CHICAGO AND BRENTWOOD, TENN. — Ventas, a Chicago-based REIT, has restructured its master lease with Brookdale in response to the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. Ventas owns 120 Brookdale-managed communities totaling 10,174 units. As part of the restructuring, Brookdale sold five communities that it both owned and operated to Ventas. Brentwood-based Brookdale will continue to operate those properties. Terms of the agreement include a reduction in rents totaling $500 million over the remaining lease term, which ends Dec. 31, 2025. Brookdale surrendered its $47 million security deposit and agrees to pay $115 million in cash to Ventas. In addition, Brookdale issued a $45 million unsecured, interest-only, pre-payable note to Ventas, with an initial interest rate of 9 percent per annum and maturing at the same time as the lease expiration. Lastly, Brookdale issued 16.3 million shares of its stock to Ventas at a value of $3 per share. The transaction represents approximately 8 percent of all Brookdale shares. Centerview Partners served as financial advisor to Ventas. Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz and Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP are serving as legal counsel to Ventas.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — JLL has arranged the $49 million sale of The Shaw, an eight-story, 69-unit multifamily community in Washington, D.C.’s Shaw neighborhood. The property offers studio to four-bedroom floor plans. Communal amenities include a virtual front desk, a rooftop terrace and package lockers. Delivered this year, the asset is located at 618 T St. NW, one mile northeast of downtown Washington, D.C. Walter Coker, Brian Crivella and Robert Jenkins of JLL represented the seller, Monument Realty, in the transaction. A joint venture between Shimizu Realty Development Inc. and Capital Security Advisors LLC acquired the property in an all-cash deal.
SHELBYVILLE, IND. — Colliers International has brokered the sale of Shelby’s Crest in Shelbyville for $8.5 million. The 120-unit affordable housing property is situated about 30 miles southeast of Indianapolis. The Section 42 low-income housing community was fully occupied at the time of sale. Monthly rents start at $817. Kevin Morris, Christopher Rivera and Amy Burmeister of Colliers’ Affordable Housing Services Group represented the seller, Dominium Group Inc. The team also procured the buyer, Harmony Housing Advisors Inc.
NAPERVILLE, ILL. — American Street Capital (ASC) has arranged a $6.6 million cash-out refinancing loan for a 60-unit multifamily building in Naperville. Built in 1986, the three-story property features two-bedroom units averaging 1,082 square feet. The property includes 127 car parking spaces and laundry facilities. The building was fully occupied at the time of the loan closing. Igor Zhizhin of ASC arranged the 10-year, fixed-rate loan with a CMBS lender. The loan features a 30-year amortization schedule.
HENDERSON, NEV. — TRU Development, in partnership with capital partner and real estate operating company MultiGreen Properties, has acquired a 19-acre land parcel at the southeast corner of Galleria Drive and Boulder Highway in Henderson. Terms of the acquisition were not released. The partnership plans to develop theAPEX @galleria, a 336-unit apartment community with 3.8 acres of retail development available for sale, ground lease or build to suit. Apartments will be available for lease in March 2021. The Henderson development is the first of many planned theAPEX-branded communities throughout Nevada. In the next 12 months, TRU is slated to break ground on a total of 670 units under theAPEX brand in southern Nevada, 358 units under the KAKTUSlife brand and more than 600 units under theAPEX brand in northern Nevada.
PEMBROKE, N.C. — A joint venture titled PB Pembroke Owner LLC has broken ground on a 192-bed student housing community located near the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. The 192-bed project is Phase I of a larger development set to include 20,000 square feet of retail and a second 300-bed student housing community. Financing for the project includes $3 million in opportunity zone equity from the Woodforest CEI-Boulos Opportunity Fund, a $10.8 million loan from Self-Help Credit Union and $840,000 in developer equity. Phase I of the development is scheduled for completion in fall 2021.
CHATTANOOGA, TENN. — Grandbridge Real Estate Capital has provided a $26 million Freddie Mac acquisition loan for Standifer Place, a 240-unit multifamily community in east Chattanooga. The non-recourse loan features a floating interest rate and a three-year interest-only payment period followed by a 30-year amortization schedule. The property offers one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Communal amenities include a pool, business center, clubhouse, storage space, picnic area, fitness center and a basketball court. Standifer Place is located at 3400 Jenkins Road, 15 miles east of downtown Chattanooga. Bill Mattice, Phillip Cox and Paul McDonald of Grandbridge originated the loan on behalf of the undisclosed borrower.
AHWATUKEE, ARIZ. — CBRE has arranged the sale of Pacific Bay Club, a multifamily community located in Ahwatukee, a suburb of Phoenix. Logan Capital Advisors acquired the asset from Picerne Development for $35.7 million. Tyler Anderson, Sean Cunningham, Asher Gunter and Matt Pesch of CBRE’s Phoenix Multifamily Institutional Properties represented the seller in the deal. Built in 1988, Pacific Bay Club features 192 garden-style apartments, an upgraded leasing center and clubhouse, a barbecue rotunda with four stainless steel gas grills, and exterior LED lighting.
SAN PEDRO, CALIF. — Los Angeles-based Mountain Pacific Opportunity Partners, in partnership with South Bay Developers and ARK Construction & Development, has started construction 336 W. Seventh Street, a mixed-use development in San Pedro. Situated on a 14,000-square-foot opportunity zone site, the $14 million project will feature a five-story building offering 32 apartments in a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts, as well as two two-story penthouses. Three of units will be designated as affordable housing. Additionally, the property will feature 3,750 square feet of ground-floor commercial space and parking for 44 vehicles. Breen Engineering is providing architectural services for the project. Completion is slated for summer 2022.
CLOVIS, N.M. — Paragon Mortgage has secured a total of $18.8 million in refinancing for Raintree I and II, two apartment developments in Clovis. The Phoenix-based firm arranged $11.2 million and $7.6 million in loans for the two properties through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s 223(a)(7) mortgage insurance program. The HUD program provided the owners with a low-interest, 40-year, fully amortizing, non-recourse financing to restructure and lower the current debt service. The properties offer a total of 256 market-rate apartments in a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts. Community amenities include a pool and spa, 24-hour fitness center, business center, garages, storage units, gas grills and in-unit washers/dryers.