Multifamily

JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — Berkadia has arranged the $13.1 million sale of Deer Meadow, a 200-unit affordable housing community located at 8859 Old Kings Road South. Built in 2000, Deer Meadow includes one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans with walk-in laundry rooms, bonus rooms, solariums and kitchen appliances. Community amenities include lake views, a fitness center, clubhouse and a swimming and wading pool. Cole Whitaker of Berkadia’s Orlando office, Greg Rainey of the firm’s Jacksonville office and Jason Stanton of the firm’s Tampa office brokered the sale. Springfield, Mass.-based Aspen Square Management Inc. purchased the property from Rockville, Md.-based Deer Meadow Associates Ltd.

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NEWARK, N.J. — The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) and developer Dranoff Properties have started construction of One Theater Square, a $116 million high-rise multifamily complex in Newark. One Theater Square will be the first new ground-up, upscale residential high rise in the city since 1960, according to the developers. The 22-story project will be situated on 1.2 acres across from NJPAC and Military Park. It will contain 245 units, most of which will be one- and two-bedroom apartments that will range in size from 585 to 1,700 square feet. The project includes 24 affordable housing units that will be marketed as artist residences, though they will be available to anyone who meets the financial criteria. The ground floor will include 12,000 square feet of retail space. One Theater Square will have a 24-hour concierge, rooftop community gathering space, fitness facility and multiple club rooms. Developers plan to complete the project in the summer of 2018. The public-private partnership includes contributions from the City of Newark; the State of New Jersey; Prudential Financial; Fifth Third Bank; Dranoff; and NJPAC. Philadelphia-based Dranoff Properties develops, builds, finances and/or manages multifamily developments in and around the Northeast. Carl E. Dranoff founded the …

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SPRINGFIELD, ILL. — Bluffstone Student Housing has opened The Villas Downtown Springfield, a 79-unit student housing development located near the University of Illinois at Springfield campus in Springfield. The development features 4,000 square feet of retail space. The residential portion of the community offers studio, one- and two-bedroom units with bed-to-bath parity. Common amenities at The Villas include a 24-hour recreational area, laundry facilities, community meeting areas, responsive concierge and a TV lounge. Town and Country Bank financed the $8.8 million development, which opened for occupancy on August 13.

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ORLANDO, FLA. — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has provided $116.6 million in loans to Sentio Healthcare Properties, a REIT based in Orlando. Sentio will use the money to recapitalize its portfolio of eight seniors housing properties throughout the United States. The financing was structured as a $62 million in direct (balance sheet) loan and a series of Fannie Mae loans totaling $54.6 million. The specific eight properties involved in the financing were not disclosed. Grant Saunders and Sarah Belmont of KeyBank Real Estate Capital’s Healthcare Group originated the bank term loan, while Charlie Shoop of Key’s Healthcare Mortgage Banking Group arranged the Fannie Mae financing. Sentio is a public, non-traded REIT established in 2006. The company primarily invests in seniors housing and healthcare communities with investments in 34 properties across 16 states.

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CLEARWATER AND LONGWOOD, FLA. — Alexander Investments International has begun construction on The Alexander at Countryside in Clearwater and The Alexander at Sabal Point in Longwood. The $102 million investment will total 616 apartment units featuring one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts with nine-foot ceilings, 42-inch cabinets, quartz or granite countertops, wood-style plank flooring and screened verandas. Both projects will feature clubhouses with fitness centers, game rooms, bar areas, resort-style pools with gazebos, fire pits and grilling stations. The 330-unit Alexander at Countryside will rent from $1,100 to $2,000 per month, and the 286-unit Alexander at Sabal Point will rent from $980 to $1,800 per month. Alexander Investments plans to deliver both assets by the end of 2017.

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HARVEY AND ALGIERS, LA. — G.S. Wilcox & Co. has arranged two loans totaling $44.2 million for apartment communities in Harvey and Algiers. David Fryer of G.S. Wilcox arranged the two loans through Legacy Texas Bank on behalf of an unnamed, repeat client of G.S. Wilcox. The financing includes a $24.2 million loan for the refinancing of a 408-unit garden-style community in Harvey and a $20 million acquisition loan for a 442-unit garden-style community in Algiers.

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AUSTIN, TEXAS — Kor Group has begun construction on Austin Proper Hotel & Residences, a mixed-use hotel and residential tower in downtown Austin. The merchant banking division of Goldman, Sachs & Co. is the capital partner for the development, which is slated to open in 2018. The 33-story, 500,000-square-foot project will be managed and branded by Proper Hospitality, a lifestyle hotel operator. The tower will feature 244 hotel rooms with interior design by Kelly Wearstler; dining options by McGuire Moorman Hospitality; and over 12,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor meeting and event space. Atop the hotel are 99 condominiums available for purchase. Property amenities will include full hotel services for both residents and guests, two roof decks with swimming pools, a full spa and fitness center, lobby restaurant and lounge, coffee shop and an elevated poolside restaurant.

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Ken Dychtwald, Age Wave

WASHINGTON, D.C. — An age wave is coming that will be the most extraordinary demographic disruption in history, and one which will create both winners and losers in the seniors housing space, predicts Ken Dychtwald, a noted psychologist, gerontologist and author. The number of people 65 and older in this country is projected to increase 81 percent between 2010 and 2030, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The first of the Baby Boomers will turn 80 in 2026. That demographic tsunami presents great opportunities and risks for owners and operators of seniors housing. “You will win if you can imagine this generation, understand what’s in their hearts and souls and minds and bodies, and then project them into a stage of life that itself is morphing as they migrate into it,” said Dychtwald, founder and CEO of Emeryville, Calif.-based Age Wave, a thought leader on issues relating to an aging population, including the business and social implications. The comments from Dychtwald came during the 2016 NIC Fall Conference at the Marriott Marquis in Washington, D.C. The three-day event attracted a record turnout of more than 2,500 attendees, largely owners, operators, developers and lenders. Dychtwald was the first of three speakers …

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HUBER HEIGHTS, OHIO — Miller-Valentine Group plans to develop WaterStone at Carriage Trails, a 192-unit apartment community at the intersection of I-70 and Route 201 within the Carriage Trails master-planned development in Huber Heights, about nine miles outside of Dayton. The apartment community will feature one-, two- and three-bedroom residences with rents starting from $911 for a one-bedroom unit, $1,100 for a two-bedroom unit and $1,165 for a three-bedroom unit. Unit interiors will feature wood-style flooring, private balconies and patios, kitchen islands, in-unit washers and dryers, quartz countertops, walk-in closets and stainless steel appliances. Community amenities will include a resort-style pool, 4,500-square-foot clubhouse, cyber café, coffee bar, billiards room, TV lounge, fitness center with yoga room, private dog park and rentable entertainment areas. The development team includes architect CR Architecture + Design, landscape architect POD Design, interior designer Mitsch Design, civil engineer American StructurePoint and general contractor Miller-Valentine Residential Construction.

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JOHNSTON, IOWA — NorthMarq Capital has arranged the $12.4 million refinancing of Providence Pointe East, a 141-unit apartment community located at 10310 Providence Drive in Johnston. Jason Kinnison of NorthMarq Capital’s Omaha, Neb., office arranged the Freddie Mac loan on behalf of the undisclosed borrower.

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