BELLEVILLE, N.J. — The Kislak Co. Inc. has negotiated the $11.8 million sale of Brighton Estates, a 95-unit property in Belleville, five miles north of Newark, New Jersey. Tom Scatuorchio of The Kislak Co. represented the seller in the deal. Andrew Scheinerman of The Kislak Co. procured the buyer. Both parties requested anonymity. Brighton Estates was built in 1962 and recently renovated. The community comprises 95 units across three two-story buildings. The unit mix includes 13 studios, 66 one-bedroom units and 16 two-bedroom units.
RICHMOND, VA. — Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer’s Capital Markets Group has brokered the sale of a two-property, adaptive reuse portfolio in Richmond’s historic Shockoe Slip submarket. The portfolio includes The Bowers Building and 1206 Shockoe Lane. 1206 Shockoe Lane LLC sold the buildings to Thalhimer Realty Partners for $6.2 million. The Bowers Building was originally built in 1880 as the headquarters for a national coffee and tea manufacturer. In 1977, 1206 Shockoe Lane LLC redeveloped the property into 16 apartments over ground-floor commercial spaces. Directly behind the Bowers Building …
BAYTOWN, TEXAS — Eastern Union has negotiated a $17.5 million loan to facilitate the acquisition of The Lakes at Madera, a 392-unit complex in Baytown, 26 miles east of Houston. Arbor Realty Trust provided the financing, which was a loan assumption that carried a three-year term, with an interest rate of 4.3 percent. Built in 1983, The Lakes at Madera comprises 22 two-story buildings situated on a 20-acre parcel. The apartment mix includes 242 one-bedroom units, 120 two-bedroom units and 30 three-bedroom units. The property was 92 percent occupied at the time of sale. The …
Washington, D.C. — The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), the organization that regulates Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, has set 2024 multifamily loan purchase caps for $70 billion for each enterprise for a combined total of $140 billion. FHFA will require that at least 50 percent of the enterprises’ multifamily businesses be mission-driven, affordable housing. Examples of “mission-driven” housing include loans on properties subsidized by the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program, loans on properties covered by a Section 8 Housing Assistance Payment contract where the contract limits tenant incomes …
DES PLAINES, ILL. — JVM Realty Corp. has acquired Ellison Apartments, a 113-unit complex in the Chicago suburb of Des Plaines, for an undisclosed price. John Jaeger of CBRE brokered the deal. The seller was undisclosed. Ellison Apartments was built in 2019 and features a variety of floor plans averaging 894 square feet. Amenities include a spa pool, sundeck, clubroom, business center, fitness center, pet spa, bike room and indoor garage parking.
NEWVILLE, PA. — Northmarq has negotiated the sale of Big Spring Terrace, a 159-unit manufactured housing community in Newville, about 140 miles west of Philadelphia. Anthony Pino and Ari Azarbarzin represented the seller, Big Springs Properties, in the transaction. The buyer and sales price were not disclosed. Big Spring Terrace was originally built in 1975 on a 94-acre site. The property was roughly 94 percent occupied at the time of sale.
LAS VEGAS — NewPoint Real Estate Capital has provided $17.5 million in Fannie Mae DUS financing for the acquisition of Intrigue Apartments, a 193-unit workforce housing community in Las Vegas. David Bleiweiss originated the loan, which featured a seven-year term with four years of interest only followed by a 30-year amortization schedule. NewPoint provided the loan through Fannie Mae’s Sponsor-Dedicated Workforce (SDW) program. Through the SDW program, borrowers receive lower interest rates and streamlined underwriting by agreeing to keep a minimum of 20 percent of units affordable at 80 percent …
DALLAS — Dallas-based JLL Capital Markets has arranged more than $300 million in acquisition financing for a 10,000-pad portfolio of manufactured housing communities. The portfolio consists of over 40 assets — including manufactured housing, RV housing, apartments and single-family home sites — across six different states. Jody Thornton, Tony Nargi, Zach Koucos, Chris Collins, Jacob Martin and Jack Wood worked on behalf of the borrower to secure the loans. The borrower and communities were not disclosed.
With the official end of the health emergency in May, it would be natural to assume that multifamily assets are operating in a much-improved environment versus three years ago, when policy responses to the pandemic locked down the economy, curtailed new applications, restricted tours and halted evictions. That’s especially true because once shutdowns loosened, robust renter demand for apartments drove double-digit rent increases in late 2021 and early 2022. But it could be argued that multifamily property managers face as tough an operating environment today as they did in 2020 …
BROWNSTOWN, MICH. — Friedman Real Estate has negotiated the sale of a 180-unit community located at 21901 Stratford Place Blvd. in Brownstown, a southern suburb of Detroit. Four Corners Development Group acquired the asset from an undisclosed seller for $25.7 million. Friedman Real Estate’s Peter Jankowski and Rich Deptula represented both the buyer and seller in the deal.