INDIANAPOLIS — Pillar has originated a $4.5 million Freddie Mac loan for the refinancing of 9000 Westfield Apartments in Indianapolis. Originally built in 1972, the multifamily property is located just inside the I-465 beltway circling Indianapolis. The property consists of 98 garden-style units and was 95 percent occupied at the time the deal closed. The fixed-rate, 10-year loan includes a 30-year amortization schedule. Joe Markech of Pillar originated the loan. The borrower was a family-owned commercial real estate investment group. Mike Dury of PR Mortgage arranged the transaction.
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ROWLETT, TEXAS — Bayside Land Partners, a partnership between Kent Donahue and Wilks Development, is developing Bayside, a $1 billion master-planned project encompassing 262 acres and featuring a variety of retail, restaurants, residential units and a resort hotel in the Lake Ray Hubbard area of Rowlett. Designed as a pedestrian-friendly, open-air resort, Bayside will feature more than 1.5 million square feet of commercial space, 3,000 residential units, a 1,000-slip marina and 700 hotel rooms. Lifescapes International will provide landscape design services for the project, including the development of the first-ever Crystal Lagoon in Texas. A Crystal Lagoon is a new technology that creates man-made lagoons with crystal-clear, turquoise waters in order to create a beachfront property. Additionally, Lifescapes will design a 116-acre peninsula, including 25 acres of parks, a variety of retail rooftop gardens and beach zones and the perimeter of the eight-acre Crystal Lagoon. Construction on the lagoon is slated to start this March and the project is scheduled to open by spring 2019.
IRVING, TEXAS — Dougherty Mortgage has closed a $3.8 million Fannie Mae loan for the refinancing for Woodwind Apartment Homes, a 64-unit multifamily property located in the Dallas suburb Irving. The 10-year loan features a 30-year amortization schedule. The loan was arranged through a partnership with Old Capital Lending and Dougherty’s Vienna, Va., office for the borrower, DCP 3947 Pleasant Run Road LLC.
DALLAS — Miami Lakes, Fla.-based The Kislak Organization has acquired Routh Street Flats, an apartment complex located at 3033 Routh St. in Dallas. Alamo Manhattan sold the 208-unit property for an undisclosed sum. Built in 2015, the property features 149 one- and two-bedroom layouts, a gated parking garage, rooftop terrace, infinity pool, fitness center, business center, bike repair station, pet park, resident lounge, fire pits and picnic areas. Moran & Co. Southwest represented the seller. Team Mozer with George Smith Partners arranged the acquisition financing, which was provided by Connecticut General Life Insurance Co. Kislak has selected Cottonwood Residential to manage Routh Street Flats’ day-to-day operations.
DALLAS — Marcus & Millichap has facilitated the sale of Woodfront Condominiums, an apartment building located at 5411 Columbia Ave. in Dallas. An individual/personal trust sold the property for an undisclosed price. Constructed in 1984, the property features 49 for-rent apartment units in a mix of one- and two-bedroom units. John Barker and Daniel Burton of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and secured the buyer, a private investor, in the deal.
ORLANDO, FLA. — Berkadia has arranged a $30.5 million acquisition loan for Tuscany Bay, a 396-unit apartment community located at 5870 Sundown Circle in Orlando. The property features one- and two-bedroom units ranging from 600 to 1,140 square feet. Community amenities include two swimming pools, a spa, sauna, courtyard, tennis and racquetball courts and on-site boat storage. The borrower, a partnership between Rosehill Group — a joint venture between Duncan Hillsley Capital and PEBB Capital — and Atlantic Creek Real Estate Partners LLC, will use the Freddie Mac loan to purchase and renovate Tuscany Bay to green efficiency standards. Charles Foschini, Mitch Sinberg, Christopher Apone, Brad Williamson and Matthew Robbins of Berkadia arranged the financing through Freddie Mac’s Value-Add and Green Up programs.
CHICAGO — Kiser Group has brokered the sale of a multifamily portfolio in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood for $15.3 million. The portfolio consists of three apartment buildings totaling 109 units. The vintage buildings are located at at 6100 N. Winthrop, 6101 N. Winthrop and 6110 N. Winthrop. Sal Becovic of Becovic Properties was the buyer. Rae Ann and Bob Cecrle of B&R Developments were the sellers. Lee Kiser, Michael Feldstein, Luke Lesniewski and Steven Haen of Kiser Group brokered the transaction.
SPARKS, NEV. — A San Francisco Bay Area-based private investor has acquired a 230-unit apartment building in the Reno submarket of Sparks for $15.5 million. The community, known as 1100 Place Apartments, is located at 1100 15th St. The asset underwent major renovations in 2015 that included new siding, exterior painting, enclosed carports, new asphalt, new landings, landscaping and signage. The community is now 96 percent occupied. Kenneth Blomsterberg, Ryan Rife and Benjamin Nelson of Marcus & Millichap represented both the buyer and seller, a special servicer, in this transaction.
An influx of new workers and residents is expected in the Clayton submarket of St. Louis thanks to more than $630 million in office, residential and mixed-use development that is in the planning stages or currently under way. Health insurer Centene Corp. has announced that it will build a new 16-acre, $450 million campus expansion on the east edge of downtown Clayton at Hanley Road, Forsyth Boulevard and Carondelet Plaza. The project, set to break ground early this year, stands to effectively shift the center of Clayton while adding a mixed-use, Class A office-anchored business and lifestyle development to the submarket. Delivery of the 500,000-square-foot Phase I tower is set for late 2019. At the opposite end of the submarket, Koman Group expects to break ground on its proposed 330,000-square-foot, 14-story office and retail project, situated at the corner of Forsyth and Brentwood boulevards. Just across the street is another $68 million, 233,000-square-foot office project likely to begin in 2018. Proposed by Jared Novelly and Apogee Associates, the project would bring the total proposed office development to a robust 1 million square feet of new Class A space in downtown Clayton. As the premier office submarket in St. Louis, Clayton …
Hensel Phelps, Mithun to Build $142M Phase II of Student Housing Project at UC San Diego
by Nellie Day
SAN DIEGO — The University of California, San Diego has selected a partnership between contracting firm Hensel Phelps and design firm Mithun to build Phase II of its East Campus graduate student housing project. Phase II, to be named Nuevo West, will consist of two buildings totaling 442,000 square feet. The $142 million development will offer 880 beds, 1,350 parking stalls, outdoor gathering space, a market, café and social amenity space. Eighty of the beds at Nuevo West will be reserved for families and patients undergoing medical treatments at the adjacent UCSD medical center. Phase II will be located adjacent to the first phase of the project, Mesa Nueva, a $208.6 million development consisting of 1,355 beds for graduate and professional students. Phase I of the project is under construction now, with an anticipated opening in 2017. Phase II is slated for completion in 2019 .