SAN FRANCISCO — Gantry, an independent mortgage banking firm based in San Francisco, has secured $373 million in construction financing and $330 million in permanent financing for a six-property medical office building portfolio. The properties in the portfolio are Veterans Affairs (VA) medical clinics located in San Diego, Chula Vista and Redding, Calif.; New Port Richey, Fla.; and Tulsa, Okla. The sixth property is in an undisclosed, confidential location. George Mitsanas and Peter Hillakas of Gantry’s Los Angeles office arranged the construction-to-permanent financing on behalf of the undisclosed borrower through a pension fund. Mitsanas says the borrower was a first-time sponsor with Gantry. “We were engaged prior to the lease award for each of these assignments, and that allowed us to help assess the feasibility of each project and craft a financing structure, which resulted in our clients winning multiple lease awards from the federal government,” says Mitsanas. Gantry will service both the construction and permanent loans. Details of the financing were not disclosed, but Mitsanas says the permanent financing will mature in 22 years. According to local officials where the projects are located, the portfolio will generate several thousands of construction and permanent jobs once the facilities open in …
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CONCORD, MASS. — A joint venture of Celera Properties and AEW Capital Management has acquired Emerson Hospital Center for Specialty Care, a 46,350-square-foot medical office property in Concord, a northwestern suburb of Boston. Located at 54 Baker Ave. Extension, the building serves as a specialized outpatient facility for Emerson Hospital. Coleman Benedict, Ben Sayles and Mike Restivo led a JLL team that represented the seller, Concord Property Management, in the transaction. The team also procured the joint venture as the buyer.
PGIM Real Estate Provides $10.7M HUD Refinance Loan for Skilled Nursing Facility in New Orleans
by Alex Tostado
NEW ORLEANS — PGIM Real Estate Finance has provided a $10.7 million HUD loan to refinance St. Margaret’s Daughters Home, a nonprofit skilled nursing facility located in the Mid-City neighborhood of New Orleans. St. Margaret’s Daughters Home was constructed in 2013 and sits on the site of the former Lindy Boggs Medical Center, which was devastated by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The $33 million construction of the new facility was initially financed using a capital stack of New Market Tax Credits (NMTC), Historic Tax Credits (HTC), OCD Loan Funds, FEMA grant money, bank loan funds and sponsor equity. Through this refinancing, PGIM Real Estate Finance led the borrower in reducing and simplifying its existing debt via the HUD loan. St. Margaret’s Daughters Home features 100 rooms designed for occupancy by up to 112 residents. There are seven acute-care hospitals located within five miles of the property. St. Margaret’s Daughters Home is home to Team Gleason House, one of only two advanced-technology centers in the United States with dedicated design features for patients with ALS. Former New Orleans Saints football player Steve Gleason founded Team Gleason House.
ROSCOE, ILL. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the $7.7 million sale of the SwedishAmerican Clinic & Immediate Care-Prairie Center, a 25,565-square-foot medical office building in Roscoe in northern Illinois. Constructed in 2014, the facility sits on 7.5 acres at 4282 E. Rockton Road. SwedishAmerican, a division of UW Health, occupies 80 percent of the property. Services provided at the facility include immediate care, primary care, obstetrics and gynecology, podiatry, orthopedics, pulmonology, cardiology and physical therapy. The other tenant, Siepert & Co. LLP, is a public accounting firm and occupies 3,600 square feet. At the time of sale, 1,400 square feet was available for lease. Gino Lollio, Scott Niedergang and Travis Ives of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Glen Rock Development LLC. A non-traded real estate investment trust focused primarily on healthcare assets purchased the building.
LAGUNA HILLS, CALIF. — Healthcare Realty has purchased a medical office building, located at 23521 Paseo De Valencia in Laguna Hills, from The Muller Co. for $42 million in an off-market transaction. Known as Taj Mahal, the property was originally developed in 1964 as an office building and later converted into medical office space due to its proximity to Saddleback Memorial Hospital. The 88,538-square-foot asset underwent a modernization in 2011 to update the property’s design and functionality. John Wadsworth of Colliers International’s Healthcare Services served as lead broker in the transaction. Wadsworth represented the buyer in the deal.
ELGIN, ILL. — MLL Capital has purchased a 95,043-square-foot medical office building located at 1435 N. Randall Road in Elgin. The purchase price and seller were undisclosed. The five-story property is located near I-90 on the campus of the Advocate Sherman Hospital. Both the building and connected hospital were constructed in 2009. Jonathan Swindle and Kyle Arnold of Waveland Property Group have been named leasing agents for the property. Boston-based MLL Capital was founded in 2016 and focuses its investments on medical office, laboratory and life sciences properties.
SHILOH, ILL. — IMPACT Strategies has completed construction of the new Siteman Cancer Center at Memorial Hospital East’s Shiloh campus. The building adds 70,000 square feet of treatment facilities and office space to the campus, which is situated about 20 miles east of St. Louis. Siteman Cancer Center is the only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer care center in the region. The facility houses labs, a pharmacy, medical oncology infusion clinics and radiation oncology clinics. Archimages Architecture, David Mason & Associates Structural Engineering and IMEG Corp. Engineering made up the project team.
ITASCA, ILL. — McShane Construction Co. has broken ground on a 50,000-square-foot build-to-suit facility for Option Care Health Inc. in Itasca. Quadrangle Development Co. and Janko Group are the project developers. Approximately 55 percent of the single-story building will house office space, while the remaining portion will incorporate pharmacy ambulatory suites and support spaces. The building’s warehouse areas will feature two walk-in coolers and freezers, with two truck docks and two drive-in doors. Completion is slated for June. Wright Heerema Architects and Whitney Architects make up the project team. JLL represented the tenant. Option Care is an independent, national provider of home and alternate site infusion therapy services.
WEST DES MOINES, IOWA — Stan Johnson Co. has brokered the sale of a 9,536-square-foot property occupied by Fresenius Kidney Care in West Des Moines for $4.1 million. The dialysis facility is located at 9080 University Ave. Built in 2019, the property sits on two acres near other medical centers. Blaise Bennett and BJ Feller of Stan Johnson represented the seller, Hurd Real Estate. Cedar Rapids-based Midwest Equity Investors purchased the asset.
Boston Properties, Alexandria Real Estate to Develop 1.7 MSF Life Science Campus in South San Francisco
by Amy Works
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. — Boston Properties has entered into a joint venture with Alexandria Real Estate Equities to develop, own and operate approximately 1.1 million square feet of existing office and lab properties in South San Francisco. Additionally, the partnership will have an opportunity to expand the campus through approximately 640,000 square feet of future development. Upon completion of the master development plan, the joint venture expects to own a 1.7 million-square-foot life science campus, including a mix of office and lab buildings. Boston Properties and Alexandria will each have an approximately 50 percent ownership in the joint venture once complete. Under the agreement, Boston Properties contributed 601, 611 and 651 Gateway Blvd., three existing office properties that total approximately 768,000 square feet, plus developable land. Alexandria contributed approximately 313,000 square feet of existing properties, including lab, office and amenity buildings, as well as developable land.