NEW YORK CITY — NorthMarq has provided a $44.5 million Freddie Mac loan for the refinancing of Briarwood Gardens, a 514-unit multifamily property located in the Jamaica area of Queens. The property was built in the 1950s and offers studio, one- and two-bedroom units, as well as a playground, dog park and onsite laundry facilities. Robert Ranieri of NorthMarq originated the fixed-rate loan. The borrower was not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. (MMCC) has arranged a $34.4 million bridge loan for the refinancing of a 117-unit apartment building in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn. The property, which includes 4,000 square feet of commercial space, was originally built as a pencil factory and was converted to multifamily in 2012. A private lender provided the five-year loan, which was structured with a 3.65 percent interest rate, three years of interest-only payments and a 75 percent loan-to-value ratio. Steven Rock of MMCC originated the debt. The borrower was not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Mortgage banking company Merchants Capital has arranged a $51 million construction loan and $28.4 million in Freddie Mac Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) to fund the redevelopment of Manhattan’s historic Park 79 hotel into an affordable housing property for seniors. The borrower and project developer, Fairstead, will oversee renovations that will reconfigure the seven-story building into 77 apartments along with multiple community spaces, including an indoor/outdoor community room, dining room and meeting rooms. Additional rehabilitation will be done throughout the building, including creation of a common dining and recreation room, social services offices and an outdoor garden area. Upon completion, the property will employ two full-time social service coordinators to work alongside residents in organizing community programming events. The hotel originally opened in 1899 as “The Indiana.” The redevelopment is expected to be complete in 2022.
NEW YORK CITY — Knighthead Funding, a direct lender with offices in Connecticut and South Florida, has provided a $42 million construction loan for an 84,746-square-foot medical office building that will be located in the Astoria neighborhood of Queens. The borrower was a local partnership doing business as Astoria Crescent Owner LLC. Mount Sinai Health System, which has a hospital across the street, has signed a 30-year lease as the building’s anchor tenant, which brings its preleased occupancy rate to 65 percent. An expected completion date was not disclosed.
MONTICELLO, N.Y. — Houlihan-Parnes Realtors LLC has brokered the sale of Monticello Meadows Apartments, a 176-unit multifamily complex in Monticello, located about 100 miles northwest of New York City. The complex is situated on nine acres and offers one- and two-bedroom units. Ed Graf of Houlihan-Parnes and Steve Tierney of Rochester law firm Woods Oviatt Gilman LP represented the parties involved in the transaction. The property was 95 percent occupied at the time of sale following the implementation of a capital improvement program.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based development and investment firm L&L Holding Co. is nearing completion of 425 Park Avenue, an office tower in Midtown Manhattan. Designed by British architecture firm Foster + Partners, the building rises 47 stories and 897 feet, spanning an entire city block. L&L is co-developing the property with Tokyu Land Corp. and will co-manage it with BentallGreenOak. The development is valued at $1 billion, according to the New York Post. The development team has received a temporary certificate of occupancy, and the exterior tower crane has now been dismantled and removed, signaling that the end of construction is near. The building’s glass and steel façade is now fully enclosed. The initial groundbreaking occurred in 2016, when the anchor tenant initially signed its lease, according to the Post report. That tenant is financial services firm Citadel Enterprises, which has preleased 331,800 square feet. That figure represents approximately half of the building’s total amount of leasable office space. The building also includes 9,552 square feet of retail space on the ground floor and 8,829 square feet of retail space on the mezzanine level. L&L has also begun the interior build-out of the tower’s amenity floor, which will feature …
NEW YORK CITY — Ready Capital has closed a $9.5 million loan for the refinancing of a four-property, 20,000-square-foot multifamily and retail portfolio in the Central Queens submarket of New York City. Proceeds will also be used to renovate and stabilize the portfolio. The borrower and specific loan terms were not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Greystone has provided $59 million in HUD-insured financing for a portfolio of three affordable housing properties totaling 143 units in Harlem. Proceeds will be used to preserve the affordability of the Section 8 properties and to take out a $45 million bridge loan previously provided by Greystone for the acquisition of the assets. Leor Dimant of Greystone originated the nonrecourse financing, which carries a fixed interest rate, a 35-year term and a 35-year amortization schedule, through HUD’s 223(f) program. The borrower was not disclosed.
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. — The NRP Group has broken ground on Renaissance at Lincoln Park, a 179-unit workforce housing project in New Rochelle, located north of New York City. The project will also include the construction of a 23,400-square-foot Boys & Girls Club facility that will feature a gym, basketball court, recording studio, demonstration kitchen, administrative offices and other rooms for work and play. The NRP Group is developing the project in partnership with Guion Renaissance Housing Development Finance Corp. (HDFC), Kensworth Consulting, The Boys & Girls Club of New Rochelle and The City of New Rochelle. The total development cost of the project is $97 million. The New York State Homes & Community Renewal provided $48 million of tax-exempt bonds issued by its Housing Finance Agency to help fund development costs.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based firm Alpha Realty has brokered the $25 million sale of a five-building, 115-unit multifamily portfolio in the Far Rockaway area of Queens. All of the buildings recently underwent full renovation programs that added new roofs and windows, as well as electrical and mechanical systems. Lev Mavashev of Alpha Realty represented the seller and buyer, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction. The deal traded at a cap rate of 6.8 percent.