HARRISON, N.J. — BNE Real Estate Group has opened its Water’s Edge at Harrison, a luxury rental building in Harrison. Located at 301 Dey St., the 141-unit building features a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments ranging in size from 545 to 1,232 square feet. Unit amenities include hardwood floors, plush carpeting, nine-foot ceilings, high-efficiency washer/dryers, oversized windows, stainless steel appliances and chef-inspired kitchens. Community amenities include 24-hour concierge services, on-site management and maintenance; a fitness center; WiFi business center; residents’ lounge; game room and landscaped terrace with heated outdoor pool. The property is being managed by BNE Management Group.
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NEW YORK CITY — CPEX Real Estate has brokered the sale of a development site at 88 Schermerhorn St. in the Brooklyn Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn. Rockwood Capital and Heights Realty Advisors purchased the site for $11 million or $330 per buildable square foot. The 3,333-square-foot includes vacant 10,570-square-foot building. Zoned for C5-4 with a special downtown Brooklyn overlay, the site has a maximum floor area ratio of 10, permitting up to approximately 33,330 buildable square feet as of right for residential use. Sean Kelly of CPEX’s Development & Conversion Investment Sales team represented the seller, 88 Schermerhorn LLC, which originally purchased the property in 2013 for $3.75 million. CPEX also procured the buyers in the deal.
SUWANNEE, GA. — Steadfast Apartment REIT has acquired 696 apartment units in Suwannee, a suburb in Atlanta’s North Gwinnett submarket, for $98.5 million. Steadfast will jointly operate the apartment residences, which were originally constructed as two standalone properties comprising 354 units and 342 units. The multifamily property will be known as The Residences on McGinnis Ferry, which is currently 97 percent occupied. The average in-place rental rate is $1,068, and the average square footage in each unit is 1,217 square feet. The property’s amenity offerings include two swimming pools, a dog park, playgrounds, children’s activity room, tennis courts, 24-hour fitness center, resident activity center and a walking and bicycle trail.
SEATTLE – A pair of apartment communities in Washington State has received a total of $52.7 million in refinancing. The communities include the 379-unit Riverside Park Apartments in Puyallup and the 145-unit Boxcar Apartments in Seattle. Riverside Park is located at 3107 E. Main Ave. It received a $32-million refinance. The loan featured a 10-year term and 30-year amortization schedule. Boxcar Apartments is located at 975 John Street. It received a $20-million refinance. The loan contained the same finance structure as the former community. Financing was arranged by Bob Spiro and Chris Pohlad of NorthMarq Capital’s Seattle regional office through the firm’s affiliate AmeriSphere Multifamily Finance LLC, a Fannie Mae DUS lender.
NEW YORK CITY — Meridian Capital Group has arranged a $50.6 million mortgage to refinance a multifamily portfolio of properties located throughout Brooklyn and New York City. The borrower is Manhattan-based Fine Times Inc. The 17-property multifamily building portfolio totals 281 units located on West 68th Street, West 69th Street, West 70th Street, West 71st Street, West 73rd Street on Manhattan’s Upper West Side and on Columbia Heights, Pierrepont Street and Montague Terrance in the Brooklyn Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn. The seven-year loan, provided by a regional balance sheet lender, features a 3.38 percent fixed rate, three years of interest-only payments and a 30-year amortization schedule. Shamir Seidman of Meridian Capital’s New York City headquarters negotiated the transaction.
YONKERS, N.Y. — GHP Office Realty has arranged the sale of a three-story mixed-use building located at 1179 Yonkers Ave. in Yonkers. Juster Development purchased the property for $4 million or $200 per square foot. The building features 20 rent-regulated apartments and seven retail stores. Jamie Schwartz of GHP Office Realty represented the seller, a private New York City investor, in the deal. Gary Juster and Michael Juster, principals of Juster Development, served as in-house representation for the buyer. John Dunne of Lynn, Gartner, Dunn & Covello LLP provided legal counsel for the seller, while Steven Hirsch of Hirsch & Gibaldi LLP was counsel for the buyer.
EDEN PRAIRIE, MINN. — Grandbridge Real Estate Capital has arranged a $4.8 million first mortgage loan for a 75-unit apartment complex in Eden Prairie. The garden style community, which features a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom units, was fully occupied at closing. Tony Carlson of Grandbridge originated the 10-year, fixed-rate loan, which includes a 20-year amortization schedule, through a life insurance company. The undisclosed borrower utilized loan proceeds to retire existing recourse debt.
LEWISVILLE, TEXAS — NorthMarq Capital has arranged the $12.4 million refinancing of Oak Tree Village Apartments, a 272-unit multifamily property located at 1595 S. Old Orchard Lane in Lewisville. Brent Blake of NorthMarq’s Kansas City office arranged financing on behalf of the unnamed borrower. The 10-year loan was structured with a 30-year amortization schedule. NorthMarq arranged financing for the borrower through its seller-servicer relationship with Freddie Mac.
LOS ANGELES – The 60-unit Sherman Apartments in Los Angeles has sold to Lion Real Estate Group for $5.2 million. The community is situated in Koreatown, near three of Downtown’s metro stations. It was built in 1926. Lion Real Estate plans to invest about $1 million to redevelop the property and appeal to urban lifestyle professionals. Peter Strauss of Iconic Investments represented both the buyer and seller, a local private investor, in this transaction.
SAN ANTONIO — Construction is set to begin on the 86,000-square-foot Heartis San Antonio assisted living and memory care community. The property will be completed in the second quarter of 2016. Heartis San Antonio will be built on a 3.6-acre site on Huebner Road, near the cities of Shavano Park and Hill Country Village. It is one of three communities under development in Texas that will be managed by Frontier Management, with a second soon to begin construction in central Texas and a third under development in metro Dallas. Amenities at Heartis San Antonio will include two interior courtyards, activity areas, a gym, specialized programming, 24-hour nursing services, housekeeping and laundry services and Class A finishes. Austin-based Katus LLC is the project’s architect and Cameron, Texas-based EBCO General Contractor Ltd. Is the general contractor. American Momentum Bank is providing construction debt financing.