SAN FRANCISCO — A three-property apartment portfolio in the Bay Area has received $56.2 million in refinancing. The portfolio includes a total of 427 units throughout Fremont, Daly City and Hayward. The borrower has purchased and renovated more than 3,000 apartment units in 23 communities over the past 10 years. All three properties were built between 1965 and 1987. Amenities at the properties include full kitchens, private patios/balconies and walk-in closets. The portfolio boasts an average occupancy rate of 98 percent. The fixed-rate, Fannie Mae loans have 10-year terms, 9.5 years of yield maintenance and 30-year amortization schedules. They were provided by Greg Reed and Kristen Croxton in Capital One Multifamily’s Newport Beach office. The loans closed just 34 days after application. The interest rates on the loans were in the mid-3 percent range. Capital One was also able to structure the transactions to produce cash out.
FOLSOM, CALIF. – The 260-unit Fairmont at Willow Creek in Folsom has received a $28.5-million refinance. The community is located at 200 S. Lexington Drive. The loan features a 10-year interest-only term. It was arranged by Michael T. Elmore of NorthMarq Capital’s Los Angeles regional office through a Fannie Mae DUS lender. The borrower was CWS Capital Partners.
The Jacksonville multifamily market can lay claim to being the healthiest in Florida, not because of blockbuster demand or rapid construction, but because steady growth has kept it from overheating. The pace of construction and absorption should sustain the market for at least the next six months to a year. With an unemployment rate at 5.8 percent in September, it’s clear that the metro market has bounced back from the recession, boosting demand for housing. GE announced that same month they would be opening a new plant, adding 500 jobs. Additionally, Forbes ranks the city sixth nationally in its list of best cities for tech jobs, just ahead of Silicon Valley. Unlike other regions of the state that attract retirees and foreigners, Jacksonville is drawing young professionals and recent college graduates who are well-matched to small-scale multifamily projects. These single, well-educated and childless individuals tend to be renters. And because of their sophisticated tastes, they are driving the creation of live-work-play communities that resemble well-established submarkets like Brickell in Miami and along Magnolia Avenue in Orlando. Residents who want to be close to entertainment districts are moving into the Southside submarket, which is close to downtown and the St. John’s …
In the third quarter of 2014, the Oklahoma City multifamily market recorded 11 transactions totaling 1,537 units for a sales volume of $82.4 million. This is an average price per unit of $53,625. The third quarter experienced a significantly higher sales volume than the first quarter of 2014, increasing 305 percent. The total sales volume for 2014 overall has reached $182.7 million, which is 33 percent lower than the same time period in 2013, when the total sales volume was just over $272 million. However, the total units sold was down only 11 percent compared to last year, which indicates the quality of assets trading is lower than those properties trading in 2013. For example, in the first three quarters of 2013, just over $215 million in Class A properties were sold, compared to just over $37 million in 2014. This is an 83 percent decrease in total volume of Class A properties and caused the total multifamily average price per unit to drop by 24 percent. This is not an indication of values declining. In fact, the opposite is true. Properties that are being fully marketed and that are providing access to as many buyers as possible are fetching …
The nickname for Indianapolis, “Naptown,” is quickly fading in the rearview mirror as the city receives an increasing amount of recognition as one of the best places to live and work in America. Thanks to a unique combination of Hoosier hospitality, pro-business environment and amenities such as the Cultural Trail, Indianapolis has been named “One of the best new boom towns in the U.S.” by Forbes magazine and the “No. 3 Downtown in the U.S.” by Livability.com. With $1 billion in new projects on the horizon, it’s no surprise that downtown Indianapolis is making headlines. Indygo’s $37 million Downtown Transit Center, in close proximity to the Cultural Trail and Bike Hub, will serve pedestrians, cyclists and bus riders. A $26 million investment in a new Science and Engineering Lab at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis will continue to encourage life sciences and technology careers. Plans also are in the works to revamp downtown’s iconic Monument Circle with space for events, an ice skating rink, sidewalk cafes and more. On the residential front, investments in excess of $400 million over the past five years have resulted in new housing for 4,000 additional residents. Downtown Residential Boom According to public/private partnership Downtown Indy, …
HONOLULU — A 269-unit apartment project in Honolulu has received $100.6 million in construction financing. The development will be located at 7000 Hawaii Kai, at the intersection of Keahole Street and Hawaii Kai Drive in East Honolulu. The two, 10-story buildings will be situated on one of the last remaining residential development sites in the submarket, according to HFF, which secured the financing. Community amenities will include a swimming pool, fitness center with cardio machines and yoga studio, club room with full kitchen, library, meeting room, media/performance room and business center. The community will overlook the Hawaii Kai Marina once it’s completed in 2016. The project is being developed by a subsidiary of Hanwha America Development LLC and Avalon Development. Hanwha is the U.S. real estate arm of Korea-based Hanwha Engineering Construction Corp. HFF’s Aldon Cole and Zack Holderman secured the financing, which is composed of a $67.2-million, first-lien loan and $33.4 million in mezzanine financing. The first-lien loan was placed with Bank of the Ozarks, while the mezzanine financing was provided by iStar Financial.
The Boston apartment market ranked among the nation’s top cities for revenue growth throughout much of 2013 and 2014. Apartment developers took note of the region’s strong revenue performances and construction levels ramped up, reaching over 7,000 units during the past four quarters. Construction has remained elevated and supply volumes have increased, but not outpacing demand of more than 8,000 units per year. The new luxury apartments provide a lifestyle that is very attractive and, in many cases, comparable to condominium living for would-be buyers who are now renting when faced with few options for buying the limited supply of new condominiums. Luxury apartments offer an excellent alternative and a lifestyle experience that is more akin to condo living than what previous rental buildings offered. Boston has needed new rental inventory for some time now, given that 60 percent of the existing apartment inventory was built prior to 1980. Many of the new luxury buildings feature condo-style finishes, state-of-the-art amenities and services, windows that open, high ceilings, and updated systems. These new buildings also offer a greater variety of floor plans that better address the needs of millennials and professionals who are flocking to downtown Boston for jobs and social …
Home to nearly 850,000 people and rapidly growing, the City of San Francisco is packed into a little less than 47 square miles. Having long been known as one of the primary financial, tech and cultural hubs of the United States, San Francisco is a place where many people want to be. Business is booming, companies are competing for employees, and the city is as culturally vibrant as ever. It seems like every week there is another article about San Francisco topping another a “best of” list. Supply, Demand, Rent Control Every city endures growing pains during times of economic expansion – new construction, rising rents and home prices – not to mention added stress to the local public infrastructure. The supply of housing in San Francisco remains relatively static for various reasons, with strict building and zoning regulations, a comparatively fixed supply of buildable land and the added complications surrounding the development of real estate in a densely populated, coastal city. On the flipside, demand for housing, which most consider a necessity, is highly inelastic. This is due to the average per-capita income for San Francisco residents, which is about 80 percent higher than the average per-capita of the …
The Washington, D.C. metro multifamily housing sector has continued to demonstrate resiliency and recovery in the midst of the clamor in the media over the last year, which has caused many to believe otherwise. Multifamily has enjoyed declining rental vacancy levels the last three of four years ending in 2013, and only nominal increases during 2014, according to Reis. The eagerness of developers to capitalize on the absorption and flowing capital markets of the D.C. multifamily market has left some speculators concerned that the established strength of the fundamentals will be eroded by oversupply and ultimately lead to flat or negative rent growth and high vacancy rates. While 2014 has come with a stream of new developments hitting the D.C. metro, absorption remains steady and in some cases outperforming expectations. New product has been consumed as quickly as new developments are delivered. The D.C. metro market absorption is on track to exceed its record of units absorbed in a year, which was reached in 2010, already absorbing 4,904 out of the 6,516 units delivered year-to-date, according to Reis. This continued strength of the multifamily market is further evidenced by higher levels of demand for Class A luxury units, as shown …
DELANO, CALIF. – The 128-unit Jasmine Heights Apartments in the San Francisco submarket of Delano has received a $7.8-million loan. The community is located at 851 22nd Ave. The non-recourse, fixed-rate loan will finance the affordable housing community’s rehabilitation. It was funded through HUD’s Section 223(f) Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) Pilot Program. The fully amortizing loan features a 35-year term. It was arranged by CBRE Group through its FHA lending platform. The sponsor was Golden Empire Affordable Housing.