BOCA RATON, FLA. — Eastham Capital has hired Anthony Librot as chief financial officer. In the new role, Librot will be responsible for accounting, compliance and risk management for the private equity multifamily investment firm. With more than 30 years of accounting and financial experience, Librot spent the past seven years as the chief operating and financial officer at AAM 15 Management LLC, a Massachusetts real estate investment company, where he oversaw day-to-day operating and financial activities for a real estate portfolio of $500 million.
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DOWNERS GROVE, ILL. — Co-developers Conor Commercial Real Estate and LCI Development Partners, along with investment partner Bailard, will develop 138 units at 750 Curtiss St. in Downers Grove, 30 miles west of Chicago. The development team also includes SGW Architecture & Design and McShane Construction Co. Completion is slated for spring 2027. The six-story residence will be comprised of studios and one-, two- and three-bedroom units as well as five two-bedroom, direct-entry townhomes. Amenities will include a coffee bar, pool, firepits, a dog park, a fitness center, coworking space …
LOS ANGELES — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $25.3 million sale of a seven-property, 275-unit portfolio in Los Angeles. The seller, a private unnamed group, has been assembling and managing the portfolio for the past 25 years. The portfolio is comprised of a mix of 1920s-era brick apartment buildings and an infill land site, concentrated in the Koreatown and Westlake neighborhoods. “The portfolio was experiencing challenges, including tenant delinquencies, aging building systems, deferred maintenance and litigation,” said Neema Ahadian in a prepared statement. Ahadian is senior managing director of …
ST. FRANCIS, WIS. — M&R Development and Campbell Capital Group LLC have begun construction of a 278-unit luxury apartment community situated on a bluff overlooking Lake Michigan in St. Francis, five miles south of downtown Milwaukee. The Bluffs on Lake will offer units ranging from studios to three-bedroom designs. M&R and Campbell Capital also teamed up to develop 42 Hundred on the Lake, a 236-unit project just south of The Bluffs on Lake that opened in 2021. Located on a 21-acre site at 3700 S. Lake Drive, The Bluffs on …
SANTA MONICA, CALIF. — Douglas Emmett (NYSE:DEI), a Santa Monica-based REIT with an office and multifamily portfolio, has secured approximately $1 billion in Fannie Mae loans to refinance nine properties, totaling 3,099 units across California and Hawaii. Walker & Dunlop arranged the financing. Through the transaction, debt on The Landmark Residences, formerly known as Barrington Plaza, in Los Angeles has been repaid.
SHORELINE, WASH. — The Simon Anderson multifamily team at Kidder Mathews has arranged a disposition and acquisition in the Seattle area. The buyer and seller was identified as John Stephanus, who is the president of Seattle-based Epic Asset Management. The four assets sold were Swiss Gables Apartments in Kent, Washington, 18 miles south of Seattle and Charbern Apartments, Stockbridge Apartments and Carolina Court Apartments, all of which are located around the Seattle metro. This portfolio totaled 215 units. The proceeds were used to acquire The Poshmark in Shoreline, 11 miles …
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — JLL Capital Markets and BlueGate Partners have arranged a $340 million refinancing loan on behalf of Ironstate Development Co. and Panepinto Properties. Truist Financial Corp. funded the loans. The joint venture owners will use the financing for 50 & 70 Columbus, two high-rise towers constructed in 2007 and 2015 respectively. The properties are atop the Grove Street PATH station with direct access to Manhattan. JLL’s Debt Advisory team, representing the borrower, was led by Thomas Didio, Thomas E. Didio Jr., Gerard Quinn and Michael Mataras.
GREENWICH, CONN. — A Greenwich mixed-use development, which is an adaptive reuse of an 1880s-era mill site, has been sold for $97.5 million. CBRE’s Jeffrey Dunne, Eric Apfel, Stuart MacKenzie and Travis Langer represented the seller, The Mill Owners Co. LLC, which owned the asset for more than 40 years. The Mill is situated along the banks of the Byram River and was redeveloped in 2020 through 2021 by converting two office buildings — one dating back to 1881 and the other to 1981 — into apartments. Today, The Mill …
NEW YORK CITY — Walker & Dunlop has arranged approximately $40 million in equity for Benchmark Real Estate Group, which will use the funds to buy and renovate a property on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Located about three blocks from Central Park at 250 W. 85th St., the building contains 121 units and 4,400 of fully leased retail space. The W&D Capital Markets team was led by Mo Beler, Jonathan Paine, Aaron Appel, Jonathan Schwartz and Jackson Irwin. An unnamed institutional investor provided the capital.
DALLAS — FTK Construction Services has begun renovating Royal Crest Apartments in Dallas. The 167-unit affordable housing property is owned by Fairstead and is undergoing a $21.8 million redevelopment. The lender on the project was Capital One, and the architect is Hooker DeJong. Fairstead acquired the community in August. Units are reserved for residents earning between 50 and 60 percent of area median income. Unit upgrades to the 1968-built property include new paint, cabinetry, countertops, door hardware, plumbing fixtures, flooring, light fixtures, ADA unit upgrades and HVAC updates. Common area …