POOLER, GA. — 360 Communities, an affiliate of Freehold Capital Management and Rockpoint, has secured a $38.7 million construction loan to develop Clear Lake Reserve, a rental townhome community in Pooler, 10 miles west of Savannah. JLL arranged the floating-rate, three-year loan through Western Alliance Bank. The 199-unit community will include three- and four-bedroom floor plans, each with an attached, two-car garage, private driveway and covered porch. Amenities will include a resort-style pool, a fitness center, basketball and pickleball courts, a clubroom, a brick fire pit, a dock overlooking a …
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CARROLLTON, GA. — R.H. Ledbetter Properties, a development, investment and property-management firm based in Rome, Georgia, has secured $15 million in equity to put toward its $49 million project in Carrollton. The equity was provided by American South Capital Partners (ASCP), a joint venture between Los Angeles-based impact fund manager SDS Capital Group and Vintage Realty Co., a Shreveport, Louisiana-based property developer and manager. While the property, Carrollton Flats, is not being developed with traditional tax credits, it is billed as offering “attainable” rents. ASCP’s fund has, to date, committed …
SAN DIEGO — Sunroad Enterprises has sold a 15-property portfolio to Fairfield for $1.1 billion. Both firms are based in San Diego. The portfolio includes properties in six states: six in Arizona, one in Nevada, three in Colorado, two in North Carolina, two in South Carolina and one in Georgia. The deal took six years to put together. JLL, representing Sunroad, arranged the sale as well as a $415 million Freddie Mac loan for 10 of the assets and an additional $250 million in fixed-rate senior debt provided by KKR. …
ATLANTA — RangeWater Real Estate along with equity partner ParkProperty Capital have sold The Vivian in Atlanta to JW Capital Corp for an undisclosed amount. Cushman & Wakefield’s Robert Stickel and Alex Brown arranged the transaction. The 325-unit asset is located along the Beltline — a 22-mile loop of trails built on former rail corridors — in Capitol View, a neighborhood in southwest Atlanta. It opened in 2023 and includes amenities such as a pool, dog park and an on-site coffee shop, Black Coffee Westside. The Vivian was RangeWater’s sixth …
ATLANTA — CIM Group and Centennial Yards Co. have opened The Mitchell, a 19-story luxury high-rise, which is also the first ground-up building completed within the $5 billion Centennial Yards mixed-use development in Atlanta. An earlier project, The Lofts at Centennial Yards South, was built above an existing brewery. The Mitchell, located at 250 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive SW, offers studios and one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Some units feature floor-to-ceiling windows with views of the city. Amenities include a pool, a fitness center, coworking spaces, outdoor gathering …
ATLANTA — Wendover Housing Partners has opened Brentwood Commons, a 113-unit affordable housing community in Atlanta. The property offers one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments with monthly asking rents for one-bedrooms starting at $1,192 and three-bedroom rates set at approximately $1,632. Amenities include a clubhouse with a fireplace-anchored gathering area, a computer center for work and study, a splash pad and playground for children and a fitness center. Each unit is equipped with Energy Star-certified appliances, walk-in closets and a full-size washer and dryer. Designed by Slocum Platts Architects and built …
RICHMOND HILL, GA. — Atlanta-based ECI Group broke ground Aug. 20 on The Averly Richmond Hill, a mixed-use development that includes 291 multifamily units. The project is in Richmond Hill, about 20 miles southwest of Savannah, Georgia. ECI Construction is the general contractor, with construction financing provided by Synovus and CIBC. Ashley Smith and Tyler Mouchet of Colliers Savannah have been selected to market the 3.5 acres of retail pad sites, which are available for ground lease. Behind the commercial acreage, ECI is constructing the multifamily community, which consists of …
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Alliance Residential Co. has acquired about 19 acres of land at 1730 Clements Ferry Road in Charleston for the development of MAA Point Hope, a 336-unit community Alliance is developing in partnership with MAA. The site is located within the 9,000-acre master-planned community of Point Hope. MAA Point Hope will include six three-story and two four-story residential buildings and a freestanding clubhouse. Units will include granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, screened-in balconies, wood-style flooring and a washer and dryer in every apartment. Community amenities will include a …
TAMPA, FLA. — ZMR Capital, a Tampa-based multifamily investment firm founded by Zamir Kazi, has secured $230 million to refinance a portfolio of 1,600 units across Florida, Georgia and Arizona. The financing includes equity from an institutional joint venture and a five-year, fixed-rate Fannie Mae loan. ZMR will complete gradual renovations to each property during its hold period. Henry Stimler and Ricky Warner of Newmark represented ZMR Capital in the transaction. The portfolio includes four properties in Tampa, one in Atlanta and one in Phoenix.
Elme Communities Agrees to Sell Portfolio to Cortland for $1.6 Billion as Part of Liquidation Plan
BETHESDA, MD. AND ATLANTA — Elme Communities (NYSE: ELME), a Maryland-based multifamily owner-operator that previously operated as WashREIT, has entered into a purchase and sale agreement with an affiliate of Cortland Partners, an Atlanta-based multifamily investment and management firm. Under the terms of the transaction, Elme would sell 19 apartment communities to Cortland for $1.6 billion in an all-cash deal. “We are pleased to have reached an agreement with Cortland that recognizes the greater value of these 19 Elme communities and their long-term potential when coupled with Cortland’s economies of …