DURHAM, N.C. — Fairfield has acquired Greens of Pine Glen apartments in Durham for an undisclosed price. The 168-unit affordable-housing property includes two- and three-bedroom units that rent for up to 60 percent of the area median income (AMI). With this transaction, Fairfield now owns 750 affordable units in the Raleigh-Durham area. San Diego-based Fairfield owns and/or operates 41,000 units nationwide.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Continental Realty Corp. (CRC), a Baltimore-based investment and management company, has purchased Sycamore at Tyvola in Charlotte for $96.3 million. The community is the eighth asset CRC has acquired in North Carolina. The 288-unit, four-story property was designed by Switzenbaum & Associates and opened in 2018. It was 95.5 percent leased at the time of sale. Michael Saclarides of Cushman &Wakefield represented the undisclosed seller. Amenities include a fitness center, clubhouse, event studio, pool, tennis court, putting green and wooded walking trails throughout the site’s 31 acres.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The NRP Group has broken ground on South Tryon, a 310-unit community in Charlotte’s South End neighborhood. The project cost was not disclosed, but Canyon Partners Real Estate (Canyon) has provided a preferred equity investment, and CIBC Bank USA has provided a construction loan. South Tryon is Canyon’s seventh equity transaction with The NRP Group. The five-story development will include a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments. Den floor plans will be available for one-bedroom units to accommodate post-pandemic, work-from-home trends. The NRP Group says South …
North and South Carolina may fly under the radar when it comes to ranking the nation’s top multifamily markets. But a closer look at the region reveals metrics that rival some of the busiest cities in the country. “One of the common themes across metros in these two states is just how differently both investors and developers view the region versus how they viewed it 10 years ago — and certainly versus 20 years ago,” says Carl Whitaker, director of research for Richardson, Texas-based RealPage, which provides data, analytics and …
RALEIGH, N.C. — Origin Investments and Spandrel Development Partners will co-develop an $87.4 million mixed-use project in Raleigh’s central business district. Mira Raleigh will be a seven-story building that will house 288 apartment units and 2,600 square feet of ground-floor office space. Units will be comprised of 80 studios, 130 one-bedroom units and 78 two bedrooms in a variety of floor plans. Amenities will include a club room with chef’s kitchen and bar area, a sky lounge with skyline views, coworking spaces and a 24-hour fitness center with Peloton bikes. …
BESSEMER CITY, N.C. — WinnCompanies has broken ground on an affordable-housing, adaptive reuse project that is converting a mill building, constructed in 1896, into 139 apartments in Bessemer City, which is approximately 29 miles west of Charlotte, North Carolina. The $35 million project will provide units for tenants earning 60 percent or less of area median income (AMI). The 250,000-square-foot Osage Mill building has been vacant since 1995. Financing is supported by tax-exempt bonds from the North Carolina Housing Finance Agency (NCHFA) that were issued by the Gastonia Housing Authority. …
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Urban Atlantic, in partnership with Inlivian and its nonprofit development subsidiary, Horizon Development Properties (HDP), has secured $84 million in debt and public financing for the construction of Trella Uptown, a mixed-income apartment community to be built at 426 North Tryon Street in uptown Charlotte. Inlivian is the City of Charlotte’s housing authority. Totaling 353 units and 330,000 square feet, the community will feature 106 affordable housing units. Of these, 35 will be reserved for residents earning 80 percent of area median income (AMI); two will be …
