WINCHESTER, VA. — Ziegler has arranged $71 million in bond financing for Shenandoah Valley Westminster-Canterbury (SVWC), a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in Winchester, approximately 75 miles west of Washington, D.C. SVWC was founded in 1982 and provides housing, healthcare and other services to nearly 400 residents on its 87-acre campus through the operation of 218 independent living units (164 apartments and 54 cottages), 48 assisted living units, 12 memory care units and 51 skilled nursing beds. SVWC is completing an independent living unit expansion project known as the Hackwoods, the first phase of which will include 48 new independent living unit apartments. To fund the first phase of the project, SVWC issued two tranches of drawdown bank loans that Atlantic Union Bank and Pinnacle Financial Partners purchased. The first portion of the financing was $51 million in bonds via a 12-year bank commitment, with a variable interest rate. The second portion, totaling $20 million, features a 4.5-year final maturity to be repaid from initial entrance fees to the new independent living units.
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GAINESVILLE, FLA. — CBRE has brokered the sale of Gainesville Shopping Center, a 182,298-square-foot, Publix-anchored shopping center in Gainesville. An affiliate of Essential Growth Properties purchased the asset from a joint venture between Forge Capital Partners and Sembler for an undisclosed price. Casey Rosen and Dennis Carson of CBRE represented the seller in the transaction. Situated along North Main Street near downtown Gainesville and the University of Florida, Gainesville Shopping Center’s tenant roster includes Citi Trends, Mainstreet Beauty Max and Career Source Florida.
MOUNT COMFORT, IND. — Core5 Industrial Partners has broken ground on C5 Indianapolis East, a 1.2 million-square-foot speculative industrial building in the Indianapolis suburb of Mount Comfort. The project will be the largest speculative building in the Indianapolis market, according to Core5. Completion is slated for the second quarter of 2023. The development will offer 635 auto parking spaces, 259 trailer spaces, 120 dock doors, two drive-in doors, electric vehicle charging stations, 12,000 square feet of office space and a clear height of 40 feet. The project is situated in Hancock County along I-70. Steve Schwegman and Brian Seitz of JLL will market the project for lease.
ST. LOUIS — Berkadia has brokered the sale of The Oliver in St. Louis for an undisclosed price. The newly built multifamily community features 151 units and is situated within an opportunity zone. Bobby Mills, Andrea Kendrick and Ken Aston of Berkadia represented the sellers, Missouri-based Larson Capital Management and Ridgehouse Cos. Bob Falese and Jeremy Lynch of Berkadia arranged acquisition financing on behalf of the buyer, Fortbridge Capital Partners.
DETROIT — BEB Lending has provided a $6.9 million bridge loan for the acquisition of a 365,000-square-foot industrial property in Detroit’s Brightmoor neighborhood. Built in 1931, the property at 12640 Burt Road was renovated in 2012 and is located within 20 miles of both the Detroit City Airport and the Detroit Metropolitan Airport. The Class B, multi-tenant building is 89 percent leased. The loan features a two-year term and marks BEB’s first financing transaction in Michigan. The borrower was 1029 SFG Equities LLC.
WOODRIDGE, ILL. — Bar-S, a Sigma brand, has signed a 47,539-square-foot industrial lease at 2141 Internationale Parkway in the Chicago suburb of Woodridge. The location will serve as the company’s Midwest distribution center. The lease begins Oct. 1. Prologis owns the 130,000-square-foot property, which features six exterior docks, two drive-in doors and a clear height of 30 feet. Bar-S, a producer of bacon, sausages, hot dogs and lunchmeat, plans to install a 15,000-square-foot cooler at the property. Bar-S is currently subleasing space in Chicago. Jay Cook of Cresa represented the tenant in the lease for the Woodridge location.
ST. PAUL, MINN. — Kraus-Anderson (KA) has completed a $14 million renovation of the emergency department at Regions Hospital in St. Paul. The 18,000-square-foot project involved the renovation of 12 treatment rooms and the addition of new support spaces in Pod A. KA added 11 new treatment rooms as well as new support spaces in Pod B. Additionally, KA remodeled the existing X-ray room, and added a new X-ray room, CT room and control room. BWBR Architects was the project architect. Regions Hospital is a part of HealthPartners.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged a $134 million construction loan for 15 Hanover Place, a mixed-income residential project that will be located in downtown Brooklyn. The 34-story building will house 314 units, 95 of which will be reserved as affordable housing, as well as 9,000 square feet of commercial space. Gideon Gil, Zachary Kraft and Sebastian Sanchez of Cushman & Wakefield arranged the loan through Santander Bank and City National Bank on behalf of the borrower, locally based developer Lonicera Partners. A tentative completion date has not yet been established.
NEW YORK CITY — JLL has negotiated the $33.7 million sale of a portfolio of three commercial properties in Manhattan’s Lenox Hill neighborhood. The building at 1026 Third Ave. comprises a ground-level restaurant, second-floor office space, one duplex and one residential loft. The two buildings at 1020-1024 Third Ave. total 19,375 square feet and consist of 25 residential units and three commercial spaces. Clint Olsen and Stephen Godnick of JLL represented the buyer, Kahen Properties, in the transaction. JLL also represented the seller in the $24 million disposition of 1020-1024 Third Avenue. Nick Judson of Judson CRE represented the seller of 1026 Third Avenue, which fetched a price of $9.7 million.
HAMILTON, N.J. — Newmark has brokered the $26.5 million sale of a portfolio of six office buildings totaling 237,834 square feet and two land sites totaling 12.8 acres in the Central New Jersey community of Hamilton. More specifically, the holdings comprise two office buildings with excess developable acreage, two parcels within Horizon Center North and one office building plus three office/flex buildings within Horizon Center Business Park. Steven Schultz, Stephen Tolkach, Tony Georgiev and Robert Loderstedt of Newmark represented the seller, Denholtz Properties, in the transaction. The buyer was Cammeby’s International Inc. The buildings were 71 percent leased at the time of sale.