NEW YORK CITY — Columbia Pacific Advisors has provided a $39.1 million bridge loan for an eight-story multifamily and retail building located at 68-70 Spring St. in Manhattan’s SoHo neighborhood. The 24,357-square-foot property totals 10 residential units in two- and three-bedroom formats. The undisclosed borrower will use the proceeds from the 36-month loan to fund capital improvements and lease-up costs.
DALLAS — Barings Real Estate has provided a loan for the refinancing of PwC Tower at Park District, a 504,750-square-foot office tower in Uptown Dallas. The amount of the loan was not disclosed, but the Dallas Morning News reports that it was $225 million. Built in 2018, the building consists of 20 stories of office space above a four-story parking garage. Onsite amenities include three restaurants, a tenant lounge, conference center and a 7,000-square-foot health club. Jim Curtin of JLL arranged the loan, which was structured with a 10-year term and a fixed interest rate, on behalf of the borrower, MetLife Investment Management. PwC Tower at Park District, which bears the name of its anchor tenant, PricewaterhouseCoopers, was approximately 93 percent leased at the time of the loan closing.
TAMPA, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has secured $33.8 million in financing for Two Harbour Place, a Class A office building located in downtown Tampa. Cushman & Wakefield also arranged the sale for the property. Mike Davis, Rick Brugge, Rick Colon, Zachary Eicholtz and Dominic Montazemi of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, a joint venture between CP Group and CenterSquare Investment Management, in the transaction. Farley White Interests, a Boston-based commercial real estate owner, acquired the property for an undisclosed price. Jason Hochman, Brian Linnihan, Mike Ryan and Ron Granite of Cushman & Wakefield secured the long-term, fixed-rate acquisition loan through Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. Located at 302 Knights Run Avenue, the 12-story building was 92 percent leased at the time of sale. Property amenities include 3.7 per 1,000-square-foot parking ratio via an attached structured garage, as well as an onsite coffeehouse, concierge services, a full-time day porter, auto detailing and dry-cleaning pick-up and delivery. CP Group, formerly Crocker Partners, is a Boca Raton, Fla.-based owner, operator and developer of office and mixed-use projects throughout the Southeast and Southwest United States. CenterSquare is a global investment manager based in Philadelphia.
HOPEWELL, N.J. — Newmark has arranged a $76 million acquisition loan for Princeton West Innovation Campus, a 1.1 million-square-foot life sciences property in Hopewell, about 55 miles southwest of New York City. The property, which formerly served as the global R&D headquarters of pharmaceutical giant Bristol Myers Squibb, is located less than 10 miles from its namesake university’s main campus. Amenities include a full-service cafeteria, an 8,000-square-foot fitness center, a 28,000-square-foot child development center and multiple conference areas. The borrower was a partnership between H.I.G. Realty Partners and Lincoln Equities Group. Dustin Stolly and Jordan Roeschlaub of Newmark placed the debt through Denver-based ArrowMark Partners. The new ownership will use a portion of the proceeds to fund capital improvements and speculative leasing costs.
NEW ALBANY, IND. — Berkadia has arranged an $8.9 million bridge loan for the acquisition of The Annex of New Albany, a 141-unit student housing property in New Albany near Louisville. The property is located at 4100 Prestwick Square and is adjacent to Indiana University Southeast. Jason Brown and Sam Orman of Berkadia Indianapolis arranged the bridge loan on behalf of the borrower, Indiana-based Zidan Management Group Inc. Old National Bank provided the three-year loan, which features a 3 percent floating interest rate. David Gaines, Scott Clifton and Kyle Butler of JLL Capital Markets represented the seller, The Annex Group, in the $11.8 million sale.
PHENIX CITY, ALA. — Trillium Capital Resources has arranged $14 million in refinancing for The Gardens Apartments and Post Ridge Apartments, which are both multifamily communities located in Phenix City. The Gardens Apartments has 190 units and Post Ridge Apartments has 152 units. Located at 501 16th Ave. N., Post Ridge includes one-, two- and three-bedroom units. HUD’s A7 refinance program allowed Trillium to procure a fixed interest rate of 2.75 percent for The Gardens. The 25-year loan reduces the undisclosed borrower’s mortgage insurance premium (MIP) from 0.60 percent to 0.25 percent.
OKLAHOMA CITY — KeyBank’s Community Development Lending and Investment (CDLI) platform has provided $20.6 million in financing for the purchase and renovation of Hillcrest Green Apartments, a 96-unit affordable housing property in Oklahoma City. The financing consists of a $9.3 million construction loan, $7 million in low-income housing tax credit equity from the Key Community Development Corp. and a $4.3 million permanent loan. Units at the Section 8 property include studio, one-, two- and four-bedroom residences that are reserved for renters earning 60 percent or less of the area median income. The borrower was Indianapolis-based developer TWG. Kelly Frank and Ryan Olman of KeyBank’s CDLI team originated the financing.
RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged a $115 million construction loan for Highland Cross, a 360,000-square-foot industrial project that will be located in the Northern New Jersey community of Rutherford. Los Angeles-based PCCP LLC provided the loan to the borrower, Lincoln Equities Group. A tentative completion date for the project, which is a build-to-suit for an undisclosed, investment-grade logistics user, was not disclosed. John Alascio, Chuck Kohaut, T.J. Sullivan and Zachary Kraft of Cushman & Wakefield placed the debt.
CINCINNATI — Lument has provided a $17.4 million Fannie Mae loan for the refinancing of Ivy Hills Apartments in Cincinnati. Originally built in 1996, the multifamily property includes 164 units across 31 buildings. The occupancy rate was 92.3 percent as of March 2021. Steven Cox of Lument originated the 12-year loan, which features a fixed interest rate, five years of interest-only payments and a 30-year amortization schedule. The undisclosed borrower acquired the asset in early 2020 and has since invested approximately $1.8 million to renovate 60 units. The borrower plans to spend an additional $1.7 million throughout 2021 to renovate 50 more units.
PORTLAND, ORE. — Alliant Credit Union has provided a $13 million permanent loan with $9.5 million in initial funding to refinance debt on a mixed-use building in Portland. The name of the borrower was not released. The financing included a cash-out of equity and an earn-out provision structured as a reimbursement based on the borrower’s capital improvement budget. Additionally, the loan structure ensures the loan-to-value ratio for the property will remain below 65 percent. Built in the late 1990s, the five-story, 129,398-square-foot building features 85 apartments and 26,402-square-foot of fully leased, ground-floor retail space, which H-Mart Asian Grocery occupies. The Class B property also features on-site parking. Peter Margolin of Alliant originated the loan, while Casey Davidson of JLL Capital Markets referred the transaction to Alliant.