LISLE, ILL. — Grandbridge Real Estate Capital has arranged a $26.2 million refinancing loan for a 308-unit multifamily property in Lisle, approximately 30 miles west of Chicago. Arboretum Village Apartments features amenities such as an outdoor pool, playground, Internet café and 24-hour fitness center. The fixed-rate, non-recourse loan features a 10-year term. Ben Fazendin of Grandbridge Real Estate Capital originated the Fannie Mae financing for the undisclosed borrower.
DETROIT — Bernard Financial Group has arranged a $15.5 million refinancing loan for Broderick Tower, a 34-story mixed-use building in Detroit. The high-rise, located at the southeastern corner of Woodward Avenue and Grand Circus Park, features office space on floors 2-4, apartment units on floors 5-34, with floors 25-34 consisting of penthouses. Motown Construction Partners LLC is the borrower. Dennis Bernard and Kevin Kovachevich of Bernard Financial arranged the financing through Fifth Third Bank.
NEW YORK CITY — SL Green Realty Corp. and Vornado Realty Trust have closed on the $900 million refinancing of 280 Park Avenue, a 1.2 million-square-foot office building in Manhattan that is jointly held by the companies. The new three-year loan features four one-year extension options and a floating interest rate of LIBOR plus 2 percent. The loan replaces the previous $721 million indebtedness that carried an interest rate of 6.35 percent. The office building recently under went a $150 million redesign and renovation of the building’s façade and interior. Renovations included the creation of an expansion world-class lobby, an extensive program to enhance environmental sustainability, a complete redesign of the building’s adjacent plaza and building-wide infrastructure upgrades, including new elevator cabs and bathrooms, new thin line perimeter induction units, new electrical distribution and state-of-the-art security.
LITTLE CANADA, MINN. — Grandbridge Real Estate Capital has closed a $17.9 million loan for the construction of Cardigan Ridge, a 120-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community in the Twin Cities suburb of Little Canada. Hearth Development is building the project, which is already under construction. Grandbridge estimates total development costs will exceed $20 million. Dave Rasmussen, a senior vice president in Grandbridge’s Minneapolis office, originated the loan. A local bank is providing the capital. The non-recourse loan featured a five-year term, 25-year amortization and an interest rate near 3.5 percent.
DETROIT — Bernard Financial Group has arranged a $4.2 million refinancing loan for Glen Cove and Parkside Apartments, both multifamily properties in Detroit. Parkside I LLC was the borrower. Glen Cove, built in 1970, has 54 one-bedroom/one-bathroom units and 54 two-bedroom/one-bathroom units. Parkside Apartments, built in 1967, includes a total of 138 units. Kevin Kovachevich of Bernard Financial arranged the CMBS loan.
NEW YORK CITY — Soho Properties has received $219 million in financing for the construction of 45 Park Place, a luxury condominium project located at 43-51 Park Place in Manhattan’s Financial District. Malayan Banking Berhad, New York Branch and four other financial institutions provided a $174 million Sharia-compliant senior construction loan, and BERNI, an investment vehicle of Saudi Arabian hedge fund Mohammed Alsubeaei & Sons Investments Co., provided a $45 million mezzanine loan for the project. Senior financiers for the project include Malayan Banking Berhad, London Branch; Intesa Sapaolo S.p.A.; Warba Bank K.S.C.P.; and MSD Capital LP. Joseph Sarcinella, Gerard Hefner, Konstantinos Melitsanopoulos and Rose Plager-Unger of Reed Smith LLP represented the New York Branch of Malayan Banking Berhad in the deal. BERNI was represented by Mons Dajani, Michael Reed, Pat McDonald and Maher Haddad of Baker & McKenzie LLP. Designed by SOMA Architects, in collaboration with Ismael Leyva Architects, the 43-story property will feature 112,721 square feet of residential condominiums, 788 square feet of retail space at ground level and a 2,821-square-foot public plaza. The residential component will feature 48 condos, including one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom apartments on floors four through 43, full-floor layouts on floors 24 to 39, …
SEATTLE — Newmark Realty Capital has arranged $44.2 million in construction financing for a 206-unit multifamily development in the South Lake Union area of Seattle. The Class A community will be called 624 Yale Apartments. It is scheduled for completion in November 2017. The project also contains 3,090 square feet of retail space. Brian Bonipart of Newmark Realty Capital arranged the financing.
SEATTLE AND PALM SPRINGS, CALIF. — Harborview Capital Partners has arranged six multifamily loans throughout the West Coast for a total of $30.7 million. The communities contain a total of 343 units in Seattle and Palm Springs. All of the transactions provided cash out to the borrower. The loans included a mix of agency, CMBS and traditional bank financing. Jeff Fuchs of Harborview’s Lawrence, N.Y., office arranged the loans on behalf of an unnamed, Seattle-based client.
LOS ANGELES — Institutional Property Advisors Capital Markets has arranged a $50 million refinancing for a 168,764-square-foot office tower in Beverly Hills. The 12-story tower is situated within the Golden Triangle area. It was first high-rise building erected on Wilshire Boulevard in the 1970s. The cash-out loan refinanced a 25-year, fixed-rate loan. The new non-recourse loan features a 15-year, 3.75 percent fixed rate with interest-only payments. Jake Roberts and Anita Paryani Rice of Institutional Property Advisors Capital Markets arranged the loan.
ORLANDO, FLA. — Grandbridge Real Estate Capital has closed the $23 million refinancing of Azul at Baldwin Park, a 178-unit, Class A apartment community located in Orlando’s Baldwin Park district. The multifamily property features a swimming pool, spa, cyber café, business center, clubroom and a fitness center. Bill Mattice and Phillip Cox of Grandbridge arranged the five-year, interest-only loan through an unnamed insurance company on behalf of the borrower, a joint venture between Jefferson Apartment Group and Pacolet Milliken Enterprises Inc.
