SPRINGHILL, TENN. — Trillium Capital Resources (TCR) has arranged a $29 million loan for Grand Reserve Springhill, a newly constructed, 290-unit apartment community located in Springhill. Trillium arranged the 12-year, non-recourse, fixed-rate loan through Aegon Insurance Group on behalf of the borrower, a Columbus, Ga.-based developer. The borrower will use the proceeds of the financing to take out an existing construction loan.
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INDIANAPOLIS — Thorofare Capital has provided an affiliate of Arciterra Group LLC with a $32.5 million acquisition loan for a retail property in Indianapolis. Castleton Square & Commons is a 256,582-square-foot power center located on Castleton Corner Drive. Tenants at the property include REI, Golfsmith, Dave & Busters, Haverty’s Furniture, Buffalo Wild Wings and DXL Casual Male. The property was 94 percent leased at the time of sale. The seller was an affiliate of Ann Arbor, Mich.-based McKinley Inc. The non-recourse, floating-rate loan is for a period of two years and includes two six-month extension options, a flexible prepayment structure and was priced at a competitive spread over LIBOR.
LOS ANGELES — NorthMarq Capital has arranged a $22.1 million refinancing for The Meadows, a 690-unit apartment complex in the Los Angeles submarket of Culver City. The community is located at 6100-6500 Green Valley Circle. The loan features a 10-year term with three years of interest-only payments followed by a 30-year amortization schedule. Jeffrey Weidell, Nathan Prouty and Andrew Slaton of NorthMarq Capital’s San Francisco office arranged the financing through the firm’s correspondent relationship with a life insurance company.
KATY, TEXAS — PCCP has provided a $20 million senior loan for the acquisition and lease-up of the Haven at Westgreen, a newly constructed, 225-unit Class A multifamily project located in Katy. The new ownership is a joint venture between Dallas-based CAF Capital Partners, the Rainier Cos. and Chicago-based Blue Vista Capital Management. Guefen Development Co., a Houston-based multifamily developer that built the property, was the seller. Cortney Cole of HFF’s Houston office arranged the financing. The garden-style, low-density property is situated on 6.6 acres and includes one- and two-bedroom unit floorplans. Amenities include a swimming pool, fitness center, barbecue area and clubhouse.
DALLAS — Ready Capital Structured Finance has secured a $3.8 million value-add loan in Dallas. The unnamed borrower will use the loan to renovate and stabilize a three-story, garden-style multifamily complex totaling 98 units, located in the North White Rock submarket of Dallas. The loan features a two-year term with a one-year extension. Ready Capital Structured Finance originates, manages and finances non-recourse floating and fixed-rate loans of up to five years on transitional, value-add and event-driven commercial and multifamily real estate opportunities.
Love Funding Secures $9.1M in Refinancing for Affordable Seniors Housing Property in Brooklyn
by Amy Works
NEW YORK CITY — Love Funding has secured a $9.1 million loan for the refinancing of the Scheuer House of Coney Island, an affordable seniors housing property located in Brooklyn. Situated on 1.3 acres, the high-rise property features 197 age-restricted studio and one-bedroom apartments, 98 percent of which are Section 8 Units. Additionally, the property is within walking distance to the Coney Island boardwalk and amusement park. The borrower, JASA, will use the loan to renovate and upgrade the building. Planned enhancements include elevator upgrades, new kitchens, bathroom refurbishments, renovations of community common spaces and flood risk prevention measures. Laura Saull-Smith of Love Funding arranged the loan for the borrower through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s 223(f) program.
Ready Capital Structured Finance Closes $8.8M Acquisition Loan for Orlando Office Building
by John Nelson
ORLANDO, FLA. — Ready Capital Structured Finance has provided an $8.8 million acquisition loan for a six-story, 82,892-square-foot Class B office building in Orlando’s central business district. The unnamed sponsor purchased the asset to renovate and upgrade the lobby and common areas, and to lease up the remaining vacant office space. The non-recourse loan features a three-year term with a one-year extension, which is inclusive of a facility to provide for future tenant improvements, leasing commissions and capital expenditures.
MUKILTEO, WASH. — CBRE National Senior Housing has arranged a $22.1 million loan for Capitol Seniors Housing, which will use the money to acquire and renovate Harbour Pointe Retirement & Assisted Living Community, a 107-unit independent living and assisted living community in the Seattle suburb of Mukilteo. Capitol, a Washington, D.C.-based owner and developer, plans to use $1 million of the loan to convert 31 assisted living units into a memory care wing for the 104,523-square-food community, among other improvements. The non-recourse, floating-rate loan includes a five-year term with 36 months of interest-only payments. A national bank is providing the capital. Capitol will lease the property to Milestone Retirement Communities, a Vancouver, Wash.-based operator of 30 communities in 10 states. Aron Will, executive vice president, led the CBRE team in the transaction.
HOUSTON — Adam Lipkin of Grandbridge Real Estate Capital’s Miami team has secured a $6.2 million bridge loan for a Houston-area office building. A sovereign wealth fund operated by the Republic of Nauru owns the property. A direct small-balance commercial real estate lender provided the two-year loan to the Nauru Phosphate Royalties Trust, a subsidiary of Nauru Realty Trust. With just under 10,000 inhabitants, Nauru is the world’s smallest island nation. Its government developed the Nauru Phosphate Royalties Trust to invest proceeds from a state-owned mining company. The loan facilitated by Lipkin provides a short-term financing solution for the Houston office building, which is occupied by Jacobs Technology, a wholly owned subsidiary of publicly traded NASA contractor Jacobs Engineering Group. Jacobs provides technical, professional and construction services to various industrial, commercial and governmental clients. The Jacobs office building is located at 2224 Bay Area Blvd. at the hard corner of Bay Area Boulevard and Space Center Boulevard in the Clear Lake area of Houston.
ROCKVILLE, MD. — PCCP has provided a $34.1 million loan for the acquisition and lease-up of Park Plaza I and II, a 264,285-square-foot office campus located in Rockville, a Maryland suburb of Washington, D.C. Park Plaza I was 86 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Northrop Grumman and Monument Bank, and Park Plaza II was 14 percent leased at the time of sale, offering the only available contiguous block of Class A office in Rockville exceeding 100,000 square feet. John Campanella of Cushman & Wakefield arranged the loan through PPC on behalf of the borrower, an affiliate of Marcus Capital Partners Fund II LP.