CHICAGO — Akara Partners plans to develop a two-building, 270,202-square-foot apartment complex at 500 N. Milwaukee in Chicago’s River West Neighborhood Fulton River District near the West Loop. Following demolition of an existing vacant building on the site, Akara will proceed with construction of 227 apartment units, 14,000 square feet of street-level retail space and 102 parking spaces at the northwest corner of Milwaukee and Grand avenues. The design by Pappageorge Haymes Ltd. includes a four-story building on the corner totaling 55,074 square feet and a 14-story building on the other side of Green Street totaling 215,128 square feet. BMO Harris Bank is providing construction financing for the development and Goldman Sachs serves as the equity partner. CA Residential is Akara’s development partner and Tishman Construction is the general contractor. The development is scheduled for completion in 2016.
MILWAUKEE — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has secured a $21.5 million Freddie Mac CME loan for Presidio Square Apartments in Milwaukee. The 248-unit, garden-style apartment complex was built in 1991. Jeannie Johnson of KeyBank Real Estate Capital Markets’ multifamily team arranged the financing for the undisclosed borrower. The financing will be used to pay off an existing loan.
The multifamily market in Los Angeles continues to be a hot property sector as the economy improves and jobs are added throughout the region. I believe we’ll hear much of the same buzz about the market in 2015 that we’ve heard for the past few years. This includes statements like vacancy rates are very low and demand outweighs supply. This results in rising rents, strong demand for multifamily investment property, climbing prices climbing and cap rates that continue to compress. Los Angeles County ended the third quarter of 2014 with a vacancy rate of just 3.2 percent. Asking rents continued to increase, with third-quarter rents coming in at an average rate of $1,521 per month. This is up 0.9 percent from the second quarter of this year, according to Reis. On the investment side, properties are trading at sub-4 percent cap rates. There were 80 apartment sales totaling $693 million in the third quarter, with an average per-unit price of $300,000. Some of LA’s hottest multifamily submarkets include the Westside, Beverly Hills, West Hollywood, Hollywood, Echo Park, Silverlake and Downtown LA. The most in-demand and promising submarket for multifamily is likely Playa Vista, however. Google recently announced it purchased 12 …
OMAHA, NEB. — Darland Construction has completed the five-story Jones 13 Apartments in downtown Omaha. Darland’s second project with America First Real Estate Group, the property includes 100 units. Apartments range from studios to two-bedroom units, which are built around a central courtyard. The property features a 57-stall parking garage. Additional amenities include a fitness center with a street view; a courtyard with outdoor kitchen, fire pit, and pergola, water feature and planters. Jones 13 is the second multifamily construction project that Darland has completed for America First Real Estate Group.
COON RAPIDS, MINN. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $4.1 million sale of Crest Oak Apartments, a 60-unit apartment property located in Coon Rapids. The property is located at 9930 Bluebird St. Northwest. The 1970s Class C apartment property includes a mix of 26 one-bedroom apartments and 33 two-bedroom apartments. Dan Linnell and Mox Gunderson of Marcus & Millichap’s Minneapolis office represented both the undisclosed seller and the buyer in the transaction.
Apartment rents and multifamily asset values are rising while vacancy remains low in Connecticut’s New Haven and Fairfield counties. Young professionals and commuters are moving out of suburban areas to reside in downtown locations so they can take advantage of transit-oriented, live-work-play environments. Costly single-family housing is another factor contributing to new residents seeking rentals rather than buying homes. There is a strong demand for apartments, which keeps vacancy low and prompts new development in the region, so much so that delivery of multifamily housing units this year will more than double those built in 2013. Demand however, outweighs the new supply and the current, record-low vacancy levels will be unaffected. Average prices for apartment assets in New Haven and Fairfield counties rose 3 percent over the last year to $169,000 per unit as the overall quality of listings improved. While the region experiences strong rent growth and higher yields than the likes of New York City and Boston, more foreign investors and institutional buyers continue to emerge with sights set on multifamily assets; and in particular, top-tier assets with more than 250 units in primary markets. Properties near Metro North commuter rail stations and employment centers will generate elevated …
STERLING HEIGHTS, MICH. — NorthMarq Capital has secured $34.6 million in refinancing for Lakeside Terrace Apartments, a 438-unit multifamily property located in Sterling Heights. The 10-year loan includes a 30-year amortization schedule. NorthMarq Capital’s Charlotte office arranged financing for the undisclosed borrower through its seller/servicer relationship with Freddie Mac.
LYONS, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $735,000 sale of a 24-unit apartment property in Lyons. The building is located at 3905-3913 Haas Avenue. The property includes one-bedroom units measuring approximately 500 square feet each. The complex also features off-street parking and an on-site laundry facility. Ryan Engle and Andrean Angelov of Marcus & Millichap’s Chicago Oak Brook office represented the seller, a private investor and the buyer, a limited liability company.
DE PERE, WIS. — Ogden & Co. Inc. has arranged the $3.9 million sale of a 56-unit apartment complex in De Pere, a suburb of Green Bay. Trumpeter Trail is located at 605-665 Trumpeter Trail. Trumpeter Trail Associates LLC sold the property to the buyer, a Wisconsin-based investor group. David Tighe and Tim Dwyer of Ogden & Co. were the brokers involved in the transaction.
FOLSOM, CALIF. – The 260-unit Fairmont at Willow Creek in Folsom has received $28.5 million in refinancing. The community is located at 200 S. Lexington Drive. The loan includes a 10-year interest-only term. Financing was arranged by Michael T. Elmore of NorthMarq Capital’s Los Angeles office through the firm’s Fannie Mae DUS lender. The borrower was CWS Capital Partners.