DALLAS — Brian Gramlich of BMC Capital’s Dallas office has arranged a $6 million loan for the refinancing of CrestView Apartments, a multifamily property located in Dallas. The loan features a fixed 4.8 percent interest rate for five years, with 18 months of interest-only payments and a 25-year amortization schedule. The loan was secured through one of BMC Capital’s correspondent banking relationships.
ARLINGTON, TEXAS — Metropolitan Capital Advisors Ltd. (MCA) has arranged a $2.5 million term loan for a contiguous complex of 35 duplexes plus an additional four vacant lots in Arlington. The property is located on Leacrest Street and Melrose Street along New York Avenue. The duplexes are one-story garden style buildings situated on individually platted lots, which were originally built in 1960. An out-of-state buyer purchased the development and is renovating all 35 duplexes. Brandon Wilhite of MCA was responsible for arranging the loan, which included a future funding feature to complete the renovations. Funded by First United Bank, the loan features a 4.5 percent interest rate.
WOODBRIDGE, VA. — The Greenwich Group International has arranged $73.8 million in construction financing for the development of Rivergate Phase I, a 402-unit, Class A residential apartment building to be developed along the Occoquan River in Woodbridge, a Virginia suburb of Washington, D.C. Peter Witham and Duke Fairchild led the Greenwich team representing the developer, The IDI Group Cos., in securing a $60.3 million senior construction loan and $13.5 million in subordinate mezzanine construction financing. John Moriarty & Associates, the general contractor, commenced construction on Aug. 1 and the property is scheduled to deliver and begin leasing in February 2018.
HONOLULU — An affiliate of Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC) has completed the $238 million refinancing of maturing debt for Ward Village, a 60-acre urban master-planned development underway in Honolulu. The Howard Hughes Corp. (NYSE: HHC) is the master developer of Ward Village, which features three condominium towers under construction. Upon completion, Ward Village will comprise 4,000 residences and 1 million square feet of retail and restaurant space. The development is situated between downtown Honolulu and Waikiki in the Kak’ako district. Ward Village is the only project in Hawaii to receive LEED Platinum certification for neighborhood development (LEED-ND) and the largest one in the United States to receive LEED-ND Platinum certification. The financing is secured by the existing Ward Village commercial properties, excluding the condominium towers currently under development. Ward Village’s three condominium towers underway — Waiea, Anaha and Ae ‘o — will open in late 2016, 2017 and 2018, respectively. The three towers will feature ground-floor retail space, including a Nobu restaurant, Merriman’s restaurant and the largest Whole Foods Market in Hawaii. Other mixed-use condo buildings within Ward Village include Gateway Towers and Ke Kilohana, which features a 23,000-square-foot, street-level Longs Drugs store. The financing allows Howard Hughes …
NEW YORK CITY — SL Green Realty Corp. has closed on $1.5 billion in construction financing for One Vanderbilt, a 58-story office tower located adjacent to Grand Central Terminal in Midtown Manhattan. The financing has a term of up to seven years and bears interest at a floating interest rate of 3.5 percent over LIBOR, with the ability to reduce the spread to as low as 3 percent upon achieving certain pre-leasing and completion milestones. Institutions involved in the financing are Wells Fargo Bank as administrative agent; The Bank of New York Melton, JP Morgan Chase Bank, TD Bank N.A. and Bank of China as syndication agents; and Landesbank Baden-Württemberg as documentation agent. Vertical construction is slated to begin in the second quarter of 2017, with completion scheduled for 2020. Tishman Construction is managing the project, which will also include direct connection to Grand Central’s network of mass transit, improved by $220 million in upgrades that SL Green is implementing as part of the project. Designed by Kohn Pederson Fox, the 1.6 million rentable-square-foot tower will be the tallest building in Midtown and the second tallest in New York City. In 2014, TD Bank signed a 20-year, 200,000-square-foot lease at the …
NEW YORK CITY — Madison Realty Capital has provided a $52 million first mortgage loan for the acquisition of a development site in the East Village and the construction of an approved mixed-use development on the site. Located at 644 E. 14th St., the 76,259-square-foot development will feature 50 residential units, 8,064 square feet of retail space with 200 feet of frontage on 14th Street and Avenue C, and 21,575 square feet of community facility space. The loan proceeds helped the undisclosed borrower close on the site acquisition and will fund further predevelopment activities and construction of the building. The residential units will feature contemporary finishes and large balconies with views of the East River. Additionally, the borrower is finalizing a lease with a major New York hospital to occupy the entire community facility portion of the new building.
MIDWEST CITY, OKLA. — Metropolitan Capital Advisors Ltd. (MCA) has arranged a $6.8 million, fixed-rate loan for Huntington Place Apartments, a 288-unit multifamily complex. The 88 percent-occupied property is located at 1401 N. Midwest Blvd. in Midwest City, a suburb of Oklahoma City. RREAF of Dallas purchased the property. The company plans to make capital improvements to the property, enhance management and improve operations. Scott Lynn of MCA was responsible for arranging the Fannie Mae DUS loan with a fixed 3.2 percent interest rate through Arbor Commercial Mortgage.
BRADENTON, FLA. — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has provided a $48.8 million Fannie Mae loan for ParkCrest Landings, a 400-unit property located at 5725 1st Ave. in Bradenton. Built in 2015, ParkCrest’s amenities include a theater, catering kitchen, cyber café, fitness center, game room, heated whirlpool spa, two lakefront swimming pools, two playgrounds, tennis courts, fenced dog parks, volleyball court, lakeside gazebo and four lakes with multiple fountains. Chris Black and Caleb Marten of KeyBanks’s commercial mortgage group arranged the financing, which facilitated the acquisition of the property.
LOUISVILLE, KY. — NorthMarq Capital has arranged a $2.8 million loan for Richlawn Centre, a 16,680-square-foot retail property located at 4133-4149 Shelbyville Road in Louisville. Randall Waddell of NorthMarq’s Louisville office arranged the seven-year loan with one year of interest-only payments through an undisclosed regional bank.
SEAL BEACH, CALIF. — Parallel Capital Partners has received $48.5 million to refinance The Ranch at Seal Beach, a 297,410-square-foot office complex. The complex is located at 3001-3005, 3010, 3020 and 3030 Old Ranch Parkway in Seal Beach. The Ranch at Seal Beach is 93 percent leased to tenants like Leidos, Olson Urban Housing and Merrill Lynch. KPMG, UBS and Keller Williams recently signed new leases at the complex, while Wells Fargo renewed its lease and Finance of America Mortgage expanded its space. Parallel purchased the property in 2013 for $85 million. The complex, formerly known as Bixby Office Park, underwent a rebranding and $1.5 million repositioning. Pacific Western Bank secured the refinancing. JLL’s George Thomson and James Estrada represented Parallel in the lease transactions.