
Transaction: Purchase and renovation of apartment community in mature submarket
Asset Summary: 598-unit Class C garden apartment complex built in 1968
Location: Forestville, MD
Date Closed: February 2008
Investment Strategy:
- Purchased at 40% replacement cost in a limited marketing process
- Invested in extensive common area and unit improvements with the goal of improving rents and stabilizing operating expenses
- Refinanced after two years, generating significant proceeds
- Stabilized occupancy in mid-2010
Exit Strategy:
- Sell upon stabilization in year four or five to workforce housing aggregator or smaller institutional buyer