CHICAGO — Capital One has provided a $20.9 million fixed-rate HUD 232/223(f) loan to refinance a 318-bed skilled nursing facility in Chicago. The loan features a 35-year term. The facility was built in 1975 and offers on-site dialysis and can accommodate patients with a diagnosis of dementia. Joshua Rosen of Capital originated the transaction.
CHICAGO — Pembrook Capital Management LLC, through its third commercial real estate debt fund, has provided a $16.6 million loan to The NHP Foundation for the acquisition of 152 affordable housing units. The Mark Twain Hotel is a single-room occupancy property in the Gold Coast neighborhood of Chicago. The NHP Foundation will maintain the property, located at North Clark and West Division streets, as affordable units. The 58,000-square-foot Mark Twain Hotel was built in 1932 as a residential hotel and features over 9,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. The NHP Foundation plans to add kitchens to each unit and community space to the property. The renovation is anticipated to begin in 2017. The property will be included in the National Register’s proposed Residential Hotels in Chicago, 1900–1930 group designation, which recognizes this class of accommodation from this era as historically significant. The Chicago Community Loan Fund, Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital, US Bank and the City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development also contributed financial resources to the acquisition and renovation of the property.
HARTFORD, CONN. — Eastern Union Funding has arranged $4.5 million in acquisition financing on two neighboring multifamily properties in Hartford for borrower Aria Legacy Group, a privately held fully integrated real estate firm. The properties include a 70-unit building at 37 Charter Oak Place and a 10-unit building with two ground-floor retail spaces at 29 Charter Oak Ave. Joshua Novoseller and Adelle Ross of Eastern Union secured the loan through CBRE Capital Markets.
DALLAS — Brian Gramlich of BMC Capital’s Dallas office has arranged a $4.3 million loan for the cash-out refinance of Andora Apartments, a multifamily property located in Dallas. The loan features a 3.6 percent fixed interest rate for five years, 75 percent loan-to-value ratio, no pre-payment penalty and a 25-year amortization schedule. The loan was arranged through one of BMC Capital’s correspondent banking relationships.
PFLUGERVILLE, TEXAS — Castle Lanterra Properties (CLP) has acquired 1825 Apartments, a 455-unit multifamily community in the Austin suburb of Pflugerville. This is the third Austin-area acquisition for the New York-based firm. The community, named for State Route 1825 that fronts the property, consists of 60 buildings that were built in two phases. The 351-unit 1825 Place was completed in 2001, and the 104-unit 1825 Cottages was originally constructed in 1986. Community amenities include a pool with a waterfall, fitness center, business center with Wi-Fi access, outdoor playground, pet park, carports, attached and detached garages and a recently renovated clubhouse.
ATLANTA — Cushman & Wakefield has acquired Atlanta-based Multi Housing Advisors (MHA), creating one of the largest multifamily brokerage platforms in the Southeast. MHA has closed 23.8 percent of the Southeast’s total multifamily investment sales transactions this year, according to the company. The combined firms brokered nearly $3 billion in transactions, including 20 percent of all Southeastern multifamily sales in 2015. MHA co-founders Josh Goldfarb and Marc Robinson will serve as Cushman & Wakefield’s U.S. multifamily leaders. They will be based in Atlanta and Charlotte, respectively. Goldfarb and Robinson founded MHA in 2002. The company has produced transaction volume totaling more than $5.9 billion in the past five years. MHA has sold more than 140,000 multifamily units through more than 850 individual transactions since its inception. The firm brings 13 brokerage professionals and a staff of 35 to Cushman & Wakefield, and adds on-the-ground employees to the Southeast, with offices in Birmingham and Charlotte. “Adding MHA exemplifies Cushman & Wakefield’s commitment to growing our capital markets platform, especially in the multifamily sector,” says Noble Carpenter, Cushman & Wakefield president of capital markets for the Americas. “Strategically, we are deeper and positioned to serve clients across the spectrum of multifamily properties …
CHICAGO — The University of Chicago has tapped HFF to market for sale a portfolio consisting of 11 properties and six land sites in Chicago. The portfolio consists of six graduate student housing properties, four faculty and staff buildings, one retail property and six land sites. The residential properties are 95.9 percent occupied overall, and comprise a total of 520 beds and approximately 272,593 square feet. The portfolio is located in Hyde Park within walking distance to campus, six miles south of Chicago’s central business district. The university will only accept offers for the portfolio in its entirety. Brian Kelly and Michael Higgins will lead the HFF investment sales team representing the University of Chicago.
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Middle Street Partners LLC has purchased six apartment communities in North and South Carolina for a combined $97 million. Middle Street purchased the portfolio in partnership with an undisclosed majority equity investor. The portfolio includes Waterford Apartments, Gable Hill Apartments, St. Andrews Commons Apartments and Hampton Greene Apartments in Columbia, S.C.; Forest Brook Apartments in West Columbia, S.C.; and Chason Ridge Apartments in Fayetteville, N.C. CBRE Realty Finance provided acquisition financing on behalf of the new ownership group.
Most of us have read articles or seen reports that suggest we are building too many apartment units in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. Thus, we potentially could have a surplus of multifamily units resulting in lower occupancies and stabilizing rents (sorry to all the apartment renters — don’t anticipate rents going down). Let’s review historical data and trends, then see if we are truly overbuilding. Over the past 22 years, an average of 29,542 single-family building permits were issued annually across the Dallas/Fort Worth area. However, the figure fell to 22,678 on average from 2011 to 2015. Thus, over the past five years there were 34,320 less single-family units delivered than what the market has historically absorbed. In comparison, multifamily permits (those of two or more units) have averaged 14,094 annually over the past 22 years, and 18,417 annually from 2011 to 2015. Over the past three years, 2013 through 2015, the average increased for both single-family (25,937) and multifamily (21,231). The combined average of 47,168 permits over the last three years is above the 22-year average of 43,636 permits. Multifamily permits have most likely increased as a result of a significant decrease in single-family permits. We have only recently …
WILMINGTON, N.C. — Carolina Apartment Advisors has arranged the $34.2 million sale of Carolina Cove, a 600-bed student housing community located less than one mile away from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington campus. Built in 2013, the property features 228 two- and three-bedroom units, as well as a resort-style swimming pool, sundeck, student lounge, business center, fitness center with a tanning bed, beach volleyball court, basketball court, hammock garden, barbecue grills, campus bus route and a private gated entry. John Edwards of Carolina Apartment Advisors represented the seller, University Housing Group. The buyer, Realco Capital Partners, plans to upgrade the furnishings and interiors of the complex.