NATIONAL CITY, CALIF. — Gelt Venture Partners has acquired The Commodore, a 92-unit property in the San Diego suburb of National City, for $40 million. Built in 2024, The Commodore comprises six three-story buildings with a mix of floor plans that includes studios, one- and two-bedrooms with select units featuring two-story and loft-style layouts. At the time of sale, the property was 96 percent occupied. Units feature in-unit washers and dryers, quartz countertops, tile backsplashes, stainless steel appliances and private balconies. Amenities include a resort-style pool and a hot tub, …
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TAMPA, FLA. — ZMR Capital, a Tampa-based multifamily investment firm founded by Zamir Kazi, has secured $230 million to refinance a portfolio of 1,600 units across Florida, Georgia and Arizona. The financing includes equity from an institutional joint venture and a five-year, fixed-rate Fannie Mae loan. ZMR will complete gradual renovations to each property during its hold period. Henry Stimler and Ricky Warner of Newmark represented ZMR Capital in the transaction. The portfolio includes four properties in Tampa, one in Atlanta and one in Phoenix.
DENVER — An affiliate of Norfolk, Virginia-based Harbor Group International (HGI) is under contract for the $740 million acquisition of a portfolio of five communities from Apartment Investment and Management Company (Aimco). The Denver-based, publicly traded REIT’s (NYSE: AIV) stock price closed at $7.91 on Aug. 11, down from $8.11 on Aug. 9, 2024. HGI has completed due diligence and paid a non-refundable $20 million deposit. The deal for the first four properties is expected to close in the third quarter, with the closing of the final asset occurring in …
TAMPA, FLA. — PGIM Real Estate has provided a $110 million, five-year, interest-only, fixed rate loan to Cascade Investment for the refinancing of Asher Residences in Tampa. The 22-story building is a part of the Water Street development downtown and was completed in December 2021. Strategic Property Partners, the developer of Asher Residences as well as the master developer of Water Street Tampa, is a subsidiary of Cascade Investments. The community contains 490 units, including 97 furnished residences that are operated as part of a partnership with ROOST Apartment Hotels. …
Elme Communities Agrees to Sell Portfolio to Cortland for $1.6 Billion as Part of Liquidation Plan
BETHESDA, MD. AND ATLANTA — Elme Communities (NYSE: ELME), a Maryland-based multifamily owner-operator that previously operated as WashREIT, has entered into a purchase and sale agreement with an affiliate of Cortland Partners, an Atlanta-based multifamily investment and management firm. Under the terms of the transaction, Elme would sell 19 apartment communities to Cortland for $1.6 billion in an all-cash deal. “We are pleased to have reached an agreement with Cortland that recognizes the greater value of these 19 Elme communities and their long-term potential when coupled with Cortland’s economies of …
MIAMI — Miami-Dade County has approved plans for The HueHub, an $880 million, 12-acre development in the West Little River neighborhood that will include 4,032 units of affordable housing. Developers Pablo Castro and Laura Tauber will break ground later this year with completion slated for the second quarter of 2028. The project was approved under the Live Local Act, which is state legislation passed in 2023 to encourage affordable housing projects by granting developers tax incentives and flexibility with permits related to density, height, parking and other building regulations. In …
SUNNYVALE, CALIF. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged the sale of and acquisition financing for Citra, a 147-unit community in Sunnyvale. JLL represented the undisclosed seller. The buyer was Prime Residential, a San Francisco-based multifamily owner and operator. JLL Real Estate Capital, a Freddie Mac Optigo lender, also provided a $44.2 million loan for Prime Residential. Citra, located at 745 S. Bernardo Ave., was developed in 1968 and renovated in 2019. The garden-style property is comprised of one- and two-bedroom units and includes such amenities as a half-acre, landscaped terrace …
NEW YORK CITY — JLL Capital Markets has arranged the $243.5 million sale of Riverbank, a 44-story community at 560 West 43rd St. in Manhattan’s Midtown West submarket. JLL represented the seller, Barings, and procured the buyer, an unnamed institutional investor for whom JLL also arranged a $128.3 million acquisition loan. Originally developed in the late 1980s as a condominium project, Riverbank’s 418 units are comprised of 43 studios, 270 one-bedrooms, 62 two-bedrooms and 43 three-bedrooms. The property features a parking garage and about 18,000 square feet of retail that …
NEW YORK CITY — Affinius Capital has funded a $340 million loan for Sky Equity Group. The financing will be used to retire existing debt, complete construction and to pay expenses related to leasing 313 Bond in the Gowanus neighborhood of Brooklyn. The loan was arranged by Henry Bodek of Galaxy Capital. The 603-unit, two-building property, still under construction, also has 51,600 square feet of retail space. The developer broke ground in 2023. Full completion is expected before the end of this year. 313 Bond will offer 149 studios, 313 …
ABILENE, TEXAS — Franklin Street has arranged the sale of The Windsor Hotel Apartments at 401 Pine Street in Abilene. Franklin Street represented the seller, North Management LLC, in the sale of the property to Studio 168 Productions. The 10-story, 110,000-square-foot building was originally a Hilton Hotel built in 1926 and was among the first Hilton-branded hotels in the country. North Management spent approximately $4.7 million to renovate the property in 2023. Renovations included adding amenities like a fitness center with a sauna, coworking spaces, a resident lounge and ground-floor …