NEW YORK CITY — Madison Realty Capital, a New York City-based private equity firm, has provided a $395 million loan for a portfolio of three nearly completed residential properties totaling 1,161 units and a development site that is zoned for 4,200 units in New Jersey. The three buildings in various stages of construction are located in Bayonne, Raritan and Linden and will all offer studio, one- and two-bedroom units. The development parcel is located at the site of the former Bears Stadium, a 6,200-seat ballpark in downtown Newark. The borrower, Accurate Builders & Developers, plans to develop the site in nine phases as part of a master-planned community. The project will include 200 affordable housing units, 3,000 parking space and 100,000 square feet of commercial and green space. Shaya Ackerman of Meridian Capital Group arranged the acquisition financing for the transaction.
Loans
SARTELL, MINN. — Grandbridge Real Estate Capital has arranged a $5.7 million loan for the refinancing of a 78-unit apartment community in Sartell, about 70 miles northwest of Minneapolis. Tony Carlson of Grandbridge arranged the nonrecourse loan, which features a 15-year term, a 20-year amortization schedule and a fixed interest rate. An insurance company provided the loan on behalf of the undisclosed borrower.
WESTPORT, CONN. — Finance and advisory firm Axiom Capital Corp. has arranged a $10.3 million loan for the refinancing of an office building in Westport, located in the southern coastal part of the state. The building features proximity to Interstate 95 and U.S. Route 1 and is leased to tenants such as Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance, Charter Oak Equity and Lime Rock Partners. The nonrecourse loan was structured with a five-year term and a fixed interest rate. The borrower and direct lender were not disclosed.
RALEIGH, N.C. — Avison Young has secured a $40 million senior loan to fund the pre-development activities and horizontal infrastructure construction for Midtown Exchange, a $1 billion mixed-use development underway in Raleigh. The developer of Midtown Exchange, Dewitt Carolinas, received the funding for the 353,000-square-foot office tower. Wes Boatwright, Mike Yavinsky and Jon Goldstein of Avison Young led the financing transaction through an undisclosed lender. At full buildout, Midtown Exchange will include 790,000 square feet of Class A office space, 1,275 residential units, 300 seniors housing units, 300 hotel rooms, 125,000 square feet of retail and dining space, a convention center and more than seven acres of green space and park amenities. Raleigh-based Dewitt Carolinas is active in development, ownership, management and acquisition of real estate throughout the Carolinas. The firm has completed more than 600 developments and over $2 billion of construction.
HOUSTON — Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. (MMCC) has arranged a $4.5 million loan for the refinancing of a 65-unit multifamily property in Houston. The loan was structured with a fixed 3.45 percent interest rate, a 10-year term and three years of interest-only payments. Jamie Safier of MMCC arranged the financing on behalf of the undisclosed borrower. The property name and direct lender were also not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Bank of America has provided a $52 million loan for the refinancing of Flushing Plaza, a 233,436-square-foot office building in Queens. The property includes 71,930 square feet of medical office space, 10,653 square feet of retail space and an 808-space parking garage. Gideon Gil and Alex Lapidus of Cushman & Wakefield arranged the loan, which carried a 10-year term and a fixed interest rate, on behalf of the borrower, Muss Development LLC.
MONROE, N.Y. — New York City-based finance firm Eastern Union has arranged a $28 million construction loan for a 159-unit multifamily project in Monroe, located about 60 miles north of Manhattan. The loan was structured with a 24-month term and a 75 percent loan-to-cost ratio. Abraham Bergman and Yossi Orzel of Eastern Union originated the financing. The direct lender was a New Jersey-based bank, and the borrower was a local family office.
LOS ANGELES — JLL Capital Markets has secured $42.5 million in refinancing for Wilshire West Medical Tower, a medical office building located in the Brentwood neighborhood of West Los Angeles. Marc Schillinger and Keith Rosso of JLL’s Capital Markets team represented the borrower, a private, Los Angeles-based medical office owner-operator, to secure the long-term, fixed-rate loan. Located at 11645 Wilshire Blvd., the property features 78,702 square feet of medical office space and is leased to a diverse mix of medical office tenants, including physicians, dental practices, plastic surgeons, medical testing and rehabilitation operators and aestheticians.
Bellwether Enterprise Secures $23.5M Refinancing for Medical Office Buildings in Southern California
by Amy Works
TORRANCE, CALIF. — Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital, the commercial and multifamily mortgage banking subsidiary of Enterprise Community Investment, has arranged $23.5 in refinancing for two medical office buildings in Torrance. The properties are a 37,143-square-foot, four-story building on 1.67 acres at 3500 Lomita Ave. and a two-story, 42,101-square-foot building on 2.7 acres at 23560 Madison St. The undisclosed borrower acquired both assets in 2008. Kevin Mulvaney of Bellwether Enterprise’s Los Angeles office arranged the loan with MetLife.
ORLANDO, FLA. — Centennial Bank has provided a $68 million loan to Unicorp National Developments Inc. for the construction of The Bentley, a 396-unit apartment tower in Orlando. The high-rise is part of Unicorp’s $1 billion mixed-use development O-Town West. Robby Barrows of Centennial Bank led the loan transaction for developer Unicorp. O-Town West will be a multi-phase, live-work epicenter delivering single-family homes, apartments, a Publix-anchored retail package and office space. Confirmed tenants for The Town Center at O-Town West include Publix, AT&T, Heartland Dental, McDonalds and Planet Smoothie. The Bentley is one of the first phases of the development, in addition to Town Center, both of which are slated to break ground soon. The Bentley is slated for completion at the end of next year. The Bentley’s amenities will include a resort-style swimming pool with a Jacuzzi, resident lounge with a coffee bar, social area featuring billiards and arcade games, theater room, entertainment lanai with a TV, Zen garden with hanging moon chairs and water features, outdoor walking trail, a firepit, 24-hour fitness center with TRX and yoga studio, conference room, bike rentals, outdoor gaming areas and electric car charging stations. Centennial Bank has financed more than $149 million …