DALLAS — Greensboro, N.C.-based Bell Partners has acquired the 214-unit Alta 1900 Lofts, located in Dallas' Design District. The facility will be rebranded as Bell Design District. The amenities of the facility include a 24-hour fitness center, media center and a resort-style swimming pool with an underwater sound system. Bell has acquired more than $330 million in apartment properties in 2012. The purchase was made through Bell Apartment Funds IV.
Multifamily
AUSTIN — HFF has arranged the sale of the 324-unit, Class A Deerfield Apartments, located at 8700 Brodie Lane in southwest Austin. The apartment community is currently 97 percent occupied. Sean Sorrell led the HFF team to represent the seller, Nevins Adams Lewbel Schell, in the transaction. Austin-based Falcon Southwest was the buyer.
DALLAS — Beech Street Capital has closed $19.3 million in Fannie Mae loans to refinance a Class B, three-apartment property portfolio totaling 720 units in Dallas/Fort Worth. Larry Sneathern of Beech Street's Dallas office arranged the 10-year loans with seven years of field maintenance.
EVERETT, WASH. — The 120-unit Woodbrook Apartments in Everett has received nearly $6.2 million in first-mortgage refinancing. The property is located at 525 112th Street SE. The 10-year loan boasts a 30-year amortization schedule. It was arranged for Woodbrook Investment Partners, LP by John Kinser and James DuMars of NorthMarq’s Phoenix regional office through the firm’s seller-servicer relationship with Freddie Mac.
ELGIN, S.C. — KT Spears Creek has sold the 240-unit Greenhill Parish Crossing, located at 10682 Two Notch Road in Elgin, to Legacy Sandhill Apartments LLC, for $19.5 million. The Class A community, which is 96 percent occupied, was built in 2009 by the seller. A 13-acre undeveloped Phase II parcel was also included in the sale and has been approved for an additional 240 units. Woody Moore, Ron Cameron and Will Mathews of Colliers International represented the seller in the transaction.
LIVINGSTON, N.J. — Gebroe-Hammer Associates has arranged 12 multifamily trades totaling $19.5 million in the last three weeks. In Hudson County, Gebroe-Hammer arranged four transactions involving 117 units in Jersey City, N.J., Union City, N.J., and West New York. In Elizabeth, N.J. and East Orange, N.J., the firm represented clients in three sales netting $5.3 million for 76 apartment rental units and seven ground-floor units. In Patterson, Gebroe-Hammer closed three sales, two of which were short sales totaling 33 units for $725,000; a note sale in Irvington, N.J. involving 32 units for $500,000; and the trade of 28 units in Montclair, N.J.
BEAUMONT — Alliant Capital has closed a $5.6 million acquisition loan for the 182-unit Settler’s Cove, a garden-style apartment community located in Beaumont. Jarett Blasberg of Alliant Capital arranged the 10-year loan with a 30-year amortization schedule.
PHOENIX – The 124-unit Barrington Regent in Phoenix has received $6.37 million in first-mortgage refinancing. The property is located at 825 W. Osborn Road. The fixed-rate, non-recourse loan was arranged for Su Casa Properties by Luke Donahue of NorthMarq’s Phoenix office through the firm’s seller-servicer relationship with Freddie Mac. The 10-year loan features two years interest-only and a 30-year amortization schedule.
JACKSONVILLE, S.C. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $19 million sale of the 185-unit Brighton Bay, an independent living community located at 10061 Sweetwater Parkway in Jacksonville. Michael Pardoll of Marcus & Millichap represented Wells Fargo & Co., the seller, in the transaction. The Carlyle Group was the buyer.
LEXINGTON, KY. — An 88-unit multifamily property, located at 1740 Jennifer Drive in Lexington, has sold for $1.3 million. Fred Sutterlin and Reed Weinberg of PRG Investments represented the seller in the transaction.