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Agency Initiatives Entice Traditional Multifamily Owners, Investors to Workforce Housing

by Sarah Daniels

  A trio of social-impact lending programs is enticing enough to convince market-rate multifamily owners and investors to dip their toes into the affordable housing sector. These recently launched initiatives all promote the creation and preservation of workforce housing. Unlike low-income housing tax credits, Section 8 rent vouchers and other longstanding programs centered on helping families with low and very-low incomes to afford housing, the newest offerings primarily aim to assist missing middle renters — or those with modest-to-low incomes. That’s according to Ian Monk, deputy chief production officer for conventional multifamily at Lument — which is educating its borrowers about the competitive pricing, generous proceeds and potential for lengthy amortization periods available from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. “By charter, the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) have a duty to help provide housing that is affordable to all people, including families with only moderately low incomes,” Monk says. “In the multifamily arena, they may serve those families in fully dedicated affordable communities, but they can also serve them in conventional, market-rate properties that adopt some affordability initiatives using one of these social-impact loan structures.” The GSEs are making a strong push in 2024 to expand participation in the three social-impact loan products, …

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Lument Arranges $27M Construction Financing for Seniors Housing Project in Durango, Colorado

by Amy Works

DURANGO, COLO. — Lument has arranged a $27 million debt placement to assist Mission Senior Living with the construction of a 124-unit, 129-bed, two-story assisted living and memory care community to be known as Mesa Verde Estates in Durango.  Lument’s Steve McGee, Rob McAdams, and Sangjin Na led the transaction. The financing structure included a $20.9 million U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) guaranteed loan that a community bank provided. The structure also includes approximately $6 million of commercial property assessed clean energy (C-PACE) proceeds, which Lument sourced from an independent investment firm. C-PACE is an alternative financing mechanism used for the upfront costs associated with energy efficiency or renewable energy improvements. Founded in 2012, Mission Senior Living is an owner and operator of senior living communities in the Western U.S. with six communities totaling 639 units under management.

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Lument Provides $64.6M Refinancing for Student Housing Community Near Johns Hopkins University

by John Nelson

BALTIMORE — Lument has provided a $64.6 million loan for the refinancing of Nine East 33rd, a 568-bed student housing property located near Johns Hopkins University’s Homewood campus in Baltimore. Tim Smits of Lument led the team in placing the loan through Freddie Mac’s capital markets execution program on behalf of the borrower, HH Fund. The five-year, fixed-rate loan features interest-only payments for the full term. Developed in 2016, Nine East 33rd offers one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom fully furnished units.

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Lument Provides $11.3M Agency Loan for Refinancing of Multifamily Property in Sherman, Texas

by Taylor Williams

SHERMAN, TEXAS — New York City-based Lument has provided an $11.3 million Freddie Mac loan for the refinancing of Easton Parc Apartments, a 232-unit multifamily property located in the North Texas city of Sherman. Built in 1986 and renovated in 2013, the garden-style property consists of 22 buildings on nearly nine acres. Amenities include a pool, clubhouse, dog park and onsite laundry facilities. Sloan Stevens of Lument originated the 10-year loan, which is structured with five years of interest-only payments and a 30-year amortization schedule. The borrower was not disclosed.

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Lument Provides Four Loans Totaling $11.5M for Refinancing of Affordable Housing Properties Across Three States

by Kristin Harlow

OHIO, INDIANA AND TENNESSEE — Lument has provided four loans totaling $11.5 million on behalf of United Church Homes, a nonprofit that has developed more than 2,700 residential units and specializes in affordable and mixed-income apartment communities. Paul Weissman and Andy Nicoll of Lument originated the FHA Section 223(f) loans. The four loans include $1.8 million for Pickfair Square, a 33-unit property in Pickerington, Ohio; $4.8 million for Salem Manor, an 84-unit property in Fort Wayne, Ind.; $2.3 million for Fox Hollow, a 40-unit community in Covington, Tennessee; and $2.5 million for Canal Village, a 45-unit asset in Canal Winchester, Ohio. Loan proceeds enable the borrower to make significant repairs to the units.

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How to Clear Affordable Housing’s Construction Financing Hurdle

by Sarah Daniels

  Developers are finding it tougher than ever to finance affordable housing. And often, the biggest hurdle for the sector’s borrowers involves construction — either obtaining that initial loan at a manageable cost or qualifying for take-out financing after a protracted construction period — which has strained resources and delivery schedules for a number of developments. Limitations on rent increases make the industry especially vulnerable to rising costs, and expenses today have risen precipitously across the board. Rents have also grown, but not on pace with construction and operating costs driven up by inflation, wage pressures, soaring insurance premiums and a series of interest rate hikes, observes Tracy Peters, a senior managing director on Lument’s affordable housing production team. “Borrowers are squeezed by a number of things in this marketplace,” Peters says. “The fed funds rate climbing 5 percent over the last two years means the interest rates on construction loans have basically come up 5 percent or more over that time. Now folks who had budgeted for a much lower interest rate — if they are still in construction mode — are trying to figure out how to deal with these higher interest rates.” At the same time, the …

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Lument Provides $78.8M HUD-Insured Refinancing for Hub Apartments in Bowling Green, Kentucky

by John Nelson

BOWLING GREEN, KY. — Lument has provided a $78.8 million loan through HUD’s 223(f) program for The Hub, a 590-unit apartment community in Bowling Green. Ryan Duling of Lument’s Columbus, Ohio office originated the financing, which was underwritten with a low fixed interest rate and a 25-basis-point mortgage insurance premium due to its green classification. The borrower was not disclosed. Built in 2020, The Hub comprises 42 apartment buildings surrounding a central park. Amenities include pickleball courts, a splash pad, pet park and resort-style pools with multiple pavilions and lounge areas, as well as food-and-beverage options.

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How One Lender Is Finding High-Tech Solutions to Complicated Application Processes

by Sarah Daniels

  Today’s accelerating technology transformation is altering how the commercial real estate industry executes transactions and manages assets. “The amount of information that a multifamily borrower needs to submit and disclose has become more demanding over time,” says William (Bill) Hyman, a Lument senior managing director who oversees the firm’s strategic business technology transformation and conventional loan production. “That has made due diligence more complex and data intensive, and we wanted to create a more secure and expedient way to tackle that process.” Seeing this need, Lument responded by creating a suite of proprietary technology tools. Across the industry, the advent of online, friendlier multifamily loan application and servicing processes has not only eliminated the transfer of sensitive information through email by moving the processes to secure portals, but it has also streamlined common paper-based, time-consuming and burdensome tasks. That has translated into much speedier decisions about loans and responses to questions and requests. LeapOnline Beginnings Lument is a commercial real estate finance solutions provider based in New York that specializes in Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Federal Housing Administration and balance sheet lending. The company’s digital transformation began in 2017. At the time, the company saw the opportunity to better …

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Lument Provides $13.4M Agency Loan for Refinancing of Seniors Housing Complex in Metro Houston

by Taylor Williams

HUMBLE, TEXAS — New York City-based Lument has provided a $13.4 million Fannie Mae loan for the refinancing of The Fordham at Eagle Springs, a 137-unit seniors housing complex in Humble, a northern suburb of Houston. The six-building, age-restricted community was built in 2020 within the Eagle Springs master-planned development and offers a pool, salon and a coffee bar. Tom Dixon of Lument originated the financing, which was structured with a 10-year term (four years of which are interest-only), fixed interest rate and a 30-year amortization schedule. The borrower was not disclosed.

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Lument Provides $31.7M HUD-Insured Loan for Refinancing of Brooklyn Affordable Housing Property

by Taylor Williams

NEW YORK CITY — Lument has provided a $31.7 million HUD-insured loan for the refinancing of Lefferts Heights, an 87-unit affordable housing property located in the Clinton Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn. The property was built in 1974, and units range in size from 550 to 970 square feet. Josh Reiss of Lument originated the long-term, fixed-rate financing through HUD’s 223(f) program on behalf of the sponsor, Wavecrest Management. The financing includes proceeds to fund capital improvements.

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