DES MOINES, IOWA — ARTISAN Capital Group (ACG) and Eastham Capital have partnered to acquire Wakonda Village, a 382-unit community in Des Moines. The property is located on the city’s south side, adjacent to the Wakonda Country Club and one block from the Fleur Drive retail corridor. Amenities include a pool, fitness center and dog park. The buyers plan to renovate the property with updates to apartment interiors, parking lots, sidewalks, landscaping and hallway paint and carpets. Pickleball courts and grill stations will also be added to the amenity package. …
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KANSAS CITY, MO. — Cushman & Wakefield has hired Whittaker Potts as an executive managing director with the firm’s Sunbelt Multifamily Advisory Group. Potts will work alongside advisors Martin Bynum, Cole Herget, Matt Stephens and Stephen Pestinger to cover multifamily investment sales in Arkansas, Missouri, Southern Illinois, Kansas and Oklahoma. He will be based in the firm’s Kansas City office. Potts received a bachelor of arts in communication studies from the University of Kansas and currently holds a real estate license in both Kansas and Missouri.
CLEVELAND, OHIO — Cleveland-based KeyBank Real Estate Capital has promoted Dan Heberle to the role of president. Heberle will oversee KeyBank Real Estate Capital’s real estate finance and community development and investment businesses. He will report to Randy Paine, President of Key Institutional Bank. Heberle joined KeyBank in 1998 as a relationship manager with KeyBank’s REIT Group. He most recently served as the head of KeyBank’s Institutional Capital Group. Heberle received a bachelor’s degree in finance from The Pennsylvania State University. He also studied economics, money and banking at the …
WEST DES MOINES, IOWA — A partnership consisting of ARTISAN Capital Group (ACG) and Eastham Capital have acquired Cambridge Court Apartments, a 192-unit property in West Des Moines. Cambridge Court Apartments was built in 1992 and offers one, two and three-bedroom units. Amenities include a clubhouse, fitness center, dog park, garages and indoor/outdoor pools. The buyers plan to renovate the complex. Exact plans for the renovation, however, were not disclosed. ARTISAN Management Group, ACG’s management vertical, will oversee operations at the property.
LAWRENCEVILLE, GA. — A joint venture consisting of ECI Group and The Griffin Fund have broken ground on The Averly Collins Hill, a $76 million development in the northeast Atlanta suburb of Lawrenceville. The project comprises 300 units across eight buildings on a 22-acre site. Units will come in one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts. Amenities include a clubhouse, fitness center, lounge areas, coworking space, pool, dog play area and coffee bar. ECI Construction is the general contractor for the project. Synovus Bank provided $46 million in construction financing.
INGLEWOOD, CALIF. — JPI has broken ground on Jefferson Inglewood, a 222-unit development in the Los Angeles suburb of Inglewood. The community will rise eight stories and offer studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans. The project utilizes the City of Inglewood’s Transit Oriented Development plan and design guidelines. TCA Architects was the architect. Englekirk Engineering provided structural engineering services. Kimley Horn Associates Engineering provided civil engineering. First occupancies at the property are slated for early 2026.
BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS — BridgeCore has provided an acquisition loan for an unnamed, 60-unit property in the South Texas city of Brownsville. The amount of the financing was not disclosed. However, the loan carries a two-year term with a six-month extension option and a 67 percent loan-to-value ratio. The undisclosed borrower, which acquired the property via a 1031 exchange, will use a portion of the proceeds to fund capital improvements.
HIALEAH, FLA. — MG Developer has secured a $16 million acquisition loan for a land parcel in the Miami suburb of Hialeah. The land will be used to build a 347-unit community called “Metro Parc South” on the site. Metro Parc South will offer studios, one- and two-bedroom units. MG Developer expects to break ground on the development in the third quarter of 2024, with delivery slated for the third quarter of 2026. The project will complement Metro Parc, a 559-unit mixed-use community located at 955 East 25th Street and …
SPRINGDALE, ARK. — ERC Holdings and Houston-based Tradewind Properties will develop The Ramsay, a 272-unit project located at Elm Springs Road and N. 48th Street in Springdale. The property will comprise 18 three-story buildings. The unit mix includes 143 one-bedroom and 129 two-bedroom apartments. Planned amenities include a café and lounge, 1,900-square-foot wellness center, pocket park, meditation room, dog park and a clubhouse. Pick-It Construction is the general contractor, and the architect is Rob Sharp. The first units are slated to deliver in the fall of this year.
SHERMAN, TEXAS — Lument has provided an $11.3 million Freddie Mac loan for the refinancing of Easton Parc Apartments, a 232-unit community in Sherman, 64 miles north of Dallas. Sloan Stevens of Lument originated the 10-year loan. The financing is structured with five years of interest-only payments and a 30-year amortization schedule. The borrower was not disclosed. Easton Parc Apartments was built in 1986 and renovated in 2013. The property comprises 22 buildings on an approximately nine-acre site. Amenities include a pool, clubhouse, dog park and laundry facilities.