ST. PAUL, MINN. — Dougherty Funding LLC has provided a $15.1 million loan for the construction of a Residence Inn by Marriott in St. Paul. The 102-room hotel will be located on Grand Avenue adjacent to the Children’s Hospital and Allina’s United Hospital, with close proximity to the St. Paul Convention Center and Xcel Energy Center. Included in the project is the preservation of a firehouse that is the City of St. Paul’s oldest remaining municipal building, constructed in 1871. Dougherty Funding served as lead lender and servicer for the loan. St. Paul Hotel Ventures LLC was the borrower.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Citizens Bank has led the financing on two deals in the metropolitan Washington, D.C., area with The JBG Cos. totaling $90 million. The financing included the $49 million refinancing of Georgetown Center, two office buildings at 2115 and 2121 Wisconsin Ave. in D.C.’s Georgetown district, and a $41 million loan to finance the Old Centerville, a 171,631-square-foot, H-Mart-anchored shopping center on Braddock Road in Centerville, Va. Citizens was the administrative agent and sole lead arranger for both transactions.
BRADENTON AND ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. — Goldman Sachs has provided $54.3 million in financing for two apartment communities in the Tampa Bay area. The properties include the 281-unit Fountain Lakes Apartments located at 5620 Fountain Lake Circle in Bradenton and the 276-unit Sienna Bay Apartments located at 10501 3rd St. in St. Petersburg. Mona Carlton, Elliott Throne and Matthew Sand of HFF arranged the two 10-year, fixed-rate loans through Goldman Sachs. The borrower, Beachwold Residential, will use the financing to retire existing bridge financing and return sponsor equity following a renovation/expansion program at both communities.
Meridian Capital Group Arranges $21M Acquisition Financing for Office Property in Syracuse, New York
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Meridian Capital Group has arranged $19 million in acquisition financing and $2 million for the repositioning of One Lincoln Center, an office property in Syracuse. The financing was arranged on behalf of Asher Zamir of Zamir Equities. Meridian’s Steven Edelstein, Steven Adler and Luke Hingson negotiated the loan, which was provided by a debt fund. One Lincoln Center is a 19-story, 305,594-square-foot office tower anchored by JPMorgan Chase, Bond, Schoeneck & King, CadaretGrant, Arcadis, and Earthlink. Located at 110 W. Fayette St., the property is adjacent to the intersection of I-81 and I-690.
NEW YORK CITY — Madison Realty Capital (MRC) has provided a $53.5 million first mortgage loan for the acquisition of a 90,000-square-foot development site located on Metropolitan Avenue and Graham Avenue in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn. SL Development acquired the property, which operated as an umbrella factory since 1933. The financing also will also fund the conversion of the asset into a mixed-use property. Upon completion, the development will include 69 residential condominiums with 18 parking spaces and 20,000 square feet of retail. Rawlings Architects designed the project, which will also feature a resident gym and a roof deck. Construction is expected to begin this month and be completed in July 2019. Aaron Appel, Michael Diaz and Alex Witt from Jones Lang LaSalle sourced the deal to MRC and represented the borrower in the transaction.
FORT LEE, N.J. — PMZ Realty Capital has arranged a $23.7 million construction loan for Hyatt Place Fort Lee. The 168-room property will offer rooms including work desks, refrigerators, coffee makers and an in-room safe. The hotel also features complimentary breakfast.
CINCINNATI — NorthMarq Capital has arranged a $7.2 million loan for the refinancing of Park 42 office property in Cincinnati. The 396,000-square-foot building is located at 3600 Park 42 Drive. Noah D. Juran of NorthMarq arranged the 10-year loan, which includes a 20-year amortization schedule. First Financial Bank provided the loan. The borrower was a real estate investment and management company.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Walker & Dunlop has closed an $8.8 million loan for the refinancing of SOCO Apartments, a 122-unit, garden-style multifamily community located at 6300 S. Congress Ave. in Austin. The 103,568-square-foot, Class A property consists of one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments that are 95 percent occupied. Stuart Wernick of Walker & Dunlop led the loan placement team.
CREVE COEUR, MO. — Meridian Capital Group has arranged a $29 million bridge loan for the acquisition of Vanguard Heights in Creve Coeur, a western suburb of St. Louis. The luxury multifamily property consists of 174 units and is located at 10362 Old Olive St. Amenities include a fitness training studio, valet dry cleaning service, car charging station, heated salt water swimming pool and fire pit lounge area. Shaya Ackerman and Shaya Sonnenschein of Meridian Capital arranged the 15-month loan, which features a floating rate of 250 basis points over the 30-day LIBOR rate and full-term, interest-only payments. Strategic Properties of North America was the borrower.
MADISON, WIS. — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has provided an $11.3 million loan for the refinancing of The Villages, a 193-unit workforce housing community in Madison. The property is currently leased to tenants at rent levels that qualify as being affordable to people who make 60 percent or less of the area median income. Dirk Falardeau and Robert Ray of KeyBank arranged the 10-year loan through Fannie Mae. Sundance Bay Multifamily, the multifamily development affiliate of San Diego-based Sundance Bay, was the borrower.