Loans

MAPLE GROVE, MINN. — CBRE has arranged the sale and acquisition financing for a 255,501-square-foot, two-property industrial portfolio in Maple Grove. Enclave purchased the portfolio from Artis REIT for $25.5 million. CBRE’s Judd Welliver, Bentley Smith, Zach Graham, Ryan Bain, Michael Caprile and Joe Horrigan represented the seller. CBRE’s Joel Torborg, Mike Vannelli and Billy Mork arranged a $15 million loan with a fixed interest rate and interest-only payments through a life insurance company. Located at 9200 Forestview Lane North and 9155 Cottonwood Lane, the properties are currently fully leased to two tenants.

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MORRISVILLE, N.C. — Fortress Investment Group has purchased a majority of Spark LS, a 106-acre life sciences campus in the Raleigh suburb of Morrisville, for $226.5 million, according to Triad Business Journal. The sale covers six parcels, including two new advanced manufacturing facilities, totaling 80 acres. The news outlet also reported the buyer secured an acquisition loan from Bank of America totaling $111.1 million. In December, the seller, affiliates of Starwood Capital Group and Trinity Capital Advisors, signed a nearly 1.3 million-square-foot lease with Millennium Print Group for 20 years, with a 20-year renewal option. Doug Cook of Cushman & Wakefield arranged the lease. The tenant is a subsidiary of The Pokemon Co. International and produces Pokemon playing cards. The company plans to occupy more than 400,000 square feet of existing space and a new ground-up building totaling 866,000 square feet that will deliver in 2027, according to a December press release from Trinity Capital. Triad Business Journal reports that the status of the construction and upfit for Millennium Print is “unclear” in light of the ownership change.

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ORLANDO, FLA. — PACE Loan Group (PLG) has provided a $32.2 million C-PACE loan for the development of Hyatt House, a 274-room extended stay hotel located at 6469 Westwood Blvd. in Orlando. The borrower is a joint venture between New York-based firms GFI Hospitality and LCP Group. The C-PACE loan will cover energy efficient HVAC systems, elevators, windows, high-efficiency plumbing, lighting and mechanical systems. The hotel will have direct access to the Orange County Convention Center upon completion, as well as an onsite restaurant, bar and a fitness center. About 60 percent of the hotel rooms will come equipped with a full kitchen. Crescent Hotels will operate and manage the Hyatt House hotel upon completion. The project team includes general contractor Cleveland Construction and architect Behar Peteranecz Inc.

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CORINTH, TEXAS — New York City-based Dwight Capital has provided a $31 million, HUD-insured construction loan for a 172-unit multifamily project that will be located in the North Texas city of Corinth. The project represents Phase II of a larger development known as Oxford at the Boulevard and will consist of five garden-style residential buildings, four parking garages, a dog park and onsite storage units. Phase I of Oxford at the Boulevard delivered 193 units. Brandon Baksh and Brian Yee of Dwight originated the nonrecourse loan through HUD’s 241(a) program for the borrower, Oxford Enterprises.

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HOUSTON — BMC Capital has arranged $7.7 million in financing for an unnamed multifamily property in Houston. The debt was structured with an interest rate of 6.16 percent, a 54 percent loan-to-value ratio, 10-year term and a 30-year amortization schedule. Keith Van Arsdale led the BMC team on the transaction. The direct lender and borrower were also not disclosed.

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NEW YORK CITY — Wells Fargo has provided $250 million in bridge financing for AtlanticBK, a newly delivered, 456-unit multifamily project located at 1057 Atlantic Ave. in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. Units at AtlanticBK, which rises 17 stories and includes 138 affordable residences, come in one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Amenities include a fitness center, lounge, golf simulator, game room, screening room, children’s playroom and a landscaped rooftop deck, as well as 31,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Drew Fletcher, Paul Fried and Bryan Grover of Greystone arranged the loan on behalf of the owner, Douglaston Development.

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NEW YORK CITY — CBRE has arranged a $28 million loan for the refinancing of a portfolio of five multifamily properties totaling 60 units in Manhattan. The properties, which collectively include seven retail spaces, are located at 301 E. 90th St., 714 Greenwich Ave., 723 11th Ave., 746 9th Ave. and 407 Amsterdam Ave. Shamir Seidman and Jeff Feldman of CBRE arranged the loan on behalf of the owners, Ed and Michael Ostad, which purchased the buildings in 2024 and implemented capital improvements. The direct lender was not disclosed.

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GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Bernard Financial Group (BFG) has arranged a $5 million permanent loan for a 55-unit multifamily property in Grand Forks. Joshua Bernard of BFG arranged the loan through a life insurance company. The borrower was a partnership between Holiday Air Owner LLC, Skyline Village Owner LLC and University Heights Owner LLC.

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HOUSTON — Greystone has provided a $36.6 million Freddie Mac loan for the refinancing of a 476-unit apartment community in Houston. The name of the property, which was originally built in 1966 and offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units, was not disclosed. The loan was structured with a fixed five-year term and full-term, interest-only payments. The borrower, which was also not disclosed, has invested in capital improvements since acquiring the property, including unit interior renovations and upgrades of building systems. Gill Dolan led the transaction for Greystone.

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FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — JLL has arranged a $185 million loan for The Main, a 25-story office building located at 201 E. Los Olas Blvd. in downtown Fort Lauderdale. Paul Stasaitis, Geoff Goldstein and Blake Koletic of JLL arranged the floating-rate loan through Nomura on behalf of the borrower, a joint venture between Stiles and Shorenstein Investment Advisors. Delivered in 2020, the LEED Gold-certified building spans 387,401 square feet and features VIP parking, a conference center, fitness center, amenity deck, tenant lounges and onsite restaurants including Moxie’s and Fogo de Chao. The Main was fully leased at the time of financing to tenants including JPMorgan Chase and Raymond James, among others.

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