AUSTIN, TEXAS — Locally based developer Aspen Heights Partners will redevelop the site of the former HealthSouth hospital in downtown Austin into a multifamily complex that will total 921 units across two towers. The site spans roughly a full city block. About 25 percent (232) of the units will be reserved as affordable housing. The development will also feature 18,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space, a 30,000-square-foot public plaza and an onsite music venue. Aspen Heights will partner with Capital A Housing and The NHP Foundation to develop and operate the affordable housing component of the project. The Austin City Council has approved the master development agreement, and the development team expects to fully complete the project by 2027.
Multifamily
HOUSTON — General contractor Hoar Construction has broken ground on X Houston, a 475-unit multifamily project in the city’s Museum District. Developed by X Co. and designed by Lamar Johnson Collaborative, X Houston will be a 33-story high-rise that will span 756,000 square feet and will house ground-floor retail space. Amenities will include a pool, fitness center, bar area and coworking spaces. Completion is slated for the third quarter of 2024.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Northmarq has brokered the sale of The Borough Apartments, a 208-unit multifamily property in Fort Worth that was built in 1981. According to Apartments.com, the property offers one- and two-bedroom units ranging in size from 500 to 1,280 square feet. Taylor Snoddy, Eric Stockley, Philip Wiegand and Charles Hubbard of Northmarq brokered the deal on behalf of the seller. Kevin Leamy, Lauren Bresky, Daniel Stickane and Patrick Elliott, also with Northmarq, arranged a nonrecourse, floating-rate acquisition loan that carried three years of interest-only payments on behalf of the buyer. Both parties requested anonymity.
NORTH HALEDON, N.J. — A partnership between two locally based firms, Tulfra Real Estate and The Hampshire Cos., has sold Molly Brook on Belmont, a 180-unit multifamily property in the Northern New Jersey community of North Haledon, for $89 million. Brian Whitmer, Niko Nicolaou, Ryan Dowd and Peter Welch of Cushman & Wakefield represented the partnership and procured the buyer, JLL Income Property Trust, in the transaction. Amenities at the property include a pool, fitness center, dog park and a clubhouse. Molly Brook on Belmont was fully occupied at the time of sale. G.S. Wilcox & Co. arranged acquisition financing for the deal.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based brokerage firm Ariel Property Advisors has negotiated the $40.6 million sale of a 142,500-square-foot multifamily development site in the Gowanus neighborhood of Brooklyn. The buyer, an entity doing business as Tankhouse LLC, did not disclose specific development plans, but the site carries a mandatory inclusionary zoning requirement. Sean Kelly and Stephen Vorvolakos of Ariel Property Advisors represented the seller, Pilot Real Estate Group, in the land deal.
CBRE Arranges Construction Financing for 12-Story Seniors Housing Development in Nashville
by John Nelson
NASHVILLE, TENN. — CBRE has arranged an undisclosed amount of financing for construction of The Crestmoor at Green Hills, a 12-story seniors housing community in Nashville’s Green Hills neighborhood. A joint venture between Bridgewood Property Co. and Harrison Street are developing the property, which will feature 117 independent living units, 45 assisted living units and 29 memory care units. Aron Will and Tim Root of CBRE National Senior Housing arranged the five-year construction loan through a regional bank. Bridgewood’s wholly owned management company, The Aspenwood Co., will operate the community upon completion.
Blaze Capital, Cross Lake Sell 132-Unit Single-Family Rental Community in Summerville, South Carolina
by John Nelson
SUMMERVILLE, S.C. — Blaze Capital Partners and Cross Lake Partners have sold Chamberlain Pines, a 132-unit single-family rental community in Summerville, a suburb of Charleston. The duo delivered the townhome-style property last year. The buyer and sales price were not disclosed. Chamberlain Pines features two-story townhomes averaging 1,685 square feet across three and four-bedroom rental units. All units feature attached garages, concrete backyard patios and private, fenced-in yards.
WINTHROP, MASS. — Locally based developer The Procopio Cos. has completed The Somerset, a 29-unit multifamily project in Winthrop, located on the eastern outskirts of Boston. The complex offers one- and two-bedroom units ranging in size from 500 to 1,300 square feet and includes 1,119 square feet of retail space. Residences are furnished with quartz countertops, private decks and in-unit washers and dryers, and communal amenities include a fitness center, onsite parking and bike storage space. The Somerset opened with 35 percent of the units leased. Rents start at $2,650 per month for a one-bedroom unit.
WYOMING, MICH. — Thompson Thrift has acquired 29 acres in the Grand Rapids suburb of Wyoming with plans to build a 344-unit luxury apartment complex. Completion is slated for late 2023. Located near the intersection of Wilson Avenue and 64th Street, the property will be named The BLVD at Wilson Crossings. Amenities will include a clubhouse, pool, fitness center, dog park, pickleball courts, green space and grilling stations. The project marks Thompson Thrift’s second Grand Rapids-area community following The Grove, which opened in fall 2021.
CENTENNIAL, COLO. — Denver-based EverWest Real Estate Investors has completed the disposition of Peakview Apartments, a multifamily community situated within Denver Tech Center in Centennial. Griffis Residential acquired the four-story asset for $115 million. Located at 7700 E. Peakview Ave., Peakview Apartments features 304 studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom residences, a resort-style swimming pool, rooftop deck, fitness center, and bicycle storage and repair facilities. A structured, controlled-access deck provides parking. Peakview is two blocks from the Arapahoe light rail station. The asset was constructed in 2015.