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AURORA, COLO. — HFF has arranged $118.5 million in financing for The Forum Fitzsimons, a mixed-use residential and retail property located in Aurora, a suburb of Denver. The borrower is a joint venture between Catalina Development Co., The Pollin Group and Sightway Capital. Chris McColpin and Josh Simon of HFF arranged the five-year, floating-rate loan through a specialty finance company. Loan proceeds were used to replace the existing construction financing, which HFF arranged on behalf of the development team in 2015. Located at 13650 E. Colfax Ave., the four-story property features 397 apartments and 28,640 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Additionally, the property offers more than 15,000 square feet of amenities, including two resort-style pools and spas with outdoor fireplaces and grills; clubrooms with a theater and game room; a fitness facility with specialized yoga and cycling rooms; an internet café and business center; a dog washing facility and two bark parks; a bike shop; storage facilities; and a six-story gated parking structure.

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KINGSLAND AND ST. MARY’S, GA. — The Bancorp Bank has provided a $7.8 million loan for the acquisition of two apartment communities in Southeast Georgia: Willow Way Apartments in Kingsland and Hickory Plantation in St. Mary’s. Both communities are located near the Georgia-Florida state line, roughly 35 miles north of Jacksonville. Judah Aderet of Eastern Union arranged the three-year, floating-rate loan with Bancorp’s Jonathan Kohan on behalf of the buyer, Wicamia Creek Investments. Greg Braciak of Bancorp underwrote the transaction. Bancorp Bank funded up to 80 percent of the acquisition costs plus 100 percent of the renovation costs. Willow Way Apartments features 60 units with a mix of one- and two-bedroom floor plans, and Hickory Plantation features 100 units with a mix of one- to three-bedroom floor plans.

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NEW YORK CITY — Mission Capital Advisors has secured $21 million in non-recourse acquisition and construction financing for a luxury, six-unit condo conversion in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan. Located at 214-216 W. 15th St., the property is a former nursery school. Once completed, the residences will feature 10-foot ceilings, private balconies, and modern kitchens. Raymond Salameh, Ari Hirt, Steven Buchwald, and Lexington Henn of Mission Capital represented developer Holliswood Development in securing financing from a Philadelphia-based debt fund. Terms of the financing were not disclosed.

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DETROIT — Berkadia has arranged an $87 million bridge loan for the recapitalization of The Westin Book Cadillac in downtown Detroit. The full-service hotel includes amenities such as a business services center, indoor pool, fitness center and spa. The sponsor is Cleveland-based Ferchill Group, which redeveloped the property in 2006. Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Inc. provided the loan.

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JESSUP, MD. — M&T Realty Capital Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of M&T Bank, has provided a $62.5 million Freddie Mac loan for the permanent financing of The Elms at Shannon’s Glen, a 364-unit multifamily community in Jessup, roughly 15 miles southwest of Baltimore. Matthew Hodson and Debra Goldstein of M&T Realty Capital structured the 12-year loan with eight years of interest-only payments and a 30-year amortization schedule on behalf of the borrower, Elm Street Development. The McLean, Va.-based company developed the community in 2016. M&T Bank provided construction financing for the project. The Elms at Shannon’s Glen includes a mix of one- to three-bedroom units with granite countertops, Energy Star appliances and private patios or balconies. Community amenities include a resort-style pool, fire pit, bocce ball court, fitness center, yoga room, dog park and a community garden.

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MIAMI — Miami-based CGI Merchant Group LLC has received $40.8 million in loans from Starwood Mortgage Capital LLC to refinance an office building in Coral Gables and three office properties in Palm Beach and Martin counties. According to its website, Starwood provided a $25 million loan for 55 Miracle Mile, a four-story, 65,242-square-foot office building in Coral Gables. The property was built in 2004 and is 96 percent leased to 19 tenants.   Starwood also provided a $15.8 million loan to refinance The Nexus Portfolio, a three-building suburban office portfolio totaling 128,563 square feet in Lake Worth, West Palm Beach and Stuart. The portfolio operates as executive suites and is 93 percent leased to 350 tenants. CGI originally acquired the assets in 2013.

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SAN DIEGO — Phase 3 Real Estate Partners has received a $149 million refinancing for Genesis Campus Point, a life science campus in the University Town Center (UTC) submarket of San Diego. Located at 4224 and 4242 Campus Point Court and 10210 Campus Point Drive, the three-building campus features 314,135 square feet of state-of-the-art life science space. Additionally, the campus includes an underground parking facility; an amenity building featuring a fitness center with lap pool, yoga studio, spin studio and showers/lockers; an on-site restaurant; and conference centers. Current tenants include Poseida Therapeutics, MabPlex USA, Heron Therapeutics, Celgene, Tocagen, BioLabs San Diego LLC and AveXis Inc. Tim Wright, Todd Sugimoto and Olga Walsh of HFF arranged the financing for the borrower.

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ARLINGTON, TEXAS — Dougherty Mortgage has arranged a $14.6 million Fannie Mae loan for the acquisition of Running Brook Apartments, a 232-unit market-rate multifamily community in Arlington. The 12-year loan, which features a 30-year amortization schedule, was arranged through a partnership with Old Capital Lending. The borrower was RBA202 LLC.

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BOISE, IDAHO — Berkadia has arranged $16.2 million in financing for Hyatt Place Boise, a select-service hotel located at 1024 W. Bannock St. in downtown Boise. The borrower is a partnership between Utah-based PEG Development and Idaho-based Rafanelli and Nahas. Adrienne Kautzman of Berkadia’s Phoenix office secured the permanent financing for the borrower. The non-recourse long-term loan features a fixed rate and several years of interest-only payments. Hyatt Place Boise features 150 guest rooms, 24-hour fitness center, business center, outdoor pool and restaurant.

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WAYNE, N.J. — Axiom Capital Corp. has arranged a $20.5 million construction loan for the development of a 418,000-square-foot industrial facility in Wayne. The lender was a life insurance company. Once complete, the property will include 40-foot clear heights and 42 truck dock positions as well as 40,000 square feet of office space. The borrower was a private investor.

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