DECATUR, GA. — The Housing Authority of the City of Decatur (Decatur Housing) and nonprofit developer partner Preserving Affordable Housing Inc. (PAHI) completed Phase I and broke ground on Phase II of Village at Legacy on June 18. Once completed, the two-phase development will offer 132 one-, two- and three-bedroom residences across two phases and in a variety of floor plans including townhomes and apartments. The first 66 units in Phase I are being delivered under a $20.4 million construction contract with total project costs reaching $27.9 million. The second …
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SALT LAKE CITY — Publicly traded REIT Centerspace has acquired Sugarmont Apartments in Salt Lake City for $149 million. This marks Centerspace’s first owned asset in Utah. Northmarq’s Salt Lake City multifamily investment sales team, led by Mark Jensen, Rawley Nielsen and Darren Nielsen, arranged the sale and represented Centerspace. The seller was Cottonwood Communities, a publicly registered, non-listed REIT headquartered in Salt Lake City. Cottonwood was retained by Centerspace to manage the property. Built in 2021, Sugarmont Apartments features 341 units in a mix of studios, one-, two- and …
BWE Arranges $61 Million Construction Loan for Presidio Capital Partners’ Bakersfield Project
BAKERSFIELD, CALIF. — BWE has arranged $61 million for Presidio Capital Partners to develop the first phase of Park Center at Seven Oaks in Bakersfield. Tom Turnage, senior vice president, and Alex Gregoire, vice president, both in BWE’s Irvine office, originated the four-year, floating-rate, interest-only construction loan with a 12-month extension from a super-regional bank. Park Center at Seven Oaks will include a total of 520 units when fully complete. Phase I will include 352 units. This initial phase will feature 17 residential buildings as well as a leasing office, …
SEATTLE — Kennedy Wilson has partnered with Japan-based companies Kenedix and Hulic Co. to acquire The Danforth in Seattle for $173 million. A Whole Foods is the sole ground-floor retail tenant in the 265-unit community. Vanbarton Group, which has owned the asset since 2019, was the seller. Beverly Hills, California-based Kennedy Wilson has a 10 percent interest in the deal and invested $6.6 million of equity in the venture. Kennedy Wilson also will serve as asset manager for the partnership, receiving an undisclosed fee for that service. The Danforth is …
MIAMI — Newmark has arranged a $111 million construction loan, funded by Goldman Sachs, for the construction of The Perrin in Miami. The borrower and developer, The Empira Group, has broken ground on the 26-story, 310-unit project in the Brickell neighborhood. Construction is slated for completion in 2028. The project will include 2,500 square feet of ground-floor retail, 380 parking spaces and a mix of studio to three-bedroom units. Amenities include a fitness center with a yoga room, coworking spaces, a resort-style pool with cabanas and grills and a rooftop …
MIAMI — CEDARst Cos. has broken ground on a mixed-use project in Miami that will include 191 units and 8,000 square feet of ground-floor retail in Miami’s Little River neighborhood. Completion is slated for May 2027. Units are designed in a mix of 52 studios as well as 84 one-bedroom, 43 two-bedroom and 12 three-bedroom floor plans. The property will also offer 302 parking spaces and a host of amenities, including coworking lounges, a golf simulator with two hitting bays, an indoor pickleball court, a pool deck, dry sauna, cold …
ALEXANDRIA, VA. —Grandbridge Real Estate Capital, a subsidiary of Truist Financial Corp., has arranged $100 million in Freddie Mac loans on behalf of locally based Jair Lynch Real Estate Partners. In addition to the permanent financing, affiliates of Truist also served as a low-income housing tax credit equity investor for the transaction. The financing package includes a $38 million, tax-exempt loan and a $62 million taxable tail loan. The 15-year, fixed-rate loans and equity will finance the construction of a 310-unit, unnamed mixed-income project that will be built at 505 …
High Street Residential, Third & Urban Break Ground on Mixed-Use Project Near Atlanta
SANDY SPRINGS, GA — High Street Residential (HSR), the residential subsidiary of Trammell Crow Co. (TCC), alongside partner Third & Urban, has broken ground on Hillcrest, an 8-acre mixed-use development in the Atlanta suburb of Sandy Springs. Completion is slated for 2027. The project will include 362 apartment units, 30 for-rent townhomes, approximately 18,000 square feet of retail space and a central greenspace plaza. Hillcrest is located adjacent to the $230 million City Springs mixed-use development and is situated on land acquired from the Sandy Springs United Methodist Church, which …
Community HousingWorks Completes L.A. Metro Acquisition, Plans Affordable Conversion
ROWLAND HEIGHTS, CALIF. — Community HousingWorks (CHW) has acquired NOVO Apartments in Rowland Heights and will convert the market-rate property into affordable housing. Northmarq arranged the $38.3 million sale as well as a $24.9 million fixed-rate, affordable-conversion, Freddie Mac acquisition loan for CHW. Stratford Partners Real Estate was the seller. NOVO was constructed in 1974. Additional financing details for the conversion were not disclosed, but CHW often uses its own equity and 4 percent low-income housing tax credits to fund developments, according to nonprofit directory GuideStar. Rowland Heights is about …
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — Grover Corlew, a Boca Raton, Florida-based developer, has secured a $92 million construction loan to build Mayla Cypress, a 312-unit community in the Cypress Creek submarket of North Fort Lauderdale. Berkadia Managing Director Scott Wadler, Vice President Patrick Johnson, Senior Managing Director Mitch Sinberg, along with Brad Williamson and Matthew Robbins, managing directors of Berkadia Miami and Boca Raton, arranged the three-year construction loan provided by Affinius Capital. The deal closed on May 30. Mayla Cypress is situated on a 3.7-acre site Grover Corlew assembled in …