comprises 12 two- and four-story buildings. Amenities include a fitness studio, spin bikes with virtual trails, cyber café, valet trash pickup, clubhouse, coffee bar, gaming room, resort-style outdoor lounge, fire pit, outdoor grills, swimming pool and a dog park. Integra River Run LLC was the seller.
CLEARWATER, FLA. — Berkadia has brokered the $50.1 million sale of Estates at Countryside, a 320-unit apartment community located at 2652 N. McMullen Booth Road in Clearwater. The buyer, an affiliate of Insula Cos., plans to improve the property’s energy and water usage. Mitch Sinberg and Matt Robbins of Berkadia’s South Florida office arranged a $37.2 million, 10-year, floating-rate loan through Freddie Mac’s Green Up program on behalf of Insula Cos. Built in 1990, the property is situated about 21 miles from downtown Tampa on the other side of Old Tampa Bay. Estates at Countryside comprises one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments with vaulted ceilings, sunrooms, walk-in closets and washer/dryer units. Community amenities include a fitness center, spa, pool and a playground. Jason Stanton and Cole Whitaker of Berkadia represented the buyer in the transaction. The seller was not disclosed.
PLANTATION, FLA. — Kaufman Lynn Construction has broken ground on Phase I of Encore Capital Management’s Plantation Walk, a $350 million mixed-use development in Plantation. Phase I is set to include a seven-story building with 171 multifamily units, 63,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space and 12,000 square feet of amenity space. At full build-out, Plantation Walk will include 700 apartment units, 160,000 square feet of office space and 200,000 square feet of retail space. The site is situated at the former Plantation Fashion Mall at 321 N. University Drive, about eight miles west of downtown Fort Lauderdale. Completion is slated for April 2020.
ORLANDO, FLA. — CBRE has arranged the $64 million sale of Island Club, a 472-unit multifamily community in Orlando. The asset is situated at 1401 Kirkman Road, about six miles west of downtown Orlando. Built in 1990, Island Club offers one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Amenities include a car care center, tennis court, volleyball court, two lake-side swimming pools, playground, game room and fitness center. Shelton Granade, Luke Wickham and Justin Basquill of CBRE represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Brian Eisendrath of CBRE originated a 10-year Freddie Mac loan on behalf of the buyer, TruAmerica Multifamily. The acquisition loan features five years of interest-only payments.
LAKELAND, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the $50 million sale of Victoria Landing, a 352-unit apartment complex in Lakeland. Tampa-based Blue Roc Premier purchased the asset and has rebranded it as The Park at Palazzo. The asset totals 383,212 square feet across 12 buildings on 24 acres. The Park at Palazzo offers one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans and was 98 percent occupied at the time of the sale. Amenities include a resort-style swimming pool, hot tub, athletic facility, business center, sand volleyball court, car care facility, game room, playground, indoor basketball and racquetball courts, two dog parks and a pet washing station. Brad Capas, Luis Elzora and Robert Given of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Minnesota-based Mercury Investment, in the transaction.
MIAMI — PTM Partners and Estate Investment Group (EIG) have acquired a 1.3-acre parcel in Miami’s Overtown neighborhood for $9.7 million. The joint venture plans to develop a $100 million, 18-story, 360-unit apartment complex at the site called Soleste Grand Central. The 220,000-square-foot project is set to include a resort-style, elevated pool deck, fitness center and spa, kids’ playroom, coworking space and resident lounge. The development will be situated at 218 N.W. Eighth St., about two miles north of downtown Miami.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. AND RALEIGH, N.C. — Carroll Organization has acquired three apartment properties totaling 1,012 units in Jacksonville and Raleigh for $145 million. All three communities will be part of Carroll Multifamily Real Estate Fund V LP, managed by Carroll Management Group and rebranded under the Arium name. Sellers were not disclosed. The 288-unit Autumn Cove and the 272-unit Vista Grande are adjacent communities in Jacksonville. The properties will be renamed Arium Retreat at Orange Park and Arium Reserve at Orange Park. Both feature pools, fitness centers and dog parks. Stonehenge Apartments is a 452-unit property in Raleigh. Amenities include a multi-level fitness center, pools, cabanas, playground and sports club with racquetball, basketball and tennis courts. The location provides convenient access to the Research Triangle and downtown Raleigh. “All three assets are consistent with a strategy of acquiring high-quality workforce housing within supply-constrained submarkets near employment centers in high-growth metro areas,” says M. Patrick Carroll, CEO of Carroll Organization. Atlanta-based Carroll has now purchased 29 properties totaling more than $1.5 billion over the past 12 months. The privately held real estate company manages approximately 35,000 multifamily units across eight states. — Kristin Hiller
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — New York-based Traina Cos. has sold a 2.8-acre parcel known as FATCity (Florida Arts and Technology City), a future mixed-use development in downtown Fort Lauderdale. An affiliate of Aventura, Fla.-based BH3 purchased the site at 300 N. Andrews Ave. from Traina Cos. for $23.1 million. The development is entitled to cover 1.35 million square feet of mixed-use space spanning a city block from N.E. Third Street to N.E. Fourth Street. At full build-out, FATCity is expected to comprise 612 residential units, 85,000 square feet of retail space, 270,000 square feet of commercial space and more than 1,300 parking spaces. Traina Cos. will continue to be co-developer of the project. A timeline for the project was not disclosed. Avison Young represented Traina Cos. in the land sale.
ORLANDO, FLA. — HFF has arranged a $60 million construction loan for the nine-story Lake House, an apartment building in Orlando’s Ivanhoe Village. Brett Moss, Michael Weinberg, Tyler Swidler and Alec Fox of HFF secured the loan on behalf of a partnership between developers Sumitomo Corp. of Americas, Finfrock and OneEleven Residential. Lake House is expected to deliver in 2020 and feature 252 apartment and townhome units, as well as 36,000 square feet of ground-level commercial space along Lake Ivanhoe. Lake House will be located at 301 N.E. Ivanhoe Blvd., about three miles north of downtown Orlando.
MIAMI — A joint venture between Mast Capital and AEW Capital Management LP has secured a $59.7 million construction loan for its Miami River Walk project. The 688-unit multifamily development will be built in two phases on 6.3 acres of land, situated less than two miles from downtown Miami. The first phase is expected to break ground in the first quarter of this year and will comprise 346 residential units. Corwil Architects is the designer. PNC Bank provided the construction loan.