Loans

Industrial

HIALEAH AND TAMPA, FLA. — Washington, D.C.-based Phillips Realty Capital has secured a $57.5 million bridge loan for HighBrook Investors, which is acquiring and repositioning a four-property, 740,400-square-foot industrial portfolio located near Miami and in Tampa. The portfolio includes three buildings in metro Miami and one in Tampa. The metro Miami properties were delivered between 1959 and 1968, and the Tampa warehouse was built in 1987. The Miami-area properties include three industrial warehouses totaling 306,000 square feet. These properties are located at 3455 NW 54th St., 5400 NW 32nd Court and 5530 NW 32nd Court in Hialeah, which is two miles northeast of Miami International Airport and less than six miles northwest of downtown Miami and Port of Miami. Building amenities include reinforced concrete buildings on approximately 10.9 total acres of land with onsite access to a CSX freight rail line. Located at 6708 Harney Road in the East Tampa submarket, the fourth property is a 434,000-square-foot warehouse situated one mile northwest of Interstate 4, six miles northeast of downtown Tampa and eight miles east of Tampa International Airport. The property is located within three miles of two new Amazon fulfillment centers. Additionally, the property includes 13.2 acres of vacant …

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BOSTON — Ashford Hospitality Trust (NYSE: AHT) has received a $98 million loan for the refinancing of the 309-room Hilton Boston Back Bay hotel. Located near Fenway Park, the hotel offers amenities such as an indoor pool, fitness center, business center, meeting rooms and onsite food and beverage options. The nonrecourse, floating-rate loan features a four-year initial term with a one-year extension option. An undisclosed balance sheet lender provided the loan. Robert Douglas, a real estate advisory firm that specializes in providing capital solutions for the hospitality industry, assisted Ashford with this transaction.

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Elevate Navarre

NAVARRE, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has secured $48.9 million in construction financing on behalf of Atlanta-based Branch Properties LLC for Elevate Navarre Beach, a 332-unit apartment community located in Navarre. Michael Ryan, Brian Linnihan, Richard Henry and Taylor Crowder of Cushman & Wakefield secured the five-year, floating-rate loan through IberiaBank. Elevate Navarre Beach will include 11 three-story residential buildings offering one-, two- and three-bedroom floorplans with an average unit size of 894 square feet. Community amenities will include a pool, fitness center, outdoor grilling stations with private cabanas, dog park and spa and car care center. The property is slated to break ground before the end of the year, and construction is expected to be complete by late 2023. Located at 8250 Naverre Parkway, the property will be adjacent to Paradise Shoppes of Navarre, a Publix-anchored neighborhood center offering retail, restaurants and entertainment space. Elevate Navarre Beach will be situated approximately 20 miles from Pensacola Beach and 41 miles from Santa Rosa Beach.

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Meridan at Braddock

ALEXANDRIA, VA. — Berkadia has secured an $86 million loan to refinance Meridian at Braddock Station, a 480-unit multifamily property located in Alexandria. An undisclosed national life company provided the borrower with the 10-year, interest-only loan. J. Tyler Blue, Paul Wallace, Robbie Driscoll and Pat Cunningham of Berkadia arranged the financing. Located at 1200 First St., Meridian at Braddock Station is a 16-story high-rise situated about 7.5 miles from Washington, D.C. The property is also 6.3 miles from Northern Virginia Community College and 7 miles from George Washington University. Built in 2000, the property offers studio, one- and two-bedroom floorplans with recently renovated units featuring wood plank flooring, quartz countertops and stainless steel appliances, as well as breakfast bars and glass enclosed sunrooms in select units. Community amenities include a rooftop terrace with a swimming pool and sundeck, clubroom with billiards, fitness center, courtyard lounge with barbecue grills and a dog park.

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8West

ATLANTA — An affiliate of Rubenstein Mortgage Capital (RMC) has provided a $70.5 million loan for 8West, an office and retail mixed-use development in the West Midtown submarket of Atlanta. Taylor Smith and Ashesh Parikh of RMC originated the transaction. In 2019, RMC provided a $48.7 million senior construction loan to the 8West property owner, a joint venture between local developer The Atlantic Cos. and investor Harvest Capital Group. RMC has increased the initial loan to $70.5 million, which will allow the joint venture to extinguish the existing mezzanine loan, add amenity spaces at the property and complete the leasing program at 8West. Located at 889 Howell Mill Road, 8West borders the Georgia Tech campus and is located about 2.3 miles from downtown Atlanta. The nine-story, 195,847-square-foot project includes approximately 177,441 square feet of office space and 18,406 square feet of retail space. Amenities include multiple outdoor terraces, a fitness facility, bike storage and repair, common collaborative spaces, conference facilities and a public plaza. Construction was completed in December 2020. RMC is the investment platform of Rubenstein Partners, a real estate investment advisory firm based in Philadelphia. Rubenstein also owns other properties in the Atlanta area including Sanctuary Park in …

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Hardywood Village

RICHMOND, VA. — NorthMarq has arranged a $34 million loan for the construction of Hardywood Village, a 189-unit multifamily property with ancillary retail space located at 1601 Overbrook Road in Richmond. Construction is scheduled to be completed by summer or fall 2022. The loan was structured with a 30-year fully amortizing term. Keith Wells and Reina Abboud of NorthMarq arranged financing for the undisclosed borrower through its relationship with the Virginia Housing & Development Authority.

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HOUSTON — New York City-based Square Mile Capital has provided a permanent loan of an undisclosed amount for Standard in the Heights, a 301-unit multifamily project in Houston. The property features studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units and amenities such as a pool, fitness center, dog park, outdoor grilling areas and a lounge. The loan takes out the construction debt held by the borrower and developer, Texas-based Ojala Partners. Construction began in 2018 and was completed in November 2020. Cameron Cureton and Steve Heldenfels of JLL arranged the financing.

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COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. — Dallas-based Hall Structured Finance (HSF) has closed a new first lien construction loan totaling $55.6 million to finance the development of a dual-flagged Marriott hotel property in downtown Colorado Springs. Construction is currently underway for the Springhill Suites/Element Hotel, which will offer a total of 261 guest rooms. The project is a joint venture between Olive Real Estate Group, Hotel Equities, Hotel Operations Services and Colarelli Construction. Completion is slated for spring 2022. Hotel Equities will manage the hotels upon opening. The 136-key Springhill Suites will feature all-suite guest rooms with office desks and kitchenettes. The 125-key, extended-stay Element Hotel will offer rooms with fully equipped kitchens, stainless steel appliances and eight- to 10-foot ceiling heights. Shared hotel amenities will include an open-air courtyard with lounge seating, business center, indoor pool with a whirlpool, complimentary breakfast and a fitness center. Additional amenities will include meeting and event space, a ground-floor restaurant with outdoor seating and a 6,700-square-foot rooftop bar, restaurant and lounge. John Pascal of Paramount Capital Advisors brokered the loan.

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JERSEY CITY, N.J. — JLL has arranged a $13 million loan for the refinancing of Esjay Apartments, a 40-unit multifamily complex in Jersey City. The mid-rise building features one- and two-bedroom units with an average size of 680 square feet. Amenities include a fitness center, two rooftop terraces with grilling stations and a package handling room. Matthew Pizzolato of JLL arranged the 10-year, fixed-rate loan through Nationwide on behalf of the borrower, Point Capital Development LLC.

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Tower Capital has arranged $19.1 million in acquisition financing for 99 build-for-rent townhomes in Indian Trail, a suburb of Charlotte. The property includes two-story, three-bedroom townhomes with attached garages. An undisclosed investor based in Phoenix received the two-year financing that features a floating interest rate 400 basis points above LIBOR and a six-month extension option. Including the property in Indian Trail, Tower Capital has arranged nearly $108 million in combined financing for several single-family and build-for-rent developments. These transactions include three assets in Arizona: Village at Paseo de Luces in Tolleson, Village at The BLVD in Avondale and Arise North PHX in metro Phoenix. Tower Capital has closed more than $400 million in financing transactions for build-for-rent properties and has another $1 billion of projects in the pipeline that spans multiple states including Arizona, Texas, Alabama, Georgia and Florida.

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