Colorado

DENVER — Gelt Inc. has purchased a 564-unit apartment community in Denver for $74 million from TruAmerica Multifamily. The community is located at its namesake, 3300 Tamarac Drive. The complex was built in 1977. It is situated at the intersection of interstates 25 and 225, near the northern border of the Denver South Business Corridor. This submarket is home to seven of the nine Fortune 500 Companies in the state. This was Gelt’s largest apartment property purchase to date in terms of both the quantity of units and price. It was also its first acquisition in Colorado. Gelt has acquired a total of 1,192 units this year, valued at more than $140 million. The firm hopes to acquire 2,000 additional units in 2016 within high-growth, infill locations throughout the Western U.S. CBRE’s Brian Eisendrath and Ross Moore arranged a $55.6 million acquisition loan Gelt. The 10-year, fixed-rate financing features a five years of interest-only payments. Gelt will continue a renovation program in progress at the community, in addition to executing further capital improvements on the units’ interiors and common areas. This was TruAmerica Multifamily’s first sale. The company acquired the asset in partnership with DVO Real Estate and RCG Longview. It invested about $2.4 billion …

ARVADA, COLO. — 29th St. Management LLC has purchased the 58-unit Village West apartment complex in Arvada for $9 million. The community is located at 12155 West 58th Place. It was built in the 1972. The buyer plans to renovate the property. Andy Hellman and Justin Hunt represented the seller, Village West Investment Group LLC, in this transaction.

DENVER — Invesco Real Estate has purchased the Retreat at the Flatirons, a 374-unit luxury apartment community in the Denver submarket of Broomfield, for $95 million. The community is located at 13780 Del Corso Way. The property was 96.8 percent occupied at the time of closing. The seller, Etkin Johnson Real Estate Partners, built the Retreat in 2012. ARA Newmark’s Jeff Hawks, Doug Andrews, Terrance Hunt and Shane Ozment represented Etkin Johnson in the deal. This is Invesco’s second apartment acquisition in Metro Denver in this past month. The company also recently purchased the Retreat at Park Meadows for $125 million.

DENVER — A joint venture between the Bascom Group and funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management have purchased the 336-unit Axis at Nine Mile Station for $50 million. The community is located at 3257 S. Park Road. The property was built in 1980. It is situated adjacent to the Blue Line Light Rail, which will provide access to the Denver Tech Center Business Corridor, downtown Denver and Denver International Airport once it opens next spring. CBRE’s Brian Eisendrath and Annie Rice sourced the debt financing, which was provided by Mesa West Capital. Terrance Hunt and Jeff Hawks of ARA Newmark represented the seller.