ROCHESTER, MINN. — Northmarq has provided a $12.5 million Freddie Mac loan for the acquisition of Timberland Heights in Rochester. The 147-unit multifamily property, built in 1975, is located at 1515 41st St. NW. Amenities include a fitness center, pool, clubhouse, playground and laundry facilities. Mike Padilla of Northmarq originated the 10-year loan, which features four years of interest-only payments and a 30-year amortization schedule. The borrower was not provided.
LITCHFIELD, MINN. AND MONROE, WIS. — MAG Capital Partners LLC has acquired two industrial facilities totaling 205,410 square feet in Minnesota and Wisconsin in a sale-leaseback transaction with Monroe Truck Equipment Inc. The sales price was undisclosed. One of the properties totals 162,170 square feet and is located in Litchfield, Minn. The other spans 43,240 square feet and is situated in Monroe, Wis. Founded in 1958 in Wisconsin, Monroe Truck Equipment specializes in snow and ice control equipment, towing and service bodies. In 2021, the company joined Aebi Schmidt Group, a Switzerland-based infrastructure and terrain maintenance firm. Daniel Macks and Jonathan Wolfe of STREAM Capital Partners represented the seller. Led by Dax Mitchell and Andrew Gi, MAG Capital Partners is based in Dallas.
ST. PAUL, MINN. — Minneapolis real estate development company Schafer Richardson has received more than $77 million in financing for the development of Soul, a mixed-use development in St. Paul with an affordable housing component. Multifamily financing provider Merchants Capital arranged the debt financing for Soul, securing a $33 million Merchants Bank of Indiana (MBI) construction loan, a $16.6 million MBI equity bridge loan and a $27.4 million Freddie Mac Tax-Exempt Loan to comprise the total $77 million. RBC Capital Markets served as the equity provider for the project. The City of St. Paul also contributed to the project through the allocation of American Rescue Plan Act funds and grants. Located at the intersection of Robert Street and Plato Boulevard, Soul will comprise 178 one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom units. Of the total 178 units, 23 three-bedroom and 12 four-bedroom apartments will be restricted at 30 percent area median income (AMI). These units will remain affordable at 30 percent AMI for 30 years. The remaining 143 units will be restricted to individuals earning 60 percent AMI or lower, and will remain so for 40 years. Soul will be constructed on a redevelopment site of a current city infill location, with all construction completed as …
ST. LOUIS PARK, MINN. — Atlantic Capital Partners has arranged the sale of The Shops at West End, a 381,804-square-foot shopping center located southwest of downtown Minneapolis in St. Louis Park. An undisclosed buyer purchased the property for $64.8 million. Duke Realty Corp. developed The Shops at West End in 2009. The center, which was 81 percent leased at the time of sale, features 36 retail tenants as well as office space. Justin Smith, Chris Peterson, Sam Koonce and Cole Van Gelder of Atlantic worked with Kris Schisel and Anthony Strauss of Transwestern to arrange the transaction. The seller was also undisclosed.
CORCORAN, MINN. — Specialty investment bank Ziegler has closed on $47 million in financing for Saint Therese of Corcoran LLC, and its sponsor, Saint Therese, for the construction of a new senior living community in Corcoran, about 30 miles northwest of Minneapolis. The financing is comprised of $18.2 million of Series 2022AB and $28.8 million of Series 2023 Senior Living Revenue Notes placed with Bremer Bank. Proceeds of the notes, along with other available funds, will be used to finance the construction of Saint Therese of Corcoran, fund interest on the notes, and pay certain costs of issuance associated with the financing. Saint Therese is a Catholic senior living organization originally organized in 1965 as a single-site nursing home in New Hope, Minn. Now based in St. Louis Park, Minn., Saint Therese has grown across the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area as a provider of housing and supportive services with nearly 1,000 units offering independent living, assisted living, memory care, skilled nursing, inpatient/outpatient therapy, community wellness, and other related services. Saint Therese team members annually provide services to more than a dozen senior living locations for approximately 3,250 Minnesotan seniors. Saint Therese is the sponsor of the new senior living community, …
ELY, MINN. — Kraus-Anderson has completed a $21.4 million renovation and expansion project for Ely Public Schools in Ely, a city in Northwest Minnesota. The district is comprised of Ely Memorial High School and Washington Elementary and serves approximately 550 students. Designed by Architectural Resources Inc., the project consisted of a renovation of the two existing schools. Kraus-Anderson added a 39,000-square-foot common area that connects both the schools. The addition houses new classrooms, a gymnasium, media center, music room, metals shop, wood shop and a cafeteria with commercial kitchen equipment. Both schools now feature upgraded HVAC systems. New locker rooms were added to the high school and an early family childhood education area was added to the elementary school.
ROSEVILLE, OAKDALE AND WOODBURY, MINN. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged the sale of a seven-building industrial portfolio totaling 376,218 square feet in suburban Twin Cities for an undisclosed price. Five of the buildings are located in Oakdale, while one is in Woodbury and one is in Roseville. The portfolio is 96 percent leased to 18 tenants. Colin Ryan, David Berglund and Erin Fitzgerald of JLL represented the seller, Link Logistics, and procured the buyer, Minneapolis-based Biynah Industrial Partners. Matthew Schoenfeldt, Scott Loving and Lucas Borges of JLL arranged acquisition financing.
ST. LOUIS PARK, MINN. — Grandbridge Real Estate Capital has arranged a $14.7 million loan for the refinancing of a 152-unit multifamily property in the Minneapolis suburb of St. Louis Park. The unnamed property features two outdoor pools and is located on a bus line with an express bus to downtown. Tony Carlson and Will Perry of Grandbridge arranged the fixed-rate loan through a bank.
MINNEAPOLIS — LS Black Development recently broke ground on the $71 million Canvas Apartments affordable housing development in Northeast Minneapolis. The property’s 160 units will all be reserved for residents earning between 30 to 80 percent of the area median income (AMI). The project will feature one-, two- and three-bedroom units, as well as 23,000 square feet of production space, which encompasses both commercial and industrial uses. Completion is slated for spring 2024. The Minneapolis Public Housing Authority is providing 11 project-based Section 8 vouchers for the project. Canvas Apartments is LS Black’s first development project since adding a housing division. The St. Paul, Minn.-based company was formed in April 2020 to build, acquire and own affordable and workforce housing properties. It is a subsidiary of LS Black Constructors, a Minnesota-based construction and development services provider.
WOODBURY, MINN. — Davis, a Minneapolis-based firm, has purchased Woodlake Medical Building, a 42,467-square-foot property located on 4.7 acres at 2080 Woodwinds Drive in Woodbury, a southeast suburb of St. Paul. The $18 million acquisition marks the latest addition to the Davis Medical Investors Fund, which now comprises 13 buildings in five states and a total of 567,356 square feet. The property is fully leased by Woodlake Surgery Center, St. Paul Eye Clinic and Midwest ENT, all of which signed new 15-year leases. Bridgewater Bank provided financing for the deal. The seller was not disclosed.
