BERKELEY, CALIF. — AJ Capital has received $31.5 million in financing to acquire and reposition the 144-unit Hotel Durant in Berkeley. The hotel is located at 2600 Durant Ave. AJ Capital plans to rebrand the property as the Graduate Hotel. The Graduate brand is the first to cater exclusively to college- and university-anchored markets. It is targeted toward alumni and other college visitors. The Graduate portfolio was launched in 2014. It currently contains 1,355 rooms in nine university-anchored markets across the country. Jordan Ray, Ari Hirt, Steven Buchwald and David Behmoar of Mission Capital Advisors’ Debt & Equity Finance Group arranged the financing.
AURORA, COLO. — HFF has arranged $41.8 million in financing for the 351-unit Del Arte Lofts and Flats in Aurora. The community is located at 151 South Joliet Circle, about nine miles southeast of Denver’s central business district. Del Arte is currently 93 percent leased. It is situated near the Lowry Air Force Base and the 578-acre Fitzsimons/Anschutz Medical Campus. The seven-year loan features a 2.28 percent adjustable rate with three years interest-only payments. HFF’s Josh Simon and Eric Tupler arranged the financing with Freddie Mac on behalf of Advenir.
CARMICHAEL, CALIF. — CBRE National Senior Housing has arranged a $12 million, fixed-rate loan from Fannie Mae to refinance Winding Commons, a 100-unit independent living community in metro Sacramento. The borrower is Sacramento-based Ray Stone Inc. (RSI), the community’s operator since it opened in 2003. RSI manages six communities in California comprising over 800 units. Aron Will, executive vice president of CBRE National Senior Housing, and Kevin Randles, senior vice president of CBRE’s Debt and Structured Finance office in Sacramento, led the transaction.
HOUSTON — Q10 KDH Vice President Matt Franke has arranged $44 million in financing for Centre at Bunker Hill in Houston. The multi-anchor, Class A retail property is 100 percent occupied and includes 430,820 rentable square feet.
BLACKSBURG, VA. — Berkadia has arranged a $48 million loan for The Edge Apartment Homes, a newly constructed student housing property near Virginia Tech in Blacksburg. John M.R. Reed of Berkadia secured the 20-year, fixed-rate loan on behalf of the borrower, Related Properties I LLC, an affiliate of SAS Builders Inc., through a life insurance company. The fully occupied, 252-unit property features two-, three- and four-bedroom apartments and townhomes. Units are fully furnished and contain a washer and dryer. Amenities at the student housing community include high-speed internet, a fitness center, yoga room, student center, heated swimming pool, picnic area and a two-story clubhouse.
BELLEVILLE, N.J. — Trevian Capital has funded a $16.5 million first-mortgage bridge loan secured by a fully occupied self-storage and warehouse facility in Belleville. The loan proceeds are being used to pay off an existing defaulted CMBS loan, fund the build-out of an additional 510 self-storage units, and provide the borrower cash out refinancing. The property is primarily occupied by Safe & Secure Self Storage, which occupies 300,000 square feet, with an additional 100,000 square feet of warehouse/storage space leased on a long-term basis to Essex County and Ecuadorian Rain Forest. Additional terms of the financing, including the name of the borrower, were not released.
HASLETT, MICH. — Love Funding recently provided three loans totaling $8.5 million to refinance the debt on a group of age-restricted, Section 8 apartments in Haslett targeting persons age 62 and above. Located about nine miles east of Lansing, the three communities serve low-income residents and are all part of the same development, Grange Acres, a 363-unit complex that was built from 1972 to 1982. Grange Acres Non-Profit Housing Corporation owns the properties. Love Funding Midwest Regional Director Bruce Gerhart secured the loans through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s 223(f) loan insurance program. Part of the loan proceeds will be used to pay for needed repairs and to fund replacement reserves.
LAKEWOOD, COLO. — CBRE National Seniors Housing has secured a $36.3 million loan for the construction of The Village at Belmar, a 156-unit continuing care retirement community (CCRC) planned in Lakewood in metro Denver. The project is a joint venture between Blue Moon Capital Partners, providing the institutional equity; GH Phipps Construction Company, the general contractor and co-developer; and Ascent Living Communities, co-developer and future operator of the community. Situated on 7.6 acres, Village at Belmar will include 72 assisted living units and 24 memory care units located within a three-story, 83,000-square-foot building, along with 60 independent living units to be located in 15 buildings that are approximately 107,000 square feet. Aron Will, executive vice president of CBRE National Senior Housing, arranged the five-year, floating-rate loan with limited recourse. The loan features 36 months of interest-only payments.
STERLING, VA. — NXT Capital has provided a $22.5 million first mortgage for the recapitalization of Lakeside at Loudoun Tech Phase II & III, two Class A office buildings in Sterling totaling 204,000 square feet. Both properties are located within Loudoun Tech Center, an office park featuring office buildings, restaurants and two hotels.
BELLEVUE, WASH. — The Bellevue Collection has received a $526 million construction-to-permanent loan to expand the 4-million-square-foot, mixed-use property in Bellevue. The new 1.5-million-square-foot phase will be known as the Lincoln Square Expansion. The development, which is currently underway, will include a 41-story multifamily/W Hotel tower, a 31-story trophy office tower, and a three-level retail podium, which will be anchored by a luxury theater and chef-driven restaurants. The retail podium and towers will sit above a six-level underground parking garage that is contiguous with more than 4,000 existing subterranean parking spaces. An affiliate of CPPIB Credit Investments Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), provided the financing. The single source of capital was attractive to the borrower because it removed syndication risk and provided a single point of contact. Dave Karson, Alex Hernandez and Chris Moyer of Cushman & Wakefield represented the borrower, Kemper Development Co.