NEW YORK CITY — BMO Harris Healthcare Real Estate Finance and Wells Fargo Bank National Association have arranged a $200 million loan to support the redevelopment of the former Leverich Towers Hotel in Brooklyn into a seniors housing community. The companies acted as lead arrangers as bookrunners on the transaction, which refinances the acquisition and redevelopment loans. BMO acted as administrative agent and Wells Fargo partnered with Capital One to form the syndicate for the facility. The project will convert the building into a 314,000-square-foot, 273-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community. The borrowers are Kayne Anderson and Watermark Retirement Communities.
BOSTON — Cambridge-based developer Carpenter & Co. has topped out One Dalton, a 61-story hotel and residential tower in Boston. The tower will include a 215-room Four Seasons hotel and 160 residential condominiums. Carpenter & Co. is developing One Dalton, which was designed by Pei Cobb Freed & Partners and Cambridge Seven Associates. Suffolk is the builder. At 742 feet tall, One Dalton will be Boston’s third-tallest tower after the 790-foot tower at 200 Clarendon St. formerly known as the John Hancock Tower and the 749-foot Prudential Tower.
HOUSTON — Bellomy & Co. has arranged the sale of Sentry Self Storage, a 941-unit facility in Houston. Built in 2006, the property is situated on five acres and features climate-controlled units that total 104,025 net rentable square feet. Hugh Horne of Los Angeles-based Charmel Storage Capital, along with Bill Bellomy and Michael Johnson of Bellomy & Co., represented the seller in the transaction. The team also procured the buyer, Public Storage, a self-storage operator and REIT based in Glendale, Calif.
SAN ANTONIO — Utah-based Triago Ventures has purchased Republic Woodlake, a 288-unit multifamily asset in San Antonio. The garden-style property was built in 2008 and is located less than 10 miles from the downtown area. Units average 787 square feet each, and amenities include a pool, fitness center, dog park and a clubhouse. The seller was not disclosed.
HOUSTON — New York-based Lone Star Capital Group, led by Kent Piotrkowski and Rob Beardsley, has acquired Cranbrook Forest, a 261-unit multifamily community in northwest Houston. Built in 1983, the property offers one- and two-bedroom units, as well as a pool, fitness center and leasing office. The new ownership plans to add or upgrade the community playground, dog park, poolside picnic and barbecue area, leasing office and fitness center. Michael Muller and Marc Belsky of Eastern Union Funding arranged a $14 million acquisition loan on behalf of Lone Star Capital Group for the transaction.
PLANO, TEXAS — Public accounting firm Whitley Penn has signed a 13,451-square-foot office lease at Legacy West in Plano. Calvin Hull of JLL represented Whitley Penn in the lease negotiations. David Reed and Ben Davis of CBRE represented the landlord, Legacy West Investors LP. DLR Group | Staffelbach is overseeing the interior design of Whitley Penn’s newest office.
IRVING, TEXAS — American Hotel Income Properties REIT LP (AHIP) has completed the $5.2 million renovation of the Embassy Suites DFW South, a hotel located near Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport in Irving. The project delivered a rebuilt atrium with a new bar and breakfast restaurant, as well as new elevators and a fresh paint job on the building’s exterior.
PHOENIX — Trammell Crow Co. (TCC) and an institutional investor have acquired a 38.5-acre site south of the southeast corner of 59th Avenue and Lower Buckeye Road in Phoenix’s Southwest submarket. The price was not disclosed. The partnership plans to develop West 202 Logistics Center, a 554,000-square-foot industrial building, on the site. The cross-docked building will feature 36-foot clear heights, signature office entries, all-concrete truck courts and circulation drives. Construction is slated to begin this quarter. Butler Design Group will serve as the project architect and Willmeng Construction as general contractor. Comerica Bank is providing construction financing. Pat Feeney, Dan Calihan, Rusty Kennedy and Bill Bayless of CBRE Phoenix are marketing the project on behalf of the joint venture.
LITTLETON, COLO. — FMF Littleton has received $63 million in financing for HiLine at Littleton Commons, a multifamily property located within the Highlands Ranch/Lone Tree submarket of Littleton, south of Denver. Josh Simon of HFF secured a five-year, 4.15 percent fixed-rate loan through a life company lender for the borrower. Loan proceeds were used to recapitalize the property and refinance existing construction financing. The loan features a full-term interest-only period, with flexible prepayment and the ability to advance future loan proceeds at a future date. Completed in 2016, the property features 385 units in a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom units and 620 parking spaces, including attached and detached garages. Community amenities include an outdoor pool, hot tub, tanning deck with cabanas, outdoor kitchen and grilling area, 24-hour fitness center, clubhouse, billiards table, business center and dog park with dog wash station.
AIRWAY HEIGHTS, WASH. — KeyBank Real Estate Capital and KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment has provided $43.2 million in financing for the development of Salish Flats Apartments, a workforce housing community located in Airway Heights. The borrower is TWG Development. Key’s Community Development Lending and Investment Group provided a $21.2 million KeyBank construction loan, and Key’s Commercial Mortgage Group originated a $22 million forward commitment through Freddie Mac’s Targeted Affordable Group. The 216-unit Salish Flats Apartments is part of the master development plan of the Northern Quest Resort & Casino, owned and operated by the Kalispel Tribe of Indians. Upon completion, the market-rate property will operate with a self-imposed income restriction, requiring 20 percent of the units be set aside for households earning less than 80 percent of the area median income.