WILLOW SPRINGS, ILL. — The Lynd Group has received $66 million in refinancing for Willow Glen, a 224-unit multifamily community in Willow Springs developed by Lynd Development in partnership with West Point Builders in 2023. The refinancing repays the project’s construction loan and replaces it with a new financing package consisting of a $58 million CMBS senior loan originated by Barclays and an $8 million mezzanine loan provided by Ghisallo Capital, which retired the project’s government-backed bonds and simplified the capital stack. Willow Glen consists of 188 apartment units and 36 three-story townhomes. Amenities include a clubhouse, fitness center, pool, courtyard terrace, fireside lounge, game room, pet park and outdoor gathering spaces.
Loans
COLUMBUS, OHIO — Lument has provided a $53.1 million balance sheet loan for the refinancing and lease-up of South Bank at Quarry Trails, a 266-unit luxury apartment community built in 2025 in Columbus. Ryan Duling of Lument led the transaction on behalf of the borrower, Columbus-based Thrive Cos. The loan refinances existing construction debt, funds reserve accounts and supports the lease-up of the mid-rise property. The loan features an adjustable interest rate and interest-only payments for the two-year term. South Bank at Quarry Trails is part of a master-planned development in the Upper Arlington submarket of Columbus. Amenities include a clubhouse, saunas, outdoor pool and the Quarry Trails Metropark. Twenty percent of the units are designated as affordable housing.
HICKSVILLE, N.Y. — The Community Preservation Corp. (CPC), a nonprofit, multifamily finance company, has provided a $7.5 million construction loan for a 20-unit project in Hicksville, located on Long Island. The building will be located at 33-37 Cherry St. in the downtown area, just three blocks from the LIRR Hicksville Station, where a $300 million modernization is nearing completion. The building, which is slated for a spring 2027 delivery, will include three permanently affordable units and offer amenities such as a fitness center and a coworking lounge. The borrower is an entity doing business as Premerio Cherry LLC.
DENTON, TEXAS — Petros PACE Finance and Lone Star PACE have provided $3.6 million in C-PACE financing for a six-building, 107,000-square-foot industrial project in the North Texas city of Denton. The undisclosed sponsor will use the financing to fund the installation of an energy-efficient building envelope and lighting systems. These measures are projected to reduce the building’s energy usage by 37 percent annually.
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. — AANDAR Real Estate Capital, a boutique capital advisory firm based in New Jersey, has arranged the $145.3 million refinancing of The Alary, a 315-unit apartment building in New Rochelle, located north of New York City. The financing consists of a $125.8 million senior bridge loan from Greystone and a $19.5 million preferred equity investment from Forum Investment Group. Developed by Allstate Ventures and completed last year, The Alary offers studio, one- and two-bedroom units. Indoor amenities include a fitness center, coworking spaces with private pods and conference rooms, a game room with a wet bar, sports simulator, children’s playroom and a sky lounge with a full-service bar. Outside, residents have access to a rooftop area with a pool, outdoor cinema, barbecue kitchens, fire pits and a dog park. Shaya Sonnenschein and Michael Weisz led the transaction for AANDAR.
CHATTANOOGA, TENN. — Hilco Global Real Estate Capital has provided a $47.5 million loan to Urban Story Ventures to support the recapitalization and continued development of The Bend, a 100-acre mixed-use development underway in Chattanooga. Plans for the project, which will feature more than 3,000 linear feet of frontage along a bend of the Tennessee River, include approximately 1,700 residential units; 1.1 million square feet of office space; 1.2 million square feet of dining, shops and service retailers; 600 hotel rooms; entertainment and cultural venues; and a 300-slip marina. The Bend will be supported by public infrastructure investment through a public-private partnership structure between Urban Story Ventures and The City of Chattanooga. Jimmy White, president of Urban Story Ventures, says that the development has nearly $1 billion in potential investments in the works. The construction timeline for the project was not released.
BELLEVILLE, N.J. — CBRE has provided a $35.5 million Freddie Mac permanent loan for The Essex, a 158-unit multifamily property located in the Northern New Jersey community of Belleville. According to Apartments.com, the newly constructed, four-story building offers studio, one- and two-bedroom units that range in size from 437 to 888 square feet. Amenities include a fitness center with a yoga room, rooftop courtyard with grilling stations and a fire pit, resident lounge, game room, coworking pods, package room and a pet washing station. Judah Hammer, Jeff Feldman and Jack Hayes of CBRE originated the loan. The borrower was not disclosed.
Basis Investment Group Provides $23.1M Bridge Loan for Industrial Building in Provo, Utah
by Amy Works
PROVO, UTAH — Basis Investment Group has provided a $23.1 million bridge loan to Scannell Properties to facilitate the refinancing of Sierra Vista Way, a recently constructed industrial property in Provo. The bridge loan is an investment held in BIG Real Estate Fund III. Situated within Mountain Vista Business Center, Sierra Vista Way features 158,765 square feet of industrial space with direct access to I-15, US-189, SR-114 and Lakeview Parkway.
PHOENIX — Gantry has secured two permanent loans, totaling $16.5 million, for one borrower to refinance maturing debt on a pair of industrial properties in metro Phoenix. The first property is a 79,000-square-foot modern industrial building with a fenced truck court located in the Southwest Valley submarket of Phoenix, and the second asset is a 113,000-square-foot modern warehouse property with two buildings in Phoenix’s Northwest Valley submarket. Both facilities were fully leased to long-term tenants at the time of sale. Tim Storey, Chad Metzger and Andrew Christopherson of Gantry represented the borrower, a private real estate investor. Both loans were secured from one of Gantry’s correspondent life company lenders and feature full-term, interest-only payments at a fixed rate. Gantry will service both loans on behalf of its correspondent lender.
Dwight Mortgage Trust Provides $88.4M in Loans for Three Southeast Multifamily Assets
by John Nelson
TUSCALOOSA, ALA. AND FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — Dwight Mortgage Trust, the affiliate REIT of Dwight Capital, has closed two loans totaling $88.4 million for the refinancing of three apartment communities in the Southeast. The properties include Mosaic Apartments, a 456-unit community in Tuscaloosa, and two complexes in Fayetteville totaling 312 units: Britt Lake and Woodland Village. Moshe Feiner of Sevenstone Capital worked along with Andrew Tichy of Dwight Mortgage Trust to arrange the five-year, fixed-rate loans on behalf of the borrowers, private high-net-worth investors that used the loan proceeds to refinance existing debt, cover transaction costs and fund interest reserves.