Cushman & Wakefield has been engaged by Bonner
Carrington (the “Sponsor”) as exclusive advisor to arrange the recapitalization
of a five-community, 1,079-unit affordable and affordable active adult
community portfolio (the “Portfolio”) located across the Austin MSA. The
Portfolio presents prospective investors an exceptional opportunity to acquire
a significant equity position in institutional-scale, income-restricted housing
alongside an experienced sponsor who developed and continues to operate every community
in one of the fastest-growing metropolitan areas in the United States.
The Portfolio comprises 1,079 units and approximately
1,039,871 rentable square feet across five communities in four submarkets and
three counties: Cypress Creek at Lakeline (Cedar Park), Cypress Creek at River
Bend and Mariposa at River Bend (Georgetown), Mariposa at Hunter Road (San
Marcos), and Cypress Creek at Stoney Ridge (Del Valle). The communities were
delivered between 2003 and 2025 and have been meticulously maintained under
continuous Bonner Carrington ownership. The three Cypress Creek communities,
totaling 696 units, are income-restricted affordable communities, and the two
Mariposa communities, totaling 383 units, are income and age-restricted 55+
active adult communities. Together the communities offer an average unit size
of 964 square feet — well above typical affordable product — and a bedroom mix
weighted toward the family and active adult configurations that are
structurally undersupplied across the market.
Every community in the Portfolio is income-restricted under
a Land Use Restriction Agreement and fully exempt from ad valorem real estate
taxation through non-profit entity partnership, so long as the structure is
maintained — the single largest driver of the Portfolio’s operating margin and
a structural advantage that a conventionally owned portfolio cannot replicate.
In-place rents sit approximately 26% below the maximum levels the regulatory
agreements permit, providing substantial embedded income upside that a new
owner can capture entirely within the existing affordability framework. That
upside compounds against a rent ceiling that has risen at a rate approaching 7%
annually over the past five years.
The Portfolio conveys with $131.6 million of in-place,
fixed-rate debt at a 4.05% weighted average interest rate, with maturity dates
beginning in 2036. Bonner Carrington will retain a meaningful ownership stake
and will continue overseeing the assets on a day-to-day basis, ensuring
continuity of operations and direct alignment with the incoming partner. The
recapitalization offers a rare combination of durable, formula-driven income, a
below-replacement-cost basis, a permanent tax exemption, and long-dated
in-place financing sponsored by a proven Texas owner-operator who has developed
nearly 6,000 units over the span of four decades.
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