NEW YORK CITY — Carlton Group has closed a $125 million equity investment from three major Asian investors. The deal will facilitate an $800 million ground-up condominium project in Tribeca located near Goldman Sachs corporate headquarters. This transaction marks the first investment for an Asian insurance company, which is lead investor in the consortium. The investment enabled the closing of a major construction loan provided by one of the top commercial lenders in the United States. Additional terms of the transactions and involved parties were not released.
NEW YORK CITY — Madison Realty Capital has provided $107.2 million in first mortgage financing for the first phase of Fortis Property Group’s acquisition of the Long Island College Hospital (LICH) real estate portfolio in Brooklyn. Collateral for the loan is a mix of former LICH properties comprising 357,000 square feet of retail, medical office and residential space, as well development sites. The properties are located at 91-95 Pacific St., 350-352 Hicks St., 349 Henry St., 112 Pacific St., 82 Amity St., 84 Amity St., 124-134 Atlantic Ave., 113 Congress St., 336 Flatbush Ave. and 184 Sterling Place. Madison Realty provided Fortis with a flexible financing solution to facilitate the acquisition, which is the culmination of a complex, multi-party deal related to the LICH portfolio. David Harte of Ackman-Ziff represented Fortis in the transaction.
COVINGTON, WASH. — Seniors housing operator Seniority Inc. and investor Zenith Capital have revealed joint plans for a new 98-unit assisted living and memory care community on three acres in Covington, approximately 25 miles southeast of Seattle. Covington Assisted Living and Memory Care Community include 64 units for assisted living and 34 for memory care. Development cost is estimated at $23.5 million. Construction will start in the second quarter of 2016, with the facility slated to open in summer 2017. This will be the first assisted living and memory care facility in Covington, according to the developers. When completed, Seniority — a subsidiary of American Baptist Homes of the West — will operate the facility. Seattle-based Zenith Capital will oversee the project’s development and financing. The U.S. government’s EB-5 immigrant investor visa program will provide a portion of the project’s overall financing, along with additional equity partners investing into the project.
ASHLAND, ORE. — Contemporary Healthcare Capital LLC (CHC) and Community & Southern Bank (CSB) have jointly provided a $10.5 million loan for the acquisition of a seniors housing community in Ashland, near the California border. The unnamed community is a 95-unit assisted living and memory care facility. Proceeds of the loan will be used to fund the acquisition along with $575,000 in renovations. This is the first joint loan from CHC and CSB since the two companies announced the strategic partnership in May.
DALLAS, ORE. — Cain Brothers has arranged $27.6 million bond financing for Dallas Retirement Village, a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in Dallas, about 15 miles west of Salem. Operated by Life Care Services, Dallas Retirement Village currently features 45 independent living homes, 73 independent living apartments, 65 assisted living units, 20 memory care units and 121 skilled nursing beds. The proceeds from the bonds will be used to construct 40 new lodge-style independent living apartments and a 21,000-square-foot clubhouse, as well as refund $2.5 million of existing debt. Planning for the campus expansion began in 2007, but was placed on hold during the recession.
TUCSON, ARIZ. — Keenan & Co. has arranged the sale of The Stone Avenue Standard, a 64-unit, 224-bed student housing complex at the University of Arizona, for $6.75 million. The $6.75 million purchase price equates to $105,470 per unit. Tom Keenan, president of Keenan & Co., represented the seller and procured the buyer, Quad Real Estate Partners, of New York. Dallas-based THP PM Group will manage the property. The Stone Avenue Standard features unfurnished three- and four-bedroom apartments, a resort-style pool, exercise room, study room, a lounge, secured and covered parking, and a shuttle to and from campus. It also features 12 two-story, two-bedroom, two-and-a-half bath townhome units with an attached garage.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — HFF has arranged $32 million in financing for Kennedy Row, a newly built, 141-unit apartment community located in Washington, D.C.’s Capitol Hill neighborhood. The Class A property is located at 1717 E. Capitol St. S.E. across the street from Eastern Senior High School. Built in 2013, the property features a rooftop terrace, an on-site fitness center, pet cleaning station, bike storage and underground parking. The asset was 94 percent occupied at the time of financing. Michael Gigliotti, Sue Carras, Walter Coker and Brian Crivella of HFF arranged the seven-year, floating-rate loan through HSBC Bank on behalf of the borrower, a joint venture between TRITEC Real Estate Co. and The JBG Cos. The loan proceeds were used to refinance existing construction debt on the property.
HAMPTON, VA. — Berkadia has brokered the $14.6 million sale of Langley Square I & II, a Section 8 multifamily property located at 100-130 Doolittle Road in Hampton. Built in 1973, the 254-unit community features one- to three-bedroom units and a swimming pool, baby pool, playground, laundry facilities and on-site parking. The property was 99 percent occupied at the time of sale. The buyer, Langley Apartments LLC, is an established local multifamily operator and plans to renovate the property. The seller was Bethesda, Md.-based Mercury II and III Associates. Alan Meetze and David Hudgins of Berkadia’s Newport News, Va., office brokered the transaction.
ARLINGTON, VA. — Capital One has provided a $14.5 million Fannie Mae loan to refinance Fields of Arlington, a 199-unit, mid-rise affordable housing community in Arlington, a Northern Virginia suburb of Washington, D.C. The apartment community features a clubhouse, barbecue grills and picnic areas and an outdoor swimming pool. The property is almost wholly dedicated to affordable housing, with 79.9 percent of units reserved for tenants whose income is 60 percent or less of the area median income (AMI) and 15.1 percent reserved for tenants whose income is 50 percent or less of AMI. Only 5 percent of the apartments are unrestricted. Sadhvi Subramanian and Michael Antonelli of Capital One Multifamily Finance originated the loan on behalf of the borrower, Kettler, the largest developer of affordable multifamily housing in the area.
CHATTANOOGA, TENN. — Capstone Apartment Partners has brokered the $6.5 million sale of Forest on Frazier, a newly constructed, 30-unit apartment community located at 207 Delmont St. in Chattanooga’s NorthShore neighborhood. Enclave Holdings purchased the fully occupied asset from Boehm Real Estate & Investment Co. for $215,200 per unit, the highest price per unit sale in Chattanooga’s history. Built in 2014, the apartment community is located a couple blocks from the Tennessee River and offers views of Lookout Mountain and the downtown Chattanooga skyline. Adam Klenk and Eric Conklin of Capstone’s Nashville office, along with Andrew Klenk of Capstone’s Raleigh-Durham office, represented the seller in the transaction.