NEW YORK CITY — New Jersey-based intermediary Cronheim Mortgage has arranged a $15.4 million loan for the refinancing of the Hampton Inn Manhattan/Downtown-Financial District. The pet-friendly, recently renovated hotel has 81 rooms and offers amenities such as a fitness center, business center and complimentary breakfast. David Turley led the Cronheim team that arranged the loan through an undisclosed national bank on behalf of the borrower, Virginia-based Shamin Hotels.
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Property Owners Recalibrate Expectations Following Financing Challenge, Shifting Vacancy Rates
High costs, modulating occupancies and a lack of financing options reshaped the industrial, office, retail and multifamily sectors in the fourth quarter of 2023, signaling the determining factors for 2024, according to Lee & Associates’ 2023 Q4 North America Market Report. The industrial sector saw stabilizing tenant demand — the number of new buildings delivered increased in the fourth quarter, while new construction starts slowed. Meanwhile, the office sector’s struggles deepened as more than half of the office leases signed pre-2020 approach their expiration by 2026. With low-rate loans maturing into a high-rate environment, the factors troubling the office sector seem insurmountable in this decade. In the retail market, low vacancies did not lead to booming construction in that sector in the last quarter of 2023 — financing costs plus land and labor costs have hampered new development in spite of high demand. Finally, the health of multifamily markets is tied closely to geography. Sun Belt multifamily properties and their Midwest and Northeastern market counterparts are seeing reversals from the multifamily trends of 2021: formerly fast-growing Sun Belt markets are experiencing slowed rent growth or rent decline, while rent growth for slower-growing, major North and Midwestern metros has grown steadily. Lee & Associates …
BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS — BridgeCore has provided an acquisition loan of an undisclosed amount for an unnamed, 60-unit multifamily property in the South Texas city of Brownsville. The loan carries a two-year term with a six-month extension option and a 67 percent loan-to-value ratio. The undisclosed borrower, which acquired the property via a 1031 exchange, will use a portion of the proceeds to fund capital improvements.
DELRAY BEACH, FLA. — Berta Management has secured an $18.5 million loan for the refinancing of Delray Corner, a shopping center located at 14802 S. Military Trail in Delray Beach. Justin Neelis of Concord Summit Capital arranged the five-year, fixed-rate financing on behalf of the borrower. The South Florida retail center comprises 86,043 square feet of leasable space. Michaels is scheduled to open a 25,600-square-foot store in the first quarter of this year as the new anchor tenant, taking over a renovated space formerly occupied by Bed Bath & Beyond. Other tenants at the property include Conviva, CVS/pharmacy and Starbucks Coffee.
HYATTSVILLE, MD. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged an $18.4 million loan to finance the acquisition of Metro Shops, a retail center located in the Washington, D.C., suburb of Hyattsville. Michael Klein, Max Custer, Brian Buglione and Benjamin Morgenthal of JLL secured the financing through Loews Corp. on behalf of the borrower, Northpath Investments. Built in 2007 at 2900 Belcrest Center Drive, Metro Shops totals 160,623 square feet and is situated across from the 1 million-square-foot Mall at Prince George’s. Tenants at the center include Bob’s Discount Furniture, Staples, LA Fitness, Dunkin’ and Citibank.
SHERMAN, TEXAS — New York City-based Lument has provided an $11.3 million Freddie Mac loan for the refinancing of Easton Parc Apartments, a 232-unit multifamily property located in the North Texas city of Sherman. Built in 1986 and renovated in 2013, the garden-style property consists of 22 buildings on nearly nine acres. Amenities include a pool, clubhouse, dog park and onsite laundry facilities. Sloan Stevens of Lument originated the 10-year loan, which is structured with five years of interest-only payments and a 30-year amortization schedule. The borrower was not disclosed.
ELMONT, N.Y. — The Feil Organization has refinanced Home Depot Shopping Center, a 269,490-square-foot property located at 600 Hempstead Turnpike in the Long Island community of Elmont. Feil has owned the property since 1992. At the time of the loan closing, the center was fully leased, with Marshalls and Target serving as the other anchor tenants. Estreich & Co. arranged the $23.5 million loan for the refinancing through Principal Asset Management on behalf of Feil.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Ariel Property Advisors has arranged a $5.5 million cash-out refinancing for Guadalupe Plaza, a shopping center in Albuquerque. The grocery-anchored plaza features 87,000 square feet of retail space. Matt Swerdlow, Matthew Dzbanek and Rhea Vivek of Ariel Property’s Capital Services Group secured the financing for the borrower, a New Jersey-based investor. The 15-year loan includes one year of interest-only payments and a 30-year amortization schedule at a 75 percent loan-to-value ratio with no prepayment penalty.
OSAGE BEACH, MO. — Driftwood Capital has received a $60.5 million loan for the refinancing of the Margaritaville Lake Resort, Lake of the Ozarks. The 520-room resort is located in Osage Beach, a central Missouri city situated along the Lake of the Ozarks. Located at 494 Tan Tar A Drive, the property includes a full-service marina, championship golf course, indoor water park, spa and seven restaurants and bars. Driftwood acquired the asset in 2017 and rebranded it from the Tan-Tar-A Resort into a Margaritaville hotel. Michael Weinberg and Scott Wadler of Driftwood worked with Alec Fox of Berkadia to secure the loan through Goldman Sachs Bank USA and Starwood Mortgage Capital. The five-year loan features interest-only payments for the full term.
SANTA ANA, CALIF. — Gantry Inc. has negotiated $128 million in construction-to-permanent financing from three separate lenders for the development of Legado at the Met in Santa Ana, less than 10 miles southeast of Anaheim. The borrower was Legado Cos. Legado at the Met will comprise 258 market-rate apartments. The Class A development will be situated at 200 E. First American Way, across from First American Title’s headquarters. While a construction timeline for the project was not officially disclosed, Apartments.com states that the property will open in 2025. According to the City of Santa Ana’s government website, the community will rise six stories. Units will come in studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts ranging from 612 to 1,783 square feet in size. The property will also include a 617-space parking garage. George Mitsanas and Amit Tyagi of Gantry’s Los Angeles production office arranged the financing on behalf of the borrower. Gantry’s production team underwrote the complex financing in three tranches with three of the firm’s correspondent life company lenders. Gantry will service all three loans. — Channing Hamilton