MELROSE PARK, ILL. — NewMark Merrill Cos. has received a $31.2 million loan for the recapitalization of Winston Plaza in the Chicago suburb of Melrose Park. The 410,000-square-foot shopping center is situated at the corner of North Avenue and 9th Street. The three-year, floating-rate loan includes funds for property improvements and lease-up. Bryan Gortikov of Gortikov Enterprises arranged the loan with Wells Fargo Bank. Anchor tenants at Winston Plaza include Best Buy, Ross Dress for Less, Marshalls, Dollar Tree and Five Below. Cermak Fresh Market purchased a 90,000-square-foot building at the center with plans to open a new grocery store by the end of the year.
Loans
LISLE, ILL. — Byline Bank, a subsidiary of Byline Bancorp Inc. (NYSE: BY), has provided an $11 million loan for the acquisition of a three-building flex industrial portfolio totaling 157,000 square feet in Lisle. A joint venture between Integris Ventures and Starlight Equity Partners was the borrower. Upon acquisition, the buyers plan to implement a capital improvements program. The seller was undisclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Deutsche Bank has provided a $285 million loan for the refinancing of The Offices at Essex Crossing, located on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. The 350,000-square-foot complex is part of the 2 million-square-foot Essex Crossing mixed-use development and is 50 percent leased following a 140,000-square-foot commitment from Verizon last winter. The borrower is Delancey Street Associates, which is a joint venture of Taconic Partners, L+M Development Partners, BFC Partners, The Prusik Group and Goldman Sachs Asset Management. JLL and Walker & Dunlop arranged the financing on behalf of Delancey Street Associates.
MIAMI — JDS Development Group has received $86 million in acquisition and construction financing for 1 Southside Park, a 64-story mixed-use project in Miami’s Brickell neighborhood. Plans call for 1,175 apartment units, 190,000 square feet of office space, a 200-room hotel, 10,000 square feet of retail space and 1,400 parking spaces. The development will include the country’s first Treehouse Hotel, along with multiple food and beverage outlets and public spaces. As part of the Brickell Rapid Transit Zone, the project will enhance access to public transportation, provide direct connection to The Underline and reinvigorate Southside Park, according to JDS. The Underline is a 10-mile linear park, urban trail and public destination being built on land below Miami’s Metrorail that is opening in phases through 2025. Southside Park’s proposed design enhancements include an enclosed dog run, seating areas, water features, opportunities for public art, playgrounds, a new basketball court and space for active programming such as movie nights and community sports events. A Walker & Dunlop team led by Aaron Appel, Keith Kurland, Jonathan Schwartz and Adam Schwartz arranged the financing through Maxim Capital Group. An existing land acquisition loan was replaced with a bridge construction loan at a lower interest …
Live Oak, Locust Point Provide $28M Construction Loan for Assisted Living, Memory Care Community in San Diego
by Amy Works
SAN DIEGO — Live Oak Bank and Locust Point Capital have provided a $28 million loan for the development of an 81-unit assisted living and memory care community in the Clairemont neighborhood of San Diego. The borrower is a partnership between RhodesMoore and Frontier Management. The urban infill development will consist of a 73,000-square-foot building and parking deck situated on 1.5 acres. Frontier will be the operator upon completion.
Northmarq Arranges $33M Refinancing for Seniors Housing Community in Bellevue, Washington
by Amy Works
BELLEVUE, WASH. — Northmarq has arranged a $33 million refinancing for The Gardens at Town Square, a seniors housing community located in downtown Bellevue. The 168-unit community is in a five-story, mid-rise building built in 1998 and includes a mix of independent living, assisted living and memory care. The borrower is ERA Living. The loan was structured with a 10-year term, fixed rate and 30-year amortization with one year of interest-only payments. Loan proceeds retired $20.4 million in existing agency debt and returned equity to the borrower. Stuart Oswald, senior vice president/managing director of Northmarq’s Seattle office, arranged the transaction. A correspondent life insurance company provided the capital.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — J.P. Morgan Chase has provided a $75.6 million construction loan to Urban Atlantic and Triden Development Group for The Reynard, a 344-unit apartment development in Washington, D.C. The property will be part of The Parks at Walter Reed, a 66-acre redevelopment of the former Walter Reed Army Medical Center in northwest D.C. The project represents the eighth ground-up project at the mixed-use campus. Urban Atlantic and Triden, in partnership with an opportunity zone investment from CrossHarbor Capital Partners, will build the apartment building on a 2.3-acre site adjacent to the Whole Foods Market-anchored Parks Marketplace. Amenities at The Reynard will include coworking space, a fitness center, resort-style pool and a maker space with podcast studios. Unit types range from studios to three -bedrooms, including 11 live-work units with storefronts along Georgia Avenue and 26 income-restricted apartments reserved for households earning 80 percent or less of the area median income. Bozzuto will manage The Reynard upon completion, which is expected to be roughly 24 months following the ground breaking.
HOUSTON — Lev, a commercial financing platform based in New York City, has arranged an $11.7 million bridge loan for the refinancing of an undisclosed, 292-unit multifamily property in Houston. Justin Piasecki, Richard Sutton and Max Lipner of Lev originated the three-year, floating-rate, interest-only loan. The borrower, Los Angeles-based Claridge Properties, originally acquired the asset in December 2020 and subsequently implemented a range of capital improvements.
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. — JLL has arranged a $105 million loan for the refinancing of 360 Huguenot, a 28-story apartment building located in the downtown area of New Rochelle, a northern suburb of New York City. Built in 2019, the property comprises 252 market-rate apartments, 28 affordable housing units that are reserved for renters earning 80 percent or less of the area median income and 13,538 square feet of retail space. Amenities include a fitness center with a yoga studio, a private indoor/outdoor resident lounge and a valet parking garage. Mike Tepedino, Michael Gigliotti, Kelly Gaines, Jillian Mariutti, Phil Cadorette and Joy Dracos of JLL arranged the loan through Miami-based Rialto Capital Management on behalf of the borrower, New York-based RXR Realty.
NEW YORK CITY — Los Angeles-based Parkview Financial has provided a $70 million loan for the construction and refinancing of a 61,513-square-foot office building in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village area. Approximately 8,000 square feet of that total will be reserved as ground-floor and below-grade retail space. The borrower, Real Estate Equities Corp., acquired the 99-year leasehold interest on the land in 2017 and demolished the existing structures on the site. However, construction delays required the project’s capital stack to be restructured and the original loans underlying the leasehold to be recapitalized. Parkview’s loan includes the refinancing of the existing land loan as well as construction financing. Development has now begun with project completion slated for June 2024.