Multifamily

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BOSTON — MassHousing has provided $31.4 million for the refinancing and preservation of Franklin Park, an affordable housing community in Boston’s Dorchester/Roxbury neighborhood. The unit mix consists of 95 one-bedroom units, 99 two-bedroom apartments, 10 three-bedroom residences, five four-bedroom apartments and 10 five-bedroom units. The financing will preserve the affordable status for 155 of the property’s 219 units for another 29 years. In addition, the borrower, The Community Builders Inc., will use a portion of the proceeds to fund capital improvements.

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HAMBURG, N.J. — Progress Capital has placed a $31 million loan for the refinancing of Carlton Village Apartments, a 240-unit multifamily complex located in the Northern New Jersey community of Hamburg. The property consists of 21 buildings that are situated on a 37-acre site and that house studio, one- and two-bedroom units. Brad Domenico and Gabby Cali of Progress Capital arranged the debt on behalf of the undisclosed borrower, a private investor who has owned the property since 1985 and made various capital improvements since that time.

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HOWELL, N.J. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale a multifamily development site in Howell, located in Monmouth County, that can accommodate the construction of 360 multifamily units. Chez Eider and Jason Petrick of Marcus & Millichap’s represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction and procured a private developer as the buyer. Both parties requested anonymity.

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By Taylor Williams Facing extended construction timelines and elevated costs of materials due to COVID-19’s disruption of global, national and local supply chains, multifamily developers are being forced to pivot, improvise and forge new relationships with suppliers in order to manage overall risk levels within their projects. Even before the pandemic, real estate developers and users across all asset classes understood how crucial competent supply chain management was to their budgets. But the global health crisis has reinforced that fact, especially for developers whose product type remains in high demand, such as housing providers in the rapidly growing state of Texas. In terms of basic economics, when COVID-19 hit and ground global commerce to a halt, suppliers across a range of industries decreased their inventories in response to sluggish demand for sundry goods and services. With vaccines now widely available, travel picking back up and businesses reopening at full capacity, pent-up demand is being unleashed on these industries, including real estate development, forcing suppliers to rebuild their inventories. Yet this process is not a simple matter of flipping a switch back on. Furthermore, being aware of a problem is very different from actually solving it. And a global pandemic that …

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SEATTLE — Gantry has secured $102.7 million in permanent financing from life company sources to retire and replace construction financing for The Arrive Apartments and The Sound Hotel in Seattle. Situated in the Belltown neighborhood, the mixed-use, high-rise development features 344 apartments above the 142-key Sound Hotel. George Mitsanas, Josh Natker and Pat Taylor of Gantry secured the loan on behalf of the undisclosed property owners.

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BONNEY LAKE, WASH. — Wesley Homes, Presbyterian Homes & Services (PHS) and Ryan Cos. US have completed construction of Wesley at Tehaleh, a 405,992-square-foot senior living community within the master-planned community of Tehaleh by Newland in Bonney Lake, a suburb of Seattle. The two-building property sits on 16.8 acres and features 18 memory care apartments, 168 independent living apartments and 42 “catered living” apartments. “This new community has been in the works for over three years,” says Kevin Anderson, president and CEO of Wesley. CGA was architect on the project. The 4,700-acre, master-planned Tehaleh development has flourished over the past decade and has seen an increased demand for senior living.

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CHICO, CALIF. — Greystone has provided a $20.1 million Fannie Mae DUS loan for the acquisition of Cedar Village Apartments, an affordable multifamily property in Chico. Scott Wallace of Greystone originated the loan for the undisclosed borrower. Built in 1979, Cedar Village Apartments features 10 two-story buildings offering a total of 116 apartments in a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts. Community amenities include a laundry room, playground and business center. Cedar Village Apartments is a section 8 HAP property. The loan carries a 15-year term at a fixed rate with a 35-year amortization schedule.

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DALLAS — A fund backed by Dallas-based Nicholas Residential and Hughes Capital Partners have purchased Bellevue at The Bluffs, a 473-unit apartment community located in the Bluffview neighborhood of Dallas. Built in 2019 and formerly known as Aura Bluffview, the property features one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans and amenities such as a pool, fitness center, resident clubhouse, business center and a lounge. Paul Harris, Eric Calub, Thad Wetterau and Gregory Smith of Berkadia represented the seller, Texas-based Trinsic Residential Group, in the transaction.

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FORT WORTH AND DENTON, TEXAS — An affiliate of Livingston Street Capital has acquired a portfolio of two active adult communities totaling 402 units in North Texas. The properties include a 162-unit community in Fort Worth, which the firm has rebranded as The Spring at Silverton, and a 240-unit community in Denton, which the firm has rebranded as Sunstone Village. These assets bring Livingston’s active adult and independent living portfolio to nearly 600 units in the Dallas-Fort Worth market and more than 1,500 units nationally.

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BOWLING GREEN, KY. — The Kirkland Co. has negotiated the sale of The Enclave, a 105-unit multifamily complex located in Bowling Green. Brian Devlin, Brandon Wilson and John Seale of Kirkland brokered the transaction between the buyer, JBT Partners LLC, and the seller, Village Green Apartment Partners LLC. The sales price was $8 million. Built in 1964, The Enclave includes studios, one- and two-bedroom floorplans with a monthly rent range of $739 to $929, according to Apartments.com. The units include walk-in closets, granite countertops, stainless steel appliances and a patio. Community amenities include a pool, laundry facilities, grill, storage space and a property manager onsite. Located at 1132 Fairview Ave., the property is close to retailers including Burger & Bowl, Hibachi Grill & Supreme Buffet, China Express and Shell. The property is also about 0.3 mile from the Fairview Plaza Shopping Center.

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