Multifamily

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GROTON, CONN. — CBRE/New England’s Capital Markets team has brokered the sale and arranged financing for The Ledges, a multifamily community located in Groton. The 339-unit asset traded hands for $48.3 million. Built in 2005, the community consists of one single-story leasing center and 14 garden-style apartment buildings offering a mix of 148 one-bedroom units, 155 two-bedroom units and 36 three-bedroom townhomes with an average unit size of 1,022 square feet. Unit amenities include fully equipped kitchens, in-unit washer and dryers and more than eight-foot ceilings throughout. Community amenities include a clubhouse with a resort-style outdoor swimming pool with sundeck, resident lounge with gas fireplace and partial kitchen with built-in bar area, billiards rooms with pool table, business center, conference room, two fitness centers with bathrooms and showers, picnic areas with barbeque grills and a children’s playground, as well as walking trails and a Fit-Trail with 12 exercise stations. Simon Butler, Biria St. John and Mike Stone of CBRE/NE represented the seller, LCOR Groton Apartment LLC, an affiliate of LCOR, and procured the undisclosed buyer. Mike Riccio, Susan Larkin and Anna Pfau of CBRE Debt & Structured Finance team placed $39.21 million in acquisition financing for The Ledges.

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NEW YORK CITY — Alpha Realty has brokered the sale of 306 Fifth Avenue, a residential building located in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn. The six-story building sold for $8.3 million. Built in 2002, the 16,525-square-foot building features 10 residential apartments and one commercial unit. Additionally, there is a 421(a) tax abatement in effect on the property until 2025. Lev Mavashev of Alpha Realty represented the seller, the original developers, and the buyer, a Manhattan-based investor, in the off-market transaction. The transaction achieved a 19.8x rent roll multiple and a cap rate of 4.8 percent.

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NEW YORK CITY — New York City-based HAP Investments LLC is developing a new project at 284 Wadsworth Ave. in Washington Heights. Known as HAP 4.1, the six-story, 11,000-square-foot development will offer 10 one- and two-bedroom apartments and basement space. The project team will employ Insulated Concrete Form (ICF) wall system for building construction. HAP has selected Design AIDD Architecture to design the project. HAP is currently developing 11 other projects in Upper Manhattan and Chelsea as well as one in Jersey City, N.J.

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LOS ANGELES — Douglas Emmett has acquired San Vicente on the Park, a 216,000-square-foot office complex in Los Angeles, for $75.3 million. The two-building complex is located at 6310 San Vicente Blvd. The boutique, five-story property sits adjacent to Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Beverly Hills and the Miracle Mile district. It caters to entertainment-related firms, business services and medical tenants. PRP LLC originally acquired the complex in 2009.

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SACRAMENTO, CALIF. – Virtu Investments has acquired the 796-unit Natomas Ridge apartment complex in the Sacramento submarket of Natomas for a reported $62 million. The community is located at 2025 W. El Camino Ave. Natomas Ridge was 94 percent occupied at the time of sale. It is situated just eight minutes from downtown Sacramento, via Interstate 5. The community was constructed in 1979. About 765 of the community’s 796 units have undergone complete kitchen and bathroom renovations. The transaction was executed by Mark Leary, Curtis Gardner and John McCulloch of the ARA Pacific team. The seller was a global investment manager.

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LOS ANGELES — RC Acquisitions has purchased National City Tower, a historic adaptive reuse development in Downtown Los Angeles, for $43.2 million. The 118,162-square-foot property is located at 810 South Spring Street in the Financial District. National City Tower was built in 1924 and redeveloped in 2008. It formerly served as a National City Bank branch. The property now contains 93 residential lofts, in addition to ground-floor and basement retail space. The retail portion was fully occupied by tenants like Terroni restaurant, Peking Tavern and Crane’s Downtown Bar. The residential component is 97 percent occupied. Janet Neman and Bryan Glenn of Charles Dunn Company represented both the buyer and seller, National City Towers LLC, in this transaction.

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SAN DIEGO – The 36-unit Hillcrest Apartments in the San Diego submarket of Hillcrest has received $7.4 million in construction-permanent financing. The community will be located at 4021 Eighth Ave. Financing will be used to develop the property, which is scheduled for completion in early 2016. The construction loan converts to a permanent loan at stabilization. The loan also carries an earn-out feature that allows the borrower to draw additional loan dollars at stabilization. It features a 4.2 percent rate with an interest-only period of up to 27 months. Financing was arranged by HFF’s Aldon Cole and Bryan Clark on behalf of Veritas Urban Properties. The 12-year, fixed-rate loan was arranged through a correspondent life company lender.

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LOS ANGELES – The 24-unit Wilcox Gateway Properties apartment complex in Los Angeles has sold to NHVA1-XVlll for $4.4 million. The community is located at 1812 -1830 Wilcox Ave. The property consists of 24 units on four parcels of land. Three of the properties were built in the 1920s. The fourth was built in 1986, which means it is not subject to rent control. The new owner plans to relocate the existing tenants so it can renovate the 24 units. Tim Steuernol and Rob Zaharia of NAI Capital’s West L.A. office represented both the buyer and seller, Wilcox Gateway Partners LLC, in this transaction.

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DALLAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Hamilton Village, a 34-unit, Class C apartment complex in Dallas. Hamilton Village is located at 3201 Hamilton Ave. in Dallas, just east of I-45 and southeast of I-30 in the Fair Park submarket. The property was built in 1964 and consists of three buildings with one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Stephen Crittenden, Michael Ware and William Jarnagin of Marcus & Millichap’s Dallas office marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a private investor. Crittenden, Jarnagin and Ware also procured the buyer, a private investor.

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GRIMES, IOWA — Hubbell Realty Co. has begun construction on three new apartment buildings and a clubhouse at Meadowlark Place, an apartment community in Grimes. The third phase of expansion, totaling $9.3 million, is located at 1000 S.E. 11th St. The complex is undergoing another expansion with the addition of 90 apartment units, a second community clubhouse, a pool surrounded by expansive patio areas and 58 garages. Following the completion of construction, Meadowlark Place will feature two clubhouses that will both feature a 24-hour fitness center, theater room and community room. Meadowlark Place, a mixed-income project with both market rate and affordable housing units, includes one-, two- and three-bedroom apartment homes. The units feature in-unit washers/dryers, designer appliances, patios or decks, accent paint colors and spacious closets. Hubbell Construction Services is building the project. Meadowlark Place’s new apartment homes will be available beginning in spring 2015.

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