IPA sells 741-unit, six-property multifamily portfolio for $90 million

New Haven, CT Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap specializing in serving institutional and major private real estate investors, has completed the sale of a six-property, 741-unit multifamily portfolio located in the central Connecticut Farmington Valley, and Hartford and Tolland counties. The $90 million sales price equates to $121,457 per unit.

“The portfolio is an assemblage of well-maintained workforce housing assets located in strong Connecticut submarkets,” said Victor Nolletti, an executive director of IPA’s Northeast and Florida team. “The assets are all well positioned for enhanced revenue via a combination of kitchen, bath, common area and amenity upgrades.”

“It is not often that multifamily investors receive a chance to acquire this many residential housing units and establish a substantial presence with operational efficiencies in Central Connecticut,” said Steve Witten, an executive director of IPA’s Northeast and Florida team.

Nolletti, Witten and Still Hunter III, also an executive director of IPA’s Northeast and Florida team, along with Eric Pentore, an IPA associate, represented the seller, a series of Delaware limited liability companies controlled by a large real estate investment trust. Nolletti and Pentore procured the buyer, a Connecticut-based owner-operator, Navarino Acquisitions LLC.

The properties are: • Summit and Birch Hill Apartments: 13 buildings, 186 units, Farmington; • Fox Hill Apartments: 23 buildings, 168 units, Enfield; • Briar Knoll Apartments: 15 buildings, 150 units, Vernon; • High Meadow Apartments: six buildings, 100 units, Ellington; • Bradford Commons: eight buildings, 64 units, Newington; and • Woodbridge Apartments: six buildings, 73 units, Newington.

With a network of senior-level investment advisors located throughout the United States, Institutional Property Advisors (IPA) is qualified to meet the needs of institutional and major private investors. IPA’s combination of real estate investment and capital markets expertise, industry-leading technology, superior support services and acclaimed research offer customized solutions for the acquisition and disposition of institutional properties and portfolios.