Northeast Private Client Group is pleased to present Bridgeport 88, an 88-unit, 100% market-rate apartment portfolio in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
Constructed between 1969 and 1990, the portfolio includes three properties on a total of 4.23 acres. The properties are strategically located throughout Bridgeport, Connecticut, and feature immediate access to local shopping and transportation with ease of access to downtown Bridgeport, and easily commutable to major area employment drivers in New Haven, Stratford, Shelton, and Lower Fairfield County. Additional demand drivers include several Universities and two Hospitals, a Metro North train Station, M&T Bank Headquarters, a deep-water port, and a ferry to Port Jefferson in Long Island.
Current ownership has maintained and continually upgraded the properties with significant capital projects including exterior enhancements to elevate curb appeal, such as new parking lots, many new roofs, new siding, new landscaping, along with continued unit upgrades to the majority of the units including updates to kitchens, bathrooms, flooring, and lighting. Additionally, they have proven the ability to add significant value through improved operational focus by setting new high rents at all properties, leaving a new owner the opportunity to harvest loss-to lease in under-rented units.
Bridgeport 88, with an in-place capitalization rate of over 7% and upside to the double digits provides for immediate strong, stable cash flow with significant upside that can be captured in the near-term. This is an attractive opportunity to acquire a well-located value-add, workforce, multifamily housing portfolio with immediate scale. Bridgeport, Connecticut has one of the tightest occupancy rates in the state, with the submarket vacancy rate currently at 3.9%.