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KATY AND CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS — The Dallas office of Berkadia has arranged a total of $32.1 million in construction financing for two separate apartment projects in Texas, one in the Houston suburb of Katy and one in Corpus Christi. Steve Mentesana and Tim Nunan of Berkadia worked on behalf of borrower JLC Gaston LLC to originate a $19.2 million loan for Grand Fountain Apartments, a 198-unit, Class A property coming to Katy. Mentesana and Nunan also originated $12.9 million on behalf of borrower Encore MF Corpus II LP for the second phase of Encore Crossing Apartments, a 155-unit, Class A property under construction in Corpus Christi. Both loans were secured through the HUD 221(d)(4) and include a 40-year term.