PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — Cornerstone Realty Capital has arranged a $34 million construction loan for West End Yards, a 134-unit multifamily project that will be located in Portsmouth, just south of the Maine-New Hampshire border. The property will feature one-, two- and three-bedroom units with quartz countertops, stainless steel appliances and individual washers and dryers. Amenities will include a fitness center and multiple common areas with lounges. The borrower and developer is Boston-based Torrington Properties. The direct lender was not disclosed.
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NEW YORK CITY — Walker & Dunlop has acquired Beler Advisory Group (BAG), a locally based independent real estate finance firm. Mo Beler, former principal at BAG, will join Walker & Dunlop’s New York City capital markets debt and equity team, which is currently led by Aaron Appel, Jonathan Schwartz, Keith Kurland and Adam Schwartz. Beler, a 15-year industry veteran who has closed more than $6 billion in debt and equity transactions in his career, founded the company in 2019.
NEW YORK CITY — Urban Standard Capital, a New York-based lender, has provided a $1.3 million loan for the acquisition and pre-development of a 3,648-square-foot residential development site in Brooklyn. The property is located at 419 Manhattan Ave. and currently houses a retail and office building with a residential unit on top. The undisclosed borrower plans to redevelop the property to add two condos and a roof deck. Gerald Kray and Daria Benstead of Marcus & Millichap placed the loan.
ATLANTA — Alliance Residential will develop Broadstone Upper Westside, a 314-unit apartment complex in Atlanta’s Upper Westside neighborhood. The complex will offer studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans. Communal amenities will include a community kitchen, clubroom, fitness center, courtyard and a saltwater pool. The Phoenix-based developer closed on the 12-acre site in late June and expects to break ground this year. Alliance plans to open the community in fall 2021. Located at 2167 Bolton Drive NW, the asset is situated seven miles northwest of downtown Atlanta adjacent to the city’s West Midtown district. Dynamik Design is the architect of Broadstone Upper Westside.
TAMPA, FLA. — The Radco Cos. has sold Mabry Manor, a 372-unit multifamily community in Tampa, for $42.8 million. The property offers studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans. Communal amenities include a pool, sundeck, fitness center, clubhouse, fishing lakes with floating deck and fishing pier, coffee bar, laundry facilities and a business center. Radco acquired the asset in 2016 for $20.1 million. The asset is located at 4902 N. Macdill Ave., five miles northwest of downtown Tampa in the Northwest Tampa submarket. TLR Group acquired the community. Jason Stanton and Cole Whitaker of Berkadia represented the seller in the transaction.
BOCA RATON, FLA. — Fairstead has acquired Gould House, a 101-unit Section 8 seniors housing community in Boca Raton. The property is located on the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County Campus. While the seller and price were not disclosed, Fairstead did unveil plans for a $6 million rehabilitation of the entire complex. The project will include new kitchens, baths, lighting, HVAC, flooring and windows for all apartments, as well as common area improvements to the security systems, grounds, lobbies, community room and management office. Fairstead financed the acquisition through the issuance of federal Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) and tax-exempt bonds from the Housing Finance Authority of Palm Beach County. The Freddie Mac lender/bond purchaser in the transaction was Berkadia Commercial Mortgage LLC, and the LIHTC investor was Regions Affordable Housing LLC.
ABILENE, TEXAS — Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) has provided a Freddie Mac loan of an undisclosed amount for the refinancing of Sedona, a 498-unit apartment community located in the West Texas city of Abilene. The garden-style property was built in phases in the mid-1970s. Units feature stainless steel appliances, hardwood flooring, walk-in closets and patios or balconies. Amenities include two pools, a playground, fitness center, sports court, dog park and onsite laundry facilities. Braden Harmon and Hank Glasgow of NKF originated the loan on behalf of the borrower, CapX Ventures LLC.
EJF Capital, Holland Partner Group Plan Block 10 Mixed-Use Project in Downtown Vancouver
 by Amy Works  
VANCOUVER, WASH. — EJF Capital and Holland Partner Group (HPG) are developing Block 10, a mixed-use property located in downtown Vancouver. Situated on a one-acre opportunity zone, the project will feature 110 apartments, 79,000 gross square feet of office space on top of a podium deck with roughly 10,100 square feet of retail space and 113 parking spaces. Twenty percent of the multifamily units will be set aside as workforce housing. Building amenities, which will be shared between office users and residents, will include a fitness center, co-working space, bike room and amenity deck on the third level. Holland Construction, HGP’s construction division, expects to break ground this month, with completion slated for spring 2022. Bank of the West is providing construction financing for the development.
LORAIN, OHIO — Grandbridge Real Estate Capital has arranged two loans totaling $4.7 million for the refinancing of a two-property portfolio in Lorain, about 30 miles west of Cleveland. The first property is Fairway East Apartments, a recently renovated apartment community totaling 80 units across five buildings. The second asset is City Center, a 56,384-square-foot office building housing tenants such as Spectrum Consulting Services, Lorain County Community College and United Property Management. Craig Kegg of Grandbridge arranged the 15-year, fixed-rate loans with insurance company correspondents. United Property Management was the borrower.
MIAMI — East End Capital has received civic approval to build Foyer Wynwood, a 12-story multifamily project planned for Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood. The project marks the debut of the developer’s co-living brand Foyer, which will operate the co-living segment of the 375,000-square-foot development. The property will feature 236 multifamily residences in both micro-unit and co-living floor plans, as well as coworking space. The City of Miami’s Urban Development Review Board recently approved Foyer Wynwood, which will front North Miami Avenue from 24th and 25th streets. The development will be situated near attractions in Wynwood such as Veza Sur Brewery, The Wynwood Arcade, Oasis, The Salty and the planned Arlo Hotel. Designed by Kobi Karp Architecture & Design, Foyer Wynwood’s community amenities will include a gym, juice and coffee bar, pool deck, chef-kitchen and entertainment space, art studio areas and rooms for recording podcasts and green-screen filming. Monthly rents for co-living bedrooms at the project — which include the furnishings, electricity, common area cleaning and WiFi — are expected to start around $1,500 per month. East End Capital expects to break ground in early 2021.