Archive for ‘Multi-Family’

June 3, 2013

Multi-Family Wire

SEATTLE – Greystar Real Estate Partners of Charleston, S.C. has purchased land across the street from the Amazon headquarters where it will build a 282-unit apartment project. Hendricks-Berkadia  handled the sale of three land parcels on Boren Avenue North in Seattle for the new Greystar project. The parcels were sold for a total of $21,865,000.The land transactions were negotiated by Marty Leith and Kenny Dudunakis of the Seattle office of Hendricks-Berkadia.

CHICAGO  - The RADCO Companies of Atlanta, Ga. has announced that it has closed its 19th real estate purchase in the past 12 months with the acquisition of Covington Court in St. Charles, Ill. The 208-unit multifamily property, currently 94.7 percent occupied, was purchased by RADCO in a $19.25M transaction, and will be rebranded as Ashford St. Charles. Its acquisition of the property further signifies RADCO’s strong commitment to the suburban Chicago market, where the company also recently purchased Brittany Court, and rebranded it as Ashford at Geneva.

TUCSON, Ariz. – Hendricks-Berkadia announced the sale of Oracle Village, located at 5921 North Oracle Road in Tucson. The 144-unit apartment community was sold for $9,000,000, or $62,500 per unit..The Seller was an affiliate of HSL Properties of Tucson. The Buyer was an affiliate of Hamilton/Zanze of San Francisco. The transaction was negotiated by Art Wadlund of the Tucson office of Hendricks-Berkadia.

 

HOUSTON – M-M Properties will develop the 193-unit Hermann Park Plaza Apartments near the Texas Medical Center in Houston. The project will be located at 5745 Almeda near Highway 288. According to the Houston Chronicle  other projects under construction nearby include Elan Med Center, a 281-unit project by Greystar at 7010 Staffordshire Blvd. and Valencia Place, a 246-unit complex at 3131 W. Bellfort.

FRISCO, Texas  - Colonial Properties Trust purchased of the 252-unit Colonial Reserve at Frisco Bridges (formerly Ablon at Frisco Bridges) near Dallas for $36.2 million. Colonial Reserve at Frisco Bridges is a newly developed Class A mid-rise apartment community located in the Frisco submarket. Completed in 2013, the project is 30 percent leased.

LOS ANGELES – Trion Properties,  a Los Angeles-based real estate investment company acquired two multifamily properties in the California cities of El Cajon and Sacramento.In El Cajon, Trion acquired a 22-unit apartment building for $2,350,000, or $106,818 per unit. In Sacramento, the company acquired a 128-unit apartment building from a lender for $4,900,000, or $38,281 per unit.

 

May 11, 2013

Austin CBD Project to Include 30-story Tower, Office and Retail

AUSTIN – CBRE Debt & Equity Finance team in Houston arranged $83.5 million in construction financing on behalf Seaholm Power, LLC for the redevelopment of the Seaholm Power Plant, an historic, art deco facility located in the southwestern portion of the Austin Central Business District. The borrower, Seaholm Power, LLC, a joint venture between Austin-based Southwest Strategies, Los Angeles-based CIM Group and the City of Austin, plans to transform the 117,000-sf power plant into institutional-grade office space while constructing 60,000 sf of new office and retail development anchored by a Trader Joe’s. The new development will also include a 30-story, 309-unit apartment tower. Bank of the Ozarks and IBC Banks were the two lenders on the open-ended construction loans. Executive Vice President Jim Richards and Senior Vice President Jim Kirkpatrick of CBRE led the team.

March 25, 2013

Hotel REIT Buys Old Humble Oil Building in Houston

HOUSTON – RLJ Lodging Trust acquired the historic Humble Oil Building complex in downtown Houston for $79.5 million  or  $151,000 per room for what will become three Marriott related hotels.

The Humble Oil Building is a three-tower complex that occupies an entire city block at 1212 Main Street. The complex consists of an 82-unit apartment tower that will be converted to a 166-room SpringHill Suites and two existing hotels, a 191-room Courtyard  and a 171-room Residence Inn.

“Our ability to execute this off-market transaction required the expertise, experience, and relationships that are unique to RLJ,” commented Thomas Baltimore, Jr., President and CEO of the Bethesda, Md.-based firm. “Acquiring the Humble Oil Building complex represents a value-add opportunity.”

The building was constructed in the 1920s.  It’s only a few blocks from the 45-story Exxon Mobil building which was purchased a few months ago by Shorenstein Properties.

Tags:
February 14, 2013

Hines Starts Work on Apartments in Atlanta

ATLANTA – Hines has begun construction is on @1377, a 215-unit  luxury multifamily complex in Atlanta.  The development represents Hines’ first for-rent residential project in the city and one of several under development in the Southeast region. @1377 is located in the Brookhaven neighborhood on Dresden Drive.  The four-story building will have an attached multi-level parking garage.

Designed by The Preston Partnership of Atlanta, @1377’s architecture evokes a transitional style with buildings clad in brick, with stucco accents, large windows, wrap-around corner balconies and ground-level unit entry stoops at the sidewalk.  The project will offer studios, and one- and two-bedroom units ranging in size from 468 to 1,537 square feet. General Contractor Urban Oaks Builders expects occupancy of the first units in October 2013, with final completion in December 2013.

Alan Patton, senior managing director in charge of the firm’s Multifamily Division, said, “Hines’ multifamily platform is focused on delivering high-quality for-rent residential projects in all of our domestic markets.  We are committed to delivering a superior product with our @1377 project and are excited about its one-of-a-kind location within Atlanta’s well-known Brookhaven submarket.”

In January 2011, Hines formed its Multifamily Division, with a focus to expand the firm’s multifamily development activity throughout the U.S. by working with Hines’ domestic regions on for-rent residential programs.  Currently, the Multifamily Division has more than 5,000 units in projects in various stages of development.  In addition to Atlanta, the company has other multifamily projects that are located in several U.S. cities including: Cambridge, MA; Chicago; Denver; Houston; Miami; Minneapolis; Pasadena, CA; Phoenix; Rockville, MD; and St. Petersburg, FL.

Tags:
Follow

Get every new post delivered to your Inbox.

Join 27 other followers