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FPA Multifamily buys Kent, Wash., apartments for $72M, $196,721 a unit

Institutional Property Advisors represented seller RISE Properties and procured the buyer for the 366-unit, 1980-vintage Groves Apartments.

At a glance

  1. Institutional Property Advisors, the Marcus & Millichap division serving institutional clients, represented the seller and procured the buyer.
  2. The per-unit price undercuts a recent IPA-brokered trade in the same product type: Ascend at Black Canyon in North Phoenix, completed in 2024, sold for $58.7 million, or $225,769 a unit, as this publication reported.
  3. FPA Multifamily's September purchase was a 1,222-unit Alexandria, Va., complex for $250 million out of the Elme Communities liquidation.

FPA Multifamily has acquired The Groves Apartments, a 366-unit complex in Kent, Wash., for $72 million, or $196,721 a unit, IREI reported. The seller was RISE Properties.

Institutional Property Advisors, the Marcus & Millichap division serving institutional clients, represented the seller and procured the buyer. The 1980-vintage property sits on more than 20 acres and comprises 30 two- and three-story residential buildings. The one-, two- and three-bedroom units average 836 square feet. Amenities include a renovated clubhouse, a heated outdoor pool, a playground and two dog parks. The Kent Transit Center and the Sounder commuter rail are about two miles away.

The per-unit price undercuts a recent IPA-brokered trade in the same product type: Ascend at Black Canyon in North Phoenix, completed in 2024, sold for $58.7 million, or $225,769 a unit, as this publication reported.

FPA Multifamily's September purchase was a 1,222-unit Alexandria, Va., complex for $250 million out of the Elme Communities liquidation.

ItemDetail
BuyerFPA Multifamily
SellerRISE Properties
BrokerInstitutional Property Advisors (Marcus & Millichap)
Price / per unit$72M / $196,721
Units366
Built1980

Reported by the Deals desk from IREI and Private Real Estate Daily archive. Published . Corrections

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