DAVENPORT, IOWA — Developer TWG has broken ground on Federal Point, a $39 million workforce housing property in Davenport. The project will rise four stories with 185 units, all of which will be reserved for renters earning up to 60 percent of the area median income. The property will be situated west of the new R. Richard Bittner YMCA. Amenities will include a fitness room, outdoor patio and bike storage. Completion is slated for December 2023.
LIBERTYVILLE, ILL. — Monarch Realty Partners has negotiated the $13.6 million sale of The Manchester in Libertyville, a northern suburb of Chicago. The property includes 34 luxury apartment units, five commercial spaces, a parking garage with 36 spaces and an additional 37 outdoor parking spaces. Located at 115 Lake St. and originally constructed in 2008, the building was renovated in 2016. Bill Baumann and Michael Anguiano of Monarch brokered the sale. Buyer and seller information was not provided.
ROSEMEAD AND EL MONTE, CALIF. — Lee & Associates LA North/Ventura has arranged the sale of a three-property apartment portfolio in the San Gabriel Valley. Positive Investments acquired the portfolio from Hunsaker Family for $68 million. The portfolio includes Fashion Park Apartments, Glen Haven Apartments and Fashion Lane Apartments, spanning 4405 Rosemead Blvd., 5123-5205 Rosemead Blvd. and 4436-4438 Ivar St. in Rosemead, as well as a community at 3815 Baldwin Ave. in adjacent El Monte. Totaling 215,691 square feet, the portfolio features a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom units and single-family residences, as well as swimming pools, clubhouses, secure entry, covered parking and carports. Warren Berzack of Lee & Associates LA North/Ventura handled the transaction.
TEMPE AND GLENDALE, ARIZ. — Harrison Street has formed a joint venture with American Campus Communities (ACC) for the ownership of ACC’s existing eight-property Arizona State University on-campus student housing portfolio. Under the terms of the transaction, Harrison Street, as part of its social infrastructure platform, has acquired a 45 percent interest in the joint venture, with ACC owning the remaining interest. ACC will continue to manage the day-to-day operations in collaboration with ASU under the terms of the existing P3 (public-private partnership) contracts. The portfolio includes 8,187 beds across eight assets, which include seven buildings at ASU Tempe and one building at ASU’s West Campus in Glendale. The facilities feature core campus amenities including retail, cafés, fitness centers, dining halls, academic halls and outdoor recreation spaces. The communities provide a broad range of products including first-year residence halls, honors college housing, Greek housing and upper division apartment-style housing.
AURORA, COLO. — Hilco Real Estate has arranged the acquisition of approximately 134 acres of vacant development land located at the southeast corner of East 64th Avenue and Piccadilly Road in Aurora. Hilltop at DIA purchased the property, which is just south of Denver International Airport, for $18.1 million. The asset was acquired through a bankruptcy sale. Hilltop at DIA plans to develop a master-planned community, dubbed Avelon, on the site. The community would include hospitality, residential and commercial space, as well as single-family residences and greenspace.
HOUSTON — Miami-based balance sheet lender 3650 REIT has provided a $60.5 million construction loan for The Vic on Park Row, a 363-unit multifamily project that will be located in Houston’s Energy Corridor neighborhood. Amenities will include a game room, entertainment area, business center, conference room, fitness center and a bowling alley, as well as an outdoor recreational area with a pool, dog park and playground. The developer and borrower is locally based firm Hunington Properties. A tentative completion date was not released.
HOUSTON — Dallas-based Westmount Realty Capital has purchased The Station at Mason Creek, a 291-unit apartment community in Houston. Built in 2001, the property offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units with an average size of 772 square feet. The amenity package consists of a pool with a splash pad, fitness center, coffee bar, clubhouse, business center and a dog park. The seller was not disclosed. Westmount plans to implement a value-add program to the unit interiors, building exteriors and landscaping, as well as to rebrand the property as Westmount at Mason Creek.
ARLINGTON, VA. — JBG Smith (NYSE: JBGS), an owner and developer of mixed-use properties in the greater Washington, D.C. market, has begun construction on a pair of multifamily towers at 2000 and 2001 South Bell Street in Arlington. The development is expected to bring 775 apartments and nearly 27,000 square feet of retail space to National Landing, a neighborhood anchored by Amazon’s HQ2 campus and the Virginia Tech Innovation Campus, both of which JBG Smith is developing. “The start of construction at 2000 and 2001 South Bell Street is a major milestone in National Landing’s ongoing transformation and delivers on our pledge to build new housing in lockstep with Amazon and Virginia Tech’s growth in the neighborhood,” says Bryan Moll, executive vice president of development at JBG Smith. KPF designed 2000 South Bell Street to be a modern, 25-story glass tower with 355 multifamily units situated above approximately 15,000 square feet of street-level retail space. The adjacent 2001 South Bell Street was designed by Studios to be a 420-unit, 19-story tower with a green-glazed brick façade and approximately 10,000 square feet of street-level retail space. SK+I will serve as the architect of record for both towers, which are designed to …
LEANDER, TEXAS — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has negotiated the sale of 22 North, a 240-unit apartment community located in the northern Austin suburb of Leander. Built in 2018, the property offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units with an average size of 1,090 square feet. Amenities include a pool, fitness center, business center, grilling area and a media/game room. Will Balthrope, Kent Myers and Jordan Featherston of IPA represented the buyer and seller, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based investment firm Emmut Properties has acquired the 126-room Excelsior Hotel, located at 45 W. 81st St. in Manhattan, for $80 million. The new ownership plans to convert the property, which was built in the 1920s but has been closed since April 2020, into a 134-unit multifamily building. Chinmay Bhatt, Noam Franklin and Cody Kirkpatrick of Berkadia arranged acquisition financing through Franklin BSP Realty Trust for the deal.
