OSWEGO, N.Y. — Lument, a division of ORIX Real Estate Capital, has provided a $9.5 million HUD loan for the refinancing of Morningstar Residential Care Center, a 120-bed skilled nursing facility in the Upstate New York city of Oswego. The nonrecourse loan refinances a bridge loan that Lancaster Pollard provided prior to becoming part of Lument and provides fixed-rate, permanent financing. Miles Kingston led the transaction for Lument.
RENO, NEV. — Dickson Commercial Group (DCG) has negotiated the sale a multifamily property located at 941 S. Virginia St. in Reno’s midtown district. Leah Bader sold the property to JRK Investments LCC for $1.9 million. The 8,080-square-foot asset, Best Bet Motor Lodge, is a multifamily-converted motel asset on 0.33 acres. The number of units were not disclosed. Trevor Richardson and Chris Moton of DCG Multifamily represented the buyer and seller in the deal.
GLENDALE HEIGHTS, ILL. — Walker & Dunlop Inc. has originated an $80.1 million refinancing of Ellyn Crossing, a garden-style multifamily community located about 30 miles west of Chicago in Glendale Heights. Ellyn Crossing was built from 1973 to 1978, and Rockwell Partners acquired the property in phases from 2014 to 2020. Since acquiring the property, the company has invested $4.5 million in unit upgrades and $1.5 million in common area upgrades. The loan provides an additional $1 million for ongoing renovations, which are scheduled for completion in six to nine months from the loan closing. Pat Dempsey of Walker & Dunlop secured the loan through Freddie Mac’s floating-rate program. “Rockwell is one of the leaders in the value-add investing space and they did a masterful job of assembling a complicated broken condo project and renovating it into a quality, garden-style apartment community,” says Dempsey. The 1,155-unit, 30-building community offers shared amenities including a resident clubhouse, business center, activity room, fitness center, pool, sundeck, tennis court, sand volleyball court, playground and picnic areas. Walker & Dunlop is one of the largest commercial real estate finance companies in the U.S. Chicago-based Rockwell Partners is a real estate investment firm with a portfolio of properties …
ALEXANDRIA, VA. — Lowe and USAA Real Estate have broken ground on Park + Ford, an adaptive reuse project of two former office buildings within the Park Center complex in Alexandria. The two 14-story properties will feature 435 apartments upon completion. Also on the campus is an office building at 4300 King St. that includes a 55,000-square-foot X-Sport Fitness club. Apartments will include studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans fitted with contemporary fixtures and appliances with a nod to Alexandria’s industrial history. Park + Ford will feature indoor and outdoor common areas for coworking, small gatherings or individual use. The apartment conversion is anticipated to be complete in 2021. The project team includes Bonstra | Haresign Architects and Whiting-Turner Contracting Co. Lowe will continue to manage the office building at 4300 King St. through its property management affiliate, Hospitality at Work. Lowe and USAA acquired the office campus in 2018 and financed the acquisition and conversion with a $128 million loan from Newport Beach, Calif.-based PIMCO.
BOGOTA, N.J. — New Jersey-based PCD Development has begun leasing The Atwater, a 303-unit luxury apartment community located in the Northern New Jersey city of Bogota. The property features studio, one- and two-bedroom units that are furnished with stainless steel appliances, quartz countertops, smart locks, individual washers and dryers and private balconies/patios. Amenities include a pool, outdoor grilling areas, an outdoor theater, game room, resident lounge, fitness center, arcade room, business center, coffee bar, Amazon package lockers and a dog park. Rents start at $2,020 per month for a one-bedroom unit.
ST. LOUIS — Brinkmann Constructors has broken ground on Expo at Forest Park, a $90 million luxury apartment project in the Skinker-DeValiviere neighborhood of St. Louis. The development will include 287 market-rate apartment units and 30,000 square feet of retail space within walking distance of the Forest Park-DeBaliviere Transit Center. It will also include garage parking for Metro Transit commuters and access to the St. Louis region’s MetroBus network and MetroLink light-rail system. The developer, Tegethoff Development, plans to update existing transit infrastructure, including security and amenities. Expo at Forest Park will consist of two separate multifamily buildings. Completion is slated for late spring 2022.
INDEPENDENCE, MO. — NorthMarq has arranged the sale of a three-property, 426-unit multifamily portfolio in Independence, a suburb of Kansas City, for $21.2 million. The properties include Hudson, a 253-unit asset at 1401 S. Cunningham Ave.; Meadowbrook, a 113-unit property at 2141 S. Swope Drive; and Winner Place, a 60-unit community at 9528 Winner Road. Urban Southwest Capital sold the portfolio to FTW Investments. Jeff Lamott and Gabe Tovar of NorthMarq brokered the sale. Kyle Tucker and John Duvall of NorthMarq arranged acquisition financing through Freddie Mac for the Hudson property.
NEW YORK CITY — Greystone has provided a $6.5 million Fannie Mae loan for the refinancing of Madrid Towers, a 58-unit multifamily asset located in the Astoria neighborhood of Queens. The nonrecourse loan was structured with a 10-year term and a fixed interest rate. Jason Yuen of Greystone originated the financing on behalf of the borrower, a family that has owned the six-story property for 35 years, with George Eliopoulos of Velios Capital acting as correspondent.
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Secondary Midwest Markets: Investor Refuge or Flavor of the Month?
More than a few column inches in multifamily media this year were dedicated to the implications of coronavirus on the housing preferences of renter households. Many theorize that the pandemic is leading householders to reexamine their attachment to urban life and consider suburban alternatives that offer larger floor plans, better schools, free parking and unit access without an elevator ride. Available data suggest there is something to this notion. Occupancy and rent in core urban neighborhoods in the primary markets have declined, substantially in the highest-cost cities. Suburban performance, by contrast, is strengthening. What is less certain is whether the same phenomenon is working to the benefit of secondary markets as well as big city suburbs. The jury is still out but investors already have stepped up acquisitions in the Sunbelt growth markets to exploit the opportunity — Austin and Phoenix were among the nine most active property markets in the third quarter, and Raleigh and Charlotte were just a step behind – but what of the staid and stable Midwest? Columbus, Indianapolis and Kansas City (the “Midwest Three”) stand out among Midwest cities as the secondary markets most likely to attract gateway city refugees. Each offers renters most of …
NORTHGLENN, COLO. — Denver-based Avanti Residential has completed the disposition of Highland Way, an apartment community located in Northglenn. Summit Communities acquired the asset for $40.6 million. Located at 11310 Melody Drive, the 155,890-square-foot property features 230 apartments in a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom layouts spread across 10 buildings. Units offer fully equipped kitchens, open living and dining areas, walk-in closets and private balconies or patios. On-site amenities include storage lockers, a clubhouse, swimming pool, barbecue picnic area, playground, basketball court, private dog park and fitness center. David Potarf, Dan Woodward, Matt Barnett and Jake Young of CBRE Capital Markets in Denver represented the seller in the transaction.