Apartment complexes in north BR sell for $3.6M

A Connecticut-based realty group has purchased three apartment complexes in north Baton Rouge for $3.6 million, according to land records filed with the East Baton Rouge Parish Clerk of Court today. Included in the sale are the Oak Village Apartments at 1616 North Harco Drive, as well as the La Belle Aire Apartments and Centurion Arms Apartments, both of which are listed at the address 1710 North Marque Ann Drive. The complexes are all located at adjoining properties, north of Florida Boulevard and between North Sherwood Forest Drive and North Flannery Road. They collectively include 329 apartments over roughly 14 acres, plus about 550 parking spaces. Doing business as 1500 Lorene LLC, the buyer is Kevin O’Brien, whose O’Brien Realty Group is based in Connecticut and has offices in North Carolina, Colorado and New Orleans. O’Brien could not be reached for comment on his plans for the apartment complexes in time for this afternoon’s publication deadline. According to its website, O’Brien Realty Group specializes in multifamily properties and has three apartment complex holdings in New Orleans. The seller was IBERIABANK, doing business as IB Holdings LC. —Steve Sanoski