The transaction for the units at 4343 N. 21st St. comes less than two weeks after another Canadian buyer, Jeff Appleton, bought the remaining 186 units out of foreclosure from the 276-unit Hawthorne on Third Avenue. In the came of Biltmore Palms, a San Diego, CA investor had bought the 10-year-old asset, known at the time as Andover Square, for $12.45 million, but was only able to sell 43 units following the conversion.
"I was working on the Hawthorne deal, when Corus told me about the units from Biltmore Palms they'd just taken back," says Joe Dietz with ICC Real Estate LLC in Scottsdale, AZ tells GlobeSt.com. "I was able to catch these before they hit the market." Dietz shopped the units around and says he found Condo-Condo Holdings through another Canadian group he works with, one who is also looking for bulk condo buys stateside.
Dietz says Phoenix, Las Vegas, NV and other parts of the southwest can expect more Canadian investors to come south of the border to claim distressed condos that are in receivership or foreclosure. "Canadian investors that made money in real estate, especially in western Canada, are finding it too expensive to buy there now," he explains. "Investing down here is a diversification strategy for them."
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