Multifamily

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MESA, SURPRISE, PEORIA, SEDONA AND YOUNGTOWN, ARIZ. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged $96.5 million in refinancing for a five-property, 971-unit seniors housing portfolio in Arizona. Alanna Ellis, Brad Miner and Ace Sudah of JLL Capital Markets Debt Advisory secured the financing for the borrower, Douglaston Development and The Hampton Group. Recently renovated between 2021 and 2024, the portfolio consists of 510 independent living units, 339 assisted living units and 122 memory care units. The portfolio includes Canyon Winds at 2851 N. Boulder Canyon and 7311 E. Oasis St. in Mesa, Chaparral Winds at 16617 N. West Point Parkway and 16623 N. West Point Parkway in Surprise, Desert Winds at 20554 N. 101st Ave. and 20545 N. Lake Pleasant Road in Peoria, Sedona Winds at 405 Jacks Canyon Road and 475 Jacks Canyon Road in Sedona, and Ventana Winds at 12322 N. 113th Ave. in Youngtown.

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FLAGSTAFF, ARIZ. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has arranged the sale and financing of Ponderosa Park, an apartment property in Flagstaff. Keller Investment Properties sold the property to Bridge Partners for $28 million, or $233,750 per unit. Built in 1985 on five acres, Ponderosa Park offers 120 apartments, two laundry facilities, a clubhouse, fitness center and 24-hour emergency maintenance services. Steve Gebing, Cliff David and Hamid Panahi of IPA represented the seller and procured the buyer in the deal. Brian Eisendrath, Cameron Chalfant, Jesse Zarouk, Jake Vitta and Tyler Johnson of IPA Capital Markets secured acquisition financing for Bridge Partners.

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ROSEBURG, ORE., AND WOODLAND, WASH. — Northmarq has brokered the sale of a three-property manufactured housing portfolio in Oregon and Washington for $14.3 million. Jeff Benson and Sam Neumark of Northmarq represented the undisclosed seller and buyer on both transactions. Vancouver, Canada-based Harmony Communities acquired Western Star Mobile Home Community, a property at 101 Lad Lane in Roseburg that features 117 pads and 46 storage units. The asset was developed in 1973. Hurst and Son LLC purchased the 96-space Woodland properties — Oaks Mobile at 38308 Lakeshore Drive and Woodlands Mobile Home Community (MHC) at 3910 NW Pacific Highway. Woodlands MHC offers a clubhouse, library and waterfront along the Lewis River.

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JERSEY CITY, N.J. — The Community Builders (TCB) has delivered Fairview Heights, a 92-unit mixed-income multifamily project in Jersey City. The property is located in the McGinley Square area and offers studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units, more than half of which (50) are subject to income restrictions. Amenities include a children’s playroom, community lounge with a kitchenette and screening area, onsite laundry facilities and a fitness center. Inglese Architecture + Engineering designed the project, and Sisca Northeast Associates served as the general contractor.

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COLLEGE PARK, GA. — CBRE has facilitated the $57.2 million sale of a two-property multifamily portfolio in College Park, a southern suburb of Atlanta near Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. The communities in the portfolio include Meadow Springs and Meadow View and comprise 456 apartments combined. Greybrook acquired the portfolio from an affiliate of Harbor Group International LLC. Shea Campbell, Ashish Cholia, Kevin Geiger, Keith Geiger, Colleen Hendrix, Don Hoffman, Malcolm McComb and Kurt McGarry of CBRE Southeast Multifamily represented the seller in the transaction. The team also represented Harbor Group in its $102 million sale of a metro Atlanta multifamily portfolio to LRE Management LLC.

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KANSAS CITY, MO. — The Cordish Cos. has opened Midland Lofts in downtown Kansas City’s Power & Light District. The 135-unit apartment building is the adaptive reuse of the former Midland Office Building, which opened in 1927, and is directly connected to the Midland Theatre. The property is more than 80 percent leased, with about half of the residents coming from outside the Kansas City metro area, according to Cordish. Amenities at the 12-story project include a coffee bar, entertainment kitchen, fitness center, coworking spaces, billiards room, club lounge, meditation room, business center, conference rooms and Luxer package locker system. Locally based architecture and design firm Helix partnered with Rosin Preservation to retain historic elements of the building, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. RD Jones + Associates completed the interior design of the amenity spaces. Midland Lofts features a curated collection of art that was commissioned to celebrate the artists who performed in the Midland Theatre. Cordish developed the Power & Light District, which spans nine city blocks and has included more than $9.7 billion in public and private investment over the last 15 years. In 2008, Cordish and AMC completed a two-year, multi-million-dollar renovation …

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KALAMAZOO, MICH. — Standard Communities, in a joint venture with River Caddis Development, will build River’s Edge, a $56 million affordable housing community in Kalamazoo. A public-private partnership for the project includes the Michigan State Housing Development Authority, Kalamazoo County and the City of Kalamazoo. WNC & Associates is the equity partner. River’s Edge will feature 228 units, with 184 designated as affordable for those earning 60 percent or less of the area median income (AMI). The remaining 44 units are for residents with incomes under 120 percent of AMI. Affordability is made possible by Low-Income Housing Tax Credits. Located at 508 Harrison St. and 66 Gull Road, River’s Edge is comprised of two parcels totaling 7.4 acres northeast of downtown Kalamazoo. The project will include two four-story multifamily buildings, a four-unit live/work building and a commercial building with a leasing office and resident amenities such as a fitness center, playground and outdoor terraced patio. The community will have access to pedestrian paths connecting with the 35-mile Kalamazoo River Valley Trail. The project marks Standard’s entry into the Michigan market.

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TAYLOR, MICH. — Bayview PACE has provided $4.3 million in C-PACE financing for the 81-unit Hampton Manor-Taylor seniors housing community in Taylor near Detroit. The project sponsor is Florida-based Build Senior Living, the development arm of Hampton Manor. Licensed for 102 beds, Hampton Manor-Taylor features 65 assisted living units and 16 memory care units. The $4.3 million in C-PACE funds are part of a refinancing on the already-completed Taylor project, which is substantially leased. C-PACE, or Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy, can be used in a variety of applications including new construction and renovations. It can be utilized to recapitalize projects completed within three years in many jurisdictions.

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Ophelia

PITTSBURGH — A joint venture between Greystar and ECHO Realty has broken ground on Ophelia and The Meridian, a multifamily and retail project located at the intersection of Penn and Shady avenues in Pittsburgh.  The development will include Ophelia, a 231-unit multifamily project by Greystar; The Meridian, a 44,000-square-foot retail development spearheaded by ECHO Realty; and parking for both retail and residential uses. Ophelia will offer units in studio, one- and two-bedroom configurations, 35 of which will be subject to income restrictions under the city’s affordable housing program. Shared amenities will include a fitness center with an outdoor workout area, coworking space, a pool, grilling and lawn area and a clubroom with billiards and a bar. The development is set for completion in early 2026 with preleasing planned to begin in late 2025. The Meridian will include a 36,000-square-foot Market District grocery store alongside inline retail space, which has been preleased to tenants including Shake Shack and Barnes & Noble. The retail portion of the larger project is set to begin opening in 2025.  “Pittsburgh has a lot to offer with several of the country’s best universities — Pitt, Carnegie Mellon and Duquesne — and significant growth in the tech industry,” …

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By Taylor Williams ATLANTA — Seniors housing has long been established as a viable property type within the spectrum of commercial real estate investment, and at the institutional level, major seniors housing owners oftentimes happen to be major healthcare owners as well. The pairing is only logical. Seniors tend to require disproportionate amounts of healthcare resources, which is why ideal sites for their residential facilities tend to have proximity to hospitals. It also explains why the staffers who make these facilities run often have medical training backgrounds. Therefore, to continue to evolve as an asset class and investment proposition, it follows that seniors housing owners must, from top to bottom, deepen their embrace of healthcare technologies and operating philosophies within their properties. Editor’s note: InterFace Conference Group, a division of France Media Inc., produces networking and educational conferences for commercial real estate executives. To sign up for email announcements about specific events, visit www.interfaceconferencegroup.com/subscribe. At the InterFace Seniors Housing Southeast conference in Atlanta in late August, several panelists representing prominent owner-operators encouraged a crowd of 400-plus attendees at the Westin Buckhead Hotel to do just that. Incorporating both tangible and intangible features of pure-play healthcare properties and operations reflects an …

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