IRVING, TEXAS — Wellington Realty has arranged the sale of Pioneer Valley, an apartment complex in Irving that was built in 1983. According to Apartments.com, the property totals 56 units and offers amenities such as a clubhouse, picnic area and onsite laundry facilities. David Shaffer, Caleb Jones, Will Miller and Troy Sanders of Wellington Realty brokered the deal for the value-add property, which was 94 percent occupied at the time of sale. The buyer and seller were not disclosed.
2020 was a year of job losses and difficulties for many. There was a great deal of need for affordable housing but also challenges for those seeking to provide it. Process delays caused by COVID-19 and slowdowns in funding hampered efforts to develop affordable housing, according to Gregg Gerken, Head of U.S. Commercial Real Estate with TD Bank. The question is: will the affordable housing and workforce housing industry be better served by 2021? The problem of affordable housing is one seen in many communities, irrespective of geography. “I think some communities have the equivalent of workforce housing, which in many cases is affordable. But when you get into a lot of the more expensive urban areas and densely populated cities there’s this issue of supply and demand — there just isn’t enough supply of affordable housing to really reach the demand,” Gerken says. How have government programs and policies affected the affordable housing sector? How will renters and landlords be impacted by these programs going forward? What happens after the end of the eviction moratorium? Watch the interview for Gerken’s insights on affordable housing development. This article is posted as part of REBusinessOnline’s Finance Insight series. Click here to subscribe to the Finance Insight newsletter, a …
HOUSTON — Berkadia has added a new multifamily investment sales team to its Houston office with the hiring of Chris Curry, Todd Marix, Joey Rippel and Chris Young, all of whom are joining the company from JLL. The team works with a diverse client base, including institutions, private capital, developers, special servicers and government institutions across all multifamily asset classes. Berkadia’s hiring of a new Houston multifamily investment sales team from JLL follows the departure of a longstanding, eight-member team to Walker & Dunlop earlier this month.
SAN ANTONIO — Arizona-based PEM Real Estate Group has purchased Edge & Stone, a 335-unit, newly built apartment community in north-central San Antonio. The property sits on 22 acres and features studio, one- and two-bedroom units with quartz or granite countertops and private balconies or patios. Amenities include a pool with cabanas, outdoor grilling stations, fitness center and a dog park. Will Balthrope and Drew Garza of Institutional Property Advisors, a division of Marcus & Millichap, represented the seller, a partnership between Thompson Realty Capital and Trez Capital, in the transaction. The duo also procured PEM Real Estate as the buyer.
Trez Capital Provides $12.7M in Construction Financing for Phase I of Metro Austin Mixed-Use Project
GEORGETOWN, TEXAS — Trez Capital has provided $12.7 million in construction financing for Phase I of Parmer Ranch, a 454-acre mixed-use project in the northern Austin suburb of Georgetown by developer Owen Holdings Inc. The first phase will consist of 155 single-family homes. The entire project will ultimately feature 1,000 single-family homes, 100,000 square feet of commercial space, a 4.5-acre community center, a new middle school and 47 acres of open space. Phase I also includes the development of a 10-acre park with an event lawn and outdoor pavilion, a food truck court, green space with hiking trails and an amenity pond.
FRISCO, TEXAS — General contractor Talley Riggins Construction Group has broken ground on Shops at Creekside, a 20,130-square-foot retail project located at 13030 Preston Road in Frisco. Cross Architects is designing the project, and AOS Panther Creek LLC is the developer. Inroads Realty is leasing the project and has already secured commitments from Sweetwaters Coffee & Tea, Domino’s Pizza and a general dentistry practice. Construction of Phase I, which centers on the 13,250-square-foot main building, is underway. Construction of Phase II, which will feature a 6,880-square-foot building that could become a build-to-suit, is scheduled to begin in the coming weeks.
AMARILLO, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. (MMCC) has arranged a bridge loan of an undisclosed amount for the acquisition of a 415-unit multifamily property in Amarillo. Jamie Safier of MMCC arranged the nonrecourse, floating-rate loan. The undisclosed borrower will use a portion of the proceeds to fund capital improvements. The direct lender and property name were also not disclosed.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Alamo Drafthouse Cinema has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and entered into an asset purchase agreement with its group of senior lenders that is led by California-based Altamont Capital Partners and Fortress Investment Group. The agreement involves the sale of “substantially all” of the company’s assets, though it remains unclear how many of its 41 theaters Alamo Drafthouse plans to close. As part of its filing, Alamo Drafthouse has asked the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware to approve a 75-day timeline for restructuring its debt and has secured $20 million in debtor-in-possession financing from its creditors to cover operational costs during that period. The company, which operates some of its theaters and franchises others, cited the COVID-19 pandemic’s “unprecedented and outsized impact upon the movie theater and dining industries” as the central driver behind its decision. Alamo Drafthouse, founded in Austin in 1997, was one of first entertainment concepts to bring elevated food and beverage offerings into the theater space.
HOUSTON — Design-build firm ARCO/Murray has completed Calhoun Avenue Storage, a 997-unit self-storage facility in Houston that will be operated by Pennsylvania-based REIT CubeSmart. Miami-based private equity firm FivePoint Capital Management developed the property, which rises four stories, spans 126,000 square feet and features a 1,000-square-foot sales office. Construction began in July 2020.
RICHARDSON, TEXAS — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has negotiated the sale of The Riley, a 262-unit apartment community located within the CityLine mixed-use development in the northeastern Dallas suburb of Richardson. The property was built in 2018 and offers amenities such as a pool, grilling areas, dog park, fitness center and a Wi-Fi café with a serving bar and TV. Drew Kile, Joey Tumminello, Will Balthrope and Grant Raymond of IPA represented the seller, JLB Partners, and procured the buyer, TTI Capital.