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Berkadia Arranges $198.3M Refinancing for Office Component of Mixed-Use Asset in Brooklyn

by Taylor Williams

NEW YORK CITY — Berkadia has arranged a $198.3 million loan for the office component of Brooklyn Renaissance Plaza, a 1.4 million-square-foot, mixed-use property in Brooklyn.

The deal restructures existing debt on the property’s 465,000-square-foot office condominium space. This section of Brooklyn Renaissance Plaza is fully leased to the Kings County District Attorney (KCDA). That lease has 10.5 years left on it.

The borrower is a joint venture between New York-based Muss Development Corp. and San Diego-based HomeFed Corp. The loan features a 21.5-year term and a 4.47 percent interest rate. Mark Vogel and Dan Geuther of Berkadia secured the funds through CGA Capital Corp., a Maryland-based private lending and investment firm.

“In seeking to obtain a loan duration of over 20 years, we were presented with two significant challenges,” says Vogel. “The ground-lease payment will reset to unknown market rates in 2021 and 2031, and the KCDA lease expires in 2028.”

“Working with CGA, we were able to craft a custom credit solution that enabled us to underwrite through these significant risk events and accomplish the client’s objective of long-term fixed-rate financing,” he added.

Brooklyn Renaissance Plaza is located at 345 Adams St. In addition to the office condo, the development houses the 667-room New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge hotel and a 1,100-space underground parking garage.

Taylor Williams

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