HOLLYWOOD, FLA. — Housing Trust Group (HTG) has opened the Apartments at University Station, a $100 million mixed-used affordable housing community located in downtown Hollywood. The development features 216 income-restricted units of affordable and workforce housing — 108 one-bedroom and 108 two-bedroom apartments — ranging in size from 621 square feet to 899 square feet. The property’s affordable component will apply to all households earning between 22 and 80 percent of the area median income. The complex comprises two residential towers, a 635-space public-private parking garage, more than 2,000 square feet of retail space and a new 12,210-square-foot campus for Barry University’s College of Nursing and Health Services. Amenities at the complex include a multipurpose room with a catering kitchen and bar, fitness center, resort-style swimming pool and a game room, as well as elevated pedestrian bridges connecting the residential buildings to the parking garage. Developed in a public-private partnership with the City of Hollywood, the project team includes general contractor ANF Group Inc., Corwil Architects, HSQ Group (civil engineer), B. Pila Design Studio (interior design), Witkin Hults + Partners (landscape architect), BNI Engineers (structural engineer), RPJ Inc. (MEP engineer) and Kaller Architecture (Barry University interiors). Financing sources for the development …
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Dallas-based investment firm Entrada Partners has acquired a 243-bed student housing property located near the western portion of the University of Texas at Austin campus. Built in 2012 and known as 24Longview, the property offers a mix of one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom floor plans across 70 units. The amenity package comprises a pool, fitness center, lounge area, study rooms, green space and onsite laundry facilities. Kent Myers and Jordan Featherston of Institutional Property Advisors, a division of Marcus & Millichap, represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. De’On Collins, Jayme Nelson and Samantha Jay of JLL arranged acquisition financing for Entrada Partners, which plans to implement capital improvements at 24Longview.
CLARENDON, VA. — Carr Properties has received site plan approval for the redevelopment of 3033 Wilson Blvd. in the Washington, D.C., suburb of Clarendon. Situated across from the Clarendon Metro Station, the former 160,000-square-foot office building will be transformed into a 309-unit multifamily complex with 6,000 square feet of ground level retail space. Carr Properties will participate in Arlington’s Green Building Incentive Program while also aiming for LEED Gold certification for 3033 Wilson. Architecture firm SK+I and interior design firm Edit Lab by Streetsense will design the redeveloped property, which will include a fitness center, coworking lounge, rooftop pool deck, clubroom, landscaped courtyard and 324 underground parking spaces with 13 electric vehicle charging stations. The project team also includes landscape architect ParkerRodriguez, civil engineer Bohler DC and McGuireWoods as land-use counsel. 3033 Wilson is anticipated to break ground in early 2026, with completion slated for 2027.
SAN JOSE, CALIF. — Federal Realty Investment Trust has completed the $74 million disposition of Levare, a Class A apartment building located within Santana Row in San Jose. The name of the buyer was not released. Delivered in 2011, Levare features 108 apartments that were 95 percent leased at the time of sale.
COLUMBUS, OHIO — Woda Cooper Cos. Inc. and its co-developer Community Development for All People (CD4AP) have opened Columbus Renaissance Housing, a 46-unit affordable housing community located at 33 W. Morrill Ave. in Columbus. The property is reserved for renters with household incomes up to 60 percent of the area median income, which is $61,980 per year for a family of four. The project is comprised of one three-story building. There are 12 one-bedroom units, 28 two-bedroom apartments and six three-bedroom units. The property is certified LEED Silver. Amenities include a community room, parcel room, fitness center, central laundry, a playground, onsite office and bike racks. CD4AP is operating an onsite office to assist residents with advocacy, financial literacy, community enrichment activities and goal setting as well as referrals for addiction counseling, childcare, healthcare, employment and legal counsel. Columbus Renaissance Housing represents a combination of public and private investment from entities, including the City of Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio Housing Finance Agency (OHFA), Affordable Housing Trust for Columbus & Franklin County (AHT) and Columbus-Franklin County Finance Authority, as well as several commercial investors and lenders. The City of Columbus provided a low-interest permanent loan and approved a 15-year tax abatement …
CHICAGO — Interra Realty has arranged the $3.4 million sale of a 34-unit apartment building in Chicago’s Albany Park neighborhood. Located at 4901 N. Christiana Ave. and built in 1928, the property includes 33 studios and one one-bedroom unit. The building was 97 percent occupied at the time of sale and recently received capital improvements to 23 units. Patrick Kennelly of Interra represented the local buyer, 606 Realty. Joe Smazal of Interra represented the seller, an entity led by Mike Root of Chicago-based Root Realty.
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — CBRE has brokered the sale of a multifamily development site in White Plains, located north of New York City. The 1.3-acre site at 1 Water St. is located on the eastern edge of the downtown area, directly adjacent to the local public transit station. A partnership between David Gaber of Bijou Properties and Kavneet Sethi of Green Property LLC purchased the site, which is approved for the development of a 301-unit high-rise building, from New Jersey-based Veris Residential. Jeffrey Dunne, Eric Apfel and Travis Langer of CBRE brokered the deal.
DOVER, DEL. — JLAM, an investment and development firm with offices in Delaware and Charlotte, is underway on construction of Windward Ridge, a 300-unit apartment community in Dover. The community will feature one-, two- and three-bedroom units and amenities such as a clubhouse, pool, yoga and fitness studios and wooded walking trails. Leasing is expected to begin sometime next year. Project partners include Architectural Alliance Inc., Erin Marshall Interior Designs, Morris & Ritchie Associates Inc. (civil engineer) and Christiana Excavating (sitework contractor). A general contractor has not yet been selected.
DELAWARE — Largo Capital, a financial intermediary based in upstate New York, has arranged a $14.5 million CMBS permanent loan for a portfolio of three manufactured housing properties totaling 342 sites in Delaware. The names and addresses of the properties, which collectively span more than 100 acres and were 94 percent occupied at the time of loan closing, were not disclosed. Jack Phillips of Largo Capital originated the nonrecourse, interest-only loan. The borrower and direct lender were also not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — LMXD, an affiliate of New York City-based L&M Development Partners, and residential developer Ray have begun leasing a 21-story multifamily and civic project in Harlem. Designed by Frida Escobedo Architects and Handel Architects, the National Black Theatre & Ray Harlem houses 222 mixed-income apartments, commercial space along 125th Street and a multi-purpose room that is open to the community. Units come in studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans. Residential amenities include a communal kitchen and outdoor grilling stations, a coworking lounge, fitness center and yoga studio, library curated by Phaidon Press, living room lounge and two outdoor terraces. In addition, the site features a 27,000-square-foot home for the National Black Theatre. This space houses offices, classrooms, a 250-seat performance venue, a 99-seat flexible studio theater and a set-building shop to support workforce development in theatrical trades. Construction topped out in fall 2023.