Loans

BOYNTON BEACH, FLA. — JLL has secured $52.3 million in construction financing from First Citizens Bank for Egret Point Logistics Center, a 457,110-square-foot industrial development underway at 3800 S. Congress Ave. in Boynton Beach. Steven Klein, Melissa Rose and Mateo Bolivar of JLL arranged the financing on behalf of the borrower, a joint venture between Foundry Commercial and Wheelock Street Capital. Once the site for a Baptist Health System clinic, Egret Point is situated on a 30.8-acre site about 22 miles south of West Palm Beach with frontage along I-95. The development will feature two Class A logistics buildings of varying sizes. The construction timeline was not disclosed.

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PUEBLO SPRINGS, COLO. — BWE, on behalf of ESH Development, has secured a $39.5 million HUD 221(d)(4) loan to finance the development of Pueblo Springs, a Class A market-rate apartment project in Pueblo, approximately 45 miles south of Colorado Springs. James Swanson of BWE’s Phoenix office originated the financing. The HUD-insured loan provides for a combined construction and permanent financing for market-rate multifamily projects. The non-recourse, fully assumable loan features a 40-year, fully amortizing term that will qualify for HUD’s reduced rates for eco-friendly developments upon final construction and delivery of units. Pueblo Springs will feature 199 units with nine-foot ceilings in select units, walk-in closets, ceiling fans, private balconies or patios, soaking tubs, breakfast bars, pantries, granite or quartz countertops, and stainless steel and Energy Star appliances, including in-unit washers/dryers. Community amenities will include a clubhouse with Wi-Fi, a fitness center, business center/e-lounge, community room with gourmet kitchen, bike storage, heated pool and spa, barbecue and picnic areas, walking paths, extensive landscaping, 24-hour emergency staff and gated entry. Colorado Structures is serving as general contractor for the project, which will be built to a high standard of energy efficiency.

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PORTLAND, ORE. — Gantry has arranged a $16.2 million permanent loan for the acquisition of a warehouse facility located at 6447 N. Cutter Circle in Portland. FedEx Ground fully occupies the 212,000-square-foot building, which was redeveloped in 2015. The 126-door, cross-docked facility offers ready access to the Port of Portland, Interstate 5, Union Pacific Railroad and Portland International Airport. Tony Kaufmann and Joe Foley of Gantry’s San Francisco production office represented the borrower, a private real estate investor. The long-term, fixed-rate loan was secured from one of Gantry’s correspondent life company lenders and structured with a term that exceeds the tenant’s firm lease term. The loan features interest-only payments for half the term, followed by a 30-year amortization period.

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Last fall’s ebullience over the Federal Reserve’s likelihood of cutting the federal funds rate early and frequently in 2024 quickly faded as inflation remained too high for the Fed’s liking. Wall Street traders who make wagers on the Fed’s actions keep pushing their rate cut bets further into the year, according to CME Group, a derivatives marketplace. In early March, for example, nearly 75 percent of traders wagered on a rate cut in June. As of early June, less than 2 percent expected one. The most recent Fed meeting, on June 13, has confirmed this assumption that a rate cut is at least months away, if not longer. If and when the central bank cuts rates this year, the cost of capital is unlikely to approach the historically low levels of the last few years. As a result, the growing interest rate mantra of “higher for longer” may be finally convincing commercial property buyers and sellers to meet on pricing. New York-based research organization MSCI Real Assets recently noted that commercial property sales continued to slow in the first quarter of 2024 — a year-over-year decline of 16 percent to $78.9 billion. But it suggested that investors might be encouraged …

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HOUSTON — Lone Star PACE has provided $15 million in C-PACE financing for a 53,000-square-foot retail property located within The Allen mixed-use development near downtown Houston. Lone Star PACE partnered with lender Nuveen Green Capital to administer the financing. Locally based developer DC Partners owns The Allen. C-PACE (commercial property-assessed clean energy) financing allows commercial borrowers to obtain favorable loan terms in exchange for implementing eco-friendly devices and initiatives at their properties.

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LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. — Reynolds Asset Management has received a $16 million loan for the refinancing of Princeton Pike Office Park, a six-building campus located just north of Trenton in Lawrenceville. Northwest Bank provided the loan, which carries a fixed interest rate of 6.6 percent. Reynolds acquired the property in April 2022 in partnership with Capital Solutions, at which time the campus was 50 percent leased, and implemented a capital improvement program. Today, Princeton Pike Office Park has an occupancy rate of 95 percent.

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ELLENDALE, N.D. — CIM Group has provided a $125 million loan with a potential increase up to $200 million to fund construction of Applied Digital’s High-Performance Computing (HPC) Campus in Ellendale, a city in southern North Dakota. The data center is designed to provide massive computing power and support HPC applications. Applied Digital is a designer, builder and operator of next-generation digital infrastructure for HPC applications. The company began construction on the first building at its HPC campus in October. Applied Digital has also executed a Letter of Intent with a U.S.-based hyperscaler for a 400-megawatt lease at the campus, which has more than 600 megawatts of future capacity. 

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LOCUST GROVE, GA. — JLL has arranged a $42.5 million construction loan for Stonemont Park 75 South, a three-building industrial park in the South Atlanta city of Locust Grove. Gregg Shapiro, Dan Kearns, Kelsey Bawcombe and Hunter Rich of JLL arranged the loan through Principal Asset Management on behalf of the locally based borrower, Stonemont Financial Group. At full completion, Stonemont Park 75 will span more than 900,000 square feet and feature clear heights ranging from 32 to 40 feet, 143 dock-high doors, 130-foot truck courts, 280 trailer parking stalls and 645 car parking stalls. The construction timeline for Stonemont Park 75 South was not disclosed.

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ANNA, TEXAS — Texas-based investment firm HPI Real Estate has purchased an 840-unit self-storage facility in Anna, about 45 miles north of Dallas. Anna Self Storage was completed in 2023 and totals 103,000 net rentable square feet of climate-controlled space. Casey Wenzel, John Bauman and Luke Rogers of JLL arranged a five-year, floating-rate acquisition loan through Security National Bank on behalf of HPI Real Estate. Anna Self Storage was approximately 30 percent occupied at the time of the loan closing. Life Storage operates the property.

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HOUSTON — Lone Star PACE has provided $31 million in C-PACE financing for The Thompson, a 172-room hotel located within The Allen mixed-use development near downtown Houston. The hotel includes 34 suites and multiple onsite food-and-beverage concepts. Locally based developer DC Partners owns The Allen. Lone Star PACE partnered with lender Nuveen Green Capital to administer the financing. C-PACE (commercial property-assessed clean energy) financing allows commercial borrowers to obtain favorable loan terms in exchange for implementing eco-friendly devices and initiatives at their properties.

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