LARGO, FLA. — Berkadia has brokered the $54 million sale of Madison at Largo, a 444-unit property located at 601 E. Rosemary Road N.E. in Largo, a city in the Tampa Bay area roughly five miles from downtown Clearwater. Since purchasing the property in 2011 for $14.3 million, the seller, West Springfield, Mass.-based Largo Landry LLC, completed major interior and exterior renovations of Madison at Largo. Jason Stanton, Cole Whitaker, Hal Warren and Tal Frydman of Berkadia brokered the transaction. Community amenities include three resort-style pools, a 24-hour fitness center and a lounge with pool tables and bistro seating. Individual residences include breakfast bars, carpet and wood-style flooring, washer and dryer connections and private patios or balconies.
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ATLANTA — Pollack Shores Real Estate Group plans to develop a new luxury apartment community located at 1270 Spring St. in Midtown Atlanta. The new 259-unit property, known as 1270 Spring Street, will feature 14,000 square feet of retail space and 3,000 square feet of live/work space. The one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments will feature large balconies, plank flooring, kitchen islands, granite and quartz countertops, under mount sinks and pendant lighting. Pollack Shores plans to have the community’s first units available by March 2018 with full completion set for early summer 2018. Upon completion, Matrix Residential, the multifamily residential management division of Pollack Shores, will manage 1270 Spring Street. Pollack Shores’ other recent developments in Atlanta include the residential portion of The Battery Atlanta around SunTrust Park, Steelworks near Atlantic Station and Millworks, The Jane and The Monroe in Buckhead.
Evans Senior Investments Arranges $22.2M Sale of Seniors Housing Community in Louisiana
by John Nelson
COVINGTON, LA. — Evans Senior Investments has arranged the $22.2 million sale of The Trace at Claiborne Hill, a 94-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community in Covington, approximately 40 miles north of New Orleans. A private equity company acquired the Class A community from a regional operator. The purchase price equates to $236,170 per unit. Built in 2009, The Trace at Claiborne Hill features 70 independent living and assisted living units, plus 24 memory care units added in 2014. At the time of the sale, the facility was 99 percent occupied. The 84,961-square-foot property sits on 2.7 acres in St. Tammany Parish, where the 65-and-older population is projected to increase 47 percent between 2010 and 2019. Evans Senior Investments represented the unnamed seller in the transaction. The capitalization rate was 7 percent on the trailing six months NOI of $1.56 million.
ATLANTA — Admiral Capital Group and Wood Partners have sold 3833 Peachtree, a 222-unit multifamily property in Atlanta. The pair of companies purchased 209 of the 240 units in the broken condominium conversion project in 2012 in a joint venture agreement. During their ownership, Admiral and Wood added a new outdoor pool and cabana area, including outdoor lounge areas. Additionally, the lobby, fitness center, and conference areas were upgraded. JLL’s Atlanta office represented both the undisclosed buyer and sellers in the transaction. The sale represents the eighth transaction for Admiral in its first value-add real estate fund, Admiral Capital Real Estate Fund LP.
PELHAM, ALA. — Trillium Capital Resources has arranged an $18.4 million loan for Grand Reserve of Pelham, a 184-unit apartment complex in Pelham, roughly 20 miles south of Birmingham. Trillium arranged the 12-year, fixed-rate loan through Aegon Insurance Group on behalf of the borrower, an apartment operator based in Phenix City, Ala. The borrower used the loan to refinance an existing construction loan.
NEW YORK CITY — Cogswell Lee Development, in partnership with architect/developer GLUCK+, has launched sales at 150 Rivington, a residential building located in Manhattan’s Lower East Side. The multifamily building features 45 one-, two- and three-bedroom condominiums ranging from 543 square feet to more than 1,600 square feet. One-bedroom units start at $995,000; two-bedroom condos at $1.6 million; three-bedrooms at $2.7 million; and three-bedroom penthouses at $3.8 million. Slated for completion in the first quarter of 2018, the property will feature a 24-hour attended lobby, superintendent and porter services, a package room, cold storage, bicycle storage, a fitness center, a 1,500-square-foot roof terrace and 12,000 square feet of retail space.
GRAND BLANC, MICH. — Bernard Financial Group has arranged a $14.5 million loan to refinance a 220-unit luxury apartment community in Grand Blanc, approximately eight miles south of Flint. Gateway Apartments of Grand Blanc offers six different floor plans and is situated on 21.9 acres. Gateway Apartment Company No. 1 LLC was the borrowing entity. Dennis Bernard and Kevin Kovachevich of Bernard Financial originated the CMBS loan. Built in 2003, the apartment community features amenities such as a business center, clubhouse, fitness center, playground, swimming pool, tennis court, extra storage and covered parking. Apartment amenities include kitchen appliances, washers and dryers, vaulted ceilings, large closets and balconies or patios. Gateway Apartments of Grand Blanc is located at 5220 Baldwin Road.
LOS ANGELES — Berkshire Group has acquired the 438-unit One Santa Fe apartment complex in Los Angeles for an undisclosed sum. The community is located at 214 S. Santa Fe Ave. in downtown’s Arts District. One Santa Fe also contains more than 80,000 square feet of ground-floor commercial and retail space. The property spans about a quarter mile over four city blocks. It features two buildings situated around the retail paseo. Berkshire Communities, the property management division of Berkshire Group, will manage the space.
SEATTLE — A partnership between L5 Real Estate Investments and Shuler Architecture has acquired the 31-unit Innsbruck Apartments in Seattle for $2.6 million. The community is located at 3223 S. 160th St. Innsbruck was built in 1967 and renovated in 2007. It will undergo a significant further renovations, according to the buyers. David Massa of Madison Partners Real Estate represented the buyers. The sellers were local private investors. Grandbridge Capital provided the debt.
Point Capital, Fields Construction Co. Complete 83-Unit Apartment Building in Jersey City
by Amy Works
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Point Capital Development and Fields Construction Co. have completed the construction of The Baker Building, an apartment building located at 234 Suydam Ave. in Jersey City. Situated in the Lafayette neighborhood, the five-story complex features 83 apartments, a roof deck, courtyard, dog run, parking, lounge and fitness center. Additionally, the property is located in close proximity to the Liberty State Park light rail station. The complex was designed by C+C Architecture with Urban Design Workshop as the architect of record for construction.