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Melo Group Breaks Ground on 57-Story Downtown 1st Apartment Tower in Miami

by Kristin Harlow March 31, 2021

MIAMI — Melo Group has started construction of Downtown 1st, a transit-oriented multifamily development at 22 SW 1st St. in Miami’s central business district (CBD). The 57-story tower will include 560 market-rate apartments, 10,000 square feet of office space and 3,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Completion is slated for 2022. Downtown 1st will include one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments. Units will feature glass balconies with bay and city views. Building amenities will include two swimming pools, a fitness center, business center, social room/game room, 24-hour concierge/security and a multi-level garage with valet service. The site for Downtown 1st is in close proximity to Miami-Dade County’s Government Center, the Main Public Library, the Miami-Dade County Courthouse, Miami-Dade College’s Wolfson Campus, the New World School of the Arts and Brightline’s MiamiCentral Melo is also building Downtown 5th, twin 52-story apartment towers in Miami’s CBD. Pre-leasing is underway for the 1,042 units, which are slated for completion this summer. The firm is planning a third multifamily project nearby dubbed Downtown 6th that will total roughly 800 units. All told, Melo Group is expected to deliver nearly 2,500 residential units to Miami’s CBD over the next two years. “We’re bullish on downtown Miami’s CBD,” says Carlos Melo, co-principal of …

March 31, 2021

Content Partner Features Hospitality Midwest NAI Northeast Office Southeast Texas Western

Evaluating the Volume of Distressed Properties in the Wake of COVID

by Sarah Daniels March 31, 2021

Many in commercial real estate expected a tsunami of COVID-related distressed properties in 2020 and 2021. So far, the wave hasn’t materialized, says Jay Olshonsky, president and CEO of NAI Global. Businesses have been sustained by exogenous factors that may or may not keep them from foreclosure or receivership in the long term. In many cases, lender forbearances or flexible plans have simply extended the window in which distressed properties may eventually revert to receivership. Olshonsky spoke to REBusinessOnline about receivership activity and what the industry expects over the next 12 months. Delays: Lessons from the Global Financial Crisis, Plus Current Factors As court-appointed receivers, NAI’s representatives act as the owner and operator of properties in foreclosure on behalf of the court. A receivership needs to have the capability to lease the property, pay taxes and handle accounting — basically, taking over all aspects of managing a property and keeping it functioning, Olshonsky says. Much of how NAI Global has chosen to approach the current receivership landscape originated in the lessons of the 2007-2008 financial crisis. During the early stages of the pandemic, NAI knew there would be fallout that would force some businesses into foreclosure, servicing, note sales or similar …

March 31, 2021

Alabama Development Multifamily Southeast

Novare Group, BCDC to Develop 290-Unit Apartment Community in Madison, Alabama

by Julia Sanders March 30, 2021

MADISON, ALA. — Novare Group and Batson-Cook Development Co. (BCDC) plan to develop a new apartment community in Madison. Synovus Bank provided construction financing to the co-developers, and Marble Capital provided equity for the 290-unit, mid-rise community. The Synovus loan was not disclosed but reportedly totaled $31.5 million. The unnamed project will include three, four-story residential buildings with two ground-floor retail spaces totaling 5,000 square feet. Each building will have conditioned corridors and elevators, and there will be 483 surface parking spaces and 25 detached garages. The property will offer studios, one- and two-bedroom units. Community amenities will include a resort-style swimming pool, private coworking lounge with private rooms and a conference room, fitness center with a yoga and spin room, dog park, clubroom with demo kitchen and fireplace and direct access to the Singing River Trail, a 70-mile-long Northern Alabama trail system. The project will also include eight live/work units. Located at 375 Lime Quarry Road, the community will be adjacent to Town Madison, a 563-acre mixed-use urban, walkable community. Niles Bolton Associates is the architect, Walter Schoel Engineering Co. is the civil engineer and Doster Construction Co. is the general contractor. Construction will commence in April, with the …

March 30, 2021

Development Florida Multifamily Southeast

Penler Breaks Ground on 288-Unit Apartment Community in Clermont, Florida

by Julia Sanders March 30, 2021

CLERMONT, FLA. — Penler, an Atlanta-based multifamily real estate investment and development firm, has broken ground on a 288-unit apartment community in Clermont, which is a western suburb of Orlando. Penler expects the project to be open for residents in the spring of 2022. Located directly behind the Publix at East Town Center on West Colonial Drive, the unnamed apartment community will feature one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans within two-story buildings. The garden-style apartments will allow residents to enter their units directly from the outside without passing through hallways or common stairwells, which is meant to limit exposure to contagions, according to Penler. Outdoor amenities will include a lawn, pool deck, grilling area, dog park and a pond facing the South Lake Trail. The nine-mile trail connects to the 22-mile West Orange Trail. The community will also have a 6,000-square-foot clubhouse with a fitness center, resident lounge, leasing center and a bike shop with storage. Interiors will feature open floor plans, quartz countertops, stainless steel appliances, vinyl plank flooring, high-end lighting and washers and dryers. Average rents are projected to be $1,568 per month, with one-bedroom units starting at $1,367, two-bedrooms at $1,593 and three-bedrooms starting at $1,931.

March 30, 2021

Acquisitions Affordable Housing Georgia Multifamily Southeast

Community Solutions, Partners for Home Purchase Atlanta Apartment Community for New Veteran Homelessness Project

by Julia Sanders March 30, 2021

ATLANTA — Community Solutions and Atlanta-based Partners for Home have purchased Centra Villa, a 132-unit apartment building in Atlanta that will be reimagined to provide affordable housing for veterans experiencing homelessness. The project is expected to cost $12 million. Located at 1717 Centra Villa Drive SW, Centra Villa is situated 2.8 miles from the Fort McPherson Veteran Affairs Clinic, providing its tenants with close access to medical services and other community resources, including long-term, permanent housing. Centra Villa will increase the number of units available to house veterans. The current tenants will continue to stay, and the project aims to have 50 percent of the units set aside for vulnerable veterans, which will be accomplished through natural attrition. The City of Atlanta provided a HomeFirst grant to the co-developers. The Atlanta Affordable Housing Fund provided a social impact subordinate loan, and Fannie Mae provided the mortgage. The Home Deport Foundation also provided an undisclosed amount of funding. The property is being built as part of Built for Zero, Community Solutions’ national initiative comprising 80 cities and counties to measurably end homeless. The City of Atlanta joined the initiative last year.

March 30, 2021

Acquisitions Multifamily Southeast Tennessee

DLP Real Estate Capital Acquires 288-Unit Multifamily Property in Memphis

by Julia Sanders March 30, 2021

MEMPHIS, TENN. — DLP Real Estate Capital, a private financial services and real estate investment firm, has acquired Vantage at Germantown, a 288-unit, garden-style apartment community at 7885 Silver Spur Circle, North Dr. in Memphis. The three-story property features one-, two- and three-bedroom units with an average 837 square feet. The sales price was not disclosed, but the seller was Vantage Communities. Built in 2020, Vantage at Germantown sits on over 22 acres and includes a swimming pool with outdoor cabanas and a fireplace, media lounge with internet cafe, clubhouse, 24-hour fitness studio, remote access gates and a bark park. The units feature energy-efficient appliances with full-size washer and dryer, tiled backsplash, closets and personal balconies.

March 30, 2021

Acquisitions Industrial Kentucky Loans Southeast

NorthMarq Arranges $4.7M Refinancing of Fortune Plaza Industrial Center in Lexington, Kentucky

by Julia Sanders March 30, 2021

LEXINGTON, KY. — Randall Waddell of NorthMarq has arranged the $4.7 million refinancing of Fortune Plaza Industrial Center, a 50,000-square-foot industrial property located at 2473 Fortune Drive in Lexington. The transaction was structured with a five-year term and a 25-year amortization schedule. NorthMarq arranged financing for the borrower, an entity doing business as Fortune Plaza LLC, through its relationship with an unnamed regional bank. The loan includes a period of interest-only payments and future funding capabilities.

March 30, 2021

Development Mixed-Use South Carolina Southeast Top Stories

Jamestown, Private Developers Partner to Redevelop North Charleston Navy Yard

by John Nelson March 30, 2021

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — Jamestown, an Atlanta-based developer and owner of adaptive mixed-use developments around the world, has partnered with Southeast real estate developers William Cogswell and Jay Weaver to redevelop the 45-acre North Charleston Navy Yard. Decommissioned in 1996 but still home to dozens of companies, the waterfront campus will be reimagined into a 1.2 million-square-foot mixed-use neighborhood called Navy Yard Charleston. The project will add new office space, residences, shopping and dining to the nearby Park Circle neighborhood, as well as new green spaces, a concert hall and an outdoor events venue. The development team expects to break ground and begin renovations this year. No other construction timelines or associated costs were disclosed. While Navy Yard Charleston will go through extensive renovations, the team has made a commitment to preserve the area’s architectural detail and history, and bring new amenities to the community. The team also plans to establish a neighborhood employment program, which will reserve project-specific positions for local residents who live within the neighborhood and include a training program to help job seekers enhance their skills. Beginning its operation as a working dry dock in 1901, the Navy Yard maintained a naval presence on the North …

March 30, 2021

Acquisitions Alabama Multifamily Southeast

Marcus & Millichap Brokers $58.2M Sale of Two Multifamily Properties in Metro Birmingham

by Julia Sanders March 29, 2021

BIRMINGHAM AND HOOVER, ALA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of two multifamily properties in the Birmingham area. The first property is Chace Lake Villas, a 264-unit asset in Birmingham that sold for $31.4 million, or $118,826 per unit. The second is Renaissance at Galleria, a 244-unit property in Hoover that traded at $26.8 million, which represents $110,000 per apartment. Chace Lake Villas was built in 1996 on 13 acres and Renaissance at Galleria was constructed in 1994. Jacobs represented the seller, the West Palm Beach, Florida-based Myers Apartment Group and procured the buyer, Carter Funds.

March 29, 2021

Acquisitions Maryland Multifamily Southeast

Harbor Stone Advisors Arranges $10.3M Sale of Apartment Community in Odenton, Maryland

by Julia Sanders March 29, 2021

ODENTON, MD. — Harbor Stone Advisors has arranged the $10.3 million sale of Highland Court Apartments, a 78-unit garden-style complex in Odenton. Justin Verner and Brooks Healy of Harbor Stone Advisors served as exclusive advisor and agent to the seller, Bethesda-based Outlier Realty Co., in addition to sourcing the buyer, Willow Creek Partners. The property sold for $132,051 per unit. Constructed in 1962, Highland Court Apartments includes one- and two-bedroom units with white or black appliances, wood cabinets, formica countertops, some dishwashers and garbage disposals. Community amenities include four onsite laundry rooms, a surface parking lot and a patio or balcony for each unit. Highland Court Apartments is located at 1221 Scotts Manor Court and is 16 miles away from Annapolis, 23 miles from Baltimore, 30 miles from Washington, D.C. and 15 miles from Columbia. The property is also less than four miles from Fort George G. Meade, Maryland’s largest employer, according to Harbor Stone Advisors.

March 29, 2021

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