PORTLAND, ORE. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged the sale and financing of The Louisa, a 242-unit community located at 123 NW 12th Ave. in Portland’s Pearl District. JLL worked on behalf of the undisclosed seller and procured the buyer, Guardian Real Estate Services and their capital partner. Additionally, JLL arranged the five-year, fixed-rate loan for the buyer. Ira Virden, Carrie Kahn and Frank Solorzano led the JLL Capital Markets investment and sales advisory team. Casey Davidson and Charlie Watson spearheaded the Debt Advisory team. The Louisa was constructed in 2005. The community …
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BOTHELL, WASH. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged the sale of Stonemeadow Farms, a 280-unit community located at 23028 27th Ave. SE in Bothell, roughly 20 miles northeast of Seattle. LaSalle Investment Management sold the property for $93.1 million. David Young, Corey Marx and Chris Ross led the JLL Capital Market’s investment and sales advisory team representing the seller. The buyer was not disclosed. Stonemeadow Farms was constructed in 1999. The garden-style community consists of 20 buildings on a 29.1-acre site. Amenities include a fitness center, clubhouse with a kitchen …
SAN JOSE, CALIF. — Colliers has appointed Christian Prelle as executive vice president and head of office agency at the firm’s San Francisco Bay Area brokerage. In this role, Prelle will expand Colliers’ office agency practice and lead strategic initiatives to enhance the company’s market position in the Bay Area. Prior to joining Colliers, Prelle served as executive managing director at Newmark, where he led the Palo Alto office for 6 years and oversaw roughly 55 brokers and staff.
SEATTLE — Northmarq has arranged the sale of Aldercrest Apartments, a 47-unit community located at 303 10th Ave. in Seattle’s First Hill district. An entity doing business as 303 10th Ave LLC purchased the property for $13.1 million. Tyler Smith, Steve Fischer, Joe Kinkopf, Brendan Greenheck, Taylor Wymna and Matt Johnson of Northmarq’s Seattle Multifamily Investment Sales team represented the undisclosed seller in the deal. Aldercrest Apartments was built in 1999. The property offers studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans. Apartments feature nine-foot ceilings, bay windows and in-unit washers and …
Renter Profiles Are Changing – How Multifamily Operators Can Minimize the Risks of Rent Default and More
Despite the persistent housing shortage, landlords are having a more difficult time qualifying potential residents, especially non-traditional applicants who don’t check the usual boxes for credit and employment history. Renters are also facing bigger hurdles for income, credit and up-front deposits. “It has become increasingly expensive and challenging to rent an apartment in the United States,” says Eben MacNeille, senior director of sales at TheGuarantors. The New York-based financial technology company serves the multifamily industry by providing lease guarantees, security deposit replacements and renters insurance and compliance solutions. Today’s renter …
COSTA MESA, CALIF. — CBRE has arranged the sale of Hamilton Cove, a 15-unit community located at 560 Hamilton Street in Costa Mesa, roughly 17 miles south of Anaheim. The asset traded hands for $5.6 million. Dan Blackwell, Mike O’Neill and Jack O’Connor of CBRE Multifamily SoCal Team represented the buyer and the seller in the deal. Both parties were based in Newport Beach and repeat clients of CBRE. The sale marks the team’s eighth transaction in Costa Mesa in the past year. Built in 1964, Hamilton Cove comprises 9,372 …
There is an urgent need for more affordable housing in the United States. For every 100 extremely low-income renter households, there are just 36 affordable units available for rent, according to a March 2024 report from the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC). Despite widespread attention on this issue — including at the state and federal levels — the supply shortage has continued. Municipalities across the United States continue to struggle to address symptoms of the affordable housing crisis, such as homelessness and rising housing costs. The NLIHC reports that there is …
LOS ANGELES — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has arranged the sale of The Lofts at Noho Commons, a 292-unit community located in the NoHo Arts District of Los Angeles. The GPI Cos., an investment and development firm based in Los Angeles, acquired the asset from a joint venture partnership for $92.5 million. Joseph Grabiec, Kevin Green and Gregory Harris of IPA represented the seller and procured the buyer in the deal. Lofts at NoHo Commons was built in 2006. The unit mix includes 237 …
SANTA MONICA, CALIF. — Locally based brokerage and advisory firm Gortikov Capital has purchased Samo Collection, a portfolio of affordable housing communities in Santa Monica, for $120 million. The portfolio comprises 399 units across 11 buildings. The properties were constructed between 1997 and 2009. Samo Collection offers studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments with stainless steel appliances, hardwood-style flooring and central heating and air conditioning. The name of the seller was not released.
FULLERTON, CALIF. — CBRE has arranged the sale of a 10-unit building located at 3926 Franklin Ave. in Fullerton, just north of Anaheim, California. The asset traded hands for $2.7 million in an off-market transaction. Built in 1985, the two-story building comprises 7,410 square feet and offers exclusively two-bedroom units. The property also includes 17 parking spaces, including 12 garage spaces, as well as an on-site laundry facility. Dan Blackwell of CBRE, along with Andrew Boukather, who is now with MBI Equity Partners, represented the Los Angeles County-based buyer in the …