MORRISVILLE, N.Y. — KeyBank has provided $21 million in financing for Community View Apartments, a 61-unit affordable housing project that will be located in Morrisville, about 30 miles southeast of Syracuse. The financing consists of a $9 million construction loan and $12 million in Low-Income Housing Tax Credit equity. Residences will serve renters age 55 and above that earn between 30 and 60 percent of the area median income. Roughly a third of the units will target individuals that were either formerly or are currently at risk of homelessness or have physical disabilities. John Paul Vachon and Kate De La Garza of KeyBank structured the financing. The sponsor is Christopher Community Inc., a nonprofit based in Syracuse.
FRANKFORT AND ROSSVILLE, IND. — Maverick Commercial Mortgage Inc. has arranged a $4 million loan for the refinancing of an 81-unit multifamily portfolio in Frankfort and Rossville. A regional lending institution provided the 10-year, fixed-rate loan, which features one year of interest-only payments. The portfolio is 97 percent occupied. The borrower is based in Lafayette, Ind.
NEW YORK CITY — A partnership between Gilbane Development Co., Hudson Cos. and MHANY Management Inc. has received $297 million in financing to develop the second phase of The Peninsula, a mixed-use project in the Hunts Point neighborhood of The Bronx. Construction of Phase II is scheduled to begin later this summer and to be complete in 2026. Phase II of The Peninsula will consist of 359 affordable housing units across two buildings, a 50,000-square-foot public plaza, open green space, a 155-space parking garage and a 20,000-square-foot community center. The site spans a full city block and formerly housed the Spofford Juvenile Detention Center. WXY Studios is the lead architect for the project. The majority (312) of the residences will be reserved for households earning 60 percent or less of the area median income, and the remainder will be set aside for renters that were formerly homeless. Units will come in studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Residential amenities will include a fitness center, children’s play area, tenant lounge and outdoor terraces. The development team is now accepting resident applications. Phase I of the development was completed in 2022 and comprises 183 affordable housing units, a 14,000-square-foot cultural arts …
SEGUIN, TEXAS — A joint venture between Periscope Capital Investment and Verdot Capital has received a $32.1 million construction loan for The Virginia, a 198-unit development in the western San Antonio suburb of Seguin. The Virginia will rise three stories and offer one-, two- and three-bedroom units. Alanna Ellis, Jeff Lepley and Alex Sheaffer of JLL arranged the 15-year, floating-rate loan through an undisclosed regional bank on behalf of the development team. The first phase of the project is slated for a 2024 completion. A second phase is set to deliver in 2025, bringing the total units at the community to 424.
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Rising Interest Rates Take Toll on Fannie, Freddie Deal Volume
The multifamily divisions of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are off to a slow start this year as the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), their network of lending partners and multifamily borrowers contend with rising interest rates. Fannie Mae’s volume of new multifamily business totaled $10.2 billion in the first quarter of 2023, which is a 36 percent decrease from the same period a year earlier when the agency closed $16 billion. Freddie Mac closed $6 billion in new multifamily business in the first quarter, a year-over-year decrease of 60 percent. Seasoned agency lending professionals all point to elevated borrowing costs as the primary reason for the two agencies closing less business thus far in 2023. “The rapid increase in rates across the board has really been a shock to the industry,” says Vic Clark, senior managing director and head of conventional multifamily production at Lument. At its May meeting, the Federal Open Markets Committee raised the federal funds rate to a target range of 5 to 5.25 percent. The fed funds rate is the interest rate that U.S. banks charge each other to lend funds overnight. This time a year ago, the short-term benchmark rate was at a range of 0.75 …
MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. — Mesa West Capital has provided a $71.5 million loan for the refinancing of The Cooper, a 344-unit apartment community located on a 30-acre site at 331 Harper Pointe Drive in Mount Pleasant, a suburb of Charleston. Richard Jordan of CBRE’s Atlanta office arranged the floating-rate loan on behalf of the borrower, Atlanta-based Audubon. Proceeds from the financing repaid an existing loan and feature a future funding component to complete ongoing in-unit and community-wide renovations, including the reconstruction of 16 units that were fire-damaged in October 2019. The Cooper was built in 1986 and acquired by Audubon in December 2020.
NEW YORK CITY — A partnership between Tishman Speyer and Silverstein Properties has received a $330 million loan for the refinancing of 11 West 42nd Street, a 960,000-square-foot office building in Midtown Manhattan. Originally constructed in 1927, the 32-story building was 99 percent leased at the time of the loan closing. Tenants include Michael Kors, Citizen’s Bank & Trust, New York University and Kohn Pederson Fox. Bank of America served as the senior lender, and Taconic Capital provided mezzanine financing. Dustin Stolly, Jordan Roeschlaub, Nick Scribani, Chris Kramer, Issa Abbassi and Holden Witkoff of Newmark arranged the debt, which was structured with a five-year term and a fixed interest rate, on behalf of ownership.
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — JLL has arranged a $17.5 million loan for the refinancing of two office and healthcare buildings totaling 218,372 square feet in White Plains, located north of New York City in Westchester County. The adjacent buildings were 86.5 percent leased at the time of the loan closing and offer amenities such as a renovated café, childcare facility and a fitness center. Michael Klein, Max Custer and Benjamin Morgenthal of JLL arranged the five-year, fixed-rate loan through Centreville Bank on behalf of the borrower, Northpath Investments.
LAWRENCE, MASS. — MassDevelopment and Reading Cooperative Bank have provided a $6.6 million loan for a project that will convert two vacant buildings in Lawrence, located near the Massachusetts-New Hampshire border, into a 24-unit affordable housing complex. The buildings previously housed a mix of office and retail uses, and the residential complex will include a food hall in the remaining retail space. MassDevelopment and Reading Cooperative Bank were equal participants in the loan, and MassDevelopment also enhanced the loan with a guarantee. Construction will begin in July and last about a year. The borrower is The Jowamar Cos.
OAKHURST, CALIF. — Bayview PACE has provided a $19.8 million financing agreement for the construction of a new 125-room hotel in Oakhurst, about 16 miles south of Yosemite National Park. The financing will enable the start of construction on the resort, which aims to attract adventure and lifestyle travelers. The project will feature luxury accommodations, a full restaurant and bar, meeting spaces and other amenities. Waterton and equity partner Argosy Real Estate are the developers.