BIRMINGHAM, ALA. — Parkview Financial has provided a $22.5 million loan for the redevelopment of a former American Red Cross office building in Birmingham. Built in 1947, the five-story, 140,000-square-foot building has sat vacant since 1999. The borrower, EPT Holdings, plans to use the financing to convert the property into Market Lofts on 3rd, which will comprise 192 affordable housing units and a 4,000-square-foot retail unit with 60 parking spaces. The unit mix will include 95 studios, 94 one-bedroom units and three two-bedroom units featuring stainless steel appliances, wood cabinets, ceramic tile and polished concrete floors. Amenities will include onsite laundry services, a fitness center, lounge on the third floor and a central courtyard. Construction is underway, and EPT Holdings plans to open the property in December 2023. The project team includes Birmingham-based Wyatt General Contractor LLC and Birmingham-based Hendon + Huckestein Architects.
Loans
Mag Mile Capital Arranges $8.6M Acquisition Loan for Days Inn Hotel in Downtown Baltimore
by John Nelson
BALTIMORE — Mag Mile Capital has arranged an $8.6 million acquisition loan for a 250-room Days Inn hotel located at 100 Hopkins Place in downtown Baltimore. The three-year, non-recourse, cash-out bridge loan was underwritten with an 8 percent interest rate with two-one year extension options. The borrower and direct lender were not disclosed. Situated near Baltimore’s Inner Harbor district and Oriole Park at Camden Yards, the Days Inn hotel features a 24-hour reception desk, bar and restaurant, business center, café, banquet facilities, fitness center, meeting room, onsite parking, a sundries market and an outdoor swimming pool.
COLONIE, N.Y. — Commercial finance and advisory firm Axiom Capital Corp. has arranged a $16 million permanent loan for the refinancing of a portfolio of 16 industrial buildings totaling 302,914 square feet in Colonie, located outside of Albany in upstate New York. The direct lender was a bank, and the borrower was a locally based private investment group. Both parties requested anonymity.
IOWA, NEBRASKA AND SOUTH DAKOTA — Northmarq has originated $199.1 million in Fannie Mae loans for the recapitalization of a 14-property multifamily portfolio located in Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota. Brett Hood of Northmarq arranged the 14 separate loans on behalf of the borrower, Minnesota-based Monitor Finance. The portfolio includes 2,784 units, 98 percent of which are affordable for residents who earn up to 60 percent of the area median income. The loan amounts ranged from $5.6 million to more than $36.8 million. All of the loans were at a 70 percent loan-to-value ratio. All of the properties had existing fixed-rate agency debt with approximately six to eight years of loan term remaining. Twelve of the properties are located in greater Des Moines, two in Davenport, two in Omaha and one in Sioux Falls, S.D. The largest loan was for Camelot Village, a 485-unit community in Omaha.
MINNEAPOLIS — Colliers Mortgage has provided a $21 million Fannie Mae Forward Conversion loan for the construction of Gateway Northeast in Minneapolis. The 128-unit affordable housing property is situated in the Riverfront District. Amenities include a lounge, business center, rooftop patio, fitness room, dog wash and outdoor patio. CommonBond Communities, a St. Paul-based nonprofit, is the developer. The loan features a 15.75-year term and a 480-year amortization schedule.
MONTCLAIR, N.J. — PGIM Real Estate has provided an $87.1 million loan for the refinancing of Valley & Bloom, a 258-unit multifamily property located in the Northern New Jersey community of Montclair. Valley & Bloom features studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units with stainless steel appliances and full-size washers and dryers, as well as roughly 20,000 square feet of both office and retail space. Residential amenities include two fitness centers, two rooftop decks, two courtyard lounges, a resident clubhouse and a children’s playroom. Jim Cadranell, Jon Mikula and Michael Lachs of JLL arranged the seven-year, floating-rate loan on behalf of the borrower, a joint venture between LCOR Inc. and Madison International Realty.
CFG Provides $32.9M Construction Financing for Assisted Living, Memory Care Facility in Temecula, California
by Amy Works
TEMECULA, CALIF. — Capital Funding Group (CFG) has provided a $32.9 million construction loan for the ground-up development of Varenita of Temecula. The 108-bed assisted living and memory care facility is located in Temecula, within Riverside County between Los Angeles and San Diego. The borrower and developer is Griffin Living. Brightwater Senior Living will operate the facility upon completion. The financing features a Commercial Property-Assessed Clean Energy (CPACE) structure, which allows building owners to borrow money for energy efficiency, renewable energy or other projects and make repayments via an assessment on the property tax bill. The financing arrangement then remains with the property even if it is sold, facilitating long-term investments in building performance.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — PGIM Real Estate has provided a $77 million acquisition loan for Centro South, a 164,976-square-foot, newly constructed office building in Austin. Centro South represents Phase II of a larger development, and the sister building, Centro North, will be complete later this summer. At the time of the loan closing, Centro South was 96 percent leased, with Australian software developer Atlassian serving as the anchor tenant. The borrower, AEW Capital Management LP, acquired the five-story building from the developer, Riverside Resources, which will retain management responsibilities.
TAMPA, FLA. — Northmarq’s Tampa office has arranged four loans totaling approximately $16.7 million for the refinancing of a retail portfolio in the metro Tampa area. The four assets include Carrollwood Regency Plaza and The Pointe at Tampa Palms in Tampa, North Tampa Shores in Oldsmar and Triple Crown Plaza in Ocala. Together the centers span 115,309 square feet of retail space. Robert Hernandez of Northmarq arranged the loans, each of which were underwritten with 10-year terms and 30-year amortization schedules. An unnamed life insurance company provided the loans on behalf of the undisclosed borrower.
Lument Provides $11M Agency Loan for Refinancing of Abby Glen Apartments in Madison, Alabama
by John Nelson
MADISON, ALA. — Lument has provided an $11 million Fannie Mae loan for the refinancing of Abby Glen Apartments, a 120-unit multifamily community in the Huntsville suburb of Madison. Built in 2001, the property comprises nine one-story buildings, a rental office and a single-family home, with units available furnished or unfurnished. Amenities include a laundry facility, swimming pool, fire pit/grilling area, fitness center, dog park and a bocce ball court. Bryan Cullen of Lument originated the 10-year loan, which features six years of interest-only payments, a fixed interest rate, cash-out proceeds and a 30-year amortization schedule. The sponsor was multifamily investor Steven Gouletas. Cullen says the loan refinances a Fannie Mae acquisition loan originated in 2008.