BGL Real Estate Advisors Completes $81M in Financing for Standard Building Renovations in Cleveland

CLEVELAND — BGL Real Estate Advisors has arranged the development financing for Weston Inc. The loans will be used toward the historical conversion of the Standard Building in downtown Cleveland. The $81 million financing consists of senior construction debt, subordinated bridge debt, municipal city and state agency debt, federal and state historic tax credit equity and Weston Inc. GP equity. The Huntington National Bank, Fifth Third Bank, First Commonwealth Bank, Peoples Bank and Cleveland Development Advisors, as well as Ohio Water Development Authority and Ohio Development Services Agency, contributed capital to the transaction. Additionally, Piper Jaffray, Port of Cleveland, RSM US LLP and Stonehenge Capital were involved with the capital lease and historic tax credit equity structuring and syndication. Originally built in the 1920s for Standard Bank, the building will be converted from office space into market-rate apartments and first-floor retail space.