Freestone Capital Acquires Aperture on Fifth Multifamily Community in Downtown Seattle for $32.2M
Why this matters
Multifamily has been the most actively underwritten sector through the rate cycle, with cap rate compression resuming in Sun Belt and gateway markets as 2024-2025 deliveries roll off and refinance demand on 2021-vintage bridge loans clears. Transaction velocity is up modestly, concentrated in stabilized Class A and grocery-adjacent garden assets. Seattle absorption has been weighed down by tech tenant footprint optimization. Multifamily and industrial have been more resilient, with selective bids on best-located product. Allocators continue to favor residential for its income durability and its insulation from secular demand questions that still hang over commercial sectors.
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SEATTLE — Freestone Capital has purchased Aperture on Fifth, an apartment property in downtown Seattle, from PrivatePortfolio Group for $32.2 million or $304,245 per unit. Giovanni Napoli, Philip Assouad, Ryan Harmon,…
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