MARTINSVILLE, VA. — Senior Living Investment Brokerage (SLIB) has arranged the $28.5 million sale of Blue Ridge Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, a 300-bed skilled nursing facility in Martinsville. The adjacent assisted living community is also included in the transaction, but is awaiting approval for the assumption of the existing HUD-insured debt. The affiliated operator of the seller, Sovran Management, will continue to manage the communities through a long-term lease with the new owner, which was not identified. Bradley Clousing and Patrick Burke of SLIB handled the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale of a mixed-use building located at 5008 Broadway in Manhattan’s Inwood neighborhood. The six-story property sold for $15.8 million, or approximately $325 per square foot, in an all-cash transaction. The 48,576-square-foot property features five retail units and 47 residential units in a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts. Robert Shapiro of Cushman & Wakefield handled the transaction. The names of the seller and buyer were not released.
BEVERLY HILLS, CALIF. — The Commodore, a 14-unit apartment complex in Beverly Hills, has sold to Paul Ling for $4.7 million. The community is located at 1830 N. Cherokee Ave. It is situated just three blocks from the Golden Triangle on South Rexford Drive. Kevin Kawaoka of NAI Capital represented both the buyer, which was not identified, and seller, Tower Ventures LLC, in this transaction.
LONG BEACH, CALIF. — Rdbh LLC has acquired a 27-uinit apartment building in Long Beach for $4.8 million. The community is located at 1101-1121 Gaviota Ave. It was built in 1988. The property is located within the Rose Park historical district near the neighborhoods of Carroll Park and Belmont Heights. The buyer plans to hold this asset long term, according to Stepp Commercial, which represented the buyer. The seller, Lunar Bear Properties II LLC, represented itself. Robert Stepp and Michael Toveg represented Rdbh.
GRANITE CITY, ILL. — IMPACT Strategies has completed construction of the second phase of the federally funded Granite City Green Communities in Granite City, about 10 miles northeast of St. Louis. IMPACT Strategies constructed 20 new units within six buildings for a total of 63 units at the development. Granite City Green’s design and construction are focused on sustainable and energy-efficient criteria. The project incorporates the use of solar panel and bioretention rain gardens in an effort to maximize the development’s environmental impact and performance. The Granite City Housing Authority hired Impact Strategies to lead construction of the project, which began last August and wrapped up at the end of July The first phase of Granite City Green was developed in 2012. Farr Associates, a sustainable architecture and urban planning firm in Chicago, designed the project.
NEW YORK CITY — Eastern Consolidated has arranged the sale of 14 multifamily properties, with 176 residential units and eight retail stores, located in Upper Manhattan, in two separate transactions. Morningside Partners I LP and 9-11 CPN LLC sold the properties for $58 million to an undisclosed private investor. Thirteen of the walk-up apartment buildings are located on one city block between Manhattan Avenue, Frederick Douglass Boulevard, West 114th Street and West 115th Street in Morningside Heights. The 13 properties, which total more than 125,000 square feet, sold for $47 million, or $376 per square foot. In a separate transaction, a five-story, 23,640-square-foot property located at 9-11 Central Park North sold for $11 million, or $465 per square foot.
ROSEVILLE, CALIF. — Kennedy Wilson has purchased Slate Creek at Johnson Ranch, a 612-unit multifamily community in Roseville, for $100 million. The community is located at 8800 Sierra College Blvd. The company and its equity partners invested an aggregate of $38.5 million of equity in the transaction. The group also assumed $63 million of debt as part of the off-market transaction. The seller was not named. Kennedy Wilson has acquired interests in 6,449 multifamily units in the Western U.S., year to date. Its global multifamily portfolio totals more than 26,000 units.
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. — Franklin Johnston Group has broken ground on Southern Pine Apartments, a $44 million, 240-unit luxury apartment community in Virginia Beach’s Princess Anne area. Upon completion, the property will feature a multi-story clubhouse with a fitness center, bowling alley and pool deck with grilling stations. Other amenities will include a resort-style swimming pool, walking trails and a dog park. The first units will begin leasing next spring, and occupancy will begin in late summer. Rents start at $1,100 per month.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Urban Investment Partners (UIP) has purchased Rhode Island Gardens, a 81-unit apartment community located at 230 Rhode Island Ave. N.E. in Washington, D.C. UIP purchased the asset from Roydun Corp., an affiliate of DARO Realty, for $7.6 million. CBRE represented the seller in the transaction. Originally built in 1931, the apartment property is located in Washington’s Edgewood neighborhood a half mile from the Rhode Island Avenue Metro station. UIP coordinated the acquisition with the Rhode Island Gardens Tenant Association, and the two entities are planning a $7 million renovation that will be performed by UIP General Contracting Inc., a subsidiary of UIP.
RICHARDSON, TEXAS — Henry S. Miller Brokerage’s urban multifamily team has arranged the sale of Parkside Towns. Lew Wood, Andrew Doster and Darden Orand of Henry S. Miller Brokerage represented the townhome community in the transaction. Balynally LLC purchased the 135-unit community located at 2300 Hibiscus Ave. in Richardson. Built in 2014 through a joint effort by the Henry S. Miller Cos., Atticus Real Estate and their partners, the community contains 135 units in 41 total buildings with an average unit size of 1,346 square feet. The community is located in the northeast quadrant of Coit Road and Campbell Road in west Richardson. Humphreys & Partners Architects was the architect.