NEW YORK CITY — Black Bear Capital Partners (BBCP), a subsidiary of locally based Black Bear Asset Management, has arranged a $77.7 million loan for the refinancing of an eight-property multifamily portfolio in The Bronx. The 10-year loan features a fixed interest rate of 3.6 percent and 10 years of interest-only payments, proceeds will refinance previous debt. The properties total 537 units. Morgan Stanley provided the loan, and Finkelstein Timberger East Real Estate was the borrower. Bryan Manz, Rob Serra, Phil Bowman and Emil DePasquale of BBCP arranged the financing.
FALL RIVER, MASS. — CBRE has brokered the $13.7 million sale of two apartment buildings in Fall River, located approximately 20 miles southeast of Providence. Border City Mills, a former mill building located at 2 Weaver St., was completed in 1873 and converted to a residential use in 1988. The property comprises 107 units and offers a fitness center and pool. River Grove Apartments, located at 4516 North Main St., was built in 1987, comprises 48 units and sits adjacent to Fall River Country Club. Simon Butler and Biria St. John of CBRE represented the seller, First Merchants Group. The team also procured the buyer, Fren Management Co. Inc.
LOS ANGELES — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of an apartment property located at 4325 Berryman Ave. in the Mar Vista neighborhood of Los Angeles. A member of the original builder’s family sold the asset to an undisclosed buyer for $12.3 million. Built in 1972, the community features 41 one-bedroom floor plans in a two-story building situated on 33,890 square feet of land. Paul Darrow and Kevin Green of THG Multifamily of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller in the transaction.
BOUNTIFUL, UTAH — CareTrust REIT Inc. (NASDAQ:CTRE) has acquired Barton Creek Senior Living, a 62-unit assisted living facility located on the campus of Lake View Hospital in Bountiful, a suburb of Salt Lake City. The acquisition price of the off-market transaction was not disclosed. The Barton Creek facility has been added to CareTrust’s existing master lease with seniors housing operator Bayshire LLC. For the seller, the nonprofit South Davis Community Hospital Campus, the sale was part of a strategic decision to focus on its adjacent higher-acuity operations. The property will be Bayshire’s first in Utah. Annual cash rent under the Bayshire master lease will increase by approximately $600,000. The remaining lease term is just under 15 years, plus two five-year renewal options, and carries annual CPI-based rent escalators. The acquisition was funded using a combination of cash on hand and CareTrust’s $600 million unsecured revolving credit facility.
TUCSON, ARIZ. — Ready Capital has closed a $6 million loan for the refinance, renovation and lease-up of a 173-unit, Class B student housing property serving the University of Arizona submarket in Tucson. Upon closing, the sponsor will perform various capital improvements to the unit interiors and property exterior. Renovations will begin with units that are leased for the upcoming school year, but are not yet occupied. Unit renovations to expected to be completed by month 24 of the loan term. The non-recourse, floating-rate loan features a 36-month term, one extension option and flexible prepayment. Additionally, the financing is inclusive of a facility to provide future funding for capital expenditures.
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M&T Realty Capital: What’s the latest in seniors housing finance?
At MBA CREF, M&T Realty Capital’s Sean Huntsman met with reporter Nellie Day to discuss the trends he’s seeing in the multifamily and seniors housing sectors. One big takeaway: The current market demands flexibility and diversified lending. M&T Realty Capital Corp.’s lending platform is allowing the company to both succeed and expand — they had a record 2019 in terms of loan production for healthcare and seniors housing sectors. In addition to a robust pipeline of multifamily and seniors housing construction loans, M&T is also working with owners/operators who are stabilizing assets and recapitalizing equity. However, Huntsman is seeing the impact of high labor and constructions costs and some overbuilding in certain markets, indicating that stakeholders need to look closely at demand on a market-by-market basis. Watch the video for more insights from Huntsman. This video is posted as part of REBusinessOnline’s Finance Insight series, covering MBA CREF 2020. Click here to subscribe to the Finance Insight newsletter, a four-week newsletter series, followed by video interviews from MBA CREF.
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TD Bank: Practical Steps to Promote Affordable Housing
2020 looks like it will be a record year in terms of delivery of multifamily units, according to Gregg Gerken, Head of U.S. Commercial Real Estate with TD Bank. But how much will Class A continue to dominate the market? “There is a movement toward rent control. Affordable housing is an obvious pressure in the industry,” Gerken says. Entitlement and construction costs mean that developers have focused on Class A projects and LIHTC-supported affordable housing projects. “But much more emphasis will have to be placed on workforce housing and Class B new delivery. There is an unmet — and almost unlimited — demand in that space,” Gerken says. The question is: can the industry influence government — especially local government — to change entitlement processes to encourage development of more affordable housing? Watch the interview for Gerken’s insights on affordable housing development. This video is posted as part of REBusinessOnline’s Finance Insight series, covering MBA CREF 2020. Click here to subscribe to the Finance Insight newsletter, a four-week newsletter series, followed by video interviews from MBA CREF.
LAKEWOOD, COLO. — Denver-based Trailbreak Partners, Colorado-based Highland Development Co. and T.O.D. Properties have broken ground on Traverse Apartments, a Class A multifamily property in Lakewood. Slated to open in early 2022, Traverse Apartments is the latest addition to West Line Village, T.O.D.’s transit-oriented neighborhood in Lakewood. The five-story building will features 281 apartments, a swimming pool, hot tub, rooftop patio, courtyard lounge areas, clubhouse, business center, fitness center, media room and pet spa. Traverse Apartments will also feature a 362-space parking structure. The project is located adjacent to the Sheridan Station on the W Line, which is five stops from downtown Denver. Martines Palmeiro Construction is serving as general contractor for the project, which KTGY Architecture + Planning designed.
ALEDO, TEXAS — A partnership between Civitas Senior Living and Dallas-based developer Journey Capital will develop Harvest Senior Living, a 110-unit seniors housing community in Aledo, located west of Fort Worth. The 68,000-square-foot community will be situated on 7.5 acres and will feature 70 assisted living units, 20 memory care residences and 20 independent living residences. Amenities will include a salon, creative arts studio and chef-prepared dining options. Construction is scheduled to begin in June and to be complete by winter 2021.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of two multifamily assets totaling 222 units in Fort Worth. The properties, the 104-unit Villas del Sol and the 118-unit Wedgewood, are located within a mile of each other near McCart Avenue on the city’s south side. Al Silva of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a Dallas-based limited liability company, in the transaction. Silva and Dan Mullen, also with Marcus & Millichap, procured the buyer, a private investor.