GALVESTON AND HOUSTON, TEXAS — Jamie Safier of LMI Capital has procured financing for a two-phase complex in Galveston that includes a historic building component. The loan represented 84 percent of the purchase price and featured a five-year fixed term with one year of interest-only payments and no pre-payment restrictions. The borrower was a first-time buyer of commercial properties and plans to use a portion of the proceeds to enhance the property’s interior and exterior appeal. Brandon Brown of LMI originated a second transaction to close a $7 million loan for a garden-style community in west Houston containing nearly 300 units. An agency loan was assumed and closed simultaneously with a supplemental loan that reduced the borrower’s required equity needed for the acquisition.
NACOGDOCHES, CORPUS CHRISTI AND TYLER, TEXAS — BMC Capital’s Dallas office has arranged a trio of loans for multifamily properties in Texas. In the first transaction, BMC arranged a $2.2 million loan for the refinancing of Northview Condominiums, a 72-unit multifamily property located in Nacogdoches. The loan featured a 10-year fixed term at 5 percent interest and a 30-year amortization schedule. The loan was arranged through one of BMC Capital’s corresponding agency relationships. In the second transaction, BMC arranged a $3.9 million loan for the purchase of Bordeaux Apartments, a 102-unit multifamily property located in Corpus Christi. The loan featured a 10-year fixed term at 4.7 percent interest and a 30-year amortization schedule. The loan was arranged through one of BMC Capital’s corresponding agency relationships. In the third transaction, BMC arranged a $3.6 million loan for the refinancing of Oxford Pointe Apartments, a 152-unit multifamily property located in Tyler. The loan featured a seven-year fixed term at 3.9 percent interest and a 30-year amortization schedule.
TAMPA, FLA. — Franklin Street Capital Advisors (FSCA) has closed the $20 million refinancing of Campus Palms Apartments, a 570-bed student housing property in Tampa. Ben Miller and Casey Siggins of FSCA arranged the 10-year loan on behalf of a private investor based in Miami. The non-recourse loan features a fixed 4.85 percent interest rate and a 30-year amortization schedule.
SACRAMENTO, CALIF. — Oakmont Properties has received more than $100 million in senior loans to acquire to two apartment communities in the Sacramento area. The properties include The Preserve at Roseville, a 336-unit community, as well as the 304-unit Oak Brook Apartments. The Preserve is located at 1299 Antelope Creek Drive in Roseville. It was 97 percent occupied at the time of sale. The Class A property was built in 1999. Oak Brook is located at 12499 Folsom Blvd. in Rancho Cordova. It was also 97 percent occupied. This Class A property was built in 2001. PCCP provided the loans, which are cross-collateralized with each other.
FORT LEE, N.J. — Weiss Realty has arranged $3.2 million in financing for an affiliated entity on a retail property in Fort Lee. Located at 2215 Route 4 East, the 1,800-square-foot property features a Starbucks Coffee drive-thru and a Bank of America drive-up kiosk. Jaime Weiss of Weiss Realty secured the financing. William Boylan of Malvern Federal Savings Bank represented the bank, William Fiore of Meyner and Landis represented the borrower, and Joseph Jankowsk of Wiletz, Goldman & Spitzer provided legal counsel to the lender.
ROLLING MEADOWS, ILL. — RealtyMogul.com has arranged a $16.8 million bridge loan and $1.5 million preferred equity investment for the acquisition of an office building in Rolling Meadows, approximately 30 miles northwest of Chicago. The facility is a non-recourse loan with proceeds being used to purchase the property and provide a facility for leasing costs. The combined terms of the debt and preferred equity offered the sponsor 81 percent of project costs. The sponsor is Schaumburg-based Helios Properties. 1600 Corporate Center is a 255,440-sqaure-foot, Class A facility that houses multiple tenants. The 12-story building is located close to Woodfield Mall. The sponsor plans to add a conference room and a gym. The building is currently 91 percent occupied with tenants suck as Bank of America, Alliant Credit Union, Fleetmatics and Regus.
CHICO, CALIF. — CBRE Multifamily Capital has originated a $32.3 million loan for The Terraces Senior Living, a 138-unit independent living and assisted living community in Chico, approximately 90 miles north of Sacramento. The community is part of a master planned age-restricted community. The borrower, California-based owner/operator Westmont Living, will use the money to convert assisted living units into memory care units. The non-recourse, 10-year, fixed-rate loan includes four and a half years of interest-only payments. CBRE secured the loan through its Fannie Mae program. Andrew Behrens, vice chairman of CBRE Multifamily Institutional Group, and Aron Will, executive vice president of CBRE National Senior Housing, arranged the loan.
NEW YORK CITY — HFF has secured $13.6 million in acquisition bridge financing for a 17,615-square-foot mixed-use property located at 315 Broadway in Manhattan’s Tribeca neighborhood. The borrower, United American Land, plans to used the loan to reposition the property into a boutique office building with high-quality retail space on the ground floor. The five-story loft property has 13,900 square feet of office space, 3,715 square feet of ground-floor retail space and approximately 23,401 square feet square feet of unused air rights. Steven Klein and Geoff Goldstein of HFF arranged the four-year, floating-rate loan through Peoples United Bank.
PEARLAND, TEXAS — John Burke of NorthMarq Capital’s Houston office has arranged an $8 million fixed-rate loan for a mixed-use office and retail property located on Broadway in Pearland. The interest-only loan was structured with a fixed term featuring flexible pre-payment options. NorthMarq arranged financing for the borrower through its relationship with a correspondent life insurance company lender.
GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS — Old Capital has provided a cash-out refinancing loan for the 102-unit Serrano Creek Apartments in Grand Prairie. Old Capital worked with the local ownership group to provide a non-recourse, 30-year amortized loan at a fixed rate of 4.15 percent.