FAYETTEVILLE, ARK. — Bridge Partners, a real estate investment company headquartered near San Francisco, has acquired The Crowne at Razorback apartments, a student housing community near the University of Arkansas (UA) in Fayetteville. The 480-bed property offers amenities including a resort-style pool and sundeck, fitness center, business center, dog park and sand volleyball court. The community is located less than one mile from the UA campus and is located along UA's bus route. The financing of The Crowne at Razorback was executed through a Freddie Mac loan assumption.
Multifamily
TROY, OHIO — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $11.3 million sale of Towne Park Apartments, a 204-unit Class A community in Troy, located about twenty minutes north of Dayton, Ohio. Built in 2004, the multifamily property spans 201,528 square feet. Michael Barron, Daniel Burkons, and Joshua Wintermute of the Barron, Burkons, Wintermute Group in Marcus & Millichap’s Cleveland office, marketed the property on behalf of the seller.
NEW YORK CITY — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA) has arranged the $17.1 million sale of The Selkirk, a 13-story, 49-unit apartment building on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. The sales price equates to $350,000 per unit and $600 per square foot. Scott Edelstein, Peter Von Der Ahe and Seth Glasser of IPA advised the seller, a private investor. The buyer is also a private investor. Built in 1906, The Selkirk is located at 308 W. 82nd St. near local schools and the Broadway retail corridor.
LAS VEGAS — Griffis Residential has acquired The Wellington, a 332-unit luxury apartment community in Las Vegas, for $43 million. The Class A community is located at 9550 W. Sahara Ave. It was built in 1998 and renovated in 2012. ARA’s Christopher Bentley and Melissa Salas represented the seller, The Picerne Group, in this transaction. ARA also assisted Griffis.
DENVER – A pair of 17-unit apartment buildings in Denver has sold to High Street Apartments, LLC and Elizabeth Street Apartments, LLC, for $4.4 million. The communities are located at 1345 High Street and 1443 Elizabeth near City Park. Both were recently renovated. The Calame | Lewallen Team at Pinnacle Real Estate Advisors, LLC represented both the buyer and the seller, Boutique Apartments, in this transaction.
KISSIMMEE, FLA. — Boca Raton, Fla.-based Southern Management and Development LP (SMD) has arranged the sale of Dorado Apartments, a 367-unit multifamily community in Kissimmee. The community, located near Orlando International Airport and Disney World at 1400 W. Donegan Ave., sold for approximately $16.8 million. A group of Florida-based investors purchased the 93 percent occupied community from Dorado Apatments JV Ltd.
ATLANTA, GAINESVILLE AND CARROLLTON, GA. — The Aspen Cos., an affordable housing acquisition and management firm based in Teaneck, N.J., has acquired three HUD multifamily communities in Georgia for approximately $9.2 million. The properties include the 176-unit Paradise East in Atlanta, the 100-unit Linwood Apartments in Gainesville and the 50-unit Paradise Carrollton in Carrollton. The Aspen Cos. purchased the properties from the original developer, a partnership with HJ Russell & Co. Andrew Daitch of Marcus & Millichap brokered the transaction.
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $3 million sale of Shandon Crossing, a 152-unit apartment community at 504 S. Beltline Blvd. in Columbia. Mark Boyce, Andrew Mays and Paul Vetter of Marcus & Millichap's Charleston, S.C., office represented the seller, a bank/financial institution, in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Avant Capital Partners has originated a $3.1 million bridge loan secured by a 25- by 100-foot lot located at 308 E. 59th St. in the Sutton Place neighborhood of New York City. The interest-only, one-year loan carries an interest rate of 10 percent, refinances the first mortgage and provides predevelopment funding for the project sponsor. The borrower plans to begin a condo development on the property, which includes 27,500 square feet of air rights.
DESOTO, TEXAS — Colliers International has brokered the sale of Pecan Crossing, a 236-unit multifamily complex in the Dallas suburb of Desoto. Located at 1225 E. Pleasant Run Road and in close proximity to I-35, the property offers one- to three-bedroom apartments plus tennis courts and two swimming pools. Bob Helterbran, Mark Freeman, Teresa Lowery and Jeff Sherman of Colliers represented the seller, Pecan Crossing Apartments LLC, in the transaction. A Japanese private investor purchased the asset and is planning minor renovations in the coming year.