LOS ANGELES – A 30-unit apartment community in Los Angeles has received a $3.9 million acquisition loan. The community is located at 1135 Grand View Street in the Westlake submarket. It was purchased by the Armor Family Trust. The five-year loan features a fixed interest rate of 3.2 percent. The loan was arranged by Dan Litman of Marcus & Millichap Capital Corporation’s West Los Angeles office. It was provided by Wayne D. McCoy of OneUnited Bank.
NEW YORK CITY — Eastern Consolidated has arranged a $42 million bridge loan for the acquisition of a development site located at 131-01 39th Ave. in the Flushing neighborhood of Queens. The borrower, Triple Star Realty, acquired the former Assi Plaza supermarket location for more than $90 million. Triple Star Realty plans to raze the existing structures and develop a 631,752-square-foot mixed-use complex. The waterfront property will feature a 360-unit residential space, a 200-room hotel, retail space, a supermarket, general and medical office space and parking. Jonathan Aghravi, Charles Han, Ben Tapper and Tripp Lyons of Eastern Consolidated arranged the financing for the borrower.
WALLINGTON, N.J. — NorthMarq Capital has arranged $16 million in refinancing for Wallington Plaza, a retail property located at 375 Paterson Ave. in Wallington. ShopRite Supermarket is the major tenant at the 92,823-square-foot retail property. Robert Ranieri of NorthMarq Capital arranged the ground-lease financing, which features a seven-year term and 30-year amortization schedule, through a regional bank. The borrower was not released.
VICTORVILLE, CALIF. — Cambridge Realty Capital Companies has arranged a $12.3 million HUD Lean loan to refinance Knolls West Post Acute, a skilled care nursing facility located in Victorville. The fully amortized, 30-year loan was arranged for the owner, a California limited liability company, using the HUD Section 232 funding program. Cambridge Realty Capital Ltd. of Illinois underwrote the transaction.
DALLAS — NXT Capital has provided a $22.3 million first mortgage loan to finance the acquisition of two multifamily properties located in Dallas. The two properties total 394 units. Both properties provide access to I-635, eastern Dallas and Uptown Dallas. One of the properties offers two swimming pools and a fitness center, and the other property offers a swimming pool and a clubhouse. Andy Scott of HFF’s Dallas office placed the loan. NXT Capital’s real estate finance group primarily serves experienced real estate investors with non-recourse first mortgages of $10 million to $40 million for major-market properties.
PITTSBURGH — First Niagara’s Commercial Real Estate Group has closed a $40 million loan with PMC Property Group for a mixed-use property in downtown Pittsburgh. Proceeds of the loan will go to the continued redevelopment of the property, which will include 241 multifamily units, 133,000 square feet of office space and 6,200 square feet of retail space, including two restaurants and a coffee and juice bar. Located at 425 Sixth Ave., the 30-story skyscraper was originally built in 1953 as the headquarters of the Aluminum Company of America. Being developed by PMC Property Group, the property is slated for completion by March 2016. Strada is the architect of the project.
NEW YORK CITY — Madison Realty Capital (MRC) has provided $37 million of financing collateralized by three properties located in Queens. The undisclosed borrower is using the proceeds of the loan to close a separate acquisition in New York. The collateralized properties include 163-05 Archer Ave., a 32,471-square-foot retail building in Jamaica, Queens; 163-25 Archer Ave., a development site with 700,000 buildable square feet; and a newly developed condominium building in Flushing, Queens. MRC was able to close the transaction within six days of sourcing the opportunity.
FRAMINGHAM, MASS. — NorthMarq Capital has secured $1 million in acquisition financing for a 21,940-square-foot warehouse/office property located at 223 Arlington St. in Framingham. The loan, which was provided by a local bank, features a fully amortizing 20-year term. Ed Reikstins of NorthMarq’s Boston office arranged the financing for the undisclosed borrower.
MACON, GA. — Dougherty Mortgage LLC has closed a $9.6 million Fannie Mae loan for the refinancing of Rutland Place Apartments, a 228-unit multifamily property located in Macon. The apartment community features one-, two- and three-bedroom floorplans, as well as a fitness center, two swimming pools, onsite laundry facility and a clubhouse. Dougherty’s Nashville office arranged the 10-year loan with a 30-year amortization schedule on behalf of the borrower, Rutland Apartments LLC.
GRANITE BAY, CALIF. — Cain Brothers Funding LLC, the mortgage banking affiliate of Cain Brothers, has arranged a $13.7 million mortgage loan for Eskaton Lodge Granite Bay, a 105-unit nonprofit assisted living facility in Northern California. The proceeds of the FHA loan were used to retire existing bank debt and an interest rate swap. As a result of the refinancing, Eskaton was able to eliminate the risks associated with the bank debt/swap structure and replace it with a 35-year fully amortizing loan with a fixed mortgage note interest rate of 3.07 percent.