ORLANDO, FLA. — A joint venture led by Trinity Investments has secured a $750 million loan for the refinancing of Grande Lakes Orlando Resort, a resort that includes two luxury hotels and a golf course. Situated on the south side of Orlando, the 409-acre development comprises the 582-room Ritz-Carlton hotel, the 1,010-room JW Marriott hotel and an 18-hole golf course designed by Greg Norman. An undisclosed lender provided the floating-rate CMBS loan to the Trinity-led joint venture, which acquired the resort in 2018. Since its acquisition, Grande Lakes Orlando Resort has undergone renovations to the rooms and public areas, as well as the addition of 12 guestrooms, new food-and-beverage experiences and a pool renovation that includes a new waterpark. Trinity estimates the renovations totaled $118 million.
NEW YORK CITY — SCALE Lending, the debt financing arm of locally based development and investment firm Slate Property Group, has provided a $142 million construction loan for a 521-unit multifamily project in the Jamaica area of Queens. The building at 147-35 95th Ave. will rise 24 stories and offer studio, one- and two-bedroom units. The property will also house 363 parking spaces and 1,231 square feet of retail space. Residential amenities will include a gym with a yoga room, children’s playroom, business center and conference rooms, rooftop lounge, game room, theater room and a TikTok room. The sponsor, Sutphin Boulevard Equities, will use the proceeds to fund the final stages of construction, as well as lease-up and stabilization of the property. Steve Hersko of SHB Group arranged the 30-month, floating-rate loan. Completion is slated for next summer. Other project partners include Heartfelt Townhouse Builders, structural engineer Thorton Tomassetti and J Frankl Architects.
TEMPE, ARIZ. — Coastal Ridge has received a $130 million recapitalization for Nine20, a 775-bed student housing community located near the Arizona State University campus in Tempe. Through the transaction, Coastal Ridge will remain as owner of the property alongside Virtus Real Estate Capital. Constructed in 2018, the community offers a mix of studio through five-bedroom units. Shared amenities include a resort-style swimming pool, two-story fitness center, poolside cabanas with hammocks, a grilling area, “muscle beach,” outdoor green space and a private parking garage. TSB Capital Advisors acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Coastal Ridge on the transaction.
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. — Driftwood Capital has obtained $115 million in refinancing for Scottsdale McCormick Ranch, a conference center resort in Scottsdale. MetLife Investment Management, the institutional asset management business of MetLife, provided the loan. Driftwood’s $40 million renovation of Scottsdale McCormick Ranch Resort includes a complete redesign of all guest rooms, expanded food and beverage offerings, and the addition of 12 five-bedroom villas and a full-service luxury spa. Upon completion, the resort will be part of the Curio brand within the Hilton Worldwide portfolio. Built in 1976 and claiming to be “the country’s first true conference center resort,” the property is adjacent to two 18-hole golf courses. The resort features 90,000 square feet of indoor-outdoor meeting and event space, two outdoor swimming pools, a spa and fitness center, several food and beverage outlets, a speakeasy, and interactive venue space with a golf simulator and pool table. The property is located within the planned community of McCormick Ranch. Driftwood Hospitality Management, an affiliate of Driftwood Capital, will assume management responsibilities.
AURORA, COLO. — KeyBank has provided a total of $36.3 million in financing for the construction of Elevate at Aurora, an affordable apartment community in Aurora. Columbia Ventures is the sponsor, with the Housing Authority of the City of Aurora serving as special limited partner. KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment (CDLI) provided $30 million in Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) equity, including $5.5 million of Colorado State tax credit equity and $292,744 of solar tax credit equity. KeyBank CDLI also provided a $6.3 million equity bridge loan. KeyBank Commercial Mortgage Group placed $31.2 million in private activity bonds through one of its capital markets investors, structured as a construction-to-permanent, tax-exempt loan. Elevate at Aurora will feature 137 apartments in a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom units for households earning between 30 percent and 70 percent of area median income. The project will also include construction of a new community service facility that will primarily serve as the Aurora location for CrossPurpose, a nonprofit provider of workforce development services, and Living Hope Community Church, a bilingual church that provides before- and after-school programming. Kortney Brown and Sara Geis of KeyBank CDLI structured the balance sheet financing. Hector Zuniga of …
AZUSA, CALIF. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged $84 million in post-close acquisition financing for Azusa Industrial Center in Azusa, approximately 20 miles east of Los Angeles. The borrower was IDS Real Estate Group. Built between 1986 and 1987, the three-building, 432,500-square-foot asset is fully leased to four tenants. Spanning 23.6 acres, the property features a total of 73 dock doors, seven grade-level doors, truck courts ranging from 130 feet to 160 feet and clear heights ranging from 24 feet to 30 feet. Matt Stewart, Ace Sudah and Daniel Skerrett of JLL Capital Markets secured the four-year, floating-rate loan through PGIM Real Estate’s debt fund focused on transitional bridge lending. Jace Bertegs led the PGIM Real Estate team.
OKLAHOMA CITY — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus of Millichap, has arranged $63 million in financing for a project that will convert two historic buildings in downtown Oklahoma City into a 265-unit apartment complex. The buildings were originally constructed in the early 1920s, and the new complex will be the known as The Harlow. Amenities will include a fitness center, game room, pet spa, coffee shop, coworking space, conference rooms, movie theater, bowling lanes and group meeting space. Todd McNeill and Sunny Sajnani of IPA arranged the financing, which included a $40.3 million senior construction loan and an undisclosed amount of federal and state historic tax credit equity. The borrower was Gardner Tanenbaum. A construction timeline was not disclosed.
UNION, MO. — Colliers Mortgage has provided an $11 million Fannie Mae loan for the refinancing of Hummingbird Heights, a 108-unit multifamily property in Union, about 50 miles southwest of St. Louis. The garden-style community is comprised of 21 buildings. Adrian Hartman of Colliers originated the loan on behalf of the borrower, an entity doing business as Hummingbird Heights LLC. According to Colliers, the refinancing enabled ownership to recoup a portion of equity deployed during development, reposition conventional debt to nonrecourse freeing up future development borrowing capabilities, and boost cash flow due to the longer amortization and interest-only period.
WARNER ROBINS, GA. — Colliers Mortgage has provided an $8 million Fannie Mae loan for the refinancing of Skylar Pointe Apartment Homes, a 112-unit multifamily community located in Warner Robins. Amenities at the community include a clubhouse, swimming pool, playground, laundry facility and picnic areas. The seven-year financing features a 30-year amortization schedule. An entity doing business as ATL21WR Owner LLC was the borrower.
PHILADELPHIA — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged undisclosed amounts of construction financing and joint venture equity for a 40,000-square-foot industrial project in Philadelphia that is a build-to-suit for Stateside Vodka. The facility will be located within Crown 95 Logistics Center, a 381,200-square-foot development on the city’s northeast side, and will feature a clear height of 28 feet and seven loading docks. John Alascio, Aaron Graves, Chuck Kohaut, T.J. Sullivan, Mitch Rothstein and Claire Oster of Cushman & Wakefield arranged the debt through Univest and the equity from Tramview Capital Management. The borrower/developer was not disclosed.