SAN ANTONIO — KW Commercial has negotiated the sale of Buena Vida Apartments, a 28-unit building located on San Antonio’s south side. Jaxton Hoelting of KW Commercial represented the California-based seller in the deal. Jackie Oldbury of Keller Williams represented the Texas-based buyer. According to Apartments.com, Buena Vida Apartments was built in 1968 and offers one- and two-bedroom units.
RICHMOND, VA. — Berkadia has brokered the sale of Belmont Hills, a 651-unit community located at 4037 Lamplighter Drive in Richmond. Belmont Hills features one-, two- and three-bedroom units. Amenities include a pool, dog park, fitness center, clubhouse and a business center. A joint venture led by Levco Management acquired the property from Weinstein Properties for an undisclosed price. Carter Wood, Drew White and Cole Carns of Berkadia represented the seller in the deal. Patrick McGlohn, Brian Gould, Miles Drinkwalter and Hunter Wood of Berkadia also secured Freddie Mac financing …
CHULA VISTA, CALIF. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged the $116 million sale of — and $71.8 million in acquisition financing for — Pulse Millenia, a 273-unit community in the San Diego suburb of Chula Vista. JLL represented the seller, Northwestern Mutual, in the deal. JLL also worked on behalf of the new owner to secure a seven-year, fixed-rate loan through Freddie Mac Multifamily. Built in 2016, Pulse Millenia was the first community to be constructed as part of the $4 billion Millenia, a master planned development in Chula Vista’s …
The average effective rent in the Dallas-Fort Worth apartment market declined by 0.5 percent between the third quarter of 2022 and the third quarter of this year, the first drop in rent since late 2021, according to Newmark. Whether this is a blip on the radar screen or an inflection point remains to be seen. Oversupply is contributing to the drop in rents. Newmark reports that developers opened 25,386 new units in the past 12 months as of the third quarter of 2023, compared with 8,742 units absorbed during the …
HOUSTON — Sunstone Two Tree has purchased The Villas Del Paseo, a 384-unit asset in Houston, from Comunidad Partners for $28.9 million. Mark Saunders with Newmark represented the seller. The Villas Del Paseo was originally built in 1978. Sunstone Two Tree plans to spend $10.5 million on renovations to the community. The new owner will update all units with new flooring, lighting fixtures and cabinetry, as well as hard-surface counters and stainless steel appliances. Exterior renovations will include new paint, a full roof replacement, improved landscaping and signage, additional exterior …
CHICAGO — Berkadia Institutional Solutions has brokered the sale of Mondial River West, a 141-unit property in Chicago’s River West neighborhood. Pete Evans of Berkadia Chicago and Richard Evans of Berkadia Milwaukee represented the seller, an institutional investor, in the deal. The buyer was a Chicago-based company. Mondial River West was built in 2009 and rises 15 stories. The building is located at 910 West Huron Street and is in proximity to downtown Chicago’s core employment hubs, including Fulton Market, West Loop, Loop, River North and Goose Island.
ST. PAUL, MINN. — JLL has negotiated the sale of and acquisition financing for The Cosmopolitan Apartments, a 258-unit community located in St. Paul’s historic Lowertown neighborhood. Bigos Management acquired the property from AEW Capital Management for an undisclosed price. JLL represented the seller in the deal. Will Tansey of Felhaber Larson law firm represented the buyer. The Cosmopolitan Apartments was originally constructed as the Finch, Van Slyck and McConville Dry Goods Company building in 1911. The building was converted into apartments in 1989, and has since undergone $8 million …
NEW YORK CITY — Ariel Property Advisors has arranged the sale of a 237-unit property located at 1500 Noble Ave. in The Bronx. The asset traded hands for $26 million. Neither the buyer nor the seller was disclosed. Victor Sozio, Shimon Shkury, Jason Gold, Daniel Mahfar and Gabriel Elyaszadeh of Ariel represented the seller in the deal. The building rises 17 stories on a five-acre site, and features a unit mix of 50 one-bedrooms, 136 two-bedrooms and 51 three-bedrooms.
DES MOINES, IOWA — ARTISAN Capital Group (ACG) and Eastham Capital have partnered to acquire Wakonda Village, a 382-unit community in Des Moines. The property is located on the city’s south side, adjacent to the Wakonda Country Club and one block from the Fleur Drive retail corridor. Amenities include a pool, fitness center and dog park. The buyers plan to renovate the property with updates to apartment interiors, parking lots, sidewalks, landscaping and hallway paint and carpets. Pickleball courts and grill stations will also be added to the amenity package. …
KANSAS CITY, MO. — Cushman & Wakefield has hired Whittaker Potts as an executive managing director with the firm’s Sunbelt Multifamily Advisory Group. Potts will work alongside advisors Martin Bynum, Cole Herget, Matt Stephens and Stephen Pestinger to cover multifamily investment sales in Arkansas, Missouri, Southern Illinois, Kansas and Oklahoma. He will be based in the firm’s Kansas City office. Potts received a bachelor of arts in communication studies from the University of Kansas and currently holds a real estate license in both Kansas and Missouri.