Passco Buys Apartment Community in Charleston for $38.5M

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Passco Cos. has purchased Woodfield South Point, a 240-unit apartment community located at 1000 Bonieta Harrold Drive in Charleston’s West Ashley submarket, for $38.5 million. Passco will rebrand the asset to 1000 West. The apartment community is situated within walking distance of the West Ashley Greenway, a 8.3-mile jogging and biking trail. Community amenities include a resort-style saltwater pool, tanning deck, outdoor grills and barbecue areas, clubhouse with an outdoor fireplace, media lounge, cyber café, dog park and a car washing station. Kevin Kempf and Phil Brosseau of CBRE represented the seller, Arsenal Real Estate Funds, in the transaction. Chris Black of KeyBank Real Estate Capital arranged acquisition financing through Fannie Mae on behalf of Passco. Including the 1000 West transaction, Passco’s acquisition volume in 2016 exceeded $540 million, and the company plans to eclipse $1 billion in acquisition volume in 2017.