LAKE CHARLES, LA. — Columbia Pacific Advisors has provided a $15.5 million refinancing loan for Gulf Stream Manor, a mobile home park in Lake Charles. Billy Meyer of Columbia Pacific originated the loan on behalf of the undisclosed borrower, which plans to use the funds to refinance its existing mortgage, as well as provide working capital and finance expenditures. The property offers 265 residences with three- and four-bedroom floor plans ranging from 1,152 to 1,368 square feet. Amenities include a clubhouse, pool, playground and basketball courts. Southern Choice Properties manages the community, which is located at 8559 Gulf Highway, 10 miles south of downtown Lake Charles.
EXTON, PA. — Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) has provided an $87 million Freddie Mac loan for the refinancing of Exton Crossing, a 405-unit apartment community in Exton, about 35 miles west of Philadelphia. The garden-style property was built in 1998 and is located within walking distance to SEPTA’s Exton Regional rail station Exton Crossing features one-, two- and three-bedroom units with stainless steel appliances, in-unit washers and dryers and private patio and balcony spaces. Amenities include a pool, fitness center, outdoor grilling areas and a pet park. Henry Stimler, Matthew Mense, Bill Weber and Dan Sarsfield of NKF originated the floating-rate loan on behalf of the borrower, Harbor Group International.
DECATUR, GA. — Beacon Real Estate Group has acquired Domain at Cedar Creek and Gateway at Cedar Brook, two multifamily communities totaling 332 units in Decatur. Atlanta-based Audubon Communities sold the communities for $46.1 million. Domain at Cedar Creek, located at 3073 Cedar Creek Parkway, and Gateway at Cedar Brook, located at 3117 Cedar Brook Drive, are considered sister communities and are situated less than one mile from each other and nine miles northeast of downtown Atlanta. Each property offers one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments ranging in size from 750 square feet to 1,350 square feet. The two communities were 99 percent occupied at the time of sale. The seller recently made substantial investments to upgrade roofs, siding, HVAC systems and clubhouses at the communities. Scott Wadler, Mitch Sinberg and Matt Nihan of Berkadia originated $35.2 million in Fannie Mae acquisition financing on behalf of Beacon. The Coral Gables, Fla.-based buyer received $19.2 million to purchase Domain at Cedar Creek and $16 million for Gateway at Cedar Brook. Both loans feature 15-year terms with fixed interest rates and nine years of interest-only payments.
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — New York Life Real Estate Investors has provided a $38.3 million refinancing loan for 261 North University Drive, a 172,959-square-foot office building in Fort Lauderdale. The borrower, Encore Capital Management, recently completed a $15 million renovation of the property, including redesigning the lobby, modernizing the elevators, adding new bathrooms and overseeing new tenant buildouts. The asset is situated eight miles west of downtown Fort Lauderdale. Furthermore, the property will be part of a mixed-use development that is set to feature 760 multifamily units, 150,000 square feet of retail space and 400 hotel rooms delivering in two phases by 2022. Kevin O’Grady of Concord Summit Capital and Eric McGlynn of Walker & Dunlop arranged the loan on behalf of Fort Lauderdale-based Encore, and Ryan Doyle and John Lippmann of New York Life originated the loan.
HINESVILLE, GA. — Berkadia has provided a $24 million Fannie Mae refinancing loan for Liberty Club Apartments, a 240-unit workforce housing complex in Hinesville. The borrower, Winter Park, Fla.-based Hillpointe, delivered the property in 2019. The 12-year loan features a fixed interest rate with five years of interest-only payments. Loan proceeds will be used to retire the existing construction loan. The community is located at 915 E. General Stewart Way, 40 miles southwest of downtown Savannah. Liberty Club comprises nine residential buildings, a clubhouse and 11 garage buildings. The property offers two-bedroom floor plans averaging 1,153 square feet. According to Apartments.com, rents range from $1,100 to $1,450 per month. Communal amenities include a pool, fitness center, a dog park and fishing ponds. Michael Weinberg, Alec Fox and Wesley Moczul of Berkadia originated the loan on behalf of the borrower.
LOWELL, MASS. — NorthMarq has arranged a $5.5 million Freddie Mac loan for the refinancing of Mill Falls Apartments, a 72-unit multifamily asset in Lowell, located north of Boston near the Massachusetts-New Hampshire border. The property features one- and two-bedroom units. Robert Ranieri of NorthMarq arranged the 10-year loan, which carried a fixed interest rate and a 30-year amortization schedule, on behalf of the undisclosed borrower.
CHICAGO — Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital LLC has arranged $20.5 million in financing for the rehabilitation and preservation of nine affordable housing properties in the West Town and Humboldt Park neighborhoods of Chicago. The nine properties are collectively known as Victory Apartments and span 107 units. Victor Agusta of Bellwether arranged an FHA loan on behalf of the borrower, Bickerdike Redevelopment Corp. The financing also included tax-exempt bonds, a 4 percent low-income housing tax credit and a subordinate mortgage from the Illinois Housing Development Authority. The existing Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments contract was renewed for 20 years.
TEMPE, ARIZ., AND UINTAH AND ROY, UTAH — Hunt Real Estate Capital has funded three Fannie Mae conventional loans, totaling $41.4 million, to refinance three manufactured home communities in Arizona and Utah. All three transactions lowered interest rates for the borrower and provided cash-out options. The three communities, which are 100 percent mission driven and share the same management company, include: Tempe Cascade Mobile Home Estates, a 273-site property built in 1971 in Tempe Cottonwood Estates, an 83-site community developed in 1976 in Uintah Midland MHC, a 224-site first developed in 1938 and redeveloped in 1973 in Roy The loans for Tempe Cascade Mobile Home Estates and Cottonwood Estates share the same terms: a fixed interest rate and seven-year term. The Midland MHC loan features a fixed interest rate, 10-year term and two years of interest-only payments. Tom Houlihan of Sterling Financial Mortgage & Investment arranged the transactions.
BERKELEY, CALIF. — UC Funds has provided a $13 million construction loan for a student housing development in Berkeley. The undisclosed borrower plans to develop a 40-unit student housing project on the site, which is located on University Avenue adjacent to the University of California – Berkeley.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — JLL has arranged construction financing for South Fort Worth Logistics, a 956,020-square-foot speculative industrial project that will be situated on 47.6 acres near Interstates 20 and 35. Halff Associates is designing the project, which will consist of two cross-dock buildings with 36- to 40-foot clear heights, ample trailer parking and storage, 231 loading doors and ESFR sprinkler systems. A JLL Capital Markets team of Dustin Volz, Stephen Bailey, Taylor Coy and Zach Riebe arranged a three-year, floating-rate construction loan through Veritex Bank on behalf of the borrower, a partnership between Invesco Real Estate and Bandera Ventures. The development team expects to complete the project in 2021.