BRECKSVILLE AND VERMILION, OHIO — Browns Gibbons Lang & Co. (BGL) Real Estate Advisors has arranged development financing for Valor Acres in Brecksville, a southern suburb of Cleveland, and The Bluffs at WaterWood Resort in Vermilion, about 42 miles west of Cleveland. The borrower was DiGeronimo Cos. Fifth Third Bank & First Commonwealth Bank provided the financing for Valor Acres, a mixed-use development incorporating 44,000 square feet of Class A office space, 221 luxury apartment units, 70,000 square feet of retail and entertainment space, an onsite safety station and 700-space parking garage. The project is being developed on the former site of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Brecksville hospital. Valor Acres is also home to the new Sherwin-Williams Research and Development Center and the DiGeronimo corporate headquarters. DiGeronimo closed on Phase I of the project, which included a multifamily building as well as for-rent townhomes, in December 2021. The developer closed on the for-sale townhomes, attached loft homes, memorial park and clubhouse in June 2023. BGL also served as the financial advisor for those transactions. In addition to senior construction debt from Fifth Third Bank, the project received transformational mixed-use development tax credits, Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority incentives and …
CHICAGO — Berkadia has negotiated the sale of Midpointe Apartments in Chicago for an undisclosed price. The 423-unit, garden-style multifamily property was built in 1973 and extensively upgraded over the last 10 years. Amenities include an outdoor pool, fitness center, dog park, fire pit and outdoor gas grilling areas. Ralph DePasquale of Berkadia represented the seller, an institutional investor. An affiliate of California-based Turner Impact Capital was the buyer.
MINNEAPOLIS — Kiser Group has expanded into Minnesota by partnering with multifamily broker Robert Dulin to open a new multifamily brokerage office. The firm maintains brokers focused on Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin, and this latest expansion broadens the company’s reach across the Midwest. Kiser Group’s transaction volume is in excess of $6 billion in multifamily investment sales since its inception in 2005. Dulin, formerly a director at Cushman & Wakefield, brings 15 years of multifamily brokerage experience to his role as executive director for Kiser’s Minneapolis-St. Paul operations.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — As the clock struck midnight on New Year’s Eve, the 2025-2026 academic year moved further into focus. What can the industry expect to see this year from a preleasing perspective? Are rents expected to keep growing? And by how much? All of these questions and more were discussed during a kick-off panel at the 2024 LeaseCon/TurnCon conference by InterFace Conference Group, which took place this past December in Charlotte. As of Dec. 3, student housing properties across the country were 36.6 percent preleased on average — a 1.3 percent decline from rates seen at the same time in 2023, according to moderator Charlie Matthews, founder and CEO of data provider College House. Editor’s note: InterFace Conference Group, a division of France Media Inc., produces networking and educational conferences for commercial real estate executives. To sign up for email announcements about specific events, visit www.interfaceconferencegroup.com/subscribe. Of markets across the United States, the Southeast led the way with the highest preleasing percentage at 43.5 percent. Asking rents have congruently grown by 4.9 percent across the country as of early December, according to Matthews, with average rents at $990. Leading the way in rent growth for the 2025-2026 academic year …
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Clear Investment Group has purchased Marbury Plaza, a 681-unit apartment community located in southeast Washington, D.C. The Chicago-based investment firm plans to rebrand the property to Langston Views and upgrade the amenity package to include a new fitness center, onsite convenience store and renovated pools and locker rooms. This is the fifth investment for the buyer’s Clear Opportunities Fund I. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
KENNESAW, GA. — JLL has negotiated the sale of Bixby Kennesaw, a 656-bed student housing community located near the Kennesaw State University campus in metro Atlanta. Completed in 2020, the property offers 179 units in a mix of studio through five-bedroom configurations. Shared amenities include a rooftop sky deck overlooking the university’s football stadium, resort-style swimming pool, fitness center and multiple study spaces. Teddy Leatherman, Scott Clifton, Kevin Kazlow and Jack Goldberger of JLL represented the seller, Alden Street Capital, in the disposition. The buyer and terms of the transaction were not released.
DENVER — Trammell Crow Residential and Cigna have obtained $75 million in refinancing for One Seven at Belleview Station, a multifamily community in Denver. The refinancing will retire the original bank construction loan. Leon McBroom and Mark Erland of JLL Capital Market’s Debt Advisory team arranged the three-year, floating-rate loan through a national life insurance company for the borrowers. Located at 4882 S. Newport St., One Seven at Belleview Station offers 250 one-, two- and three-bedroom units with wood vinyl plank flooring, Bluetooth-enabled entry doors, roller shades, stainless steel appliances, quartz countertops and private balconies. Community amenities include a rooftop pool deck, remote work center, clubroom, wellness center, bike storage, pet spa and theater rooms. The property also offers 7,062 square feet of fully leased retail space.
CALIFORNIA — Wilmington, N.C.-based Live Oak Bank has provided a $40 million loan to finance the ground-up construction of a new seniors housing community in California. Upon completion, the property will feature 140 assisted living and memory care units. Additional details about the property were not released. Live Oak Bank provided the financing, which features a five-year term and 42 months of interest-only payments, in conjunction with a $39.6 million C-PACE loan provided by Nuveen Green Capital. A joint venture between Harbert Seniors Housing Fund II and Harbert South Bay Partners was the borrower.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — LRT Co., a developer of traditional multifamily and seniors housing properties, has acquired 12.4 acres in Providence for the development of a $65 million seniors housing project. Known as Tiffany Laurel Reserve, the property will total 157,000 square feet upon completion and feature 127 independent living residences and 77 assisted living and memory care units. Roughly 25 percent of the units will be reserved for low-income residents. The development will also feature 56 garage parking spaces. Construction is scheduled to begin this summer.
HOBOKEN, N.J. — CBRE has arranged a $17 million loan for the refinancing of a 46-unit apartment building located at 600 Harrison St. in Hoboken. New York City-based The Daten Group developed the property in 2017. According to Apartments.com, the building offers one- and two-bedroom units with an average size of 895 square feet and amenities such as a zen garden, package handling service, resident lounge and grilling and dining stations. Jason Gaccione, Shawn Rosenthal, Jake Salkovitz, Fahri Ozturk, Richard Gatto and Zach McHale of CBRE originated the loan on behalf of Daten Group. The direct lender was not disclosed.