HFF Announces Sale and Financing of River’s Cove Apartments in Suburban Milwaukee, Wisconsin

03 October 2018

CHICAGO, IL – October 3, 2018 – Holliday Fenoglio Fowler, L.P. (HFF) announced today that it has closed the sale of and arranged acquisition financing for River’s Cove Apartments, a 112-unit multi-housing community in the Milwaukee suburb of Germantown, Wisconsin.

The HFF team marketed the property exclusively on behalf of the seller, Mandel Group, Inc., and procured the buyer, Weidner Apartment Homes.  Additionally, HFF worked on behalf of the new owner to secure a 12-year, fixed-rate, Fannie Mae acquisition loan through M&T Realty Capital Corporation.

River’s Cove is nestled between Hupt Strausse Park and Blackstone Country Club at W172 N11392 Division Road in Germantown.  The nearly 11-acre property overlooks the Menomonee River and is approximately 20 miles northwest of the Milwaukee CBD.  In addition, River’s Cove is accessible to major employers at Germantown Industrial Park, one of the largest industrial parks in Wisconsin, as well as two Fortune 500 Companies, the 350-acre Germantown Business Park and several top healthcare providers.  Homes average 1,062 square feet and include washers and dryers, fireplaces, and balconies or patios.  Community amenities include a picnic area and pond, garage parking, golf course and waterfront views, and quick access to nearby walking/biking trails.  The property provides additional upside to the buyer through the completion of an interior renovation program and was 98 percent occupied at closing.

The HFF investment advisory team representing the seller included senior directors Wick Kirby and Kevin Girard, managing directors Sean Fogarty and Marty O’Connell, senior managing director Jaime Fink and executive managing director Matthew Lawton.

HFF’s debt placement team representing the new owner included senior managing director Tom Wilson and senior director Jason Bond.