OVERLAND PARK, KAN. — Metropolitan Capital Advisors Ltd. (MCA) has arranged a $17.5 million loan for the refinancing of The Dunes at St. Andrews Apartments in Overland Park. The property, built in 2000, consists of 240 units and is 97 percent occupied. The 10-year loan features an interest rate of 4.3 percent. Charley Babb and Tiffany Mullins of MCA placed the loan with a Fannie Mae/DUS lender.
FLOWERY BRANCH, GA. — Cushman & Wakefield’s Atlanta multifamily team has brokered the sale of TreePark, a 456-unit apartment community located in Flowery Branch. Toronto-based Venterra Realty purchased the asset from Atlanta-based Watkins Real Estate Group for $58.8 million. The community was developed in 2006 on 38 acres east of Lake Lanier. Amenities include a resort-style clubhouse, swimming pool, lighted tennis courts, walking trail, park area with green space, spa and parking areas for RVs and boats. Brandon Whitesell, Chris Spain and Alex Brown of Cushman & Wakefield represented Watkins in the transaction. TreePark was 93.4 percent occupied at the time of sale.
SEMINOLE, FLA. — Greystone has arranged a $48.5 million refinancing for Lake Seminole Square, a seniors housing community in the Tampa suburb of Seminole. Brookdale operates the entrance-fee continuing care retirement community. Further details were not disclosed. Greystone’s seniors housing lending team of Scott Kavel, Neal Raburn and Cary Tremper completed the Fannie Mae financing.
LITTLE ROCK, ARK. — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has arranged a $47.7 million acquisition loan for two Class B apartment communities in Little Rock totaling 712 units. The properties, Chenal Lakes Apartment Homes and Brightwaters Apartment Homes, were built in the mid-1980s and underwent several renovations between 2011 and 2016. Erik Storz of KeyBank arranged the 10-year loan through Fannie Mae’s Green Rewards Loan Program. The financing features five years of interest-only payments and a 30-year amortization schedule.
CHATTANOOGA, TENN. — The RADCO Cos. has acquired its first apartment community in Tennessee — Mountain Creek in Chattanooga. RADCO purchased the 296-unit, Class C property for $20 million and has renamed it Radius Mountain Creek, the third community under RADCO’s Radius brand. Marcus Lyons and David Oakley of Berkadia represented the seller, Detroit-based Broder & Sachse Real Estate Services, in the transaction. Berkadia also recently brokered the $8.5 million sale of another asset in Chattanooga, Ledford Apartments, on behalf of Broder & Sachse. RADCO will spend about $6.5 million on capital improvements of Radius Mountain Creek. The Atlanta-based multifamily investor is financing the acquisition and renovations using a $19.8 million loan from Bank of North Georgia and more than $8 million in private capital. RADCO Residential will manage the asset. Built in 1972, Radius Mountain Creek is situated on 50 acres north of the Tennessee River and features views of nearby Signal Mountain. Units average 931 square feet and community amenities include a fitness center, playground, business center and a swimming pool.
LACONIA, N.H. — Connecticut-based investment bank HJ Sims has arranged $17.5 million in bond financing for Taylor Community, a nonprofit continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in Laconia, a resort and retirement destination in New Hampshire’s Lakes Region. The new bonds will replace and restructure existing debt on the property, as well as terminate third-party interest rate swaps. The community’s improved financial performance and higher occupancy opened up opportunity for the refinancing. The new bonds feature a fixed 3.75 percent interest rate for a 10-year period.
FORT WORTH AND WACO, TEXAS — CBRE has secured $38 million in permanent financing for the recapitalization of two student housing properties totaling 558 beds in Fort Worth and Waco. The properties include Village East near Texas Christian University in Fort Worth and 11th Street Flats near Baylor University in Waco. Both properties offer fully furnished units with off-street parking. The borrower and lender were undisclosed.
HOUSTON — Thor Equities has announced the topping out of the residential tower at Kirby Collection, a 1 million-square-foot mixed-use development in Houston’s Upper Kirby District. The 25-story, 385,000-square-foot building will feature 199 apartments in 21 different floor plans, including townhomes, garden lofts and penthouses. Slated for completion in September, the property will also include a clubhouse deck with a pool and cabanas, a fitness center, business center and lounge. Additional amenities include a parking garage, valet parking and a private entrance with 24-hour security. The project team includes E.E. Reed Construction, Richard Keating Architecture, Dianna Wong Architectures + Design, Kirksey, Walter P Moore and WYLIE.
HONDO, TEXAS — Senior Living Investment Brokerage Inc. (SLIB) has arranged the $1.8 million sale of a 75-bed skilled nursing facility in the San Antonio suburb of Hondo. The facility was built in 1966, and an office annex was added in 1997. The name of the facility was not disclosed. An independent owner-operator from the Dallas area purchased the property. The seller was an operator from a different region looking to remove a non-core asset. Matthew Alley of SLIB arranged the transaction.
SEATTLE — A joint venture between real estate investment company Kennedy Wilson (NYSE: KW) and an undisclosed partner has acquired Radius, a 282-unit multifamily community in Seattle’s South Lake Union submarket, for $141 million. Radius is a class-A apartment community built in 2015. Amenities include two rooftop decks, gaming room, fitness center and a private resident media room. The seller was not disclosed. Radius is located directly across the street from the world headquarters and main campus of Amazon and walking distance to over 10 million square feet of additional Amazon office space. The property is also within walking distance of employers such as Facebook, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and a future 607,000-square-foot Google campus. The 50/50 joint venture invested $72 million of equity for the purchase, drawing from its recent $58 million sale of The Grove, a 331-unit community in San Jose, Calif. The partnership also secured a 10-year acquisition loan of $70 million. The financing features a fixed interest rate of 4.06 percent and interest-only payments for the first five years. “Radius is an exciting addition to our Seattle apartment portfolio,” says Shem Streeter, managing director of Kennedy Wilson Multifamily Investments. “Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood features some of …