Kennedy Wilson Buys East Valley M-F Complex for $61.8 Million
A Salt Lake City apartment community was recently acquired by an international real estate investment and services firm. Kennedy Wilson has paid a fee of around $61.8 million for the Foothill Place Apartments complex and has secured a financing deal with Berkeley Point Capital LLC in order to complete the acquisition. KW has invested $15 million of private equity in the transaction and for the balance of the purchase with Berkeley, along with the $49.7 million loan provided by Berkeley.
By Alex Girda, Associate Editor
In a $61.8 million deal, Kennedy Wilson has acquired the 
Foothill Place Apartments, a 450-unit complex in East Valley. The Beverly Hills, Calif.-based investment firm is investing $15 million of private equity in the transaction and secured a $49.7 million Freddie Mac loan through Berkeley Point Capital L.L.C.
Foothill Place comprises ten two-story and three-story buildings on an 18-acre site near the University of Utah and Park City. Resident amenities at the class B+, garden-style community include two pools, a volleyball court, dog park, rock-climbing boulder and fitness center. Kennedy Wilson’s plans include an extensive renovation, new washers and dryers, and common-area upgrades.
Berkeley Point provided the ten-year, fixed-rate loan under Freddie Mac’s Capital Markets Execution program. Terms include a 3.58 percent interest rate and two years of interest-only payments.
Foothill Place Apartments is Kennedy Wilson’s second recent purchase in the Salt Lake City market, following its acquisition of Sandpiper Apartments last November. Bob Hart, president of the firm’s multi-family management group, described the acquisitions as “excellent examples of Kennedy Wilson’s value-add repositioning strategy in markets that have stable job growth with high rental demand.”
