SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. — Mill Creek Residential has broken ground on Modera Reserve, a 360-unit community in the Kierland neighborhood of North Scottsdale. The project is Mill Creek’s second in Arizona. First move-ins are estimated for spring 2025. Modera Reserve will offer studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans, averaging 938 square feet in size. The property is designed around three courtyards and 10,000 square feet of interior amenity space, which will include a fitness center, digital package room, coworking spaces, a resident lounge and a clubroom with a pool table. …
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FRESNO, CALIF. — The Mogharebi Group (TMG) has arranged the $11.4 million sale of Northbrook Apartments in Fresno. Robin Kane, Brendan Kane and Gordon Larkin of TMG’s Fresno office represented the Monterey, California-based owner/developer in the transaction. Offered on the market for the first time in about 24 years, the 92-unit asset was acquired by a family office based in the Central Valley area of California. Northbrook Apartments were built in 1972 on about six acres. The asset is a single-story, garden-style apartment community with a mix of one- and …
FAIRPORT, N.Y. — WinnCompanies has secured $137 million in financing to renovate the Pines of Perinton, an affordable housing community in Fairport, which is about 10 miles southeast of Rochester, New York. The project will preserve affordability provisions for the next 40 years. Various income categories were not disclosed. WinnCompanies acquired the property in late 2019. The Pines was designed and constructed by New York State’s Urban Development Corp. (UDC) between 1972 and 1976, and, according to WinnCompanies, was one of the first affordable housing developments built in the area. …
GLEN ALLEN, VA. — Middleburg Communities has acquired a 13.5-acre land parcel in Glen Allen to develop a 310-unit apartment and townhome project. Glen Allen is about 15 miles north of Richmond, Virginia. Construction on the project, called The Brook, will begin later this month, with a completion-date estimate of late 2024. According to Middleburg, The Brook is one of only a few multifamily projects to be built in the North Richmond area in the past two decades. Middleburg is managing the development, and The Remark Cos. is an investment …
MERRILLVILLE, IND. — Draper and Kramer has arranged a $54 million loan on behalf of Weiss Entities to refinance Prairie Point and The Reserve at Prairie Point apartments in Merrillville, which is about 43 miles south of Chicago. The five-year, fixed-rate loan was funded by a life insurance company lender. Prairie Point and The Reserve comprises 440 townhome-style units and was built between 2002 and 2015, with most recent renovations taking place in 2018. Amenities include a clubhouse, fitness center, resort-style heated pool, a playground and a regulation-sized sand volleyball …
PRINCETON, FLA. — Pinnacle has secured $72.3 million in financing for the construction of Pinnacle at Tropical Pointe in the southern Miami suburb of Princeton. The Florida Housing Finance Corp., Miami-Dade County Surtax and HOME provided a blend of low-income housing tax credits to the development. Bank of America provided a $37 million construction loan and $30.6 million in tax credit equity. Citibank provided a permanent loan of $20 million. According to Pinnacle, Miami-Dade County also allocated $1 million to the project to mitigate rising construction costs. Pinnacle at Tropical …
BOSTON — MassDevelopment has issued a $26 million tax-exempt bond on behalf of Harrison Affordable LLC, an affiliate of Beacon Communities and the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association of New England (CCBA), which will use proceeds to build an 85-unit affordable rental housing community at 288 Harrison Ave. in Boston’s Chinatown neighborhood. The building, dubbed 288 Harrison Residences, will be constructed on what is currently a surface parking lot serving the Tai Tung Village affordable housing community, also owned by CCBA. The organization chose Beacon Communities as its development partner in …
Legacy Partners and Resmark Cos. Break Ground on 336-Unit Project in Gateway Mixed-Use Development Near Dallas
FORNEY, TEXAS — Legacy Partners and The Resmark Cos. have broken ground on Legacy Gateway, a 336-unit property in Forney, about 20 miles east of Dallas. The 14-acre project site is located within Gateway, a 2,000-acre mixed-use development that is home to luxury multifamily communities, retail, office and entertainment venues. Legacy Gateway will complete by approximately spring 2025, with an estimated initial occupancy in summer 2024. JHP Architecture is the architect, and BBL Building Co. is the general contractor. Legacy and Resmark acquired the undeveloped parcel with a construction loan …
NEWPORT NEWS, VA. — Community Preservation Partners (CPP) has purchased City Line Apartments for $30.1 million. City Line Apartments is a 200-unit affordable community in Newport News, which is 20 miles northwest of Norfolk, Virginia. CPP plans to invest $11 million in renovations to the property, including a new roof and the addition of a computer room, library, playground, fitness center, BBQ area and community garden. Units will receive updated appliances, vinyl plank flooring and HVAC units. Construction is expected to be completed by the end of 2023. Paragon Construction …
PHOENIX — Rise48 Equity has acquired Spring Apartments from an undisclosed seller for $42 million. Spring Apartments is a 186-unit complex in Phoenix. According to Apartments.com, the community was built in 1984 and offers one- and two-bedroom floor plans. Rise48 Equity — which is an equity and a property management firm based in Scottsdale, Arizona — will rebrand the asset as “Rise Desert Cove.” The company plans to spend $5 million renovating the property. Unit upgrades include quartz countertops, updated lighting fixtures and stainless steel appliances. Rise48 Equity additionally plans to repaint …