With no new apartment complexes planned for the ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ market until the end of 2018, rent and occupancy rates are likely to rise.Â
Investors have noticed and continue to buy local multifamily properties.
Brookwood Apartment Homes, 201 S. Kolb Road, recently sold for $13 million. The two-story, garden-style complex has 272 units.
“Brookwood offered the buyer a number of strategic advantages,†said Alon Shnitzer, senior managing partner with ABI Multifamily Apartment Brokerage and Advisory Firm, who along with partner Eddie Chang were the lead brokers for the sale.
“First, the buyer was seeking to expand their ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ multifamily footprint,†Shnitzer said. “Second, the area surrounding Brookwood has witnessed a tremendous increase in population (and) the property itself had attributes that could be improved on, which would add value and the ability to enhance the community with further amenities for its residents.â€
The buyer, Monument Opportunity Fund 3, is a private investment partnership group based in Miami. The seller, Summit Equity Investments Inc., is a family office investor and investment manager that acquires and manages multifamily in strong, secondary markets throughout the U.S.
The ABI ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ forecast predicts investors will continue to buy rental units as local job growth fuels more tenants.
“ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ has a very limited supply of new multifamily projects under construction,†the forecast says. “ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥, looking forward, is now at a five-year low for new units coming online.
“In fact, our projections show no new ‘market rate’ units will be delivered (50+ unit properties in size) to the market until the end of 2018,†the forecast said. “As such, we’re anticipating both rent and occupancy rates to hit market highs of $806 and 94.5% respectively by the end of the year.â€