CHARLESTON, S.C. — NXT Capital has provided a $21 million acquisition loan for 400 Meeting Street, a 41-unit, 160-bed student housing community situated less than a mile north of the College of Charleston. The Class A community includes a fitness center, covered bicycle storage, car sharing services and controlled access. According to the property website, the borrower is renovating and rebranding 400 Meeting Street as My House on Meeting.
ORLANDO, FLA. — Berkadia has arranged the $19.4 million sale of The Park at Salerno, a 200-unit multifamily community located at 2100 S. Conway Road in Orlando. Tampa-based Palm Harbor Property Holdings LLC sold the asset to a partnership between Reno, Nev.-based Goldelm at Salerno LLC and Jacksonville, Fla.-based Michaelson Real Estate Group. Community amenities at The Park at Salerno include a clubhouse, coffee bar, resident lounge, business center, fitness center, two pools, tropical landscaping, planned social activities and gated access.
The following is a Q&A with Jay Madary, president and CEO of Oak Brook, Ill.-based JVM Realty, regarding the state of the multifamily market in the Midwest. JVM owns and operates Class A and B apartment communities in Midwest markets such as Cleveland, Indianapolis, Kansas City and suburban Chicago. Madary was also quoted in the March issue of Heartland Real Estate Business in an article discussing apartment amenities and property management trends. Heartland Real Estate Business: What is your assessment of the health of secondary and tertiary multifamily markets in the Midwest? Jay Madary: They’re healthy. Supply and demand are in balance, and rents are affordable for residents. When you combine those rents with the strong income levels in the region, you can see there’s room for steady rent growth, unlike some of the primary coastal markets such as San Francisco and New York. From an investment perspective, the lower acquisition costs for apartment communities in the Midwest allow for higher returns than you’ll find in gateway markets. Residents of the Midwest are commonly described as steady and reliable, and that describes the multifamily market in the region as well. It may not have a lot of sizzle in the form of enormous rent …
SANTA ANA, CALIF. — The Bascom Group has purchased the 406-unit Villas at Tustin Apartments in Santa Ana for $94 million. The community is located at 2414 N. Tustin Ave. It was built in 1972. The property has access to the 55, 22, 91, and 5 freeways. Notable employers in the area include Xerox, T-Mobile and CoreLogic. HFF’s Sean Deasy and Ryan Fitzpatrick executed the transaction. The firm also arranged a $66.5 million loan with California Bank & Trust in connection with the sale.
WESTMINSTER, COLO. — A private investor has acquired a 16-unit apartment community in Westminster for $2.3 million. The community is located at 7461 Quitman St. The property contains two buildings with two-bedroom residences. Sevak Keshishian and Lance Krachey of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer.
DALLAS — Greysteel, an investments services firm, has brokered the sale of Royal Lane Apartments, a 172-unit multifamily complex in north Dallas. Located at 2825 Royal Lane near Interstate 635 and the Royal Lane DART station, the property features a courtyard, picnic area and on-site laundry services. Boyan Radic, Doug Banerjee, Andrew Mueller and Andrew Hanson of Greysteel represented the seller in the transaction. Other terms of the sale were not released.
SAN ANTONIO — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Alcove at Alamo Heights, a 107-unit multifamily community located at 6419 N. Vandiver Road within a few miles of San Antonio’s CBD. Units at the property, which includes a resort-style pool with cabanas and poolside grills, average 923 square feet each. Will Balthrope, Drew Kile and Jordan Featherstone of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, Stillwater Capital, in the transaction, and procured the undisclosed buyer.
NASHVILLE, TENN. — Harborview Capital Partners, a commercial real estate finance, equity and advisory firm, has arranged $36.3 million in financing for the acquisition of two skilled nursing facilities in Nashville. The financing includes senior acquisition and capital expenditure loans, as well as a line of credit. The acquisition loan features 12 months of interest-only payments and partial recourse at an 85 percent loan-to-cost rate. The interest rate will float at a level of LIBOR plus 235. Harborview’s Eli Kutner arranged the financing. The borrower and names of facilities were not disclosed.
The Nashville multifamily market’s roll continued through the end of 2016 with nearly 6,400 units absorbed, a 10 percent increase compared to 2015, according to Axiometrics. This demand was fueled by steady employment growth of nearly 28,000 new jobs, led by world-class healthcare employers, educational institutions and a burgeoning tech scene. The rate of job growth in Nashville is currently about 50 percent faster than the national level, and as a top destination for young people and the creative class, it’s becoming a cultural and entertainment destination that’s nationally recognized. Rental rates grew on average by 5.6 percent in 2016, buoyed by the fact Nashville had the nation’s second-highest rate of wage growth at 5.3 percent, behind only the Silicon Valley tech hub of San Jose, according to Headlight Data. Average market occupancy remained tight at an average rate of 96 percent, with the Murfreesboro, Southeast Nashville (Antioch) and Sumner County submarkets being the highest performers to end the year. Four submarkets saw rent growth over 7 percent in 2016, including Southeast Nashville, Wilson County/Hermitage, Airport/Briley Parkway and Rivergate/Hendersonville. Submarkets with concentrations of new supply lagged the market average, highlighted by Downtown and Williamson County. Transaction volume set a new …
PORTER, TEXAS — Q10 Kinghorn, Driver, Hough & Co. (Q10 KDH) has arranged $2 million in financing for Gilbert House Apartments, a 35,900-square-foot multifamily complex in Porter, a city roughly 25 miles north of Houston. Larry Peters of Q10 KDH arranged the 10-year loan, which has a 30-year amortization schedule. The undisclosed borrower recently upgraded unit interiors at the 33-unit property, which is located at 24595 Gilbert Drive.
