HOUSTON — LMI Capital, a Real Estate Capital Alliance (RECA) member, has arranged two acquisition loans totaling $23.7 million for a pair of multifamily assets in the Houston area. In the first transaction, Brandon Brown of LMI Capital placed a $10.7 million floating-rate loan for a 170-unit asset in Brazoria County. The loan carried a 3.8 percent interest rate at closing and included three years of interest-only payments. In the second deal, Jamie Safier of LMI Capital arranged $13 million in acquisition financing for a 190-unit property in Houston’s Galleria submarket. The loan was structured with a fixed 4.5 percent interest rate and two years of interest-only payments. Borrowers and property names were not disclosed.
American Street Capital Arranges $13.6M Refinancing for 20-Property Multifamily Portfolio in Chicago
CHICAGO — American Street Capital (ASC) has arranged $13.6 million in permanent debt for the refinancing of a 20-property multifamily portfolio in Chicago. The 214 units within the portfolio are located on the city’s south side in various neighborhoods such as Bronzeville, Kenwood and Southshore. The portfolio was approximately 95 percent leased at the time of loan closing. Igor Zhizhin and Alexander Rek of ASC secured three separate loans on behalf of the borrower, a Chicago-based REIT. A correspondent agency lender provided the loans, each of which featured a 10-year, fixed-rate term and a 30-year amortization schedule.
Despite evidence of their own experience, developers of affordable housing can still minimize the incidence of unforeseen delays and underestimate their costs. Capital One has 75 such developments under construction, and more than half are in some way behind schedule. This is neither unusual nor a comment on our partners’ skills as developers of much-needed affordable housing. The point is that making up for lost time can be particularly costly. While unforeseen delays are no more common in affordable housing than in other building types, developers of this product type run the unique risk of losing crucial tax credits when they miss a place-in-service deadline. Loss of tax credits as a funding source, which can account for as much as half the capital funding project costs in some cases, upends the carefully crafted funding structure of the development. Other developers might be content to pay an extra month’s interest on their construction loan while addressing the source of delay, as this constitutes a less-significant sacrifice at today’s rates than in the past. But affordable housing developers must incur extra expenses and do whatever is necessary to get the project back on track. Unforeseen Bedrock A case in point is the …
BLUFFTON, S.C. — Continental Realty Corp. (CRC) has purchased The Bluestone, a 360-unit apartment complex in Bluffton, for $69.3 million. The property offers one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Communal amenities include two swimming pools, sundecks, outdoor kitchens, fitness center, grilling areas, clubhouse, coffee bar, yoga studio and a fireplace lounge area. The Bluestone was constructed in phases between 2004 and 2007 and is located six miles from Hilton Head Island. CRC purchased the asset from a joint venture between Charleston, S.C.-based Blaze Partners and The Carlyle Group, a global investment firm based in Washington, D.C.
ATLANTA — A joint venture between Urban Realty Partners and Case Pomeroy Properties has sold two neighboring apartment complexes totaling 217 units in Atlanta’s Grant Park neighborhood for $48.2 million. The George and The Leonard are located at 275 Memorial Drive SE and 301 Memorial Drive, respectively, less than a mile east of downtown Atlanta. The communities offer one- and two-bedroom floor plans. Communal amenities include 11,581 square feet of retail space, a clubhouse, business center, pet play area, pet washing area, fitness center and a swimming pool. Mike Kemether, Robert Stickel and Alex Brown of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the transaction. Grubb Properties acquired the buildings.
SUMMERVILLE, S.C. — American Landmark Apartments has acquired Alta Brighton Park, a 329-unit multifamily property in Summerville. American Landmark will invest $800,000 and rename the property Elevate at Brighton Park. The property offers one- through three-bedroom floor plans. Communal amenities include a saltwater swimming pool, outdoor lounge area with grills, 24-hour fitness center and a resident clubhouse. Alta Brighton Park is located at 115 Great Lawn Drive, 25 miles north of downtown Charleston. Alex Okulski, Sean Wood, John Heimburger, Dean Smith, John Munroe and Jason Kon of Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) represented the seller in the transaction. Bill Weber, Matt Mense, Ari Schwartzbard and Henry Stimler of NKF arranged acquisition financing on behalf of American Landmark. Further details of the transaction were not disclosed.
KING OF PRUSSIA, PA. — Metro Philadelphia-based Morgan Properties has acquired multifamily portfolio comprised of 80 apartment communities totaling approximately 18,000 units across 15 states. The portfolio is primarily located in upstate New York markets, including Rochester, Buffalo, Syracuse and Albany, as well as Pennsylvania submarkets that include Pittsburgh and Harrisburg. Properties in New York include Henrietta Highlands, a 338-unit community in Henrietta; Waverlywood, a 381-unit property in Webster; and North Ponds, a 196-unit asset in Webster. The portfolio also comprises assets in the Southeast and Midwest United States. The seller was Morgan Communities, a company based in Rochester, New York, which has no relation to Morgan Properties. The sales price was undisclosed.
JERSEY CITY AND NORTH BERGEN, N.J. — Redwood Realty Advisors has brokered the combined $4 million sale of two multifamily properties in Jersey City and North Bergen, two western suburbs of New York City. The Jersey City property, 481-487 Communipaw Avenue, is an eight-unit community comprised of two- and three-bedroom duplexes. The original developer sold the property. The North Bergen asset, 7328 Kennedy Boulevard, comprises 17 apartment units in two-bedroom floor plans. Steven Matovski of Redwood Realty Advisors procured sellers and buyers in both transactions. Individual sales prices were undisclosed.
GEORGETOWN, TEXAS — A joint venture between Chicago-based Origin Investments and Austin-based F&B Capital has purchased Anatole at Westinghouse, a 250-unit apartment community located in the northern Austin suburb of Georgetown. Built on 13 acres in 2015, the property comprises 148 one-bedroom units, 96 two-bedroom units and six three-bedroom units equipped with modern appliances, quartz countertops and in-unit washers and dryers. Amenities include a pool with outdoor grilling areas, a fitness center, business center and a dog park. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
NEBRASKA, IOWA AND KANSAS — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of 15 skilled nursing facilities in Nebraska, Iowa and Kansas. The portfolio included 10 locations in Nebraska, four in Iowa, and one in Kansas, and consists of over 950 licensed beds. The facilities are in predominantly secondary and tertiary submarkets, and the majority were built in the 1960s and 1970s. Blueprint’s Michael Segal, Ben Firestone and Steve Thomes handled the transaction. Buyer and seller information was not disclosed.