MERRILLVILLE, Ind. — CBRE’s Indianapolis/Louisville multifamily team, in partnership with CBRE National Senior Housing, has arranged the sale of Residences at Merrillville Lakes. Located in Merrillville, near the Illinois border south of Chicago, the active adult community features 356 units averaging 890 square feet. The seller was an entity controlled by the principals of two Chicago-based companies, Oculus Development and UIRC. The buyer and price were not disclosed. Steve LaMotte Jr., Dane Wilson, John Sweeny, Aron Will, Garrett Sacco and Scott Bray led the CBRE team.
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McShane Completes Album Indian Lake Active Adult Community in Hendersonville, Tennessee
HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. — McShane Construction Co. has completed work on Album Indian Lake, located in the heart of the Indian Lake Village in Hendersonville. The community offers 138 units for adults 55 and older. The community is Avenida’s 12th and the second between McShane and Avenida. The property offers more than 6,000 square feet of interior amenity space within a detached clubhouse within the three-story building on a five-acre site. Poole & Poole Architecture provided architectural services for the development.
ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Northland, a private equity investor based in Newton, Mass., has purchased Emblem Alpharetta, a 210-unit active adult community in the north Atlanta suburb of Alpharetta. Situated on seven acres, the property was fully occupied at the time of sale and represents the fourth Georgia acquisition for Northland this year, but the first active adult acquisition in its portfolio. The seller and price were not disclosed. Emblem Alpharetta comprises one- and two-bedroom apartments in a four-story building that centers around a resort-style pool and sundeck. Units are reserved …
Institutional Property Advisors Arranges Sale of 277-Unit Active Adult Community Near Salt Lake City
DRAPER, Utah — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has arranged the sale of The Ivy at Draper, a 277-unit active adult community in Draper, a southern suburb of Salt Lake City. Ivy at Draper features freeway access, with connectivity to interstates 15, 215 and 80 and immediate access to Bangerter Highway, a main thoroughfare throughout the Wasatch Front. The buyer, seller and price were not disclosed. “Draper City’s prestigious location at the Point of the Mountain, in the south end of Salt Lake Valley and …
Tailwind Investment Buys 168-Unit Vista Grande Active Adult Community in Rio Rancho, New Mexico
RIO RANCHO, N.M. — California-based Tailwind Investment Group has acquired Vista Grande, an active adult community located at 4101 Meadowlark Lane in Rio Rancho. Aspen, Colo.-based Cooper Street Capital sold the asset for an undisclosed price. Built in 1972 on 10.9 acres, the 107,216-square-foot Vista Grande features 168 apartments in a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom layouts ranging in size from 456 square feet to 807 square feet. At the time of sale, the community was fully leased. Cynthia Meister, Trevor Koskovich, Bill Hahn and Jesse Hudson of Northmarq’s …
Northmarq Provides $22M Fannie Mae Refinancing for Springvale Apartments in Croton-on-Hudson, New York
CROTON-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. — Northmarq has provided a $22 million refinancing for Springvale Apartments, an active adult community in Croton-on-Hudson, approximately 30 miles north of Manhattan. The 31-building, 524-unit property was built between 1956 and 1959. Robert Ranieri, senior vice president/managing director of Northmarq’s White Plains debt/equity office, arranged the permanent-fixed Fannie Mae loan. The transaction was structured with 10-year term on a 30-year amortization schedule. The garden apartment complex for active adults 55 years and older is located in a 35-acre park-like setting overlooking the Hudson River.
VENICE, SOUTH NAPLES and WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. — FK Architecture, a Fugleberg Koch Company, has completed design work on three resort-style active adult communities along Florida’s West Coast. The three sites designed by FK Architecture are Solea Wellen Park in Venice, Amberlin Wiregrass Ranch in Wesley Chapel and Amberlin South Naples in Collier County. Sparrow Partners is the developer. All three communities are four stories tall. Solea Wellen Park and Amberlin Wiregrass Ranch each offer 204 units in a mix of one- and two-bedroom units. Amberlin South Naples features 188 …
Cushman & Wakefield Arranges Equity, Construction Debt for $70M Avenida Folsom Project in California
FOLSOM, Calif. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged $70 million in a joint venture equity and construction financing for Avenida Folsom in the Sacramento suburb of Folsom. Avenida Partners is leading the development of the active adult community. Blue Mountain Enterprises provided general partner equity, and Argosy Real Estate Partners provided limited partner equity. Comerica Bank provided the construction loan. The property will rise four stories and feature 154 units in an affluent neighborhood in Folsom. The site is adjacent to The Palladio, an open-air lifestyle shopping and entertainment center …
WHEATFIELD, N.Y. — Invesque Inc. (TSX: IVQ) has sold $113 million of non-core assets, including its interests in two Calamar-branded active adult communities in Wheatfield, a northern suburb of Buffalo. Inclusive of previously announced dispositions, Invesque has sold $292 million of assets over the last 12 months as part of its portfolio simplification strategy. The Calamar communities were acquired in 2018 as part of the acquisition of Care Investment Trust and were managed by Calamar under a joint-venture structure. “We have been very active over the past year executing on …
More Empirical Data on Active Adult Sector is Needed to Woo Lenders, Says InterFace Panel
By Matt Valley The pandemic raised the profile of the active adult sector, which anecdotally experienced healthy rent growth and stable occupancy during the health crisis due to “sticky tenants” who tend to stay anywhere from three to seven years. What’s more, the sector hasn’t had to contend with the workforce challenges facing the more operationally intensive skilled nursing and private-pay seniors housing segments. Despite that positive storyline, arranging financing for active adult properties remains a tall order, said Ari Adlerstein, senior managing director at Meridian Capital Group and head …