Loans

Westminster-Austin

AUSTIN, TEXAS — Ziegler has arranged $110.9 million in financing for Westminster, a nonprofit continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in West Central Austin. Senior living owner-operator LCS has managed the 9.3-acre property since 1981. The community currently comprises 327 independent living units, 22 assisted living units, 30 memory care units and 55 skilled nursing beds. The expansion project will add a five-story building with 43 independent living apartments, 38 memory care units, 36 assisted living units and additional dining, parking and amenity areas. The project will also deliver a five-story building with a fitness center, physical therapy space, salon, clinic, 15 spaces of underground parking and 18 independent living apartments. Truist provided the financing, which consisted of $63.9 million in bank bonds and a $47 million loan that was structured with a 12-year term and a 30-year amortization schedule. A construction timeline for the expansion project was not released.

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BOSTON — MassHousing, the independent public agency that funds affordable housing projects in Massachusetts, has provided $45 million in financing for the renovation and preservation of the 198-unit Daniel F. Burns Apartments in Boston. The borrower, an affiliate of Cambridge Housing Authority, will use the proceeds to modernize building systems, repair roofs, replace kitchens and bathrooms and renovate both indoor and outdoor common areas. The property is located at 30-50 Churchill Ave. in the Cambridge area and has been designated for Section 8 Housing Assistance by the federal government. As part of the deal, that designation will be extended for another 20 years. A portion of the units will be reserved for and compliant with the needs of senior citizens and renters with disabilities.

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BOSTON — Cornerstone Realty Capital has arranged a $17 million loan for the refinancing of a 20-unit apartment building in the Harvard Square area of Boston. The property was built in 2012 and includes 6,280 square feet of ground-floor retail space across three units. Residential features include stainless steel appliances, dark wood cabinets and quartz countertops. Amenities include a fitness center, package delivery room and an underground parking garage. The borrower was not disclosed.

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PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — Cornerstone Realty Capital has arranged a $34 million construction loan for West End Yards, a 134-unit multifamily project that will be located in Portsmouth, just south of the Maine-New Hampshire border. The property will feature one-, two- and three-bedroom units with quartz countertops, stainless steel appliances and individual washers and dryers. Amenities will include a fitness center and multiple common areas with lounges. The borrower and developer is Boston-based Torrington Properties. The direct lender was not disclosed.

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NEW YORK CITY — Urban Standard Capital, a New York-based lender, has provided a $1.3 million loan for the acquisition and pre-development of a 3,648-square-foot residential development site in Brooklyn. The property is located at 419 Manhattan Ave. and currently houses a retail and office building with a residential unit on top. The undisclosed borrower plans to redevelop the property to add two condos and a roof deck. Gerald Kray and Daria Benstead of Marcus & Millichap placed the loan.

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ABILENE, TEXAS — Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) has provided a Freddie Mac loan of an undisclosed amount for the refinancing of Sedona, a 498-unit apartment community located in the West Texas city of Abilene. The garden-style property was built in phases in the mid-1970s. Units feature stainless steel appliances, hardwood flooring, walk-in closets and patios or balconies. Amenities include two pools, a playground, fitness center, sports court, dog park and onsite laundry facilities. Braden Harmon and Hank Glasgow of NKF originated the loan on behalf of the borrower, CapX Ventures LLC.

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LORAIN, OHIO — Grandbridge Real Estate Capital has arranged two loans totaling $4.7 million for the refinancing of a two-property portfolio in Lorain, about 30 miles west of Cleveland. The first property is Fairway East Apartments, a recently renovated apartment community totaling 80 units across five buildings. The second asset is City Center, a 56,384-square-foot office building housing tenants such as Spectrum Consulting Services, Lorain County Community College and United Property Management. Craig Kegg of Grandbridge arranged the 15-year, fixed-rate loans with insurance company correspondents. United Property Management was the borrower.

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SAN ANTONIO — Boston-based lender UC Funds has provided an $18.2 million loan for the adaptive reuse of The Travis Building, a high-rise office building in San Antonio that was originally built in 1920. The undisclosed borrower will convert the building in a mixed-use property with 63 Class A apartments and 20,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space.

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ALAMEDA AND MONTEREY PARK, CALIF. — The Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) Multifamily Capital Markets team has arranged a total of $208.1 million in Freddie Mac loans to refinance two multifamily properties in California. The refinancing includes a $167.8 million loan for Summer House Apartments, a 615-unit property on Alameda Island, and a $40.3 million loan for Emerald Hills, a 184-unit complex located at 855 W. E1 Repetto Drive in Monterey Park. Emerald Hills features a mix of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts, two swimming pools, laundry facilities and a fitness center. Mitch Clarfield, Stephen Gianoplus, Ramsey Daya and Josh Braceros of NKF arranged the refinancing for Summer House Apartments, while Clarfield and Ryan Greer, also of NKF, secured the 10-year refinancing of Emerald Hills on behalf of a Los Angeles-based private owner.

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DENVER — Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital has closed four transactions totaling $294.2 million in Fannie Mae loans for manufactured housing communities across the United States. MJ Vukovich of Bellwether’s Denver office, along with Ghazy Grijalva of the firm’s Chicago office, arranged the deals. In total the financing covers 5,554 pad sites across the five transactions. The deals include: A $28 million loan for two manufactured housing assets located in Montana on behalf of a Utah-based operator. A $23.2 million loan for a community located in Wyoming on behalf of an operator based in California and Colorado A $193.3 million loan for a portfolio of 13 properties located in the Rocky Mountain and Southern regions on behalf of a Colorado-based operator. A $46 million loan for five communities located in various states on behalf of a Utah-based operator. A $3.7 million Fannie Mae loan for a property located in North Carolina on behalf of a North Carolina-based operator. Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital is the commercial and multifamily mortgage banking subsidiary of Enterprise Community Investment.

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