NEW YORK CITY — JLL has arranged the $10.2 million sale of property at 788 Riverside Drive in the Washington Heights area of Manhattan. The building comprises 62 units across 11 stories. Units come in two- and three-bedroom floor plans with an average size of 1,025 square feet. Of the total unit count, 53 are rent-stabilized, five are rent-controlled and four are rented at market rates. The buyer and seller were both family offices that requested anonymity. Paul Smadbeck and Hall Oster of JLL brokered the deal.
MANITOWOC, MCFARLAND AND MADISON, WIS. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a 158-unit multifamily portfolio in Wisconsin. The properties include Benley Manor, Central Park West, Woodland Commons and The Trafalgar Apartments. Matthew Whiteside of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and the buyer. Both parties were private investors. Benley Manorf and Central Park West are both located in Manitowoc, a city on Lake Michigan. The properties were built between 1996 and 1998 and offer townhome-style units. Woodland Commons is a community in McFarland that was built between …
TUCSON, ARIZ. — Sanders and Amos has begun pre-leasing Casitas Catalina in Tucson. The $50 million project offers 194 single-family rental units on a 19-acre site. Units come in one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans with pre-installed Wi-Fi, covered parking and personalized door keys. The developer expects to complete the project in early 2024. The first move-ins are slated for December 2023. MEB Management Services will serve as the property manager.
LOS ANGELES — CIM Real Estate Debt Solutions, a subsidiary of CIM Group, has closed on a $47.5 million loan to refinance The View, a 168-unit building in the Koreatown neighborhood of Los Angeles. The borrower was a joint venture between MWest Holdings and BGO. Originally built in 1965, The View offers 168 apartments across 13 stories. Units come in studio, one- and two-bedroom layouts. CIM Group acquired the property after a comprehensive renovation in August 2013. MWest and BGO then purchased The View in December 2018.
SALT LAKE CITY — Walker & Dunlop, Affinius Capital and Clarion Partners have arranged $157.5 million in loan proceeds to refinance Post District, a mixed-use complex in downtown Salt Lake City. Post District consists of 580 residential units across four buildings, as well as approximately 26,000 square feet of retail space. The complex is part of a three-phase project. The Walker & Dunlop New York Capital Markets team — led by Sean Reimer, Mo Beler, Aaron Appel, Jonathan Schwartz, Adam Schwartz, Keith Kurland and William Herring — co-originated the loan with Affinius Capital and Clarion Partners. …
SAN FRANCISCO — The net operating income (NOI) of properties financed by low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) equity increased by 7.4 percent in 2022, according to a report from Novogradac, a San Francisco-based accounting firm focused on real estate and community development. The NOI at these properties surpassed the inflation rate, which was 6.8 percent from December 2021 to December 2022, as the nation emerged from the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2023 LIHTC and Operating Expenses Report — published by Novogradac — tracked data from more than 186,000 affordable housing …
The apartment market in San Antonio today is a mixed bag. Like most Sun Belt metros, supply exceeds demand in Alamo City. While property managers are struggling to lease up their communities, investors are sitting on the sidelines until interest rates stabilize and the market starts absorbing units developed during the post-COVID building boom. On the plus side, population growth, a metric apartment investors prize because it feeds renter demand, is solid in San Antonio. In May, the U.S. Census Bureau ranked San Antonio the third fastest-growing city in the …
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based brokerage firm Rosewood Realty Group has negotiated the sale of a portfolio of three buildings in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood. The four-story building at 313 S. Fourth St. was built in 1915 and totals 12 units, and the two-building complex at 431-433 Wythe Ave. was constructed in 1920 and totals 16 units. Edifice Management acquired the portfolio from a private investor for $8.9 million. Ben Khakshoor, Reoven Elharar and Alex Fuchs of Rosewood Realty represented the seller and procured the buyer.
WALNUT CREEK, CALIF. — Granite Capital Group (GCG) has acquired The Boulders Apartments in Walnut Creek, a city located within the San Francisco Bay Area. Institutional Property Advisors’ Northern California team brokered the deal. GCG purchased the property from an undisclosed seller for $58 million. The company used proceeds from the sale of its Enclave Belle Creek apartments in Denver to fund the acquisition using a 1031 tax-deferred exchange. The Boulders Apartments was built in 1972. The community offers 164 apartments in one- and two-bedroom layouts. Units feature washers and dryers, vinyl …
NEW YORK CITY — Newmark Group has appointed Sharon Karaffa to the role of President of Multifamily Debt & Structured Finance. In this role, Karaffa will oversee all aspects of Multifamily Debt & Structured Finance, focusing on revenue growth, business development and client and lender relationships. She will lead Newmark Group’s Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and FHA lending platforms. Karaffa is also responsible for developing synergies and cross-collaboration among Newmark’s Multifamily Capital Markets’ Investment Sales and Debt & Structured Finance teams. Prior to joining Newmark Group in 2017, Karaffa served as …