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Multifamily Building and Land Sales Head South

ORLANDO-Private investors are looking for going-in returns in the 9%-plus range while property sellers think 8.5% or less is fair, based on the current level of interest rates, according to a a new analysis by the Orlando office of Grubb & Ellis Co.

By Alex Finkelstein | Updated on December 04, 2001

ORLANDO-Apartment building sales and land to build new apartments are setting no records this year in metro Orlando’s investment market, according to a new analysis by Grubb & Ellis Co.

Through September, 14 properties with a total 3,482 units were sold for an aggregate $170 million or $49,068 per unit. In the peak 1999 period, 31 properties comprising 7,984 units sold for a total $341.3 million or $42,749 per unit.

“The drop in sales volume is the apparent result of investor concerns over increased supply, lack of appetite by pension funds and REITs, and an ongoing gap between bid and ask prices,” Steve Flanagan, senior vice president, multihousing investment group in the Grubb & Ellis Orlando office, tells GlobeSt.com.

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