CLINTON TOWNSHIP, MICH. — BWE has secured $19.8 million in acquisition financing for a portfolio totaling 326 units in the Detroit suburb of Clinton Township. The portfolio consists of 13 low-rise buildings. The properties offer a mix of one- and two-bedroom units, as well as amenities like a pool, clubhouse, tennis court, on-site laundry and parking. Adam Gould of BWE’s Detroit office originated the value-add, non-recourse bridge loan, which features three years of interest-only payments and a 75 percent loan-to-cost ratio. The buyer was a regional fund that invests in …
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 …
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.
CLEVELAND, OHIO — Cleveland-based KeyBank Real Estate Capital has promoted Dan Heberle to the role of president. Heberle will oversee KeyBank Real Estate Capital’s real estate finance and community development and investment businesses. He will report to Randy Paine, President of Key Institutional Bank. Heberle joined KeyBank in 1998 as a relationship manager with KeyBank’s REIT Group. He most recently served as the head of KeyBank’s Institutional Capital Group. Heberle received a bachelor’s degree in finance from The Pennsylvania State University. He also studied economics, money and banking at the …
WEST DES MOINES, IOWA — A partnership consisting of ARTISAN Capital Group (ACG) and Eastham Capital have acquired Cambridge Court Apartments, a 192-unit property in West Des Moines. Cambridge Court Apartments was built in 1992 and offers one, two and three-bedroom units. Amenities include a clubhouse, fitness center, dog park, garages and indoor/outdoor pools. The buyers plan to renovate the complex. Exact plans for the renovation, however, were not disclosed. ARTISAN Management Group, ACG’s management vertical, will oversee operations at the property.
MISHAWAKA, IND. — Daniel Management Group (DMG) has been selected to manage River Rock Apartments, an 88-unit community in downtown Mishawaka. The complex offers units in studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts. Amenities include a fitness center, billiards room with a pool table and TVs, business center, conference room and an outdoor space with a courtyard, BBQ grills, firepits and a picnic area. River Rock Apartments is the first community DMG has been awarded management of in the state of Indiana.
PHILADELPHIA, ATLANTA, RALEIGH AND ST. LOUIS — Equus Capital Partners (Equus) has acquired Project Big Timber, a portfolio that totals 1,249 units across six garden-style communities in the Atlanta, Philadelphia, Raleigh and St. Louis metropolitan areas. Equus purchased the portfolio for $220 million. Newmark’s Debt Capital Markets team of Steve Comly and Kippy Donovan assisted Equus in securing a ten-year fixed rate loan from Fannie Mae for the acquisition. The communities included in Project Big Timber have an average vintage of 1984 and an average unit size of 989 square-feet. …
GREENWOOD, IND. — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the sale of Yorktowne Farms Apartments, a 264-unit property in the Indianapolis suburb of Greenwood. Aaron Kuroiwa and Tony Rogers of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer, ICONIC Property Partners. The seller and sales price were not disclosed. Yorktowne Farms Apartments was built in 1982. The complex offers amenities such as a pool, playground, laundry facilities, and basketball and tennis courts.