| This irregularly shaped site has about 161.73 feet of frontage along
the west side of North Pennsylvania Avenue, an unspecified amount of frontage
along the north side of the I-44 service road, and about 226 feet of frontage
along the east side of North Barnes Avenue. The property is located on
the west side of Pennsylvania Avenue just north of I-44 offering easy access
to all areas of the City. The area is anchored by Penn Square, 50 Penn
Place and the Belle Isle Shopping Center.
The site was improved with 71 unit apartment complex consisting of six
(6) two and three story buildings with wood frame construction, brick,
stone and wood siding and gable and pyramid roofs with composition shingle
cover over wood decking. Reportedly, there is ample on-site parking with
asphalt surface all of which is within an entry gate. Amenities included
an on-site laundry, fenced swimming pool, office, and vending area with
upper floor units having metal framed decks with metal railings similar
to the second floor walk-ways. Owner paid for gas, electricity, water,
sewer and trash service. Below is a breakdown of the unit mix and rents
as of the date of sale:
| Number of Units |
Type of Units |
Size in SF |
Total Size by Type of Unit |
Monthly Rent |
Monthly Rent/SF |
| 2 |
Effic |
620 |
1,240 |
$ 425 |
$0.6855 |
| 20 |
1 Bed/1 Bath |
700 |
14,000 |
$450 |
$0.6429 |
| 10 |
2 Bed/1 Bath |
850 |
8,500 |
$500 |
$0.5882 |
| 11 |
2 Bed/1.5 Bath |
950 |
10,450 |
$525 |
$0.5526 |
| 6 |
2 Bed/2 Bath |
1,050 |
6,300 |
$510 |
$0.4857 |
| 22 |
2 Bed/1.5 Bath |
1, 000 |
24,200 |
$575 |
$0.5227 |
| 71 |
Total/Average |
911 |
64,690 |
$512 |
$0.5617 |
Reportedly, one of the efficiencies had been converted to an office
prior to the sale. Also, although the unit breakdown as provided by multiple
sources indicated a net rentable area (including the converted efficiency)
of 64,690 square feet, the gross building area reported by the County Assessor
was 60,758 square feet. It must also be noted that an appraiser reported
a net rentable area of 62,507 square feet. Therefore, the exact gross building
area is not known. That reported above, 65,690 square feet, is the best
estimate as of this writing and is based upon the net rentable area of
the 71 units available for rental plus 620 square feet for the former efficiency
used as an office and another 1,000 square feet estimated to be the minimum
required to provide a laundry and pool equipment room.
In the 2005 sale, PHA, LLC transferred by the same deed a 10% undivided
interest in the property to GF 3 Properties, LLC, an Oklahoma Limited Liability
Company and an undivided 90% interest in the property to Seven W and Alice
Casebeer, husband and wife, as joint tenants with right of survivorship.
According to a 2006 listing of the property, the Plymouth House is a
two and three story rock and frame construction property with pitched roofs,
located in the Penn Square area with a total gross building area of 65,310
while the Oklahoma County Assessor indicated a gross building area of only
60,758 square feet. Unit types range from studios to large townhouses.
The property has a fenced swimming pool located in an interior courtyard,
an on-site laundry facility and balconies or patios.
The following information obtained from that 2006 listing included the
following:
“The property consists of three studio apartments at 620SF, twenty 1-bed/1-bath
apartments at 700SF, ten 2-bed/1-bath apartments at 850SF, eleven 2-bed/1.75-bath
apartments at 950SF, six 2-bed/1.75-bath apartments at 1,050SF and twenty
2-bed/1.5-bath apartments at 1,100SF. Market rents are $436, $545, $569,
$593, $609 and $639 respectively. Currently one unit is being used as the
Leasing and Management Office.”
The above information is restated in table form below with the exception
of the one unit (of unspecified size) used as a leasing and management
office.
| Unit Type |
Unit Size in SF |
Monthly Rental/Unit |
Number |
Total SF of Units of this Type |
Total Monthly Rent for Units of This Type |
| Studio |
620 |
$436 |
3 |
1,860 |
$1,308 |
| 1Bed/1Bath |
700 |
545 |
20 |
14,000 |
10,900 |
| 2Bed/1Bath |
850 |
569 |
10 |
8,500 |
5,690 |
| 2 Bed/1.75 Bath |
950 |
593 |
11 |
10,450 |
6,523 |
| 2 Bed/1.75 Bath |
1,050 |
609 |
6 |
6,300 |
3,654 |
| 2 Bed/1.5 Bath |
1,100 |
639 |
20 |
22,000 |
12,780 |
| Totals |
|
|
70 |
63,110 |
$40,855 |
The 2005 purchase was financed with a $1,720,000 mortgage to LaSalle
Bank NA maturing June 1, 2035, other terms of which were not readily available
from the mortgage.
The following article was obtained from the May 27, 2005 issue of the
on-line edition of The Journal Record.
OKC Major Land Sales: May 27, 2005
Journal Record, The (Oklahoma City), May 27, 2005 by Journal Record
Staff
Plymouth House Apartments
GF 3 Properties purchased Plymouth House Apartments at 4301 N. Pennsylvania
Ave., from PHA, LLC for $2.2 million. This multifamily property has 72
units. The Apartment Group with First Commercial Real Estate Services handled
the transaction for both the buyer and seller. Marcie Chappelear of First
American Title was the closing agent.
The following excerpt was obtained from an article from the June 27,
2005 issue of the OKC Buisness News.
Recent Commercial Real Estate Transactions in the Metro
Area
Posted: Monday, June 27, 2005
Recent Commercial Real Estate Transactions in the Metro Area
By Pamela Grady
pgrady@okcbusiness.com
GF 3 Properties LLC purchased The Plymouth House Apartments for $2.15
million from PHA LLC. The three-story apartment complex consists of 72
units totaling 59,912 square feet constructed on 2.2 acres in 1967. The
Apartment Group with First American Title & Trust did the closing.
LaSalle Bank did the financing. Marcia Chappelear with First American Title
& Trust did the closing.
It must be noted that this property was sold for $1,505,000 by Plymouth
House Apartments, LLC to PHA, LLC on April 22, 2003 by deed recorded in
book 8828 at page 601 and that it sold for $1,300,000 on July 12, 2002
by Southwesterl Urban Development Corporation to Larry W Shweer and Jeffrey
D and Monica L Strong by deed recorded in book 8498 at page 959 according
to the records of the Oklahoma County Assessor. |