Equus Pays $220M for Six-Property MF Portfolio

Equus Capital Partners, Ltd. said Thursday that an affiliate completed the acquisition of Project Big Timber, a six-property, garden-style multifamily portfolio totaling 1,249 units in the Atlanta, Philadelphia, Raleigh and St. Louis MSAs. The portfolio was purchased for $220,000,000 and was acquired on behalf of a programmatic joint venture between the Equus affiliate and a U.S-based public pension plan.

The portfolio has an average vintage of 1984 and an average unit size of 989 square feet and was 94% leased at the time of acquisition. Equus plans to invest more than $17 million, including interior and exterior upgrades along with enhancement of the common area amenities.

“The acquisition of the Big Timber Portfolio enables the partnership to acquire a collection of high-quality assets with proximity to dynamic social and business infrastructure in their respective metropolitan areas,” said Kyle Turner, partner and director of investments of Newtown Square, PA-based Equus, who oversaw the transaction for the firm along with Laura Brestelli, Andrew Holloway, Alex Keszeli and Alex Mazur. “The partnership continues to deploy capital into high conviction assets in growth regions across the country.”

The transaction was directly sourced and negotiated; the seller was not disclosed. Newmark’s Debt Capital Markets team of Steve Comly and Kippy Donovan assisted Equus in securing a 10-year fixed rate loan from Fannie Mae.

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