Lion Real Estate Buys Apartments For $30M, Making First Foray Into Nashville

Photo credit: Courtesy of Lion Real Estate Group
860 Murfreesboro Pike

Murfreesboro-based Lion Real Estate Group acquired the 389-unit Summit at 860 apartment property at 860 Murfreesboro Pike in Nashville for $30.3M as a value-add play.

According to Lion managing principal Mory Barak, the company is in the process of establishing its multifamily portfolio in Tennessee, with this property, which will be renamed The Ellington, as the beachhead of that effort.

Until recently, Lion Real Estate specialized in purchasing and improving properties like Summit at 860, but on the West Coast. It owns and manages 19 properties in California, and has turned around other multifamily properties in several western states.

The buyer is still formulating detailed plans to renovate its new acquisition. ARA Newmark's Scott Tyrone repped the seller.

Continue reading this story with a free account

Log in or register
Sign up for more articles like this
Subscribe to Bisnow's Nashville Newsletters
Related Stories

Camden Property Trust Sells West Coast Portfolio, Clears $1.5B Target

Bringing Stability And Savings To CRE Insurance Through Working Layer

Former Arms Dealer Targeting Heartland Apartment Takeover Files For Bankruptcy

SEC Charges REIT, Its Founders With Alleged $152M Fraud Scheme

Miami's Condo Craze Has Developers Spending Millions On Sales Galleries

Slate, Hudson Cos. Picked To Develop Massive Queens Housing Project

Ryan Cos. Secures Permit For Austin's Sixth Street Redevelopment

Rapper Rick Ross Joins 670-Unit Miami Gardens Condo Project

How A New Financing Model Helps Spur More Mixed-Income Housing

Riverwards Group Secures Construction Financing For 155 Units In Olde Richmond

Mesirow Pays $132M For Midtown Luxury Apartment Tower

Integra Acquires Evacuated Broward Condo Complex Via Court-Ordered Auction