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Ruskin waterfront resort to be transformed into apartments
A New York buyer has acquired a hotel-condo resort in Ruskin with plans to transform the property into a top-tier apartment building. ESG Kullen paid $22 million for the 154-unit Harborside Suites, Miami-based GLT Group Brokerage said Tuesday. GLT's Sean Shahar A. Ziv...
Waterfront Hillsborough hotel to be converted to apartments
A New York multifamily investment company plans to renovate Harborside Suites in Ruskin. Tampa Bay is about to get more apartments, though this time they aren’t being built from scratch. Harborside Suites at Little Harbor in Ruskin, a waterfront hotel along Tampa Bay,...
Berkadia Arranges $32.77 Million Sale and Financing of 264-Unit Grand Pavilion Apartment Community in Tampa, Florida
TAMPA, FL – Berkadia announces it has arranged the sale and financing of Grand Pavilion, a 264-unit garden-style multifamily community located in Tampa. Senior Managing Director Cole Whitaker and Managing Director Jason Stanton of Berkadia’s Tampa and Orlando offices...
Tampa Apartment Property Trades for $33M
Berkadia has arranged the $32.7 million sale of Grand Pavilion, a 264-unit apartment community in Tampa. Located at 3110 Grand Pavilion Drive, Grand Pavilion was built in 1984 and offers a mix of one- and two-bedroom units ranging in size from 540 square feet to 873...
ESG Kullen Sells Tampa-Area Asset for $114M
ESG Kullen Sells Tampa-Area Asset for $114M Trellis at the Lakes provides 688 units across 46 buildings in St. Petersburg. NOV 09, 2020 By Beata Lorincz Stoneweg US has acquired Trellis at the Lakes, a 688-unit community in St. Petersburg, Fla., for $114 million. Law...
ESG Kullen and Admiral Capital Group Complete Successful Sale of Trellis at the Lakes Tampa MSA
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Nov. 12, 2020 -- Admiral Capital Group and ESG Kullen announced the sale of Trellis at the Lakes, a 688-unit multifamily property in St. Petersburg, Florida, in the Tampa MSA. Admiral and ESG acquired the apartment community for $80.9 million in...
ESG Kullen lands big loan on priciest Chicago condo deconversion
Chicago – After more than a year of negotiations and setbacks, ESG Kullen closed on the most expensive condo deconversion in Chicago history. The multifamily investment firm paid $107 million for a 391-unit building at 1400 North Lake Shore Drive. New York-based ESG...
NY Investor Completes Record Condo Deconversion Buy on Chicago’s Lake Shore Drive
The transaction marks the highest sale price achieved for a bulk condo sale in the history of Chicago, according to CBRE, which brokered the deal. New ownership will deconvert the property back to apartments. CHICAGO—ESG Kullen of New York City has closed on the...
ESG Kullen Acquires Condo Property in Chicago for $107M, Plans Deconversion
CHICAGO — ESG Kullen has acquired 1400 N. Lakeshore Drive in Chicago for $107 million. The buyer will convert the 391-unit, multi-building condominium property back into apartments. Sam Haddadin and Dan Cohen of CBRE represented the condo association and its...
Gold Coast sale marks Chicago’s largest deconversion
New York-based ESG Kullen has acquired 1400 N. Lake Shore Drive in Chicago for approximately $107 million. The sale will see the 391-unit, vintage condo building open up to rentals in the city’s largest deconversion to date. The transaction took place on November 22,...
Big Gold Coast condos-to-apartments deal closes—finally
The miracle on Lake Shore Drive? At $107 million, it's the most ever paid in a condo deconversion in Chicago—and possibly the country. It took nearly a year and a half, lots of lawyering and a "Hail Mary pass," but a New York investor has finally pulled off its...
ESG Kullen Proves Business Model Again With Madison Oaks Apartment Sale
New York City-based investment group ESG Kullen, today announced the sale of the Madison Oaks apartment complex, closing out an investment that has more than doubled its value in six years. The managers said the transaction is further proof of their business model,...
New York Investment Firm Again Turns to Mark Meland to Close Florida Deal
A New York real estate investment company with a penchant for Florida garden-style residential properties expanded its Sunshine State portfolio — again with the help of a Miami attorney. Read...
Berkadia Facilitates $21M Fort Myers Transaction
ESG Kullen’s purchase of 186 units in a fractured sale secures the new owner’s control over the southern Florida condominium association. Berkadia has brokered the $21.3 million fractured sale of Cobblestone on the Lake, a 290-unit community in Fort Myers, Fla....
Year’s End Brings Another Big Condo Deconversion
ESG Kullen acquired the eight-story 1140 North LaSalle Drive for $38M and plans to turn its 250 condos into rental apartments. The deal was brokered by Kiser Group’s Lee Kiser, Michael D’Agostino and Jake Parker. The Kiser team also introduced equity broker Alpha...
ESG Kullen Acquiring The Flats on LaSalle, Deconverting from Condos to Apartments
The Kiser Group brokered the 250-unit condo deconversion in River North for $38 million. ESG Kullen is acquiring The Flats on LaSalle, 1140 N. LaSalle Dr., for $38 million and will convert the property into rental apartments....
ESG Kullen buys Near North Side condo building
The $38M deal for 1140 North LaSalle comes just week’s after the firm pulled out of what would have been the city’s biggest deconversion ESG Kullen bought a Near North Side condo building with plans to convert the complex back into rentals. The New York-based firm...
ESG Kullen does bulk condo buy in Delray Beach
The deal for the 391-unit Lake Shore Drive tower is the most expensive deconversion in Chicago history ESG Kullen just closed on a bulk condo deal in Delray Beach, and plans to immediately renovate and sell them off individually. The New York-based real estate firm,...
ESG Kullen’s deconversion bid accepted by Gold Coast condo owners after initial rejection
The deal for the 391-unit Lake Shore Drive tower is the most expensive deconversion in Chicago history If at first you don’t succeed in deconverting a condo building into apartments, try, try again. After failing to win condo owners’ approval two weeks ago, New...
Condo bulk sale in Palm Beach goes for $18M
ESG Kullen bought 118 condos at Monteverde at Renaissance Commons in Boynton Beach.