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NB The Plaza, DST Sold Its 39-Unit Boulder Student-Housing Complex in April 2023

The Delaware Statutory Trust (DST) had owned the Boulder property since May 2015, when Nelson Brothers acquired it for the trust under a 506(c) equity offering.

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NB The Plaza, DST sold the Plaza on Broadway, a 39-unit student-housing complex at 955 Broadway in Boulder, Colorado, on April 1, 2023. The sale closed an offering that Nelson Brothers, the sponsor, first filed on May 29, 2015 and had held since acquiring the property that same month.

Original offering

As filed

Sponsor

Nelson Brothers

Property

Plaza on Broadway, 39 units, 955 Broadway, Boulder, CO

Asset class (Form D)

Other Real Estate

Exemption

506(c)

Equity ceiling

$8,350,000

Minimum investment

$250,000

First Form D filing

May 29, 2015

The Form D placed the property in the "Other Real Estate" category; BizWest described it as a student apartment complex.

Disposition

On record

Exit type

Property sold

Sale date

April 1, 2023

Purchase price, May 2015

$24,771,500, as reported by the sponsor (BizWest, April 26, 2023)

Sale price

$37,500,000, as reported by the sponsor (BizWest, April 26, 2023)

Hold period

7.8 years

The hold ran 7.8 years from the May 2015 acquisition to the April 2023 sale, which came in above the 2015 purchase price. Neither the sponsor's announcement nor the public record states a total return, annualized return, or equity multiple for the offering.