FREDERICKSBURG, VA. — Berkadia has arranged the $18.8 million sale of Courtyard by Marriott Fredericksburg, a newly renovated hotel located at 620 Caroline St. in Fredericksburg’s historic district. The hotel features an onsite restaurant and bar, indoor swimming pool and a fitness center. Kyle Stevenson and Matthew Bailly of Berkadia represented the seller, Inns of Historic Fredericksburg, an ownership affiliate of Vienna, Va.-based Palmer Gosnell Hospitality LLC. Adrienne Kautzman of Berkadia arranged $12 million in acquisition financing on behalf of the buyer, Utah-based Venture Hospitality Holdings LLC.
BOSTON — MassHousing has provided $2.1 million in affordable housing financing from the agency’s Workforce Housing Initiative to support the development of 233 Hancock, a five-story, 36-unit workforce housing community being developed by Arx Urban in Dorchester. The financing will help transform two former automobile repair shops into 36 units of new mixed-income homes, including 21 units of workforce housing. Of the 36 new apartments, 10 will be affordable for working households earning up to 80 percent of the Area Median Income (AMI), and 11 apartments will be affordable for working households earning up to 100 percent of AMI. The remaining 15 units will be rented at market rates. The AMI for Boston is $107,800 for a family of four. Additional financing for the project is being provided by the Property and Casualty Initiative, which is providing $9.4 million in construction and permanent financing. Other sources include $3.2 million of private equity and $500,000 in Community Preservation funding from the City of Boston. Haycon is serving as general contractor on the project. The architect is RODE Architects Inc.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital, the multifamily mortgage banking arm of Enterprise Community Investment Inc., has arranged $49.3 million in acquisition financing for a pair of multifamily assets in Austin. The company arranged a $34.3 million loan for Northwest Hills, a 314-unit community; and a $15 million loan for The Place at Terracina, a 170-unit property. Kevin Bowen of Bellwether placed the loans for the properties, both of which have 51 percent of their units reserved for residents making 80 percent or less of the area median income, through Fannie Mae’s Special Public Purpose program.
ALLEN, TEXAS — Florida-based finance firm Churchill Stateside Group LLC (CSG) has provided a $12.9 million HUD construction loan for Springwood at Allen, a 92-unit community in the northeastern Dallas suburb of Allen that will serve seniors aged 62 and above. CSG closed the loan through HUD’s 221(d)(4) program on behalf of an undisclosed borrower. Construction of the community began in December 2018.
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CALIF. — CBRE has arranged $25.9 million in debt financing Palm Beach, Fla.-based Sterling Organization’s acquisition of North Ranch Gateway, a retail center in Westlake Village. The vertically integrated private equity real estate firm purchased the 86,520-square-foot property for $35 million in 2018 on behalf of its managed funds. Located at 30805-30895 Thousand Oaks Blvd., the property is anchored by TJ Maxx and was 78 percent occupied at the closing of financing. Shaun Moothart, Dana Summers, Bruce Francis, Bob Ybarra and Doug Birrell of CBRE’s Debt and Structured Finance team arranged the floating-rate financing.
TYSONS, VA. — HFF has secured a $32.2 million refinancing loan on behalf of True North Management Group for 7600 Leesburg Pike, a 219,000-square-foot office building in Tysons, about 16 miles west of Washington, D.C. The loan has a floating interest rate and a three-year term. The office building was built in the 1980s and was renovated in 2016. True North plans to further renovate the asset this year, adding on-site amenities, a deli and a fitness center. Loan proceeds were used to refinance the original acquisition loan and provide funds for the borrower to implement its business plan to lease up and stabilize the asset.
BALTIMORE — Stonehill has provided a $16.5 million bridge loan for an undisclosed borrower for Hotel Monaco in downtown Baltimore. The 202-room hotel is situated about one mile from the city’s Inner Harbor. Amenities include a fitness center, in-room yoga mats, free bike rentals, spa services, nightly social hour and complimentary coffee and tea services.
PHILADELPHIA — Hunt Real Estate Capital has secured a $5.85 million loan to refinance Terrace Lofts, a four-story, 32-unit multifamily building in the Manayunk neighborhood of Philadelphia. The property includes both one- and two-bedroom floor plans. Hunt Real Estate Capital secured a 10-year, fixed-rate loan with a 30-year amortization schedule on behalf of the borrower, a local real estate investor. The lender was not disclosed.
WHITMAN, MASS. — Cornerstone Realty Capital has arranged $5.8 million in acquisition financing for a three-story, 45-unit apartment building in Whitman. The property features a unit mix of 15 one-bedroom and 30 two-bedroom units. All units include stainless steel appliances, granite countertops, in-unit laundry and hardwood floors. Patrick Brady of Cornerstone secured financing for the borrower, a private family office, in the transaction. The lender was a local bank. Whitman is located approximately 24 miles south of Boston.
HOUSTON — JLL has secured a $52.8 million loan for the refinancing of Esperson, a historic property in downtown Houston that currently provides office space to firms in the energy, law and banking industries. MetLife Investment Management provided the loan on behalf of the borrower, a partnership between Contrarian Capital Management and Cameron Management, which acquired the property in 2012. Tom Melody, Paul House, John Ream and Connor Harrell of JLL placed the debt for Esperson, which spans about 600,000 square feet across two buildings.