BERKADIA ARRANGES $46.4M FOR TWO MULTIFAMILY PROPERTIES

WHEELING AND LISLE, ILL. — The Chicago office of Berkadia Commercial Mortgage LLC (Berkadia) has closed a total of $46.4 million in financing through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) 223(f) program for two apartment communities located outside of Chicago. Len Deering, senior vice president, Paul Matusiak, vice president, and Tom Sigrist, senior vice president of Berkadia, originated both 35-year, fixed-rate loans, which are fully amortizing and feature 80 percent loan-to-value ratios. Foxboro Apartments LLC received a $26 million loan to refinance an existing mortgage on Foxboro Apartments in Wheeling, a northwest suburb of Chicago. The one- and two-bedroom building is currently 97.5 percent occupied. Berkadia also arranged $20.4 million for borrower Abbey Capital Partners. The loan, which also was used to refinance an existing mortgage, was for Abbey Apartments at Four Lakes in Lisle, a western suburb of Chicago. The property is currently 99 percent occupied and offers studio and one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts.