Loans

LOS ANGELES — Westwood Financial, a shopping center investment firm based in Los Angeles, has received $171 million in financing in two separate loan transactions. The company will use the debt to refinance or fund acquisitions for 13 retail properties totaling nearly 1.1 million square feet in Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, North Carolina and Texas. Nationwide Life Insurance Co. provided a $94 million loan for Westwood Financial to refinance or acquire seven multi-tenant retail shopping centers, including: • the 77,043 square-foot Camelback Village anchored by AJ’s Fine Foods in Phoenix; • the 116,707-square-foot Elk Crossing anchored by Jewel-Osco in Elk Grove, Ill., near Chicago; • the 97,229-square-foot Atascocita Center anchored by Kroger in Humble, Texas, near Houston; • the 101,791-square-foot Market at Lake Houston anchored by H-E-B in Atascocita, Texas, near Houston; • the 87,632-square-foot Lynwood Collection anchored by Kroger in Raleigh, N.C.; • the 55,323-square-foot, Trader Joe’s-anchored Arbors at Mallard Creek in Charlotte, N.C.; and • the 47,518-square-foot Village at Preston Hollow shadow-anchored by Central Market in Dallas. Additionally, an undisclosed, major life insurance firm provided a $77 million loan for the refinancing of six properties, including: • the 89,506-square-foot Mercado del Rancho anchored by Sprouts Farmers Market …

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EAST ORANGE, N.J. — KeyBank Community Development & Lending Investment has provided a $54.8 million bridge loan for Essence 144, an apartment community located at 144 S. Harrison St. in East Orange. The borrower is Blackstone 360, a design-build firm based in Newark, N.J. Essence 144 is an adaptive reuse project in which the abandoned 12-story existing structure was redeveloped into a 144-unit apartment community. Tom Peloquin and John Gilmore IV of KeyBank arranged the refinancing.

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South Portland, Maine — HFF has arranged the $16.5 million sale of Mallside Plaza, a 98,948-square-foot shopping center located in South Portland, Maine. The company also secured $12.6 million in acquisition financing for the deal. Tenants at the fully leased center include DSW Shoe Warehouse, Five Below, Guitar Center, Dollar Tree and Mattress Firm. The sale also included an outparcel single-tenant building net leased to Five Guys Burgers. Jim Koury of HFF marketed the property on behalf of the seller, Kimco Realty Corp., and procured the buyer, Northeast Capital Group. Porter Terry of HFF worked on behalf of the new owner to secure a 10-year, fixed-rate acquisition loan through Katahdin Trust Company.

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KYLE, TEXAS — San Antonio-based Mason Joseph Co. Inc. has arranged $20.1 million in construction and permanent financing for Plum Creek Vue, a 180-unit apartment community in Kyle, a city roughly midway between Austin and San Antonio. The HUD loan carries a fixed interest rate for the 15-month construction period and subsequent 40-year term. Blazer Building Texas is constructing the property, which is located at the intersection of Cromwell and Dorman drives.

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FRANKLIN, TENN. — Cushman & Wakefield has secured a $40 million construction loan for the development of a 328-unit apartment community in Franklin, the seat of Nashville’s Cool Springs district. Mike Ryan, Telly Fathaly and Brian Linnihan of Cushman & Wakefield structured senior debt on behalf of the borrower, Middleburg Real Estate Partners. The Cushman & Wakefield team also sourced joint venture equity with an institutional capital partner for the development. The property will include two split-level buildings comprising 21 studio apartments, 168 one-bedroom units and 139 two-bedroom units. Community amenities will includes a clubhouse, saltwater pool, cabana areas, outdoor kitchens and a four-acre park for residents. Middleburg has begun construction on the unnamed property and expects to wrap up construction in 2018.

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AUBURN HILLS, MICH. — Bernard Financial Group has arranged a $7.2 million refinancing for a 144,400-square-foot industrial facility in Auburn Hills, located about 30 miles northwest of Detroit. The building serves as a newly expanded industrial manufacturing facility for Dana Corp. David Dismondy originated the loan for the borrower, Brown Eight LLC. Protective Life Insurance Co. provided the capital. Bernard Financial will service the loan.

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DORAVILLE, GA. — SunTrust Commercial Real Estate has provided a $42.7 million construction loan to Holder Properties for the development of a new corporate headquarters for Serta Simmons Bedding. Located within Assembly, a 164-acre mixed-use urban renewal project in Doraville, roughly 15 miles north of Atlanta, the project will feature approximately 210,000 square feet of office, showroom and research and development space. The property will also include a 500-space parking deck. Upon completion in early 2019, Serta Simmons will consolidate its headquarters from three locations in the Atlanta area and one in Chicago, and bring roughly 500 jobs to the new development. The Atlanta-based company owns and manages two of the largest brands in the mattress industry, Serta and Beautyrest. The project is designed by Rule, Joy, Trammell + Rubio and DPR is the general contractor. Dom Wyant of JLL represented Serta Simmons in the lease transaction.

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NORTH BETHESDA, MD. — Phillips Realty Capital has secured a $30 million loan for 6116 Executive Blvd., an eight-story, 217,732-square-foot office building in North Bethesda. John Sieber, David Foulk and Patrick Kelly of Phillips Realty structured the loan on behalf of the buyer, Goodstone LLC, which acquired the vacant building in April for $9.5 million. Constructed in 1989, the building was vacated by the National Institutes of Health’s National Cancer Institute in 2013. Goodstone’s capital improvement plan features new and contemporary entries, elevators and common areas, including a fitness center, conference facility, vending café, visitor lounge and upper-floor tenant terrace. The property also includes a three-story underground parking garage. JLL will handle the office’s leasing assignment, and Cushman & Wakefield will manage the property. Occupancy is slated for availability in June 2018.

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SAN ANTONIO — BMC Capital has arranged $1.1 million in cash-out refinancing for a 32-unit multifamily property in San Antonio. Clayton Wells of BMC Capital arranged the 10-year loan, which features a 4.2 percent interest rate and a 30-year amortization schedule, through an agency lender on behalf of the undisclosed borrower.

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LOS ANGELES — Walker & Dunlop has closed $289 million in loans for 21 multifamily properties across California. The portfolio contains a total of 2,189 units in major metropolitan areas like San Francisco, San Jose, San Diego and Los Angeles. More than half of the communities contain project-based Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments Contracts. The other 10 assets qualify for Fannie Mae’s Green Rewards Program, where new investments in water and electrical systems will reduce the properties’ environmental impact. Peggy Griffith, a Walker & Dunlop preferred correspondent, sourced the transaction.

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