SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. — A joint venture between Optima and DeBartolo Development received $49.8 million in first mortgage debt to refinance the 206-unit Optima Sonoran Village in Old Town Scottsdale. The community is located at 6895 East Camelback Road. CBRE’s Rocco Mandala arranged the financing, and Mesa West Capital provided the funding.
SEATTLE — Oxford Finance LLC, a Virginia-based specialty finance firm that provides senior debt to life sciences and healthcare services companies, has closed a $27 million term loan to Cascade Capital Group LLC. The funds were used to purchase three skilled nursing facilities in Colorado and Utah. The names of the facilities were not disclosed. Based in Seattle, Cascade Capital is a newly formed private equity firm that invests in long-term care facilities. It leases its facilities to Illinois-based Legacy Healthcare.
ANAHEIM, CALIF. — Kisco Senior Living has announced plans for a $16 million expansion to Emerald Court, a 194-unit independent living and assisted living community in the Los Angeles suburb of Anaheim. The expansion will add a two-story, 58-unit assisted living building as well as a new bistro, fitness center and several landscaped courtyards. In addition to the new construction, Kisco will renovate and expand the common areas and residences of the existing buildings. Kisco plans to break ground on the expansion in June of this year. Based in Carlsbad, Kisco Senior Living owns and operates 22 seniors housing communities in seven states, with a heavy concentration in California.
PROVO, UTAH — Berkadia has arranged the sale of University Villa Apartments, a 125-unit student housing property located three blocks from the Brigham Young University campus in Provo, for an undisclosed price. The buyer intends to complete major renovations on the complex, which was originally built in 1965. James Wadsworth and Greg Barratt of Berkadia represented the seller, a California-based entity, in the transaction. The complex offers two- and three-bedroom units with fully equipped kitchens, high-speed Internet, cable, air conditioning and outdoor storage. Community amenities include a recreation room, swimming pool and hot tub, laundry facility and a barbecue area.
SAYREVILLE, N.J. — O’Neill Properties Group (OPG) has completed brownfield remediation at the 40-acre lagoon at The Pointe, a $2.2 billion mixed-use project in Sayreville. Vertical construction will commence in spring 2016 on a 200,000-square-foot Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World, which will be the largest Bass Pro in the country outside of its original flagship operation. When OPG acquired the 440-acre site in 2008, the company committed to cleaning the massive brownfield contamination, including a 40-acre lagoon that was contaminated with titanium dioxide waste byproducts from the former on-site National Lead manufacturing facility. The cost of the nine-year remediation project was $8 million. Upon build out, The Pointe will bring 725,000 square feet of retail space; 2,000 upscale waterfront townhomes and luxury apartments; 32,000 square feet of Class A office space; and 1,250 hotel rooms. Additional community amenities will include a 45,000-square-foot community and fitness center, a 9,700-square-foot facility for fire and EMS services and a 10,000-square-foot performing arts center, as well as a rooftop solar farm. Project partners include MLP Builders, Maser Consulting and Ripco Real Estate.
NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS — CBRE Capital Markets has arranged the sale of Courtyards on Glenview, a 241-unit multifamily community in the Fort Worth suburb of North Richland Hills. The 257,087-square-foot complex is located at 4401 Glenview Court, and was 93 percent occupied at the time of sale. Chris Deuillet and Nita Stewart of CBRE’s Dallas office represented the seller, Courtyards on Glenview LP, in the sale of the property to EB Real Estate Group LLC for an undisclosed price.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Aspen Heights has topped out on Rise – 8th and Nueces, a 198-unit apartment tower located at 805 Nueces St. in downtown Austin. This project will be Aspen Heights’ first non-student housing development. The 22-story project will feature a rooftop infinity edge pool, deck and lounge, a rooftop dog park and a top-floor fitness center overlooking the State Capitol Building. Aspen Heights worked with local firm Greenstar Development to source the land, fund the project and assist with development. Rhode:Partners is the project’s architect.
DALLAS — Metropolitan Capital Advisors (MCA) has arranged $6.9 million in both debt and equity for the construction of Block at Bennett, a 22-unit high-end condominium development in Dallas. MCA arranged the financing on behalf of a partnership sponsored by Larkspur Capital. The property will be located near the corner of Bennett Avenue and Fuqua Street in the Dallas neighborhood of Henderson. The construction loan was funded by a regional bank and was structured with limited recourse. The equity partner is a foreign investment fund.
FARMINGTON AND HOWELL, MICH. — Capital Finance LLC, a subsidiary of Baltimore-based Capital Funding Group (CFG), has arranged a $7 million working capital line of credit for the operator of Farmington Health Care Center in Farmington and Howell Care Center in Howell. Both towns are northwest suburbs of Detroit. The two skilled nursing facilities, which were recently acquired, total 273 beds. The credit line provides the borrowers with additional commitment capacity while they work to obtain their new provider numbers from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, according to CFG.
NEW YORK CITY — Ariel Property Advisors has arranged the $42.1 million sale of a three-building multifamily portfolio in Central Harlem. Castellan Real Estate Partners sold the portfolio, which totals 156,870 square feet, for $42.1 million, or approximately $290,000 per unit. Featuring 144 residential units and three employee units, the properties are located at 117-125 W. 141st St., 127-135 W. 141st St. and 137-145 W. 141st. Victor Sozio, Shimon Shkury, Michael Tortorici, Josh Berkowitz and Matthew Gillis of Ariel Property Advisors represented the seller and procured the buyer, a partnership between Guardian Realty Management and Irving Langer and Michael Langer of E&M Associates.
