Thursday, March 27, 2014

Hendricks-Berkadia Sets a New Pricing Record with Sale of Chapel Lakes Apartments in Wetumpka, AL for $14,400,000 or $94,736 per Unit


Chapel Lakes community, Wetumpka, AL

David Etchison
 BIRMINGHAM, AL--- Hendricks-Berkadia, one of the nation’s largest and most active multifamily investment banking and research companies, recently negotiated the sale of Chapel Lakes, a 152-unit apartment community located just north of Montgomery in Wetumpka, for full list price of $14.4 million or $94,736 per unit. 

The property sold at a 6.5 percent cap rate, which sets a new record high for price per unit sales in the greater Montgomery apartment market said Senior Vice President David Etchison of Hendricks-Berkadia’s Alabama office. 

Two adjacent multifamily land sites were sold in a separate, but related transaction for an additional $600,000.  The contiguous land totaled 30 acres and was zoned for an additional 152 multifamily units, which the purchaser plans to develop soon.

Etchison along with Hendricks-Berkadia’s Alabama Partner David Oakley, negotiated the sales representing the seller, EBSCO Chapel Lakes, LLC, based in Birmingham.

David Oakley
“After receiving over a dozen offers from national, regional and local investors, the marketing campaign concluded as a win-win for both the buyer and seller,” said Etchison.  “The local job growth spurred by the new $246 million Wind Creek Casino, coupled with Hyundai’s continued success, will bode well for the new owner.”

Chapel Lakes was built in 2005 and has a total of 189,280 square feet of rentable living space with one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments.  Average rents were $0.67 per square foot at the time of sale.

The buyer was Chapel Lakes LLC, based in Pennsylvania.  Chapel Lakes has an existing Fannie Mae loan that was assumed at closing by the Buyer.  Based on the purchase price at closing, the Loan-to-Value ratio was 56 percent and the assumable existing debt had an interest rate of 5.26 percent.


For a complete copy of the company’s news release, please contact:

Larry Vershel or Beth Payan, Larry Vershel Communications 407-644-4142 lvershelco@aol.com

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