Loans

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NEW YORK CITY —SL Green has received a $510 million loan for the refinancing of an office building in Manhattan. A lending group led by Aareal Capital Corp., Citi and Credit Agricole provided the loan. Located at 220 E. 42nd St., the 37-story building is known as The News Building and originally served as the headquarters for The New York Daily News. Locally based investment firm SL Green purchased the property in February 2003 for $265 million. The building is currently 97 percent leased to tenant roster including the Visiting Nurse Service of New York, Omnicom Group, local television station WPIX and the United Nations.

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FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — Berkadia has provided a $17.9 million Fannie Mae acquisition loan for Ardmore Pointe, a 291-unit multifamily community in Fayetteville. The 10-year loan features a fixed 3.01 percent interest rate and a 65 percent loan-to-value ratio. The property offers one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans averaging 1,051 square feet. Communal amenities include a clubhouse, pool, dog park, fitness center and a car wash area. The asset is situated at 3325 Oak Forest Drive, eight miles west of downtown Fayetteville. Mitch Sinberg and Brad Williamson of Berkadia originated the loan on behalf of the buyer, One Real Estate Investments. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.

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MINNETONKA, MINN. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged a $28 million Fannie Mae loan for the refinancing of The Cliffs at Minnetonka in suburban Minneapolis. The 456-unit, garden-style multifamily property is located at 12300 Marion Lane in Minnetonka. Completed in 1988, the development includes six buildings on a 27.5-acre site. Brock Yaffe of JLL led the team representing the borrower, The Cliffs LP. The 10-year loan features a fixed rate.

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EDINA, MINN. — Counterpointe Sustainable Real Estate (CounterpointeSRE) has provided a $5.5 million Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) loan to support the development of a 227-unit apartment project in Edina within metro Minneapolis. Dakota Pacific and Luxe Residential are developing the project. Located at 3250 W. 66th St., the six-story development will be named Millennium Sixty Six. Sustainability features to reduce electricity consumption and greenhouse gas emissions qualify the project for PACE financing. The loan will be used for energy-efficient infrastructure investments, including building envelope, interior lighting, HVAC and low-flow fixtures. Completion of the project is slated for July 2021.

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FORT WORTH, TEXAS — JLL has arranged debt and equity financing for Stillwater Crystal Springs, a 387-unit apartment project in Fort Worth. The community will be situated on roughly seven acres along the Trinity River roughly three miles from the downtown area. Floor plans will consist of studio, one- and two-bedrooms units, and amenities will include a pool, fitness center, outdoor lounge, coworking space and a dog park. De’On Collins led a JLL team that placed a 40-year, floating-rate construction loan through Texas Capital Bank on behalf of the developer, Dallas-based Stillwater Capital. The team also delivered CrossHarbor Capital Partners as the equity investor. Construction is underway and expected to be complete in 2022.

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DALLAS — Knighthead Funding, a direct lender with offices in Connecticut and Florida, has provided a $26.9 million acquisition loan for a portfolio of industrial flex buildings in Dallas. The portfolio spans approximately 152,000 square feet across 12 obsolete buildings, all of which are located in the Dallas Design District. The borrower, locally based investment firm Quadrant Investment Properties, plans to convert the properties into single- and multi-tenant office buildings. A portion of the proceeds will be used to fund tenant improvements and leasing costs.

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WICHITA, KAN. — Arbor Realty Trust Inc. has provided a $1.8 million loan for the refinancing of Carter Apartments in Wichita. Built in 1973, the 46-unit apartment community features a playground and basketball court. It is a short distance from Friends University. Austin Walker of Arbor originated the loan on behalf of the undisclosed borrower.

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SAN FRANCISCO — Gantry has secured $33.3 million in permanent financing for adjacent office buildings in the East Bay region of San Francisco. The assets include a 70,000-square-foot, special-purpose office building and a 65,000-square-foot medical office building. The borrower, a local developer, built both assets under long-term ground leases. Andrew Mekjavich and Ben Johnson of Gantry’s San Francisco office worked with the owner to structure two 10-year, fixed-rate loans with two unique lenders, both on a non-recourse basis. The borrower used the financing to retire the existing debt and execute a business plan, details of which were not disclosed.

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LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIF. — Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital has closed a $97.7 million loan for five warehouse and distribution facilities in Southern California. Four of the buildings are located in the South Bay submarket of Los Angeles County and the remaining property is located in the Inland Empire West submarket. Shelley Magoffin and Max Sauerman of Bellwether Enterprise’s Los Angeles office arranged the 25-year, fully amortizing loan with Thrivent Financial for the undisclosed borrower. The planned use of the funds was not released. Ranging in size from 60,000 square feet to more than 500,000 square feet, the five properties offer minimal office build out and minimum clear heights of 18 feet to 36 feet. One building offers refrigerator space. In total, the properties offer nearly 950,000 square feet of warehouse and distribution space. Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital is the commercial and multifamily mortgage banking subsidiary of Enterprise Community Investment.

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CROWN POINT, IND. — Greystone has provided a $14 million FHA-insured loan for the refinancing of Cypress Pointe Apartments, a 174-unit multifamily property located in Crown Point, about six miles southwest of Merrillville. The borrower was Bayshore Properties. The Section 223(f) loan carries a 40-year term, 35-year amortization and a fixed rate. The refinancing will enable Bayshore to continue with ongoing maintenance and renovations. Originally built in 1978, Cypress Pointe features six buildings along with a clubhouse, pool, fitness center and playground.

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