SANTA CLARITA, CALIF. — Griffin Living has received $3 million in financing from Hankey Capital. The funds support the company’s acquisition of an assisted living and memory care development site in Santa Clarita, about 35 miles northwest of Los Angeles. The new community will be located at the corner of Camino Del Arte and Copper Hill Drive, in close proximity to a range of high-end retail and dining options. The approved plans by the city will result in capacity for more than 100 residents. Griffin plans to begin construction this year and open the community in 2024.
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Higher Interest Rates Cause Affordable Housing Values to Return to Old Norms
Rising interest rates dinging commercial real estate and multifamily assets have plunged low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) properties back into reality, especially those coming to the end of their 15-year compliance periods. “There were some huge profits made in the affordable housing space over the last two or three years,” says Cliff McDaniel, a managing director with Lument, which is representing Harmony Housing in the $1.4 billion sale of its affordable housing portfolio to the Michaels Organization. “We sold a lot of properties for $60,000 a unit or even $120,000 a unit, and the debt was $40,000 a unit. But the mania over that type of profitability is over, and values are going back to where they were before.” Up until about five years ago, the phrase “huge profits” and “affordable housing” would rarely if ever have occurred in the same sentence. Or even in the same story. Prior to that, affordable housing properties typically had very little value at the end of their initial 15-year compliance periods, and limited partners who provided equity to the project by buying tax credits routinely agreed to sell their interest to the general partner for a nominal fee. At that point, the …
FREEMONT, CALIF. — JLL Capital Markets has brokered the $40.5 million sale of two retail centers in the Bay Area city of Fremont. The first property, Franciscan Center, comprises 106,840 square feet and the second, Mohave Center, totals 10,228 square feet. Together, the centers were 92 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Safeway, Taco Bell, KFC, Burger King, Bank of America and 7-Eleven. Gleb Lvovich, Daniel Tyner, Geoff Tranchina and Eric Kathrein of JLL represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Sterling Organization acquired the properties.
ONTARIO, CALIF. — R.D. Olson Construction has broken ground on the Emporia Housing development in the Inland Empire city of Ontario. The 50-unit affordable housing complex is scheduled for completion by mid-summer 2024. Located at 310 W. Emporia St. in a semi-residential neighborhood, the $17.8 million, 60,000-square-foot project will be the second phase of the development, with Phase I already completed. The new buildings are slated to be two and three stories in height. R.D. Olson partnered with Danielian Associates Architects on the project.
NEW MEXICO — Evans Senior Investments (ESI) has arranged the sale of a skilled nursing community on behalf of a Southwest regional operator. The asset is located in the northwestern part of New Mexico and included 101 skilled nursing beds. Despite the community being located in a rural market, the asset maintained an occupancy average of 83 percent during the marketing process. Upon closing, the community was 95 percent occupied. A West Coast-based group acquired the asset for $16.5 million or $163,366 per bed. It is the buyer’s first property in New Mexico. Details regarding the seller were not disclosed.
KENT, WASH. — Preservation Equity Fund Advisors LLC (PEF Advisors) has acquired Webster Court, a 92-unit, four-story affordable seniors housing community in Kent, 20 miles south of Seattle. PEF Advisors has budgeted approximately $1.2 million, or $12,915 per unit, to address deferred maintenance, improve curb appeal, and elevate the quality of housing and competitiveness of the property. The seller and price were not disclosed. Resident parking consists of 38 uncovered spaces. All 92 apartment units are one-bedrooms and average 458 square feet. As of March 2023, the property was 88 percent occupied, with occupancy numbers expected to rise as property improvements are completed. Webster Court primarily serves seniors age 55 and older, as well as people with disabilities. It was originally built in 1994 with tax credits from the Washington State Housing Finance Commission (WSHFC) and is governed by a LIHTC LURA that restricts 24 units at 35 percent of area median income (AMI), and 66 units at 60 percent AMI.
HESPERIA, CALIF. — Progressive Real Estate Partners has arranged a 5,020-square-foot lease for West Coast Dental (WCD) at Hesperia Square in Hesperia, a city in San Bernardino County. WCD has signed a 10-year lease at the property, which Vallarta and Dollar Tree anchor. Albert Lopez of Progressive represented the landlord in the negotiations. Chris Beauchamp of Lee & Associates represented the tenant.
CASTLE ROCK, COLO. — San Diego-based investment firm MG Properties has acquired Ridge at Castle Rock, a garden-style apartment community in Castle Rock, for $67.1 million. Located approximately 30 miles south of Denver and built in 2019, Ridge at Castle Rock offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units that are furnished with stainless steel appliances, granite countertops, individual washers and dryers and private balconies/patios. Communal amenities include a pool, 24-hour fitness center, dog park and outdoor grilling and dining areas. David Potarf, Dan Woodward, Matt Barnett and Jake Young of Walker & Dunlop represented the seller, Wisconsin-based Continental Properties, in the transaction. Bryan Frazier and Blake Hockenberry, also with Walker & Dunlop, originated an undisclosed amount of Fannie Mae acquisition financing on behalf of MG Properties. The number of units at the property was not disclosed. “This acquisition will allow us to further expand our operational presence in the Denver market,” says Jeff Gleiberman, president of MG Properties. “We believe this submarket is ideally positioned to benefit from the region’s continued growth.”
MARINA DEL REY, CALIF. — Equity Residential has delivered the first batch of newly renovated residences at the 597-unit Pearl Apartments in Marina del Rey. The 87 upgraded residences feature new kitchens with energy-efficient, stainless-steel appliances, quartz countertops, subway tile backsplashes and wood plank hard surface flooring throughout. Additional upgrades include energy-efficient LED lighting, new bath fixtures and sinks, water-efficient commodes and tubs with rain showers. The plumbing infrastructure was also completely replaced in these units. Equity Residential acquired the ground lease for the community in 2012 and took control of its management in 2018. With the first phase now complete, the newly renovated apartments will be available for occupancy. The renovation totaled $45 million.
SPARKS, NEV. — LDK Ventures has announced plans to develop Pioneer Logistics Center in Sparks. The company purchased the 85-acre property from Lennar in November 2022. The project will be situated in an infill area of the Pioneer Meadows master-plan community. It will feature 1.3 million square feet of industrial warehouse facilities at full build-out. Construction is scheduled to begin in 2024.