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 …
Loans
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.
LAMAR, COLO., MONTE VISTA, COLO., AND MYRTLE POINT, ORE. — Lancaster Pollard has arranged $9.5 million in FHA financing for Summit Healthcare REIT. The loans will refinance the acquisition loans on three skilled nursing facilities in the Western United States. The three facilities are Juniper Village at Lamar, a 60-unit skilled facility in Lamar; Juniper Village at Monte Vista, a 58-unit facility in Monte Vista; and Myrtle Point Care Center in Myrtle Point, which features 28 units of skilled nursing and 18 units of assisted living. Jason Dopoulos led the transaction for Lancaster Pollard. The financing, which has a 30-year term, lowered the fixed interest rate on the properties. Summit is a public, non-traded company that recently transitioned from an industrial REIT to a healthcare REIT.
CHULA VISTA, CALIF. — Mike Dobbins of NorthMarq Capital’s San Diego office has arranged $44.5 million in financing on behalf of Sudberry Properties. The borrower is using the capital to build Millenia Town Center, a 128,177-square-foot retail property located at the southeast corner of Highway 125 and Birch Road in Chula Vista. The capital consisted of a construction loan from a bank and preferred equity from a life insurance company for whom NorthMarq is a correspondent. Major tenants on the property will include Buy Buy Baby, Ross Dress for Less, Homegoods and Cost Plus.
SAN MARCOS, TEXAS — Dougherty Mortgage LLC has closed a $5.5 million Fannie Mae loan for the acquisition of Millennium on Post, a 51-unit student housing property in the San Antonio suburb of San Marcos. The property is located at 1651 Post Road, roughly 2.5 miles from Texas State University. Dougherty arranged the 12-year loan through a partnership with Old Capital Lending on behalf of the borrower, 1651 Millennium Post Road LLC.
NEW YORK CITY — Zeev Douek of Q10 New York Realty Advisors, an affiliate of Houlihan-Parnes Realtors, has secured $29.3 million in financing for two apartment buildings in the Queens borough of New York City. The buildings include a total of 240 units with a unit mix of studios and one- and two-bedroom units. Both loans were placed with a New York-based bank. The five-year, fixed-rate loans provided for a cash-out refinancing of $6 million.
ORLAND PARK, ILL. — Associated Bank has provided a $25 million loan for the refinancing of a 73,180-square-foot retail building occupied by Mariano’s Fresh Market in Orland Park, a suburb of Chicago. The grocery store, located at 9504 W. 142nd St., opened in January 2016. Daniel Barrins of Associated Bank originated the loan. A United Kingdom-based affiliate of IM Properties PLC was the borrower.
NEW YORK CITY — Meridian Capital Group has secured $65 million to refinance The Blake, a multifamily property in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, on behalf of BLDG Management. A national life insurance company provided the 10-year loan, which features a fixed rate of 4.2 percent and seven years of interest-only payments. Meridian’s Carol Shelby negotiated the transaction. The Blake, located at 220 E. 63rd St., is a 14-story, 181-unit apartment building including one-, two- and three-bedroom units. Building and neighborhood amenities include a 24-hour doorman, valet services, a lounge, fitness center, on-site parking and a subway station one block away.
MILFORD, MASS. — Ted Sidel and Brian Sheehan of EagleBridge Capital have arranged $3.5 million in permanent mortgage financing to refinance Milford South Plaza in Milford. A Massachusetts-based thrift institution was the lender. The property is a 44,270-square-foot retail plaza with 237 parking spaces on 5.1 acres. Milford South Plaza is located at 146 S. Main St. The plaza is 100 percent leased to four tenants including Big Lots, Dollar Tree, The Milford National Bank and Dunkin’ Donuts. An affiliate of Summit Realty Partners manages the property.