Loans

City-Line-Bayonne

BAYONNE, N.J. — Walker & Dunlop has arranged a $36 million loan for the refinancing of City Line Bayonne, a 162-unit apartment complex in Northern New Jersey. The property features 16 studios, 124 one-bedroom units and 22 two-bedroom residences, as well as amenities such as a rooftop deck, fitness center and a pet spa. John Banas, Kris Wood, John Wilson, Rhett Saltiel and Erik DiGirolamo of Walker & Dunlop originated the 10-year loan on behalf of the borrower, locally based developer The PRC Group. The direct lender was not disclosed.

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NEW YORK CITY — Short Term Capital, a locally based family office, has funded a $4.5 million acquisition loan for a 13,000-square-foot, five-story office building located at 150 W. 36th St. in Midtown Manhattan. The borrower, an undisclosed private investor, is under contract to purchase the building, which includes ground-floor retail space, from Falcon Properties for $6.5 million.

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WILMINGTON, DEL. — Pennsylvania-based developer MRA Group has received $63 million for the redevelopment of Chestnut Run Innovation & Science Park, a 164-acre, 14-building development in Wilmington. MRA Group will use the funds to continue renovations of the campus’ 14 buildings to support lab, R&D and advanced manufacturing uses. Additional plans for the campus include a hotel, fitness center, conference facilities, an outdoor amphitheater and accommodations for food services. Fulton Bank, in conjunction with Nuveen Green Capital through C-PACE, financed $50 million of the funds, while WSFS Bank provided the remaining $13 million.

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BROCKTON, MASS. — MassHousing has provided $12.9 million in financing for Bixby Brockton Apartments, a 106-unit affordable seniors housing complex located on the southern outskirts of Boston. The complex houses 88 one-bedroom apartments and 18 two-bedroom apartments, with two units occupied by maintenance and security staff. The borrower, Affordable Housing & Services Collaborative Inc., will use the proceeds to fund capital improvements and extend the property’s affordability status. Among the improvements slated for the property are unit repairs, two new heating systems, a new fence, security camera upgrades and the extension of a laundry room.

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Multifamily Markets Navigate Challenges Alex Virtue

When Zelman & Associates’ 2023 Virtual Housing Summit opens in September, Alex Virtue will take the stage as a newly appointed managing director who has been charged with expanding the firm’s investment banking coverage of multifamily and other commercial real estate property sectors. Virtue joined the institutional research advisory and investment firm in May with over two decades of experience in mergers and acquisition transactions and capital raising across real estate sectors in both the public and private capital markets. His resume includes senior positions with Merrill Lynch, Eastdil Secured/Wells Fargo Securities, CBRE Capital Advisors and Xebec, an industrial developer and asset manager. Zelman & Associates, founded in 2007, was acquired by Bethesda, Md.-based commercial real estate finance and advisory firm Walker & Dunlop in 2021. “My focus at Zelman and Walker & Dunlop is broadening the firm’s reach on entity-level transactions in multifamily and related housing sectors such as single-family rentals, built-for-rent, student housing, affordable housing and manufactured housing communities, as well as other commercial real estate sectors,” says Virtue “I would characterize my concentration as bringing traditional banking investment expertise, knowledge and services across the Walker & Dunlop platform and working with my colleagues to bring these advisory …

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MCLEAN, VA. — Capital One has provided $200 million in financing in separate deals for four multifamily properties totaling roughly 1,300 units in New York and New Jersey. Balance sheet transactions included a refinance of Ramblewood Apartments in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, and a refinance of Mid-Island in Bayshore, New York. Both deals featured fixed-rate loans with full term interest-only payments. Agency transactions included a seven-year, fixed-rate Freddie Mac loan with full-term, interest-only payments to refinance Eagle Rock Apartments at Freehold in Freehold, New Jersey. The team also arranged a Freddie Mac supplemental loan for Vista Point Apartments in Wappinger Falls, New York. Abe Hirsch and Zev Karpel of Meridian Capital Group arranged the loans on behalf of the borrower, Eagle Rock. Todd Phillips and Michael Maidhof led the transactions for Capital One.

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RIALTO, CALIF. — Birtcher Development LLC has received $75 million in construction financing for the development of Birtcher Logistics Center Rialto, a Class A logistics facility currently under construction in the Inland Empire city of Rialto. Situated on 21 acres, the 492,631-square-foot property will feature 40-foot clear heights, 62 dock-high doors, 5,642 square feet of ground-floor office space and 5,221 square feet of mezzanine space. Additionally, the site will offer 90 trailer parking spaces and 287 auto parking spaces. Greg Brown, Peter Thompson and Spencer Seibring of JLL Capital Markets’ debt advisory team secured the nonrecourse loan from the lender, Principal Global Investors.

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ATLANTA — Greystone Monticello, a joint venture between Greystone and Monticelloam LLC, has provided two loans totaling $68.3 million for the refinancing of The Irby, a 12-story apartment building in Atlanta’s Buckhead district. The financing comprised a $60.3 million bridge loan and an $8 million mezzanine loan. Greystone Commercial Capital, a division of Greystone, arranged the financing on behalf of the borrower, an affiliate of Lone Star Funds. The Irby was developed in 2020 and features 277 studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments, as well as a resort-style saltwater pool, elevated courtyard with a fire pit and grilling station, private cabanas, 24-hour athletic club and yoga studio, complimentary wine on-tap, sauna, media and game room, onsite pet spa, bike room and repair station, Peloton bikes, high-rise lookout terrace, 24/7 concierge and a curated art program.

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KISSIMMEE, FLA. — Concord Summit Capital has arranged a $42 million bridge loan for the refinancing of The Promenade at Sunset Walk – Margaritaville Resort, a 192,659-square-foot shopping center within the Sunset Walk master-planned development in Kissimmee. The property is situated along U.S. Highway 192 near Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom, EPCOT Center and MGM Studios. Kevin O’Grady and Justin Neelis of Concord Summit’s Miami office arranged the loan on behalf of the borrower, Encore Capital Management. The sponsor will use the loan to repay the original construction loan and access excess cash. Built in late 2019 and early 2020, The Promenade was fully leased at the time of financing to tenants including Skechers, BurgerFi, Cold Stone Creamery, Studio Movie Grill, Fat Tuesdays and Ford’s Garage.

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Westin-Grand-Central

NEW YORK CITY — JLL has arranged a loan of an undisclosed amount for the refinancing of Westin Grand Central, a 774-room hotel located at 212 E. 42nd St. in Midtown Manhattan. Built in 1981, the property features 13,000 square feet of meeting and event space, a restaurant and lobby bar, fitness center and a 144-space parking deck. Kevin Davis and Mark Fisher of JLL arranged the floating-rate financing through funds managed by Apollo Global Management. The borrower was an undisclosed global investment management firm that has owned the hotel since early 2019.

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