NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has originated a $57.5 million loan on behalf of Chris Xu of United Construction & Development Group for the acquisition of a mixed-use development site located at 39-08 Janet Place in the Flushing neighborhood of Queens. ACORE Capital provided the loan, and Morris Betesh of Cushman & Wakefield handled the transaction. The waterfront site offers 780,446 buildable square feet of residential, retail and office space.
RENSSELAER, N.Y. — Capital District Real Estate Investment Team has started the $1.8 million conversion of a vacant office building, located at 22 High St. in Rensselaer, into Falls Edge Apartments. Once completed the property will feature 12 new apartment units, each with pre-installed WiFi and Sonos home stereo systems, hallway security cameras, granite countertops and in-unit washer/dryers.
VICTORIA, MINN. — Grandbridge Real Estate Capital has arranged a $14.6 million loan for the construction of a multifamily property in Victoria, about 13 miles southwest from Minnetonka. Victoria Flats will include 81 apartment units. Dave Rasmussen of Grandbridge originated the transaction. A regional bank served as the lender. The Beard Group Inc. is the project developer.
CHEVY CHASE, MD. — Federal Capital Partners (FCP) has completed the largest multifamily transaction in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area in 2016 with the $328 million sale of a five-community apartment portfolio. The portfolio includes: • Cypress Creek in Hyattsville, Md. (760 units) • Penn Landing in Forestville, Md. (598 units) • Cambridge Apartments at New Carrollton Station in New Carrollton, Md. (466 units) • Summerlyn Place in Laurel, Md. (424 units) • Toledo Plaza in Hyattsville, Md. (242 units) FCP sold the 2,490-unit portfolio through the firm’s Funds I and II. CBRE represented FCP in the portfolio sale to the undisclosed buyer.
NEW YORK CITY — Natixis has originated a $75 million construction loan for the development of 500 Metropolitan Avenue, a mixed-use project located at the corner of Keap Street and Metropolitan Avenue in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood. The borrowers are Chetrit Group and Read Property Group. Once completed, the 14-story property will feature a 187-room luxury hotel on the second through seventh floors and 60 residential units on the remaining floors. Additionally, the property will feature a 15,000-square-foot retail space, a 158-space parking garage and 9,000 square feet of indoor meeting and banquet facilities. The financing was arranged by the New York office of Meridian Capital.
NEW YORK CITY — SDG Management has purchased a six-story multifamily building located at 66-72 Fort Washington Ave. in Manhattan’s Washington Heights neighborhood. David Katz sold the property for $18 million, or $264 per square foot. Built in 1920, the 68,178-square-foot building features 44 apartment units and a ground-floor commercial space. Lazer Sternhell and Peter Vanderpool of Cignature Realty represented the buyer and seller in the deal.
CLEVELAND — Cleveland-based Bellwether Enterprise has arranged a $125 million loan for the refinancing of a 10-property portfolio of assets located in Ohio and Texas. A full-term, interest-only loan was secured for the borrower, Fath Properties. Sara Behrman of Bellwether originated the loan through Freddie Mac. The entire portfolio consists of over 3,000 units across 10 multifamily properties between the two states. Six of the properties, or 2,065 units, are located in the greater Cincinnati/Dayton marketplace.
MINNEAPOLIS — EdR, in a joint venture development with Core Spaces, has started construction on The Hub Minneapolis, a 707-bed student housing community adjacent to the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. EdR will be the 51 percent owner and will manage the $97.9 million development upon completion. The community offers a mix of studio, one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom floor plans. Amenities include individual study rooms, group study lounges, computer lab, fitness center, pool and fire pits. The Hub’s penthouse level will feature a chef’s kitchen, bar-top dining area and patio. The plan also calls for 10,000 square feet of retail space on the ground floor. The project is slated for completion in summer 2018.
DAVENPORT, IOWA — Dougherty Mortgage LLC has arranged a $3.8 million Fannie Mae loan for the acquisition of Castlewood Apartments in Davenport, part of the Quad Cities and located near the Illinois border. The 96-unit multifamily property offers two- and three-bedroom townhomes. The 16-year loan features a 30-year amortization schedule. In conjunction with the loan, tax credit equity will also be used to fund the moderate rehabilitation of the project. Dougherty’s Minneapolis office arranged the financing on behalf of the borrower, Davenport MAHC LLLP.
HOUSTON AND BRAZORIA COUNTY, TEXAS — LMI Capital has placed financing for the acquisition and refinance of three separate garden-style apartment complexes in the Greater Houston area. In the first loan, Brandon Brown of LMI Capital procured $1.4 million in financing for the acquisition of a 50-unit apartment complex located in Brazoria County. The 20-year loan features one year of interest-only payments and a flexible prepayment structure. With this acquisition, the undisclosed borrower now owns 10 properties. In the second loan, Jamie Mullin of LMI Capital placed a $13 million, seven-year, floating-rate loan for a 260-unit multifamily property in southeast Houston. The refinancing provides cash out proceeds to the undisclosed borrower and features two years of interest-only payments. The borrower plans to use excess proceeds to return capital and fund future acquisitions. In the final loan, Brown also arranged a $9.6 million, 10-year fixed-rate loan for a 210-unit property in Houston’s Spring Branch submarket. The loan features five years of interest-only payments and minimal closing costs. The name of the borrower was not released.