LAKE WORTH, FLA. — Big Rock Partners, a national real estate management and development firm, will begin construction this month on Atria at Villages of Windsor, a Class A seniors housing community in southern Palm Beach County. Big Rock is developing the community on a 22.5-acre site in the Villages of Windsor development. The new community will offer a total of 186 independent living units, 78 assisted living apartments and a 54-unit memory care building. Ventas Inc., one of the largest REITs in seniors housing, will provide equity capital and be the principal owner of the community when finished. Wells Fargo will provide construction financing. The finance advisor is Walker & Dunlop. Gensler is providing architectural services, and Moss & Associates is the construction manager. Atria Senior Living, which operates 180 senior living communities throughout the U.S. and Canada, will operate and market the community. Big Rock expects the community to open in the summer of 2017.
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SANFORD, FLA. — Walker & Dunlop has closed a $41.2 million loan for Elan Towne Center, a 360-unit luxury apartment community in Sanford, roughly 24 miles north of Orlando. Built in 2014, the Class A property features a cyber café, coffee bar, valet door-to-door trash pickup, club room with billiards, private detached garages and a dog park. The community was more than 90 percent occupied at the time of financing. Paul Ahmed led Walker & Dunlop’s team to originate the 15-year loan on behalf of the undisclosed borrower.
LAKE FOREST, CALIF. — Landmark Capital Advisors has arranged $100 million in financing for Portola Center South, a 626-building multifamily community in Lake Forest. The owner, SunRanch Capital Partners, began improving the land this past June. It plans to begin selling the lots to builders by early 2016. The site contains five planning areas. The improvements will commence in one phase, which will take seven to nine months to complete. Portola Center South will eventually include 569 for-sale units and 57 affordable units. Adam Deermount and Terry Ruckle of Landmark Capital Advisors structured the financing.
DENVER — TruAmerica Multifamily and institutional capital partner Investcorp have acquired a 561-unit apartment home community in Denver for $71 million. The community is located in the Cherry Creek submarket. TruAmerica plans to complete improvements to the buildings’ exteriors and common areas. This plan was initially undertaken by the previous owner. The units will also receive multimillion-dollar renovations. Brian Eisendrath, Annie Rice and Brandon Smith of CBRE Capital Markets arranged the financing. CBRE’s David Potarf, Dan Woodward and Matt Barnett represented the unnamed seller.
HAYWARD, CALIF. — The City of Hayward recently broke ground on three new multifamily communities. The properties are situated on the site of the former South Hayward BART overflow parking lots. Eden Housing is developing two affordable communities off Mission Boulevard that will provide a total of 151 affordable apartments near the South Hayward BART station. AMCAL Equities is developing a market-rate community of 206 luxury apartments off Dixon Street, adjacent to the BART station. Both developments received transit-oriented development grants from the California Department of Housing and Community Development. The Eden Housing development is known as the South Hayward BART Family & Seniors Communities. The two affordable rental communities will be composed of adjacent five-story, standalone buildings that share a common courtyard. They will provide 87 affordable rental apartments for families and 64 affordable rental apartments for seniors, aged 62 or older. AMCAL’s development is known as Cadence. The community will feature one- and two-bedroom, market-rate apartments. Amenities will include a state-of-the-art fitness center with separate yoga room, a resident lounge, pool and spa deck, clubhouse, business center, pet spa, self-service bike parking and repair, and package concierge service.
PARK RIDGE, Ill. — CBRE National Senior Housing has arranged financing on behalf of Capitol Seniors Housing (CSH) for the acquisition of The Summit of Uptown, a 147-unit independent living and assisted living community located in Park Ridge, a suburb of Chicago. CBRE secured a $27.9 million, non-recourse, floating-rate bridge loan that includes a five-year term with 36 months of interest-only payments from a regional bank. Total proceeds includes a loan of $21.7 million for the acquisition of the property along with a loan of $4.2 million for planned capital improvements and a $2 million earnout feature. CSH, a seniors housing investment company, plans to convert 28 independent living units to assisted living and add 21 memory care units. Once complete, the community will feature a fortified memory care wing and can provide its residents with a full continuum of care. CSH will lease the community to Atlanta-based operator The Arbor Company.
SAN ANTONIO — Berkadia has secured $15.7 million in financing for The Parq on the Boulevard, a multifamily property located at 5655 UTSA Blvd. in San Antonio. Andy Hill of Berkadia’s Austin office secured the loan through Berkadia’s Freddie Mac program. The borrower, Mosaic Marq LP, will use the seven-year, floating-rate financing for the acquisition of the property. Loan terms include two years of interest-only payments followed by a 30-year amortization schedule. The Parq on the Boulevard is a 208-unit property that features one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Community amenities include a pool with a tanning deck, barbeque grills, fitness center, pet park and a business center. Situated on more than 11 acres, the property was 94 percent occupied at the time of closing.
REDWOOD CITY, CALIF. — The Capri Apartments, an 85-unit apartment building in Redwood City, has sold to an unnamed buyer for $25.7 million. The community is located at 1491 Hess Road, 441 Poplar Ave. and 403 Poplar Ave. Don Sung of Colliers and Larry Aikins of Terrace Associates executed the transaction.
LOS ANGELES — Orchard Adams LLC has purchased the 28-unit Palisades Apartments in Los Angeles for $12.6 million. The community is located at 1210 and 1226 W. Adams Blvd., near the University of Southern California (USC). It was built in 2002. Robert Ip of Avison Young represented Orchard Adams. CBRE represented the seller, Palisades USC LLC.
DENVER — A private investor has acquired a 20-unit apartment building in Denver for $2.1 million. The community is located at 2366 S. Linden Court and 2337, 2351, 2367, 2387 S. Locust St. It is situated near downtown Denver and the Denver Tech Center. The property is two miles east of the University of Denver. Greg Price and Clayton Primm of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, another private investor.