OXON HILL, MD. — Laurel, Md.-based Dragone Realty Investments has acquired Azalea Woods, a multifamily property located at 1101 Kennebec St. in Oxon Hill. Built in 1963, the 305-unit property features three-story, garden-style buildings and a five-story, mid-rise building. Miami-based LNR Partners sold the property for $9.5 million. Bill Roohan, Mike Muldowney, Andrew Boyer, Michael Rudolph, Jonathan Greenberg, Brian Margerum, Martha Hastings and Tim Bonebrake of CB Richard Ellis' Washington, D.C., Multi-Housing Team brokered the transaction.
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HOUMA, LA. — Walker & Dunlop has provided a $12.6 million refinance loan for Houma Highlands, an apartment development located in Houma. The multi-phase development currently consists of eight three-story, walk-up apartment buildings and a clubhouse with a swimming pool, fitness center, playground and car wash. The borrowers will use the loan to help finance the second phase of the development. The loan features a 7-year capped ARM with a 1-year lockout, 1 percent exit and a 30-year amortization schedule. Stephen Farnsworth of Walker & Dunlop originated the loan and led the Walker & Dunlop team.
MINNEAPOLIS — Greco Development and its investors are developing Flux Apartments in Uptown Minneapolis. The $38 million, 195,000-square-foot project will feature 216 alcove, one- and two-bedroom and penthouse floorplans. Amenities will include an Internet cafe, the Flux bar, an outdoor pool with massage cabana, a grill and chill area, lawn bowling, a dog park, a gym-quality fitness center, concierge services and heated underground parking. FInancing is being provided by NorthMarq Capital, AFLCIO Building Investment Trust and PNC Realty Investors. BKV Group is providing architectural services and Frana Cos. is providing construction services. Completion is scheduled for January 2012.
BELOIT, WIS. — Red Mortgage Capital has provided a $13.38 million loan for Hawks Ridge Apartments in Beloit. The 193-unit multifamily property is owned by Elkhorn, Wis.-based Teronomy Builders Inc. The loan was financed through the FHA 223(f) program. Red Mortgage Capital is the banking arm of Red Capital Group.
El Paso — Pebble Hills, a 105-unit multifamily property built in 1978, has sold in El Paso for an undisclosed price. Located at 10865 Edgemere Blvd., the property features 32 one-bedroom and 73 two-bedroom units. San Antonio-based American Opportunity for Housing-PH Apartments, represented by Mike Miller and Winston Black of Hendricks & Partners, sold the property to El Paso-based Pomajest, which is planning substantial upgrades.
HARTSELLE, AL. — Columbia Cottage – Hartselle LLC has acquired Sierra Springs in Hartselle for $1.8 million or $56,000 per unit. LSJ Investments sold the assisted-living property, which was built in 2000. At the time of acquisition, the property was 87 percent occupied. Ryan Maconachy and Scott Corbin of ARA Seniors' Dallas office represented the seller in the transaction. The property will be managed by Huntsville, Ala.-based Cottage Senior Living.
QUINCY, MASS. — LNR has announced that a new senior housing facility will be developed within the SoutField master-planned community. William B. Rice Eventide Home will build a new independent living and skilled nursing facility on 9.4 acres within SouthField Highlands, the community's first residential neighborhood. It will contain 192 independent living units and 46 beds of skilled nursing housing. Rogerson Communities is serving as developer for the project, and locally based Shesky Architects is designing it. Construction for the $45 to $50 million project is expected to begin in 2012. Formerly the South Weymouth Naval Air Station, SouthField will feature, at full build-out, 2 million square feet of commercial space, 2,850 units of housing, a movie studio, a golf course and an indoor/outdoor sports and recreation complex.
WINTER HAVEN, FLA. — Michael Regan, Francesco Carriera and Nicholas Meoli of Marcus & Millichap's Tampa, Fla., office have brokered the sale of The Landings and Brandywyne, a two-property multifamily portfolio in Winter Haven. A Florida-based investor acquired the 141-unit portfolio sold for $3 million or approximately $21,000 per unit. The seller was a Pennsylvania-based developer.
GOLDEN VALLEY AND ELK RIVER, MINN. — The Minneapolis office of Grandbridge Real Estate Capital has originated and closed two loans, totaling $5.6 million, for properties in Minnesota. The first loan was secured by Sedona Hills, a 102-unit multifamily property in Golden Valley. The loan was financed with Fannie Mae and features a 10-year term, 30-year amortization and a fixed-rate interest rate of 4.75 percent. The second loan was secured by a 36-unit apartment complex in Elk River. The 5-year term loan carries a 4.04 interest rate. Tony Carlson and Dave Rasmussen of Grandbridge originated both transactions.
LOS ANGELES — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $15 million sale of Sherman Village, a 150,000-square-foot development site located at 12629-12729 Riverside Drive in the Valley Village area of Los Angeles. The 3.45-acre site near the Sherman Oaks Fashion Square and the Sherman Oaks Galleria is entitled for the development of 264 multifamily units on eight parcels. Marcus & Millichap’s Greg Harris represented both the Los Angeles-based buyer, IMT Capital, and the Southern California-based private-investor seller.