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Artistry apartments in St. Petersburg, FL

Avanti Residential Buys $92M Artistry Apartments in St. Petersburg

Avanti Residential has acquired Artistry, a 246-unit community in downtown St. Petersburg, for $92 million. Avanti purchased the Class A project from builder Milhaus Development, which completed the project in 2020 with 10,000 square feet of retail space catering specifically to apartment tenants.

Newmark’s Patrick Dufour and Andrew Visnick represented Milhaus in the sale transaction. Charlie Williams, also with Newmark, arranged the acquisition financing loan through Freddie Mac. The project was fully leased at the time of sale.

“We are seeing strong fundamentals in several area Florida multifamily markets, where impressive  employment growth, notably in the tech sector, has been a good leading indicator for apartment demand,” said Christian Garner, president and CEO of Avanti.

This acquisition is Avanti’s third Florida investment in the past six months. The company Avanti has now invested more than $300 million in Florida and has closed on $1.4 billion in apartment transactions nationwide over the past 12 months.

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About Lisa McDuffie

Lisa McDuffie arrives at ConnectCRE via REALTOR® world, where she served for nearly two decades as communications director for one of the nation’s largest REALTOR® organizations. She supported two membership-elected presidents who were commercial real estate practitioners, and managed the communications initiatives of the organization’s commercial special interest group. When not following the latest commercial real estate news, Lisa is zeroed in on her charismatic off-the-track thoroughbred as she makes the transition from an utterly failed racehorse to a lovely show hunter.

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