LOS ANGELES — Locally based E&S Ring Management Corp. has obtained $95.8 million in loans to refinance a six-property, 1,461-unit portfolio. E&S owns and operates the communities, which are located throughout metro Los Angeles. Northmarq’s Nathan Prouty, Andrew Slaton and John Holt arranged the financing, structured as six separate loans, in fixed and floating-rate structures, through lender Voya Investment Management. The financing replaces existing debt across the portfolio, including four loans originally placed with Voya in 2007. The properties include Casa Granada in Brentwood (168 units); Meadows South in Culver …
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WAUWATOSA, WIS. — Brookfield, Wisconsin-based Samapa Development, has completed Waterfair Apartments in Wautosa. The 146-unit, eight-story project was formerly a 198-unit Sonesta Hotel with convention space. Kraus Anderson served as general contractor, and Continuum Architects + Planners was the architect. The Milwaukee Business Journal reports the development cost was approximately $23 million. While not a traditional affordable housing development backed by tax credits, Waterfair offers apartments that are 15 to 20 percent below area asking rents. Samapa says efficiencies gained from the existing concrete structure and mechanical, electrical and plumbing …
SUNNYVALE, CALIF. — MidPen Housing has completed and opened Ira D. Hall Square in Sunnyvale. The 176-unit property comprises studios, one-, two- and three-bedroom units that are reserved for residents earning up to 30 to 70 percent of area median income, which is approximately $43,170 to $100,730 for a one-person household. Ira D. Hall Square is adjacent to the Lawrence Caltrain Station and is the first development built under the city’s Lawrence Station Area Plan, which calls for a mixed-use district around the transit hub. MidPen Property Management manages the …
BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Gilbane Development has acquired a mixed-use development site at 2185 Coyle St. in the Sheepshead Bay neighborhood of Brooklyn for $37 million. The 96,000-square-foot lot can support 408,400 square feet of commercial space. The seller was a joint venture between AAG Management and ABS Partners. Ariel Property Advisors, led by Victor Sozio, Michael A. Tortorici, Sean R. Kelly, Shimon Shkury and Remi Mandell, arranged the sale. Gilbane is planning an affordable housing project on the site. Details on this upcoming project have not been disclosed. Gilbane, in …
MELBOURNE, FLA. — Capstone Communities has secured financing and begun construction of The Villas at Viera, a 275-unit build-to-rent development in the master-planned Viera community in Brevard County, about 50 miles southeast of Orlando. Capstone Communities is the developer, and CBI Construction is the general contractor. Capstone Properties is overseeing property management. Fifth Dimension Architecture & Interiors is serving as project architect. Villas at Viera is situated on an 18.4-acre parcel and will comprise two four-story apartment buildings, duplexes, carriage houses and cottage-style residences. Amenities will include a clubhouse and …
NASHVILLE, TENN. — Lion Real Estate Group, a multifamily investment firm based in Nashville, has hired Alison Brown as president and chief operating officer. Prior to joining Lion, Brown served as president of Bridge Property Management as well as holding the title deputy chief investment officer for Bridge’s workforce and affordable housing strategy. She also was previously senior vice president of operations at LivCor, a Blackstone portfolio company, where she led a nationwide network of more than 50 property management companies. Earlier in Brown’s career, she spent 13 years at …
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Architect KTGY and locally based developer Riverside have completed and opened The Waylon, a 300-unit, five-story community in North Austin. The interior designer was Vida Design and Nudge Design was the landscape architect. Amenities include a pool, sky lounge and deck, coworking space, a fitness center with a yoga room and a dog run. The property was developed on a former surface parking lot for an exisiting office property. KTGY is headquartered in Irvine, California and operates offices throughout the United States.
FARGO, N.D. — The Annex Group has announced plans for Central at the Horizon, a ground-up affordable housing development at 11 12th St. North in Fargo. The 262 one-, two- and three-bedroom units will be reserved for households earning up to 60 percent of area median income. Central at the Horizon will consist of four stories above a one-story parking garage. Amenities will include community, fitness and business centers, a playground and a picnic area. The architect is BVH Architecture. Multiple stakeholders are funding the project. The North Dakota Housing …
RICHARDSON, TEXAS — Northmarq’s Kevin Leamy has arranged a refinancing loan for The Standard at CityLine, a 403-unit mid-rise at 1125 E. Renner Road in Richardson. Price Realty Corp. was the borrower, and New York Life was the lender. The loan amount was not disclosed. Completed in 2015, The Standard at CityLine features one- and two-bedrooms with a pool with cabana and large-screen TVs, courtyard with fireplaces, grills and valet trash pickup.
DALLAS — JLL has arranged the sale of the Bishop Arts retail and multifamily portfolio comprising four multifamily properties (539 units) and 40,747 square feet of retail along North Bishop Avenue in Dallas’ Bishop Arts District. JLL’s Trey Morsbach, Bill Miller, Greg Toro, Adam Howells, Clint Coe, Caroline Novak and Erin Lazarus represented the seller and developer, Exxir, a real estate company owned by the Nazerian family, in the transaction. Hines was the buyer. The retail component of the portfolio occupies about an acre at 205, 250, 275 and 308 …