WINTER PARK, FLA. — ARA Newmark has brokered the $28.7 million sale of Cranes Landing, a 252-unit, garden-style apartment community located in Winter Park, a suburb of Orlando. New York-based White Eagle Property Group purchased the asset from the undisclosed seller for $113,690 per unit. Cranes Landing features one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts and amenities such as an indoor racquetball court, fitness center, tennis court, sand volleyball court and two swimming pools. Scott Ramey, Kevin Judd, Patrick Dufour, Marc deBaptiste and Dick Donnellan of ARA Newmark represented the seller in the transaction.
WINTER SPRINGS, FLA. — Watermark Retirement Communities has started construction of The Watermark at Vistawilla, an 89-unit memory care community in the Orlando suburb of Winter Springs. Watermark, The Freshwater Group and development partners Rookis Investment Partners and Gulf Coastal Development Inc. broke ground on the community earlier in December. The project is slated for completion in the fourth quarter of 2017. Tampa-based Chancey Design Partnership designed the project. Watermark will both own and operate the community. Watermark Retirement Communities, based in Tucson, Ariz., is the 13th largest operator of seniors housing communities in the United States, managing 6,713 units across 36 communities, according to the American Seniors Housing Association’s 2016 calculations.
CROTON-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. — NorthMarq Capital has arranged $16 million in refinancing for Springvale Apartments, an age-restricted multifamily property located on Skytop Drive in Croton-on-Hudson. The property features 524 units for residents age 55 or older. The transaction was structured with a 15-year term on a 30-year amortization schedule. Robert Ranieri of NorthMarq arranged the financing for the undisclosed borrower through NorthMarq’s seller/servicer relationship with Freddie Mac.
MORRISTOWN, N.J. — Woodmont Properties and Roseland Residential Trust have commenced construction for Metropolitan Lofts, a luxury apartment building located at 11 Dehart St. in Morristown. The building will feature 59 units in a mix of one- and two-bedroom apartments and 1,100 square feet of ground-level retail space. On-site amenities include a fitness center and golf simulator. The building is the final component of a mixed-use redevelopment project that combines residential space with 53,000 square feet of retail space at the Shops on the Green and a 795-car public parking facility.
ORANGE, N.J. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a mixed-use property located at 256 Reock St. in Orange. A private investor sold the 13,500-square-foot property to an out-of-state buyer for $1.6 million. The property features seven residential units and two commercial spaces. Michael Lombardi of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, while Chip Collins, also of Marcus & Millichap, represented the buyer in the deal.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Pilot Properties has acquired Barclay House, a multifamily property located at 2100 Forest Park Blvd. in the Berkeley Place neighborhood of Fort Worth, from an out-of-state investor for an undisclosed sum. Built in 1926, the property features 17 units in two buildings, a courtyard, covered parking and on-site laundry facilities. Boyan Radic, Doug Banerjee, Andrew Mueller, Ryan Hill and Andrew Hanson of Greysteel represented the seller and procured the buyer. Additionally, Greysteel arranged a three-year loan through a local bank for the acquisition. The loan features two years of interest-only payments, a two-year extension option and a 25-year amortization schedule. Anton Mattli and John Marshall Doss of Greysteel arranged the financing for the buyer.
ARLINGTON, TEXAS — Greysteel has brokered the sale of Treehouse Apartments, a multifamily property located in Arlington. RMC Consultants sold the property to a private investor for an undisclosed price. Built in 1972, the property comprises five buildings totaling 16 units. Boyan Radic, Doug Banerjee, Andrew Mueller, Ryan Hill and Andrew Hanson of Greysteel represented the buyer and seller in the deal.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of two neighboring multifamily properties in Fort Worth. A Dallas-based limited liability company acquired the 104-unit Villas Del Sol and the 118-unit Wedgewood Apartments from a private investment group for an undisclosed price. Al Silva, Mark McCoy and Ford Braly of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction.
STAMFORD, CONN. — GAIA Real Estate and its institutional partners Menora Mivtachim Insurance, Amitim Senior Pension Funds, Psagot Investment House and CAPSSA have acquired a five-property multifamily portfolio at Harbor Point in Stamford from a joint venture between Building and Land Technology and the Lubert-Adler Real Estate Funds. The 1,214-unit portfolio consists of Postmark, 111 Harbor Point, Vault, The Key at Yale & Towne and The Lofts at Yale & Towne. The acquisition price was not released.
NEW YORK CITY — Toll Brothers Inc. has partnered with Gemdale Properties and Investments, an affiliate of Gemdale Corp., to develop a luxury condominium property at 121 E. 22nd St. in Manhattan. Designed by the Office for Metropolitan Architecture, the two-tower property will feature 133 condominium units. The joint venture has secured a $237 million construction loan from a syndicate of five banks, including Bank of New York Mellon, Capital One, China Merchants Bank-New York, MUFG Union Bank and CIT Bank. The debt and equity were arranged by Toll Brothers’ in-house finance team. Additionally, Morrison & Foerster provided legal counsel to Gemdale in the joint venture.