Loans

rockefeller-townhouses-nyc

NEW YORK CITY — HFF has arranged two loans on behalf of Short Hills, N.J.-based Garden Homes Development for an office property and a residential property in Manhattan. The firm secured $38 million in financing for the office property totaling 103,389 rentable square feet at 13-15 W. 54th St. and 20 W. 55th St. in Midtown Manhattan and $21.5 million in financing for the six-story residential building with ground-floor retail at 194 E. Second St. in the East Village. Built in 1897, the office properties are two adjacent five-story mansions that were home to John D. Rockefeller and known as the Rockefeller Townhouses. Completed in 1997, the residential building features 8,465 square feet of ground-floor retail space and 61 luxury residential units. Andrew Scandalios and Geoff Goldstein of HFF arranged the financing for the borrower.

FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmail

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. — Pillar has originated an $8.2 million Fannnie Mae loan for the refinancing of The Heritage Collection, a portfolio of eight multifamily properties in the historic district of Grand Rapids. The 10-year, fixed-rate loan includes a 30-year amortization schedule. The collection includes 131 units, ranging from studios to three-bedroom apartments, and is fully leased. Many of the properties are 19th- and 20th- century mansions that have been converted into apartments. David Wilkins of Pillar originated the loan for Maplegrove Property Management.

FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmail

SANTA MONICA. CALIF. — Mesa West Capital has provided a $283.3 million loan for the acquisition and renovation of the Lantana Media Campus, a 478,713-square-foot office complex in Santa Monica. The campus contains four Class A office buildings on a 12-acre site on Olympic and Exposition boulevards in Santa Monica’s Media District. It is leased to a variety of entertainment and media companies. A joint venture between Brightstone Capital Partners and Artisan Realty Advisors owns the campus. The seven-year, floating rate, non-recourse financing was originated out of the private lender’s open-ended Mesa West Core Lending Fund. Steve Fried and Jason Bressler led the origination for Mesa West.

FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmail

LOS ANGELES — George Smith Partners has secured $33 million in refinancing for a nine-property multifamily portfolio in Los Angeles. The portfolio is located in the West Hollywood and Koreatown neighborhoods. The transaction required nine separate loans to close concurrently with a structure that provided $5 million in return of equity to the owner and developer. Ultimately, two capital providers provided the loans at a five-year fixed rate of 3.15 percent. Each of the nine loans will self-liquidate over 30 years. After the initial five-year fixed-rate period, the rates will reset and float at 235 over LIBOR for the remaining 25-year term. A step-down prepayment is underwritten, which opens without penalty after the third year. Bryan Shaffer, Jon Shapiro and Max Lehrman arranged the loans.

FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmail

GAINESVILLE, FLA. — Arcis Capital Partners LLC has provided a $70 million revolving facility for the development of Celebration Pointe, a more than 1 million-square-foot mixed-use project in Gainesville. Arcis Capital funded the facility on behalf of the borrower, Gainesville-based Celebration Pointe Holdings LLC, the sponsor and owner of Celebration Pointe. The 125-acre development is located along I-75 at Archer Road and features a newly built multi-modal bridge over the interstate. The developer, Celebration Pointe Development Partners, opened a new Bass Pro Shops at Celebration Pointe on Wednesday, Nov. 9. Anchoring the next phase, which is scheduled to open in November 2017, is a Regal Cinemas theater, a second Class A office building and over 350 luxury apartments. Additionally, a 137-room Hotel Indigo and the final phase of the main street retail are slated for a 2018 opening.

FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmail

JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — Trillium Capital Resources has arranged a $4.1 million acquisition loan for Southside Square Apartments, a 108-unit community located in Jacksonville. Trillium Capital arranged the 10-year, fixed-rate loan through one of the company’s affiliate Freddie Mac Small Balance Lenders on behalf of the New York-based borrower. The loan features 80 percent loan-to-value and three years of interest-only payments.

FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmail
192-mansfield-andover-ma

NORTON, MASS. — On behalf of NorthBridge Partners, CBRE/New England’s Debt & Structured Finance team has arranged $19 million in acquisition financing for a warehouse and distribution facility located at 192 Mansfield Ave. in Norton. The 347,000-square-foot property is fully leased to Advance Auto Parts Inc. Kyle Juszczyszyn, Chris Coutts and Lenny Pierce of CBRE/NE secured the financing for the borrower.

FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmail

CHICAGO — Square Mile Capital Management LLC has originated a $15.2 million mezzanine loan secured by a mixed-use project to be developed by Russland Capital Group-South Loop LLC. Located at 1411 S. Michigan Ave. in Chicago’s South Loop, the property will consist of a 15-story building comprising 199 apartment units and 43,148 square feet of commercial space upon completion. Rush University Medical Center will lease approximately 41,500 square feet of office space. Russland Capital Group has teamed up with LendLease and Boarman Kroos Vogel Group to develop the project. Michael Lavipour of Square Mile originated the loan.

FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmail

WASHINGTON, D.C. — New York Life Real Estate Investors has originated two 15-year loans totaling $90 million for a pair of office buildings in downtown Washington, D.C.’s central business district. The properties include a recently renovated, 10-story building at 1620 Eye St. N.W. and a 12-story building at 1156 15th St. N.W. New York Life Real Estate Investors originated the loans on behalf of the borrower, TF Cornerstone Inc.

FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmail

NEW YORK CITY — Meridian Capital Group has arranged $30 million in financing for the refinance of an office property located at 264-268 W. 40th St. in Manhattan’s Garment District. The 10-year loan, provided by a national balance sheet lender, features a competitive fixed rate of 3.5 percent. Avi Weinstock, Josh Rhine and Luke Hingson of Meridian secured the financing for the borrower, Renaissance Properties. The 20-story, 120,000-square-foot office building is occupied by 40 tenants, including two restaurants as retail tenants.

FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmail