Multifamily

LOS ANGELES – A local investment firm has acquired a three-property multifamily portfolio in the Hollywood Park area of Los Angeles for $24.8 million. The portfolio contains a total of 150 affordable apartment units. They are located on or near the part of Normandie Avenue that buttresses Inglewood. The buyer plans to use government incentives to upgrade and renovate the buildings. The company also intends to manage the properties as a scattered-site portfolio. Kitty Wallace and Rob Shiels of Colliers International represented the seller.

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PALM DESERT, CALIF. — An affiliate of Granite Investment Group has sold 6.8 acres of land in Palm Desert for $5.7 million to WL Palm Desert Property LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of seniors housing developer and operator West Living LLC. West Living has designed a prominent 150-unit assisted living facility, with a memory care component, which it will construct on the property. Located at the southwest corner of the intersection at Country Club Drive and Portola Avenue, an additional 6.4 acres of land zoned for seniors-related use remains available for sale. Based in Irvine, Calif., Granite Investment Group currently manages a portfolio of commercial real estate assets valued at approximately $540 million, primarily comprised of seniors housing communities that offer a total of 4,442 licensed beds.

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BROOKLINE, MASS. — CBRE/New England has brokered the sale of 1443 Beacon Street, an apartment community located in Brookline, a southwest suburb of Boston. Brookline Associates LP sold the 115-unit property to 1443 Beacon LLC, an affiliate of Boston-based Chestnut Hill Realty, for an undisclosed sum. Built in 1979, the market-rate property offers a mix of one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom layouts, with an average apartment size of 928 square feet. The property also features two commercial medical suites, 122 garage parking spaces, a community room, patio area, sundeck, pool and fitness center. Simon Butler and Biria St. John of CBRE/NE represented the seller in the transaction.

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McBee Station Apartments Greenville

GREENVILLE, S.C. — CBRE has brokered the $44.7 million sale of McBee Station Apartments, a 197-unit, Class A apartment community in downtown Greenville. The property is located adjacent to a Publix-anchored shopping center, the Swamp Rabbit Trail, Cleveland Park and Falls Park. Atlanta-based TriBridge Residential purchased McBee Station from an undisclosed seller. Phil Brosseau, Kevin Kempf and Malcolm McComb of CBRE represented the seller in the transaction. Steve Haffner and Nate Sittema of CBRE arranged $29 million in acquisition financing through Allianz Real Estate of America on behalf of TriBridge Residential.

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ORLANDO, FLA. — Orlando-based Roger B. Kennedy Inc. has broken ground on Zen Luxury Living Apartments, a four-story, 258-unit apartment community located at 10463 Perrihouse Acres Lane in Orlando. The property will be located near State Road 535 and adjacent to the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress. Roger B. Kennedy has a $30 million contract with Orlando-based developer Zen Luxury Living LLC to construct the property. Maitland, Fla.-based Slocum Platts Architects designed the apartment community, which is slated for an October 2016 completion.

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CHICAGO —Marcus & Millichap brokered the sale of a 4,050-square-foot plot located in Lincoln Park at 738 W. Schubert Ave. in Chicago. The property sold for nearly $1.1 million. The lot is 25 feet wide by 162 feet deep and has RT-4 zoning (three flat, townhouses). The buyer plans on demolishing a vacant building currently on the land. Kyle Stengle of Marcus & Millichap’s Chicago office had the listing to market the property on behalf of the seller, a private investor.  Stengle also secured the buyer, a local developer.

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FONTANA, CALIF. — The Bascom Group LLC has acquired Courtyard Senior Apartments, a 344-unit independent living community in Fontana, for $31.2 million ($90,552 per unit). Built in 1989, Courtyard Senior Apartments consists of four three-story buildings on 8.5 acres. Gary Mozer and Katie Rodd of George Smith Partners arranged the debt financing, with One West Bank providing the new loan. Stephen Peters of Melody West was the broker for the sale. This marks Bascom’s 14th recent California acquisition and comes on the heels of the closing earlier this month of The Square Apartments, a 112-unit garden style apartment community in Downey, Calif., for $25.5 million. Bascom is a Irvine, Calif.-based private equity firm specializing in multifamily, commercial, and non-performing loans and real estate related investments and operating companies.

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NEWCASTLE, WASH. — Seniors housing developer Aegis Living has broken ground on Aegis Gardens in Newcastle near Seattle, marking the Pacific Northwest’s first senior living community for Chinese-Americans. Situated on a 7.5-acre waterfront site with access to Lake Boren, the resort-style, 110-home community is slated to open in 2017. When completed, Aegis Gardens’ activity center will host civic activities and cultural exhibitions. The center will also provide daycare services to promote multigenerational engagement. According to Nielson, 92,000 Chinese-Americans live within a 25-mile radius of the Newcastle location. Aegis Gardens’ community programming will include celebrations of Chinese holidays, traditional cuisine representing major regions of China, mahjong, calligraphy, cribbage, Tai Chi classes, a central Zen garden and a tearoom. Staff fluent in Cantonese, Mandarin and English will provide 24-hour care. The development site in Newcastle, a block from the Bellevue city line, is culturally relevant for Chinese-Americans because immigrants from China mined coal there in the late 1800s, contributing to Seattle’s rise to prominence.

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NEW YORK CITY — Cignature Realty Associates has brokered the sale of an apartment building located at 718 W. 171st St. in Manhattan’s Washington Heights neighborhood. Heritage Realty Services acquired the 21,735-square-foot walk-up property for $7 million. The building contains 22 apartments, with an average rent of $1,490 per month. Lazer Sternhell and Peter Vanderpool of Cignature Realty represented the buyer and the seller, Haven Holding LLC, in the transaction.

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CARROLLTON, TEXAS — Old Capital has provided a 12-year, non-recourse Fannie Mae loan with 80 percent leverage for the purchase of the Lodge at Timberglen apartments in Carrollton. A local investment group has acquired the property. The new owners plan to add more than $2 million in updated interiors, along with a new swimming pool at the 260-unit, Class B complex.

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