WALTHAM, MASS. — Blackstone Mortgage Trust has provided $135 million in financing for 830 and 828 Winter St., an existing lab building and a planned lab facility in the Boston suburb of Waltham. HFF worked on behalf of the borrower, King Street Properties, in securing the financing through Blackstone. Loan proceeds will be used to refinance 830 Winter St., which spans 185,000 square feet, and to construct 828 Winter St. Completed in 2001, 828 Winter St. is home to tenants including Praecis Pharmaceuticals, ImmunoGen, GlaxoSmithKline and Histogenics Corp. The new property at 828 Winter St. will include 144,910 square feet across three stories along with a four-level parking garage. King Street broke ground on the project in October 2016 and is planning for a delivery date of July 2018. The HFF debt placement team representing the borrower included Greg LaBine and Porter Terry.
LANCASTER, PA. — HJ Sims has secured $98 million in financing for Brethren Village, a continuing care retirement community in Lancaster. In 2016, Brethren hired Sims to serve as senior managing underwriter for the proposed refinancing of 2008 bonds on the facility. Sims worked with Brethren Village’s independent municipal advisor to pair the refinance with financing to develop an independent living expansion project known as Northside Court. The financing consists of fixed-rate refunding bonds structured with serial and term bonds, a 25-year maturity and level annual debt service. The 2017 refunding bonds include optional redemption provisions of 10 years to enable Brethren to repay the bonds prior to maturity. The Northside Court project financing was structured as a variable rate, tax-exempt direct placement with one bank. The term of the bank commitment is 10 years with a 25-year principal amortization.
SHARONVILLE, OHIO — NorthMarq Capital has arranged a $7.7 million refinancing loan for Crescent Centre in Sharonville, about 15 miles north of Cincinnati. The 131,400-square-foot industrial property spans the addresses of 12071-12082 Champion Way, 12092-12108 Champion Way and 2511 East Crescentville Road. The 10-year loan includes a 25-year amortization schedule. A life insurance company provided the loan.
O’FALLON, ILL. — Tremont Realty Capital, a division of The RMR Group, has arranged a $5.5 million loan for the refinancing of Valley View Estates in O’Fallon, about 17 miles east of St. Louis. Tremont arranged the 10-year loan for the 223-unit manufactured home community through a lending relationship.
NAPLES, FLA. — NorthMarq Capital has arranged a $21.2 million acquisition loan for Berkshire Reserve, a 146-unit apartment community located in Naples. Lee Weaver and Melissa Marcolini-Quinn of NorthMarq Capital structured the loan through Freddie Mac’s Green Up program on behalf of the borrower, which has committed to saving at least 15 percent in energy or water usage.
DECATUR, ALA. — Trillium Capital Resources has arranged a $6.5 million Freddie Mac loan for the refinancing of Summer Key Apartments, a 188-unit multifamily community in Decatur. Trillium arranged the 10-year, non-recourse loan with a fixed interest rate 198 basis points over the 10-year Treasury yield. The loan features a 70 percent loan-to-value ratio.
SEATTLE — Capstone Development Partners and Harrison Street Real Estate Capital have closed on equity financing for an on-campus mixed-use development at Seattle University. The 143,000-square-foot mixed-use development will include 300 beds of student housing and 16,000 square feet of office space to be used as administrative offices for the university. Financing for the $50 million development was completed under Capstone and Harrison Street’s P3+ development model. Construction on the project is already underway, with an opening scheduled for August 2018. Ankrom Moisan Architects designed the project, which Howard S. Wright, a Balfour Beatty Company, is constructing. Seattle University Housing & Residence Life will provide residence life programming services, while Capstone and Harrison Street will provide asset management and Blanton Turner will provide facility maintenance services, all in a shared governance approach.
LOS ANGELES — A joint venture between Alcion Ventures and Genton Property Group has received $239 million in financing to develop the Four Seasons Private Residences Los Angeles. Construction has already begun for the luxury project, which features 59 for-sale units. It is scheduled for completion in mid-2019. The Four Seasons Private Residences will be situated across from the Four Seasons Los Angeles at Beverly Hills, near the intersection of Third Street and Wetherly Drive. The property will be near Cedars-Sinai Hospital, Beverly Hills’ Golden Triangle and the North Robertson Boulevard shopping district. The 12-story, LEED-certified tower will feature custom residences with interiors inspired by California-modern designer Richard Neutra. Architecture firm CallisonRTKL designed the property. The units will offer a variety of floorplans with luxury features and amenities, including floor-to-ceiling, retractable glass walls, open-concept indoor/outdoor living and dining spaces, professional-grade gourmet kitchens, spa bathrooms with soaking tubs, separate glass-walled showers with dual-sinks, marble-topped vanities, rooftop gardens, and views from the Hollywood Hills to the downtown skyline. Property features include a heated outdoor lap pool and poolside cabanas, state-of-the-art fitness center with spin, cardio, weight equipment and private training and yoga rooms, private spa treatment rooms, an IMAX theater for private …
THOMPSON, N.Y. — Montreign Operating Co., an indirect subsidiary of Empire Resorts, has closed a $35 million increase to its Term B loans, which are part of a senior secured first lien term loan facility. Montreign and its subsidiaries will use the proceeds of the loans to fund development of the Resorts World Catskills casino, as well as an entertainment village and golf course being developed at the site of the destination resort in Thompson. Following the closing of the additional $35 million Term B loans, the term loan facility now provides an aggregate of $520 million senior secured first lien term loans, consisting of $70 million of Term A loans and $450 million of Term B loans. Upon completion in March 2018, the resort will include an 18-story casino, hotel and entertainment complex with a 100,000-square-foot casino floor, over 100 table games, 2,150 slot machines, a poker room and private gaming salons. Guest amenities will include 332 all-suite hotel rooms, of which there are 12 penthouse suites, eight garden suites, seven two-story villas, two indoor pools, a spa and fitness center.
GARDNER, MASS. — MassHousing has provided $9.3 million in financing to an affiliate of the non-profit Retirement Housing Foundation (RHF) for the preservation and renovation of 134 affordable housing units at Binnall House in Gardner. Binnall House is home to senior citizens and residents with disabilities who will see the affordability of their units extended for at least 15 years. The Binnall House refinancing is one of the first nationally in which a Housing Finance Agency (HFA) has completed a transaction through the Federal Housing Administration’s Housing Tax Credit Pilot Program. The program allows borrowers to utilize federal low-income housing tax credits and an affordable fast-track mortgage product insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA). MassHousing refinanced Binnall House through the Agency’s Multifamily Accelerated Processing (MAP)/Ginnie Mae Joint Venture Initiative with lender partner Rockport Mortgage Corp. The Schochet Cos. provided development consulting and its affiliate, Federal Management Co., is the property manager for Binnall House.