CHARLESTON, SC - The RADCO Companies, one of the nation’s leading opportunistic real estate developers, completed its sixth acquisition of 2017 with the closing of Woodbridge Apartment Homes in Charleston, South Carolina. This is RADCO’s 72nd acquisition since 2011, its seventh community in South Carolina, and its second community in the Charleston market.
The 198-unit, Class B property has been renamed Radius at West Ashley. Radius at West Ashley will be proudly managed by RADCO Residential, the Company’s proprietary management platform.
Radius at West Ashley is favorably located in the heart of the West Ashley submarket of Charleston, just minutes away from downtown Charleston, College of Charleston, MUSC, and scenic South Carolina beaches. The community’s location and accessibility to major roads allows for an easy commute to the area’s major office facilities and employers, including Boeing. Additionally, Charleston was also recently ranked the 8th best place in the United States for economic development and job growth with an unemployment rate of 5.3 percent in 2015 and an average projected employment growth of 1.9 percent per year through 2018.
“Charleston has one of the fastest growing millennial populations in the country; it is actually growing faster than Denver, Houston and Nashville,” said Norman Radow, founder and Chief Executive Officer of The RADCO Companies. “Radius at West Ashley will provide an exceptional product that is valuable to the market, which is exactly what our residents both want and need.”
Built in two phases in 1972 and 2003, Radius at West Ashley is situated on 16.4 acres and consists of 11 three-story buildings. Averaging 990 square feet, the spacious garden-style apartments offer a range of one-, two-, and three-bedroom floorplans. The community amenities include a swimming pool, clubhouse, modest fitness center, and expansive greenspace.
RADCO plans to spend over $3 million, or approximately $15,000 a unit, on capital improvements to modernize the community and reset its economic clock. Interior renovations will include updated cabinetry, upgraded appliance packages, new flooring, modern lighting, hard-surface counter tops, and designer paint to transform the look and feel of the property. Amenity improvements will feature a clubhouse remodel, expansion of the fitness center, adding a fire pit/grilling area, upgrades to the community pools, and installing a package concierge system. RADCO also plans to initiate thoughtful landscaping and hardscape additions, along with exterior lighting upgrades, concrete repairs, HVAC and water heater replacements, updated signage, and a community-wide new and modern paint scheme — all of which will drastically improve the property and our residents’ living experience.
RADCO financed the acquisition with private capital and assumed existing Freddie Mac debt. Since August 2011, the Company has raised approximately $550 million in private capital to fund its acquisitions, making it one of the largest private capital companies of its type in the nation.