NEW YORK CITY — Locally based brokerage and financial advisory firm Ariel Property Advisors has arranged a $50 million loan for the refinancing of a portfolio of 13 multifamily properties in Manhattan. The names and addresses of the properties, which collectively total 330 residences and five commercial spaces, were not disclosed, but the locations are in the Chelsea, East Village, Kips Bay and Upper East and West Side neighborhoods. Matthew Dzbanek and Matt Swerdlow of Ariel originated the 10-year, nonrecourse loan, which carries a 5.38 percent fixed rate and 25-year amortization schedule. The borrower and direct lender were also not disclosed.
LOS ANGELES — BWE has secured a total of $220 million in financing for Opus, an apartment property in the Koreatown neighborhood of Los Angeles. Max Sauerman and Tyler Shebeck of BWE’s Los Angeles office originated a $205 million five-year senior loan and a $15 million floating-rate mezzanine loan on behalf of the borrower, an affiliate of Jamison Properties. New York Life Real Estate Investors (NYLREI) provided the financing. Completed in June 2024, Opus offers 428 studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments spread across two high-rise towers connected by a secured parking garage and amenity deck. The units feature floor-to-ceiling windows, open floor plans, high ceilings, luxury appliances, balconies and smart home features. Onsite amenities include multiple resident lounges and entertaining spaces, coworking rooms, two state-of-the-art fitness centers, a game room, movie theater, golf simulator, dog park and grooming station, an automated concession room, a rooftop pool with a spa and cabanas, rooftop bars, dining areas, barbecue grills and fire pits. Additionally, the property offers 10,000 square feet of ground-floor commercial space, which is 33 percent leased to a coffee shop and a boba shop.
HARLINGEN, TEXAS — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has provided a $28 million loan for the refinancing of Valor at Harlingen, a 288-unit multifamily property located in the Rio Grande Valley region of South Texas. The garden-style property was built on 16.4 acres in 2013 and consists of 13 three-story residential buildings, a clubhouse, maintenance/storage buildings and seven parking garages. Patrick McFarland and Benjamin Baxter of KeyBank originated the nonrecourse, five-year loan on behalf of the borrower, Texas-based owner-operator Presidium.
IRONDEQUOIT, N.Y. — Local financial intermediary Largo Capital has arranged a $17.3 million bridge loan for Culver Ridge Plaza, a 291,000-square-foot shopping center located outside of Rochester in Irondequoit. The center is home to tenants such as Marshalls, Burlington and Five Below. Kevin Ross and Michelle Colosimo of Largo Capital arranged the loan through Bank of America. The borrower, an undisclosed global investment firm, will use the proceeds to refinance existing debt and fund capital improvements.
BOCA RATON, FLA. — Grover Corlew has obtained a $61 million CMBS loan from Wells Fargo for the refinancing of two adjacent office properties in downtown Boca Raton. The assets include Palmetto Park City Center at 120 E. Palmetto Park Road and Bank of America Tower at 150 E. Palmetto Park Road. Both properties are nearing full occupancy and have the highest lease rates among comparable office buildings in Boca Raton, according to Grover Corlew. The South Florida-based investment firm has invested more than $16 million in upgrades in the past few years at both properties, including a full-floor tenant buildout for Waypoint and the addition of the Mia Rosebud at Bank of America Tower.
PALM BAY, FLA. — JLL has secured a $48 million loan for the refinancing of Westshore Palm Bay, a 248-unit luxury apartment community located at 2331 Commerce Park Drive NE in Palm Bay, a city on Florida’s Space Coast. Brian Gaswirth, Ted Taylor, Kyle Butler, Aaliyah St. Louis and Noli Muratovic of JLL arranged the floating-rate loan through ACORE Capital LP on behalf of the borrower, Northshore Development. Built in 2023, Westshore Palm Bay features a 24-hour fitness center with on-demand virtual classes, resort-style pool with sun shelves, clubhouse and an 8-acre lake within a nature preserve. The property was 94 percent occupied at the time of financing.
MOSES LAKE, WASH. — Gantry has secured a $14 million permanent loan to refinance the Best Western Plus Lake Front Hotel, located at 3000 W. Marina Drive in Moses Lake. The hotel, including onsite restaurant, underwent an improvement program in 2023. The hotel features a heated outdoor pool, hot tub, steam room, cocktail lounge, meeting and banquet facilities, a business and convention center and a fitness center. Drit Shoemaker of Gantry represented the borrower, a private real estate investor. A regional bank provided the seven-year, fixed-rate loan, which features a 25-year amortization schedule.
VALLEJO, CALIF. — PSRS has arranged $4.5 million for the refinancing of two retail buildings within a shopping center in Vallejo. The asset offers 10 retail units, totaling 16,452 square feet, spread across two buildings. Thomas Rudinsky of PSRS secured a 60 percent loan-to-value loan with a three-year term and 25-year amortization with the option to fully amortize the deal with a rate reset option from the lender every three years. A correspondent life insurance company funded the loan.
ELMHURST, ILL. — Elmhurst-based DarwinPW Realty/CORFAC International has arranged a $100 million loan for the refinancing of a 2.2 million-square-foot portfolio for Darwin Investment Group in metro Chicago. Wells Fargo provided the loan for the 40-building portfolio. The new loan structure and 50 percent loan-to-value ratio enables Darwin to acquire new buildings to add to the portfolio, according to Matthew Lewandowski, principal of DarwinPW Realty. Darwin Investment Group is a privately held real estate investment company that focuses on commercial real estate investments throughout Chicagoland. The firm last refinanced its portfolio in December 2015 when it was made up of 1.4 million square feet across 27 buildings. The current portfolio is home to more than 225 tenants across buildings from the south suburbs of Chicago to Southeast Wisconsin. Lewandowski, George Cibula, Erin Cibula and Patricia Liston of DarwinPW Realty worked on the transaction.
MARYSVILLE, OHIO — PMZ Realty Capital LLC has arranged a $5.3 million loan for the acquisition of a Hampton Inn hotel in Marysville, a suburb of Columbus. A debt fund provided the loan, which features interest-only payments for the full five-year term. The loan proceeds provided capital for the new ownership to acquire the property and implement a change-of-ownership property improvement plan. The buyer, a Canadian hotel investor, completed the acquisition as its first hotel investment in the U.S. The 83-room hotel features complimentary breakfast, a fitness center, indoor pool and two meeting rooms.