SAN DIEGO — Wells Fargo’s Community Lending and Investment (CLI) group has provided a total of $57.9 million in financing for construction of La Sabila, an affordable housing community for seniors in San Diego. The borrower is Wakeland. CLI provided a $30.5 million construction loan and $27.4 million equity investment. The project will consist of 85 residential units reserved for low-income residents over age 55. Further details were not disclosed. Timothy McCann, Terence Cordero and Jessica Gonzalez of CLI arranged the financing.
CERES, CALIF. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of The Vineyard, an apartment property in Ceres, a suburb of Modesto. The asset traded for $32.6 million, or $153,774 per unit. Jon Mimms of Marcus & Millichap’s Fresno office represented the undisclosed seller and undisclosed buyer in the deal. Built in 1979, The Vineyard features 212 apartments, averaging 671 square feet, with open floor plans, large kitchen pantries and central heating and air conditioning. Community amenities include two swimming pools, five laundry rooms, covered parking, pathways and a walking and jogging trail.
GILBERT, ARIZ. — Berkadia has arranged the sale and financing of Cambria, a garden-style multifamily community in Gilbert, southeast of Phoenix. Utah-based Bridge Investment Group Holdings sold the asset to a California-based private investor for an undisclosed price. Mark Forrester, Ric Holway, Dan Cheyne and Andrew Curtis of Berkadia Phoenix represented the seller in the transaction. Vincent Punzi and Lowell Takahashi of Berkadia Irvine, Calif., secured $31.5 million in permanent acquisition financing on behalf of the buyer. Cambria features 174 apartments, averaging 1,022 square feet per unit, with direct-access attached garages, nine-foot ceilings, side-by-side washers/dryers and a full slate of amenities.
Kraus-Anderson Begins $41.5M Expansion of Trillium Woods Retirement Community in Plymouth, Minnesota
PLYMOUTH, MINN. — Kraus-Anderson has begun a $41.5 million expansion of Trillium Woods, an independent retirement community in Plymouth, a western suburb of Minneapolis. Trillium Woods is a Life Plan Community that provides wellness services and levels of senior healthcare, including memory care, skilled nursing and rehabilitation. The 160,321-square-foot, five-story expansion calls for 18 assisted living units, 16 assisted living memory care units, 52 independent living units and 67 underground parking spaces. Construction is slated for completion in fall 2025. Pope Design Group was the architect.
NEW YORK CITY — SCALE Lending, the debt financing arm of Slate Property Group, has provided a $150 million construction loan for a 450-unit multifamily project that will be located at 120 E. 144th St. in the Mott Haven area of The Bronx. The 13-story building will offer studio, one- and two-bedroom units and amenities such as an outdoor courtyard and garden, a fitness center with yoga studio, business lounge, conference room, music room, coworking space and a rooftop lounge. Leah Paskus of Landstone Capital Group arranged the debt on behalf of the borrower, Beitel Group, which purchased the site in 2022 and demolished the original structure. Construction is slated for a mid-2025 completion.
POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. — A developer doing business as Built Parcel Six LLC is nearing completion of 44 Springside, a 28-unit multifamily project in Poughkeepsie, about 80 miles north of Manhattan. Designed by Tinkelman Architecture, the five-story building is located within the Arlington area and will house amenities such as an indoor pool, community room, fitness center, rooftop terrace and flexible space for social events or work functions. The development will also feature 7,000 square feet of commercial space. Delivery is slated for this summer. Rents start at $2,500 per month.
At first blush, 2023 looks like a bad year for seniors housing property sales. Total transaction volume fell 23 percent to $10.6 billion, the sector’s lowest mark in over a decade, according to data from MSCI Real Assets. “I’m not surprised to see transaction volume down from 2022,” says Kelly Sheehy, senior managing director of Artemis Real Estate Partners. “The combined impact of declining asset values, scarcity of financing for new acquisitions and lender extensions for underperforming assets has kept sellers from listing assets and have prevented levered buyers from acquiring.” MSCI’s data is based on independent reports of property and portfolio sales of $2.5 million and above. The numbers include both private-pay seniors housing and skilled nursing care, but not active adult properties. The factors limiting seniors housing transaction volume have affected all real estate asset classes. As far as property acquisitions go, seniors housing was one of the most consistent property sectors in the United States in 2023. Commercial real estate sales across the country were down 51 percent last year, and the two hardest hit sectors were office (sales fell 56 percent) and multifamily (sales fell 61 percent), according to MSCI. What’s more, seniors housing was the …
— By Benjamin Galles, senior vice president, CBRE — The outlook for the Reno multifamily market in 2024 is similar to how the year panned out in 2023. There is significant interest in Reno from investors across asset types, earning us a ranking on Business Insider’s list of the top 15 hottest real estate markets for the next decade. Northern Nevada’s continued job growth has piqued investors’ interest in owning multifamily properties within the state. This growth will continue as existing companies expand their presence in the market, proving their commitment to the city and people of Northern Nevada. The current elevated construction costs and construction loan costs could pose a roadblock to developers meeting the anticipated demand in the next 12 to 24 months. That being said, there are currently 4,700 apartment units under construction in the market. This will likely be absorbed by people moving into Reno from outside the region. Unlike other markets we’ve seen across the country, very few loans in our region have maturities over the next 12 months. This means seller motivation in Reno remains low to moderate when it comes to offloading properties. The lack of debt events where owners will be pressed into a …
LONGVIEW, TEXAS — Dallas-based brokerage firm The Multifamily Group (TMG) has negotiated the sale of Courtyard Apartments, a 63-unit complex located about 120 miles east of Dallas in Longview. The property was built in 1966 and offers one- and two-bedroom units with an average size of 778 square feet. Yonnic Land of TMG represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — JLL has arranged $185 million in condo inventory financing for Monogram, a 181-unit tower located at 135 E. 47th St. in Manhattan’s Midtown East neighborhood. Monogram consists of studio, one- and two-bedroom condos, four penthouses, 9,200 square feet of amenity space, including a 3,500-square-foot rooftop lounge, and 2,435 square feet of commercial space. Scott Aiese led the JLL team that arranged the financing through New York-based Kriss Capital on behalf of the borrower, Navigation Capital Partners.