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March 21, 2012

Camden Sells 456-Unit Apt. in Houston to Allen Harrison JV

HOUSTON – Allen Harrison Co. purchased a 456-unit West Houston aparment project in a joint-venture partnership with Dome Equities LLC and Equity Resource Investments.

The seller was Houston-based Camden Property Trust, one of the largest apartment REITs in the nation.

The project, Westchase Creek (formerly known as Camden Creek), is located at 3000 Woodland Park Drive between Westheimer and RichmondAvenue, west of Beltway 8.

HFF brokered the sale and arranged financing with the assistance of a seven-year, fixed-rate loan with two years of interest only payments that HFF secured through Freddie Mac. HFF will service the securitized loan through its Freddie Mac Program Plus Seller/Servicer program.

The property has an average unit size of 639 square feet and is 96 percent leased. Upon acquisition, Allen Harrison Company will execute a capital improvement plan toupgrade unit interiors and the property exterior.

The HFF investment sales team representing the seller included senior managing directors Craig LaFollette, Todd Stewart and Todd Marix, and directors Tre Banks and Chris Curry.

HFF’s debt placement team representing Allen Harrison Company, LLC was led by director Cortney Cole.

March 13, 2012

A 24-Story Residential Tower Planned for Seattle; Deal Valued at $95 Million

SEATTLE – Seattle-based companies Goodman Real Estate and Harbor Urban, LLC, along  with equity partner Capri Capital Partners, LLC, announced the purchase of the property at 1915 Second Ave. in Seattle where  construction will begin in April on a 24-story multifamily mixed-use  project called Viktoria Apartments. The total cost to develop the       project, scheduled for completion by the end of 2013, is approximately $95 million.

Construction financing for Viktoria Apartments will be provided by the INDURE Fund, based in Washington D.C. “We are pleased to be providing financing to the Goodman, Harbor Urban, Capri Partnership, and are delighted to be playing an important role in the creation of a very significant new building in Seattle,” said Jeff Kanne, President and CEO       of National Real Estate Advisors, manager of the INDURE Fund.

March 9, 2012

Resolution Real Estate to Build 160 Units in West Houston

HOUSTON — Houston-based Resolution Real Estate has purchased an 8-acre site from Newland Communities for Lakeside Villas at Cinco Ranch, a $21 million development that will include 160 apartment homes in a lakefront setting at Cinco Ranch Blvd. and Spring Green Blvd. Construction is planned to begin immediately, with the residences expected to be ready for occupancy by the end of the year.
The gated development will include a mixture of one-, two- and three-bedroom apartment homes, with the average unit described as having 1,130 square feet and the average rent estimated at $1,539 per month. The projected average rental rate is $1.27 per square foot.

The new project was announced jointly by Newland Communities, the developer of Cinco Ranch, and multifamily developer Resolution Real Estate.

Lakeside Villas at Cinco Ranch will be surrounded on three sides by Spring Lake, a 26-acre lake. The fourth side, along Cinco Ranch Blvd., will be protected via a private gated entry for residents. The development will also provide a 5,700-square-foot clubhouse with 24-foot ceilings for the exclusive use of its residents, with amenities including a gameroom, a fitness center, a coffee bar and an Internet café. Outside, this amenity will include a swimming pool with shaded cabanas, along with barbecue grills and flat-screen televisions.
Homebuyers relocating to Cinco Ranch and waiting for their new homes to be completed are expected to be a major market for Lakeside Villas at Cinco Ranch. One of the top-selling communities in Houston and Texas, Cinco Ranch ended 2011 with a total of 864 new-home sales. Employees in the thriving nearby Energy Corridor, along with teachers and administrators in the Katy Independent School District, are among other potential renters, according to Resolution Real Estate.

March 5, 2012

Hines Developing 410-Unit Apartment Project in Poland

WARSAW, POLAND – The Warsaw office of Hines, the international real estate firm, announced that construction has begun on Apartamenty Novum, the approximately 400-unit multi-building apartment complex ranging in heights from four to nine stories.  The development is located in the center of Krakow at 20 Rakowicka Street, only 1.5 kilometers from the Main Market Square of the Old Town.   The development is situated on a 4.8-hectare (11.8-acre) site, which was acquired in October 2011 by Hines and Heitman.

“Our first attempts to purchase an investment in Krakow were made back in 2005.  We were looking for a centrally located site allowing for a larger scale project, which is extremely difficult to find in Krakow because of its densely built historic district,” said Wojciech Rumian, managing director for Hines Poland.  “The start of construction on Apartamenty Novum is not only a happy ending to a complex acquisition  process, but also a beginning of a long-term presence of Hines in Krakow and a hope for subsequent investments.”

The 286,500-square-foot complex was designed by local architect IMB Asymetria.

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