HOUSTON — HFF has placed a $48.5 million loan for the refinancing of CITYCENTRE Five, a 201,437-square-foot office building in Houston. The property is located within a 50-acre mixed-use development that includes three apartment communities and a 265-room hotel. Colby Mueck of HFF arranged the loan through New York Life Real Estate Investors on behalf of Midway Cos., a Houston-based development and management firm.
SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS — New York-based Meridian Capital has arranged a $23.2 million CMBS loan for Cedar Ridge Office Park, a 129,000-square-foot office property in Southlake, a northern suburb of Fort Worth. The two-building development was built in 2005 and 2007 and offers a total of 538 parking spaces. Allan Lieberman, Steven Adler and Simcha Schick of Meridian Capital arranged the 10-year loan on behalf of the borrower, Connecticut-based TS Partners.
SAN JOSE, CALIF. — Newmark has arranged $25.6 million in permanent financing for a research and development building located at 5500-5550 Hellyer Ave. in San Jose. Robert Slatt, Jeff Wilcox and Charlie Kokernak of Newmark secured the 10-year, fixed-rate loan, which features a 30-year amortization schedule through a conduit lender for the undisclosed borrower. The two-story property is divided into three tenant spaces and is fully occupied by industrial flex and office users.
TYSONS, VA. — HFF has arranged $104 million in financing for Greensboro Park, a two-building office portfolio totaling 505,085 square feet in Tysons, about 16 miles west of Washington, D.C. Cary Abod and Robert Carey of HFF arranged the five-year, floating-rate loan through JP Morgan Chase & Co. on behalf of the borrowers, Velocis and Altus Realty. Greensboro Park features a 14-story and an 11-story office tower located at 8180 and 8200 Greensboro Drive. The office campus is anchored by BB&T and is collectively 83 percent leased to 59 tenants. Amenities include a fitness center, conference facilities, tenant lounges, an on-site café and concierge services.
SUNRISE, FLA. — Birmingham, Ala.-based Regions Bank has provided a $44 million non-recourse loan for Sawgrass Lake Center, a 239,373-square-foot office building in Sunrise, a city in Broward County. The owner, Foundry Commercial, will use the loan proceeds to refinance debt on the six-story property. Sawgrass Lake Center is LEED certified and features a five-level parking garage and an onsite café.
NEW YORK CITY — Capital One has provided a $20 million construction loan to Bernstein Real Estate for the development of a 24-story multifamily property at 211 W. 29th St. The property, which is located in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, will feature 38 free-market units, 17 affordable units and 3,150 square feet of ground floor retail space. Amenities at the building will include a 24-hour doorman, gym, bike room and a laundry room. Built on a former parking lot, the project will benefit from a 421-A real estate tax abatement with full taxes abated for 25 years.
CHICAGO — Pembrook Capital Management LLC has provided a $20.3 million bridge loan for the acquisition and renovation of a 325-unit multifamily portfolio in southwest Chicago. Icarus Investment Group was the borrower. The portfolio, formerly owned by Cano Properties, consists of 23 Naturally Occurring Affordable Rental Housing (NOAH) properties. NOAH properties are generally considered to be affordable to families earning less than 80 percent of the area median income. HUD deems rents to be affordable if they are at or below 30 percent of a household’s median income. Icarus intends to complete improvements at the buildings and has agreed to continue to operate the properties as NOAH throughout the term of Pembrook’s loan. The properties feature ground-floor retail spaces. Currently the residential portion is 94.2 percent occupied.
LOS ANGELES — Walker & Dunlop (NYSE: WD) has provided approximately $392.4 million in agency financing for three apartment communities in the greater Los Angeles area. The portfolio includes The Medici and The Orsini I in downtown Los Angeles and The Colony Townhomes in Santa Clarita, about 34 miles north of Los Angeles. Walker & Dunlop closed approximately $233.6 million through Freddie Mac’s Green Up program for the two Los Angeles properties. The Bethesda, Md.-based company also provided a $158.8 million loan through Fannie Mae’s Green Rewards program for the 752-unit community in Santa Clarita. G.H. Palmer Associates, the borrower and developer of all three communities, used the funding to refinance the assets. Led by Walker & Dunlop’s Trevor Fase, each transaction provided cash out to the borrower and was structured as a 10-year, non-recourse loan with interest-only payments for the entire term. As part of the green lending programs from the two government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), G.H. Palmer is also using the proceeds to improve the apartment communities’ energy and/or water efficiency. In order to qualify for the agencies’ green lending programs, borrowers have to plan improvements for at least 25 percent savings in energy or water usage, according to …
HOUSTON — LMI Capital has arranged two loans totaling $17.3 million in the greater Houston area. In the first transaction, Brandon Brown of LMI Capital arranged a $10.6 million fixed-rate permanent loan for a 150-unit multifamily complex in north Houston. In the second deal, Jamie Safier of LMI Capital placed a $6.7 million fixed-rate acquisition loan for a 140-unit complex in the Spring Branch submarket. The names of the properties were not disclosed.
BOSTON — Cornerstone Realty Capital has arranged $7 million in acquisition financing for a three-story apartment building in Boston’s Jamaica Plain neighborhood. Cornerstone was able to obtain a creative financing structure that enables the buyer, Hajjar Management Co., to complete the renovation to property. More specifically, Cornerstone was able to deliver a low, 10-year, fixed-rate financing structure with three years of interest-only payments followed by a 30-year amortization. The lender was a local bank. The building, which is located at 9-11 Seaverns Ave., includes 24 one-bedroom, one-bathroom units. The borrower plans to fully renovate the property over the next three years.
