SUMMERVILLE, S.C. — Woodfield Development has secured $50.4 million to refinance The Ames in Summerville. Walker & Dunlop’s Charleston Capital Markets team, led by Walker Layne and Austin Sneed, arranged the loan while Mesa West Capital provided the funds. Woodfield developed the 304-unit property and opened it last year. It is located in Nexton, a mixed-use community in Summerville, 25 miles northwest of Charleston. The Ames includes floor plans ranging from studios to three-bedrooms. Community amenities include a resort-style pool with poolside cabanas and grilling stations, an outdoor amphitheater, a …
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ATLANTA — Marcus Partners and RPM Investments have acquired The Heights at Shadowood, a 287-unit community in Atlanta, for an undisclosed price. The property, developed in 2023 by the Worthing Cos., is one mile from the mixed-use district known as The Battery and Truist Park, home stadium for the Atlanta Braves. The new owners are planning to rename the community The Maddux at Shadowood. Don Hoffman of CBRE Southeast arranged the sale.
JLL Capital Markets Arranges $255.3 Million ReFi for TruAmerica, Oaktree Capital Management
LOS ANGELES — TruAmerica Multifamily and Oaktree Capital Management, both based in Los Angeles, have secured a loan for approximately $255.3 million to refinance four properties. JLL Capital Market’s debt advisory team represented the borrower and was led by President Kevin Mackenzie and Managing Directors Annie Rice and Brandon Smith. The JLL team arranged a five-year, floating-rate loan through a national bank. The portfolio includes three Florida properties: Arbors at Carrollwood in Tampa and Audubon Park and Alcove Orlando in Orlando. In Arizona, the portfolio features Luxe Scottsdale. The properties …
Conference Coverage: Affordable Housing Architects Push the Limits of Design Amid Rising Costs
ATLANTA — The United States is short 6.8 million affordable housing units, according to the National Low Income Housing Coalition. Developers and owners are driven by a mission to meet this critical shortage. This national problem is fueling the work of architects and designers. Like developers, they, too, have picked up the baton — or the pencil, as the case may be — and applied practices that are custom-tuned to bring much-needed rental housing to market as quickly and efficiently as possible. Editor’s note: InterFace Conference Group, a division of …
LAKE WORTH, FLA. — Berkadia has arranged the sale of Aviara Lake Worth, a build-to-rent community in Palm Beach County. The seller was MAG Real Estate & Development of Delray Beach, Florida, and the buyer was Miami-based Corinthian Capital, a Florida-focused commercial real estate investment firm. The sales price was not disclosed. Aviara Lake Worth is a 36-unit townhome community that was built in 2019 on a 3.5-acre site at 3902 Melaleuca Lane in Lake Worth. It consists of three two-story townhome buildings containing 30 three-bedroom units and six four-bedroom …
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Berkadia has arranged the sale of and financing for Highline North, a 168-unit, garden-style property in Asheville. South Carolina-based Graycliff Capital acquired the asset from North Carolina-based Carlisle Residential Properties for approximately $43.8 million. Berkadia Senior Managing Director Caleb Troop, Director Thomas Colaiezzi and Associate Director Matt Robertson of Berkadia Charlotte led the sale on behalf of the seller. Directors Jeremy Lynch and Jake Adoni of Berkadia’s Philadelphia office secured acquisition financing through Freddie Mac on behalf of Graycliff. The deal closed on May 15. Located at …
MIAMI — Locally based developer 13th Floor Investments, in partnership with Barings, a subsidiary of MassMutual, has secured a $125 million construction loan from a syndicate of Santander Bank and TD Bank to finance the development of Cadence in Miami. Now under construction, the 35-story tower will include 432 market-rate apartments. About 54 units will be set aside as workforce housing, but specific income restrictions were not disclosed. Developers estimate the project will be complete by February 2028. Cadence is the third residential building to be constructed within the mixed-use, …
FORT MYERS, FLA. — McDowell Housing Partners (MHP) has secured financing and acquired land for Ekos on Evans, an affordable housing development in Fort Myers. Under the directives of Florida’s 4 percent low-income housing tax credit program, residences will be reserved for tenants earning 30, 60 or 70 percent of area median income. The 144-unit property consists of five garden-style buildings with one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Amenities will feature a clubhouse, computer room, fitness center, terrace, grills, pool, a playground and a dog park. Construction of Ekos at …
BRADFORDVILLE, FLA. — Mesa Capital Partners has broken ground on The Bradbury at Bannerman Village 10 miles north of Tallahassee. Mesa Capital Partners’ project is situated on a 14-acre site at Bannerman and Bull Headley roads and will be part of the Bannerman Village master-planned community. This area has slowly been developing in recent years, aiming to be a walkable, bikeable community. The Shops at Bannerman Village, a Publix-anchored center, opened in 2023. The project is also near the Landon Hill for-sale home community. Leasing is scheduled to begin in …
NAVARRE, FLA. — CBRE has arranged a $47 million loan, provided by Voya Investment Management, for Branch Properties to refinance construction debt on Elevate Navarre, a new 332-unit community in Navarre, which is a Florida Panhandle city about 22 miles east of Pensacola. Atlanta-based Branch Properties opened the property in 2023. Blake Cohen with CBRE Capital Markets’ Debt & Structured Finance in Atlanta arranged the three-year, fixed-rate, interest-only loan. Elevate Navarre consists of 11 three-story buildings and a clubhouse/leasing center situated on 20 acres. It features one-, two- and three-bedroom …