BALTIMORE — Continuum Advisors has arranged the sale of The Village at Augsburg, a 313-unit continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in Baltimore. The 50-acre campus comprises 131 independent living apartments, 51 assisted living units and 131 licensed skilled nursing beds. Jay Jordan and Dave Kliewer of Continuum Advisors represented Maryland-based National Lutheran Corp. in the sale of Village at Augsburg to New Jersey-based Outcome Healthcare. The sales price was not disclosed.
CLEMSON, S.C. — Harrison Street has sold Epoch Clemson, a 994-bed student housing community located near the Clemson University campus in South Carolina. The property offers a mix of cottage, townhome and apartment units in one-, two-, three-, four- and six-bedroom configurations. Shared amenities include sand volleyball and basketball courts, an onsite cafe, group and private study areas, 24-hour fitness center, yoga room, dog park and a resort-style swimming pool. The community also features 3,600 feet of frontage along Lake Hartwell, with amenities including a private beach, boat docks and lakeside pedestrian paths. Walker & Dunlop represented Harrison Street in the sale of the property to an affiliate of Inland Real Estate Acquisitions. The sales price was not disclosed.
WELLINGTON, FLA. — Rendina Healthcare Real Estate and joint venture partner Artemis Real Estate Partners have purchased Wellington Medical Arts Pavilion III, a 48,000-square-foot medical office building in Palm Beach County. The four-story property is situated on the Wellington Regional Medical Center campus, a Universal Health Services (UHS) hospital. The undisclosed seller sold the asset for $18.3 million. The property was 91 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including UHS, Sanitas Medical Center, Gastro Associates of Florida, Conviva Care Centers and Physician Partners of America. Rendina Healthcare was the original developer of Wellington Medical Arts Pavilion III in 2006.
ALPHARETTA, GA. — JLL has arranged the sale of Home2 Suites by Hilton Avalon, a 107-room hotel located in Alpharetta, a northern suburb of Atlanta. The property is situated off Ga. Highway 400 within walking distance of Avalon, an 86-acre mixed-use destination. Steve Leslie and Chris Dewey of JLL represented the seller, Columbus, Ga.-based Ram Hotels, in the transaction. The buyer and sales price were not disclosed.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Red Oak Capital Holdings has provided a $5.8 million bridge loan for Hawaii Avenue Apartments, an affordable housing property located at 89 and 93 Hawaii Ave. NE in Washington, D.C.’s Brookland neighborhood. The borrower, an entity doing business as Legacy Lofts II & III, will use the funds to acquire and rehabilitate the property into 22 apartments that will be rented under the D.C. Housing Authority’s Choice Voucher Program. The project involves converting the vacant units at the two buildings into 12 two-bedroom and 10 three-bedroom apartments with projected monthly rents of $2,439 and $3,256, respectively. The rehabilitation is expected to be finished within a year, with full stabilization by late 2025, according to Red Oak Capital. The interest-only loan carries a 12-month term with two six-month extension options and an all-in interest rate of 11 percent. The financing was underwritten based on the property’s forecast stabilized value of $8 million.
NORCROSS, GA. — Ackerman Retail, a division of Atlanta-based Ackerman & Co., has facilitated the sale of a 4,200-square-foot absolute triple-net Chick-fil-A ground lease located in Norcross, roughly 20 miles outside Atlanta in Gwinnett County. Constructed in 1998, the property was renovated in 2018. Sean Patrick of Ackerman Retail represented the seller, an entity doing business as WB Holdings-Jimmy Carter Boulevard, in the transaction. A local private buyer acquired the ground lease.
The multifamily industry has its hands full: finance in adverse economic conditions, rapidly rising operation costs, as well as the challenge of attracting and keeping quality tenants as the biggest jump in new inventory creates more competition than the industry has seen in decades. Technology is an enabling and defining tool in the midst of these challenges. Tenants often expect services like internet access, telephone, television and Wi-Fi hotspots throughout a complex. Multifamily property staff need data access, speciality software, as well as the ability to schedule prospective resident visits, remote viewing, maintenance and more. Relatively few multifamily operations have the scope, scale and economics for an IT staff that can handle the support and repair requirements necessary to install systems, keep them working, protect data and networks while assisting tenant and staff users, particulary 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Managed IT services are third-party companies that remotely provide the IT expertise and the help a company requires. “If a resident can’t get on Wi-Fi, if a phone stops working, if there’s an issue with the network or if there’s a problem with the ability to share or store or retrieve data — that’s where we step …
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — Atlanta-based Robinson Weeks Partners has broken ground on Charleston Global Crossing, a 635,328-square-foot industrial building located at 4601 Franchise St. in North Charleston. Situated near Dorchester Road, the site is in close proximity to I-26 and I-526, as well as within six miles of Charleston International Airport and 14 miles from the Port of Charleston. Matt Davis with Robinson Weeks is handling the leasing assignment for Charleston Global Crossing along with Hagood Morrison, Hagood Morrison II and John Beam of Bridge Commercial. Upon completion, the cross-dock building will include 2,238 square feet of modern office space and high-quality warehouse lighting. The construction timeline was not disclosed.
SWEETWATER, FLA. — Development firm CREI Holdings has received a $41 million loan for the refinancing of Li’l Abner II apartments in Sweetwater, a South Florida city just west of Miami. Marc Suarez led the Lument team that provided the funds. The project was completed in April 2023. Designed by Burgos Lanza Architects and Planners, an architectural firm based in Coral Gables, Fla., the eight-story building is situated adjacent to its 87-unit sibling, Li’l Abner I. Li’l Abner II consists of 244 one- and two-bedroom units dedicated to affordable and workforce housing. Among these, 40 percent cater to low-income seniors, while the remainder is allocated to residents earning up to 120 percent of the area’s median income (AMI). The building is near full occupancy, according to CREI Holdings.
ATHENS, GA. — Landmark Properties has recapitalized The Mark Athens, a 1,364-bed student housing property located at 130 Hickory St. near the University of Georgia campus. The property was developed in two phases, with the first phase completed in 2017 and the second phase completed in 2022. The community offers studio through six-bedroom apartments, alongside 67,000 square feet of retail space and 46,734 square feet of offices, with locally based Landmark occupying over 90 percent of the office space. The Mark also features 55,000 square feet of shared amenity space, including a rooftop pool and sundeck with views of the university’s campus, Sanford Stadium and downtown Athens; study spaces; a fitness center; golf simulator; racquetball court; and an indoor basketball court. Details of the refinancing were not disclosed.
