BELLE GLADE, FLA. — Hunt Real Estate Capital has provided two refinancing loans totaling approximately $8.1 million for Amelia Gardens and Amelia Estate in Belle Glade. Both Freddie Mac Small Balance Loans are hybrid adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs) with a fixed interest rate for the first 10 years and then a floating interest rate for the following 10 years. Hunt Real Estate provided a $2.8 million loan for Amelia Gardens, a 12-building, 24-unit community that was built in 2003. The property offers three-bedroom floor plans. Hunt provided an additional $5.3 million for Amelia Estates, which offers 48 units and was delivered in 2016. Loan proceeds went mainly toward paying off the construction loan for Amelia Estates. The borrower, Houston Realty & Investment Co., is currently developing Amelia Circle, a multifamily development that will encompass Amelia Estates. Kristian Molloy of Hunt Real Estate originated the loan on behalf of the borrower.
HOUSTON AND PASADENA, TEXAS — LMI Capital, a Real Estate Capital Alliance (RECA) member, has arranged two commercial loans totaling $9 million in the Houston area. In the first transaction, Jamie Safier of LMI Capital placed a $2.6 million, 10-year loan for the refinancing of a 50-unit multifamily asset located in the eastern suburb of Pasadena. In the second deal, Adam Pike of LMI Capital arranged a $6.4 million acquisition loan for a 105,000-square-foot office building in west Houston. The property names and borrowers were not disclosed.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — PCCP LLC has provided a $46 million acquisition loan for Indie and Candela, two adjacent apartment communities totaling 258 units in Austin. Indie was completed in mid-2018, totals 139 units and includes ground-floor retail space. Candela was completed in mid-2019 and features 119 units and various amenities on the ground floor. The seller was Transwestern Development Co. The borrower was not disclosed.
KONA, HAWAII — The Davies Group at Los Angeles-based George Smith Partners has arranged both a $51.7 million senior construction loan and $16.2 million in mezzanine debt for the ground-up development of Niumalu Marketplace, a shopping center in Kona. The borrower is Commercial Real Estate Development Enterprise (CREDE). Safeway will anchor the 204,275-square-foot retail property, which is slated for completion by fourth-quarter 2020. Malcolm Davies, Zachary Streit, Evan Kinne, Alexander Rossinsky, Rachael Lewis, Aiden Moran and Maxwell Shedlosky of George Smith Partners facilitated the transaction. Centennial Bank provided the construction financing portion and Pearlmark Real Estate Partners provided the mezzanine debt.
PATERSON, N.J. — Love Funding Corp. has provided two loans totaling $55.6 million for the construction and permanent financing of Riverside Village Senior Apartments and Riverside Village Family Apartments. Both properties are located in Paterson, a northwestern suburb of New York City. The borrower was Roizman Development. The lender provided the developer with low-rate, nonrecourse financing for the duration of construction and for a subsequent 40-year term. Riverside Village Senior Apartments will feature 81 units in a four-story, elevator-serviced building. Riverside Village Family Apartments will feature 165 townhouse-style rental units. The construction will be part of an existing public housing development known as Riverside Terrace, currently containing 300 units. The apartment complex will be the second phase of the Riverside Terrace Master Redevelopment Plan. Inglese Architecture + Engineering is serving as the design architect, and ETC Cos. LLC is the general contractor. S.H.N.I.R. Apartment Management Corp. will be the operator. Riverside Senior Apartments is slated for completion in June 2021. Riverside Village Family apartments is slated for completion in January 2022.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Sonnenblick-Eichner Co., a California-based investment banking firm, has arranged a CMBS loan for the refinancing of Lone Star Court, a 123-room hotel in Austin. Designed to resemble old-fashioned motor courts, the property is located within the 303-acre Domain mixed-use development on the city’s north side. Amenities include an onsite bar and restaurant called Water Trough, 1,933 square feet of meeting space, 3,341 square feet of outdoor event space, a fitness center, pool and 154 parking spaces. An undisclosed Wall Street lender provided the loan, which was structured with a 3.49 percent interest rate. The loan features interest-only payments for the entire 10-year term. The borrower and loan amount were not disclosed.
CHICAGO — Greystone has provided a $12.1 million Fannie Mae loan for the refinancing of Germain House in Chicago’s River West neighborhood. The building was converted from office space to 36 apartment units in 2018. Amenities include a fitness center, clubhouse, pool, bike room and rooftop deck. Clint Darby of Greystone originated the 10-year loan with four years of interest-only payments and a 30-year amortization. The permanent loan represents an exit from construction financing. The borrower was 925 Chicago Investment Partners LLC.
ALLENTOWN, PA. — JLL has arranged a $111 million loan for the refinancing and construction of Park 100 Logistics Center, an industrial park in Allentown, central Pennsylvania. Wells Fargo Bank provided the three-year, floating-rate loan to the borrower, a partnership between GLP Capital Partners and Ridgeline Property Group. Situated at 7352 Industrial Blvd., the property includes a newly constructed, 730,080-square-foot distribution facility and an adjacent 811,200-square-foot production facility that is currently under construction. The latter component is slated to be complete later this year. Bill Fishel, Jon Mikula and Connor Van Cleef of JLL arranged the financing.
HOUSTON — JLL has arranged construction financing and joint venture equity for Montrose Collective, a mixed-use project that will be located in Houston’s Montrose District. Preliminary plans call for 150,000 square feet of creative office, medical office and retail space across four buildings. Colby Mueck, Ryan West, Matthew Putterman, Jett Lucia and Matthew Williamson of JLL arranged the construction loan through Bank OZK and delivered an institutional investor advised by JPMorgan Asset Management as the joint venture equity partner. The borrower was locally based development and investment firm Radom Capital.
WATERFORD, MICH. — SunTrust Commercial Real Estate, part of Truist’s corporate and institutional group, has provided an $18.3 million Fannie Mae loan for the acquisition of Glengarry Apartments in Waterford, a northern suburb of Detroit. The 300-unit apartment complex, built in 1978, was 94.7 percent occupied at the time of closing. Evan Hom of SunTrust originated the 15-year loan with seven years of interest-only payments followed by a 30-year amortization schedule. The loan-to-value ratio was 80 percent.