CHICAGO — Breneman Capital has acquired The Aura in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood from Base3 Development. The asset, located at 3821 N. Ashland Ave., was developed by Base3 in 2023 and consists of 48 units offered in floor plans ranging from one-bedroom, one-bath to three-bedroom, four-bath.
TORRANCE, CALIF. — CGI+ Real Estate Strategies has sold a shovel-ready, 4.9-acre multifamily development site in Torrance to JPI for $40 million. CGI+, a Los Angeles-based multifamily investment firm, acquired the property adjacent to Harbor-UCLA Medical Center at S. Vermont Avenue near 220th Street in 2022. After receiving entitlements for a six-story, 525-unit residential building — with 34 units reserved for households earning less than 30 percent of area median income — CGI+ planned to begin construction in 2023. However, rising interest rates and increases in labor and construction costs …
QUEENS, N.Y. — New York and Miami-based real estate developers Baron Property Group (BPG) and LargaVista Cos. have secured a $388.5 million construction loan for 30-25 Queens Boulevard, a 46-story mixed-use high-rise in Long Island City. Starwood Capital Group, Gotham Organization and Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies provided the financing. Ayush Kapahi, principal and founding partner at commercial real estate advisory HKS Real Estate Advisors, and Anthony Ledesma, principal and founding partner of real estate advisory firm DIA Capital Group, arranged the loan. Construction, currently underway, on 30-25 Queens Boulevard …
MORRIS PLAINS, N.J. — CBRE has arranged the value-add sale of The Highlands at Morris Plains, representing the undisclosed seller and procuring the buyer, a partnership between Shamah Properties and Sagard Real Estate. The asset price was not disclosed. CBRE’s team was led by Jeffrey Dunne, Stuart MacKenzie, Eric Apfel and Travis Langer. The Highlands at Morris Plains was built in 2003 and includes 116 units and such amenities as a clubhouse with a fitness center, a dog run, a courtyard with grills, package lockers and a 175-space parking deck.
LYNNFIELD, MASS. — John M. Corcoran & Co. (JMC) has sold Lynnfield Commons to a joint venture between L&G and Taurus Investment Holdings. JMC, which developed the property in 2009, will remain as the property manager for the 200-unit, garden-style community. Lynnfield Commons is in the North Shore submarket of Boston and offers one- and two-bedroom units with amenities that include a clubhouse, fitness center, pool and walking trails. One quarter of the units are designated affordable, with an 80 percent area median income cap, according to the property website. …
LAND O’LAKES, FLA. — Berkadia has arranged the sale of a 28.5-acre parcel. Brookfield Residential Land was the seller, and Maymont Homes was the buyer. The site, located in the master-planned community of Bexley 30 miles north of Tampa, is entitled for low-density multifamily. Maymont will partner with Dinerstein Cos. to develop a 250-unit build-to-rent (BTR) community on the site. The project will be complete by the fourth quarter of 2026. The unnamed project will include a mix of two- and three-bedroom residences featuring private yards, attached garages and access …
DANBURY, CONN. — FPA Multifamily has sold ReNew Danbury to Jones Street Investment Partners for an undisclosed sum. JLL represented FPA in the transaction. ReNew Danbury is a 192-unit property developed in 1971 in Danbury, known as Hat City for its hat-making history. It is about 70 miles northeast of New York City. The garden-style community features studios and one-, two- and three-bedroom units and amenities like a clubhouse with a theater, game room, coffee bar and fitness center as well as a pool, a playground and bike storage. JLL …
MIAMI — Walker & Dunlop has arranged an $87.3 million loan on behalf of Kushner Companies and PTM Partners to retire construction-phase debt on 2000 Biscayne in Miami. The property, located on Biscayne Boulevard, is a 36-story residential tower featuring 420 apartments. The joint venture development team completed construction in October 2024. The W&D New York Capital Markets team led by Aaron Appel, Jonathan Schwartz, Keith Kurland, Adam Schwartz, Michael Stepniewski, Jordan Casella, Christopher de Raet and Stanley Cayre were advisors to the borrowers. Corebridge Financial provided the capital for …
TAMPA, FLA. — Berkadia has arranged approximately $38.3 million in debt and equity for the refinancing of Pointe at Carrollwood owned by Miami-based Beacon Realty Group. Beacon bought the 224-unit Tampa asset in 2022 as a value-add acquisition and has since invested about $3.6 million in capital improvements. The firm will use the financing to retire existing acquisition debt. The property is currently 95 percent occupied. Berkadia arranged a $29.9 million, five-year fixed-rate Freddie Mac loan. In addition, Miami-based Atlantic Pacific Companies, a privately owned real estate firm, provided a …
BEVERLY HILLS, CALIF. — Kennedy Wilson, a Beverly Hills-based investment company, has acquired Tides on Commerce in North Las Vegas and Finisterra in Tempe, Arizona, for a combined total of $166 million. The figure includes $61 million in equity invested in the two separate transactions. The sellers were not identified. CBRE arranged the sale of Finisterra. Tides on Commerce is a 336-unit community, while Finisterra has 356 units. Both are low-density, garden-style properties. With these two acquisitions, Kennedy Wilson now has ownership interests in 40,000 units.
