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Walker & Dunlop Arranges $103M CMBS Loan for Refinancing of Manhattan Hotel

by Taylor Williams

NEW YORK CITY — Walker & Dunlop has arranged a $103 million CMBS loan for the refinancing of Casa Cipriani, a 47-room luxury hotel, private members club and event space located along the Lower Manhattan waterfront. The property was originally constructed in 1909 as the Battery Maritime Building to serve ferries traveling to Brooklyn. The sponsor, a partnership between Cipriani, Midtown Equities and Centaur Properties, completed the redevelopment in 2021. Aaron Appel, Keith Kurland, Jonathan Schwartz, Adam Schwartz and Sean Bastian of Walker & Dunlop arranged the debt through Citigroup, J.P. Morgan and Argentic.

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National New Markets Fund Invests $17.5M for Bongard Creameries Expansion in Minnesota

by Kristin Harlow

CHANHASSEN, MINN. — National New Markets Fund LLC (NNMF), an affiliate of Los Angeles-based SDS Capital Group, has invested $17.5 million of its New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) allocation into Chanhassen, Minn.-based Bongards Creameries. Bongards is a farmer-owned co-op that relies on its 267 member farms to provide milk for its cheese and whey products. As a result of the investment, Bongards will be able to increase its capacity from 4.1 million pounds of milk per day to 5.4 million pounds per day. Bongards will add an estimated 22 new full-time jobs to its existing base of 143 employees. Member farms are anticipated to add up to 260 full-time farm jobs to their existing 1,000 employees. The NNMF investment utilizes capital from the NMTC program, created by Congress in 2000 and administered by the U.S. Treasury Department. Investment groups such as NNMF compete to be selected to receive NMTC awards each year. The selected “allocatees” in turn sell the tax credits to institutional investors. The proceeds from the tax credit sale are then used as part of the investment into projects benefiting low-income communities. Bongards received the NNMF allocation as part of a complex $81 million NMTC financing package. Dudley …

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Marcus & Millichap Arranges $96M Refinancing for Three Shopping Centers in Southern California

by Amy Works

BAKERSFIELD, NORTH HOLLYWOOD AND VENTURA, CALIF. — Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. (MMCC) has arranged a $96 million loan refinancing for three shopping centers in Southern California. Tenants at the properties — which are located in Bakersfield, North Hollywood and Ventura — include 24 Hour Fitness, Dollar Tree, Starbucks Coffee, Wells Fargo and Tractor Supply. Zack Metzner, Daizy Gomez and Linsey Farrahi of MMCC secured the five-year financing on behalf of the borrower, a private investor. The interest-only loan carries a fixed interest rate of 5.8 percent. 

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Affinius Capital Provides $150M Loan for Refinancing of National Industrial Portfolio

by Taylor Williams

NEW YORK CITY — Affinius Capital has provided a $150 million loan for the refinancing of a portfolio of six industrial properties totaling 1.8 million square feet. Though names and addresses were not disclosed, the properties are located in Atlanta, Dallas, Philadelphia, Charlotte, Louisville and South Florida and feature clear heights ranging from 24 to 36 feet. The borrower was Ares Management. The portfolio was roughly 40 percent occupied at the time of sale, although Affinius notes that “letters of intent are out on the majority of the remaining vacant space.”

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Bernard Financial Group Secures $4.2M Loan for Refinancing of Multifamily Property in Sterling Heights, Michigan

by Kristin Harlow

STERLING HEIGHTS, MICH. — Bernard Financial Group (BFG) has arranged a $4.2 million loan for the refinancing of a 231-unit multifamily property in Sterling Heights, a northern suburb of Detroit. Dennis Bernard and Joshua Bernard of BFG arranged the loan on behalf of the borrower, One Durham LP. Symetra Life Insurance Co. was the lender.

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PACE Loan Group Arranges $4M in C-PACE Financing for Short-Term Rental Condos in Traverse City, Michigan

by Kristin Harlow

TRAVERSE CITY, MICH. — PACE Loan Group has arranged nearly $4 million in C-PACE financing for The Boardwalk, a short-term rental condominium project under construction in Traverse City. The property is being built in two phases. The first phase, which features 42 units with first-floor retail space, received $1.7 million in early 2023 and is slated for completion in March. The second phase, which features 48 units, received $1.8 million and is scheduled for completion in the second quarter. The project is utilizing modular construction methods. The senior lender for both C-PACE loans was a local credit union. The PACE proceeds will be used to finance energy conservation and renewable energy measures, including increased building insulation, Energy Star windows, high-efficiency HVAC and plumbing fixtures, and LED lighting. The renewable and energy conservation measures are expected to save $120,140 annually in the payback period of 13.5 years. The Boardwalk marks the fourth PACE project in Grand Traverse County and the 76th in the state of Michigan. The PACE program is administered in a public-private partnership through Lean & Green Michigan. C-PACE, or Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy, is a financing tool that provides long-term, low-cost construction financing for new and existing …

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Gantry Arranges $6.2M Refinancing for Lake Union Center Office Building in Seattle

by Amy Works

SEATTLE — Gantry has arranged a $6.2 million permanent loan to refinance Lake Union Center, a Class A property in Seattle’s North Lake Union submarket. The borrower is a private real estate entity. Mike Wood and Colin Ceithaml of Gantry’s Seattle office secured the 10-year loan, which features a fixed rate and 25-year amortization schedule. Located at 1441 N. 34th St., the property features 65,000 square feet of office space that was fully occupied at the time of sale.

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LIHTC Program Offers Lifeline to Struggling Multifamily Developers

by Sarah Daniels

It’s a tough time for much of multifamily development, but the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program offers incentives that make much-needed affordable housing comparatively easier to achieve under the current economic conditions. Building is expensive and financing is tight in the current multifamily market. However, as it has for the last 30 years, the LIHTC program provides solutions that increase the ease of creating and sustaining affordable housing, even when the overall multifamily market faces challenges. The program not only promotes the construction and acquisition of housing but also enforces conditions that help maintain the stability and preservation of affordable properties. The program is also needed to address the demand for affordable housing. The National Low Income Housing Coalition estimates that extremely low-income households represent 25 percent of the nation’s 44.1 million renters and reports a shortage of 7.3 million affordable and available rental homes. Historical Financial Resilience “The LIHTC asset class is resilient, if not countercyclical, under challenging economic times,” says Katie Balderrama, executive vice president of affordable equity at Walker & Dunlop. The firm typically sees a foreclosure rate of under 1 percent on properties supported by LIHTC. “Overall, our affordable housing assets tend to perform fairly …

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JV Receives Construction Financing for $125M Rialto West Affordable Housing Development in Hell’s Kitchen

by Kristin Harlow

NEW YORK CITY — A joint venture between Douglaston Development and the Entertainment Community Fund has received construction financing for Rialto West, a $125 million affordable housing development in Manhattan’s Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood. Located at 509 W. 48th St., the eight-story building will include 158 units for low- and moderate-income residents. Rialto West will feature a mix of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units that will be designated for households earning up to 140 percent of the area median income. Fifteen percent of the units will be dedicated to serving formerly homeless households. Shared amenity spaces will include a fitness center, laundry room and bicycle storage area. Additionally, the development’s ground floor will include more than 5,500 square feet of cultural space as well as a public restroom facing an approximately 25,000-square-foot public plaza that will be built at 705 Tenth Ave. The NYC Department of Parks and Recreation will operate the public open space, which is to be named after Lorraine Hansberry, the famed playwright and author of “A Raisin in the Sun.” The developers are in discussions with IndieSpace, a provider of affordable workspaces for artists, to lease and operate rehearsal and coworking spaces at the property. The …

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BWE Arranges $8M Acquisition Loan for Freedom Plaza Shopping Center in Rome, New York

by Taylor Williams

ROME, N.Y. — BWE, the commercial lending firm formerly known as Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital, has arranged an $8 million acquisition loan for Freedom Plaza, a 197,397-square-foot shopping center located in the upstate New York city of Rome. Current tenants at the property include Grand Union, Dollar Tree, Domino’s and Marshalls, and Hobby Lobby will open in the coming months. Alan Tapie of BWE arranged the financing through an undisclosed life insurance company on behalf of the borrower, metro Atlanta-based owner-operator Octave Holdings & Investments.

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