Loans

SAN ANTONIO, FLA. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged $25.8 million in construction financing for Phase I of Park 52 Logistics North, a 299,030-square-foot speculative industrial project in the metro Tampa . Melissa Rose, Michael DiCosimo, Justin Ratcliffe and Nicole Barba of JLL arranged the three-year, floating-rate construction loan on behalf of the borrower, McCraney Property Co. Scheduled for completion in November, the 78-acre project will comprise three rear-load buildings ranging from 80,745 square feet to 130,865 square feet. Additionally, each building will feature four drive-in doors and car parking spaces and 24- to 30-foot clear heights, as well as suite sizes that can accommodate up to 46,000 square feet. Located with direct frontage along State Road 52 in San Antonio, Park 52 Logistics North is adjacent to the 965-acre Double Branch master-planned mixed-use community, which is expected to generate $600 million in economic impact, according to JLL.

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CHELSEA, MASS. — MassHousing has provided $10.6 million in financing for 375 Broadway, a 62-unit affordable housing project in Chelsea, a northeastern suburb of Boston. The financing consists of $7.7 million in permanent financing and $2.9 million in workforce housing financing. The developer, a partnership between Arx Urban and Boston Communities, will construct a 43-unit building from the ground up and rehabilitate a 19-building. Units will come in studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans and will feature a range of income restrictions. Construction is expected to be complete by the end of 2026.

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NEW YORK CITY — New York City-based ERG Commercial Real Estate has arranged a $7 million construction loan for a 28-unit multifamily project that will be located in the Jamaica area of Queens. The building will be located at 166-13 91st St. and will rise 16 stories. Information on specific floor plans and amenities, as well as the direct lender and borrower, was not disclosed.

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MIAMI BEACH, FLA. — Terra and Turnberry have received $392 million in financing for the construction of Grand Hyatt Miami Beach, an 800-room hotel situated adjacent to the Miami Beach Convention Center. TYKO Capital, a New York City-based private equity and private credit investment management platform, provided the financing to the South Florida-based developers.  Grand Hyatt Miami Beach will rise 17 stories at 17th Street and Convention Center Drive. The property will offer 12 floors of guest rooms, including 52 suites with views of Miami Beach. Additionally, four floors will feature meeting and ballroom spaces. Guests will have access to a pool deck with panoramic city views, a restaurant, lobby lounge and bar, as well as street-level retail space. The hotel will feature direct access to the Miami Beach Convention Center via a climate-controlled sky bridge. Plans for the development also call for new public spaces, pedestrian-friendly promenades, bike-sharing stations and connectivity to public transit. According to sources familiar with the transaction, Eastdil Secured was involved in arranging the debt on behalf of Terra and Turnberry. Arquitectonica designed the hotel, and Balfour Beatty is serving as the general contractor. The Miami Beach Redevelopment Agency awarded a $75 million grant for the project in 2024. Grand …

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TUCKER, GA. — CBRE has secured a $26.4 million acquisition loan for Lavista Business Park, a 217,496-square-foot industrial property located on 11.8 acres at 2000-2068 Weems Road in Tucker, about 18 miles northeast of Atlanta. Irvine, Calif.-based CIP Real Estate purchased the park from Dallas-based ATCAP Partners for $37 million. Mike Ryan, Brian Linnihan, Richard Henry and Taylor Crowder of CBRE Capital Markets’ Debt & Structured Finance team in Atlanta secured the five-year, floating-rate loan through LoanCore Capital on behalf of CIP. Built in 1972, Lavista Business Park consists of four single-story, shallow-bay buildings that average 54,000 square feet in size and feature new roofing, 16- to 20-foot clear heights, 55 dock-high doors, one drive-in door and 209 parking spaces. The property was 92 percent leased at the time of sale to 15 tenants.

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SANTA CLARITA, CALIF. — G.H. Palmer Associates has received a $168 million loan to refinance Park Sierra, a 776-unit apartment building in Santa Clarita, approximately 35 miles northwest of Los Angeles. Walker & Dunlop’s California multifamily finance team, led by Trevor Fase, arranged the financing through Freddie Mac.  Originally developed by G.H. Palmer Associates in 1987, the garden-style community offers a mix of 97 one-bedroom and 679 two-bedroom apartments. About 40 percent of the units have been rehabilitated, with additional capital investment planned. Amenities include five pools and spas, a fitness center, picnic and play areas.

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AUSTIN, TEXAS — Priority Capital Advisory (PCA), a Los Angeles-based financial intermediary, has arranged a loan of an undisclosed amount for the refinancing of Chapman 71, an industrial outdoor storage (IOS) facility in South Austin. Built in the 1970s, the property consists of seven buildings on a 13-acre site at 5001 E. Ben White Blvd. Building features include 12 dock-high doors, 23 grade doors, 25 parking spaces and 16- to 25-foot clear heights. An undisclosed bank provided the nonrecourse financing to the owner, Austin-based PlaceMKR, which will use the proceeds to cash out and recapitalize the property. Chapman 71 was fully leased at the time of the loan closing.

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TALLAHASSEE, FLA. AND NEWPORT NEWS, VA. — Gantry has secured three loans totaling $59.6 million for the acquisition of three apartment communities in Florida and Virginia. The properties, which total 249 units, include Sanctuary Apartments and Serenity Court Apartments in Tallahassee and Jimmy Apartments in Newport News. All three properties were acquired out of receivership and funded for repositioning, improvements and new leasing programs. Mark Reichter and Alec Frook of Gantry’s Kansas City production office arranged the loans through one of the firm’s life company lenders on behalf of the borrower, a private real estate investor. The bridge loans include upfront interest-only terms followed by 30-year amortization schedules and include capital expenditure funds. Gantry will service the loans.

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — JLL has negotiated the sale of a five-property industrial portfolio spanning 652,647 square feet in submarkets in the Charlotte and Raleigh-Durham areas. The specific properties were not released. Pete Pittroff, Michael Scarnato, Dave Andrews and Michael Lewis of JLL represented the seller, LM Real Estate Partners, in the transaction. Lightstone purchased the portfolio for an undisclosed price. Peter Rotchford and Taylor Allison of JLL arranged a seven-year, fixed-rate acquisition loan for Lightstone through Voya Investment Management. According to JLL, the portfolio offered a value-add opportunity to the buyer as there is 116,000 square feet of availability and in-place rents roughly 27 percent below market rates. The 12 tenants in the portfolio have about 3.6 years of WALT (weighted average lease term) remaining.

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BATON ROUGE, LA. — Atlanta-based Hunter Hotel Advisors has brokered the sale of Crowne Plaza Executive Center Baton Rouge, a 294-room hotel located near the campus of Louisiana State University (LSU) and Tiger Stadium. APM Property Holdings LLC purchased the hotel from a private seller for an undisclosed price and has selected Schulte Hospitality to operate the hotel. The Crowne Plaza features an outdoor pool, a 3,000-square-foot fitness center, the Patio Grille and Lounge restaurant and more than 32,000 square feet of flexible event space, including 17 meeting rooms and three ballrooms. Tim Osborne and Kami Burnette of Hunter brokered the transaction. Additionally, Adeel Amin of Hunter arranged an $11.7 million acquisition loan that was underwritten at a 65 percent loan-to-value ratio with interest-only payments over the three-year term.

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