NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of three adjacent multifamily buildings, totaling 24 units, located at 308-312 W. 113th St. in New York City. The Meshberg Group acquired the eight-unit buildings from Yassky Properties for $8 million. Peter Von Der Ahe, Seth Glasser and Jacob Kahn of Marcus & Millichap’s Manhattan office represented the seller and buyer in the transaction.
RENTON, WASH. — New Standard Equities has purchased The Venue, a 284-unit apartment complex in Renton, for $41.5 million. The community is located at 4455 N.E. 12th St. The Venue will undergo a $2.8 million repositioning that will include improvements to its fitness center and additional carports on the low-density site. This is the third Pacific Northwest acquisition for New Standard since August 2015. The seller was Fowler Property Acquisitions. Regis Metro Associates provided equity, while Freddie Mac provided the financing.
CLEVELAND — KeyBank has provided a $17.7 million loan for Hough Heritage, a 60-unit affordable housing seniors facility in Cleveland. The financing consists of an $8 million construction loan and a $9.7 million Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) investment from Key Community Development Corp. The three-story, garden-style community will target seniors 55 and older with incomes that are 50 to 60 percent of the area’s median household income. Hough Heritage will include 50 one-bedroom and 10 two-bedroom units. Kyle Kolesar and Ryan Olman of KeyBank arranged the financing.
ABILENE, TEXAS — Old Capital has provided a $10 million loan for Cimarron Apartments in Abilene. An out-of-state ownership purchased the 288-unit asset for an undisclosed price. Old Capital provided a five-year, non-recourse bridge loan with 24 months of interest-only payments and a 30-year amortization schedule. The loan features a rehab budget to bring the 1982-era asset up to date.
SAVANNAH, GA. — NXT Capital has provided a $16 million acquisition loan for One West Victory, a newly constructed apartment community located in Savannah. The Class A property is situated in Savannah’s Historic District and features an on-site restaurant and coffee bar, fitness center, media room and community study lounges. Phil Rachels of CBRE’s Jacksonville office arranged the loan on behalf of the undisclosed borrower.
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — WinnDevelopment and GDD Properties, in a public-private partnership with New York State, have broken ground on the $200 million redevelopment of The Sibley Building, located at the intersection of East Avenue and East Main Street in downtown Rochester. The Sibley Building opened in 1868 as the city’s first department store, and earned a spot on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. The property will be rebranded as Sibley Square, with the name, logo and signage to be changed in the coming weeks. The phased redevelopment will begin with the $100 million construction of 96 modern apartments on the ninth through 12th floors of the building. Phase I will also include the addition of boutique retail, local artisan foodservice tenants, office space and active senior living apartments, as well as a complete rehabilitation of the façade and windows of the property. The residential components of the building will be named The Lofts at Sibley and The Residences at Sibley. Leases for active adult units at The Residences will be available by the end of this year. Redevelopment of the top floor of the building, once home to the Tea Room of the Sibley Department Store, is …
A new report from George Washington University finds that metropolitan areas in the United States are shifting toward developing more walkable areas, reversing a trend that dates back more than half a century. Christopher Leinberger and Michael Rodriguez of The George Washington University School of Business wrote the report, titled “Foot Traffic Ahead, Ranking Walkable Urbanism in America’s Largest Metros.” “The end of sprawl is in sight,” the authors write. “The nation’s largest metropolitan areas are focusing on building walkable urban development.” For what may be the first time in 60 years, the report finds that walkable urban places (WalkUPs) in all 30 of the largest metros are gaining market share over their drivable suburban competition, which is often accessible only by car. This has been coupled in recent years by substantially higher rental premiums in the office and retail sectors. The 30 metro areas measured include 46 percent of the nation’s population (145 million of 314 million) and 54 percent of the national GDP. They were measured based on the current percentage of occupied walkable urban office, retail and multifamily rental square feet in their WalkUPs. The top walkable metro areas are as follows: The study found that walkable …
NEW YORK CITY — Alchemy Properties Inc. has received $220 million in financing for the conversion of the upper floors of the landmark Woolworth Building into luxury condominiums called The Woolworth Tower Residences. Reed Smith LLP represented the lender, United Overseas Bank Limited, New York Agency, in the financing. The luxury condominium conversion will be designed by Thierry Despont. Built in 1913, the Neo-Gothic tower was commissioned by Frank W. Woolworth and designed by Cass Gilbert. The Reed Smith LLP team included Joseph Sarcinella, Gerard Hefner, Crystal Persaud, Konstantinos Melitsanopoulos and Rose Plager-Unger.
NEW YORK CITY — Big City Realty has acquired an apartment building located at 605 W. 151st St. in Manhattan’s Hamilton Heights neighborhood. Waterbury Realty Management sold the six-story, 31,000-square-foot property for $7.6 million. Built in 1920, the property features 25 apartment units and 14,136 square feet of air rights. Peter Vanderpool and Lazer Sternhell of Cignature Realty Group represented the buyer and the seller in the deal.
NEW YORK CITY — GFI Realty Services has arranged the sale of a pair of five-story, walk-up apartment buildings in Brooklyn’s Prospect Heights neighborhood. CSG Equities acquired the properties, which are located at 218-220 Park Place, for $6.6 million. The buyer plans to convert the buildings, which total 7,300 square feet, into luxury condominiums. Isaac Moskowitz and Yosef Katz of GFI Realty represented the seller, while Sasha Berg, also of GFI Realty, represented the buyer.
