GARDNER, MASS. — MassHousing has provided $9.3 million in financing to an affiliate of the non-profit Retirement Housing Foundation (RHF) for the preservation and renovation of 134 affordable housing units at Binnall House in Gardner. Binnall House is home to senior citizens and residents with disabilities who will see the affordability of their units extended for at least 15 years. The Binnall House refinancing is one of the first nationally in which a Housing Finance Agency (HFA) has completed a transaction through the Federal Housing Administration’s Housing Tax Credit Pilot Program. The program allows borrowers to utilize federal low-income housing tax credits and an affordable fast-track mortgage product insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA). MassHousing refinanced Binnall House through the Agency’s Multifamily Accelerated Processing (MAP)/Ginnie Mae Joint Venture Initiative with lender partner Rockport Mortgage Corp. The Schochet Cos. provided development consulting and its affiliate, Federal Management Co., is the property manager for Binnall House.
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NEWPORT, ORE. — The Neenan Company and Gerding Builders have broken ground on the redevelopment of a 126,000-square-foot critical access hospital for Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital (SPCH) in Newport. The redevelopment includes remodeling the existing 40,000-square-foot facility, as well as adding an 86,000-square-foot facility. The new facility will house 22 departments, including imaging, therapy, surgical and emergency services, greatly enhancing the scope of services the hospital will provide. The hospital will offer an integrated medical campus that brings together specialty departments, ancillary services and outpatient clinics. The hospital is situated immediately off the Pacific Coast Highway along the central Oregon coast. It was last updated in 1988. The project is scheduled for completion in 2019. The community approved a $57 million bond support to update the critical access hospital.
LAMAR, COLO., MONTE VISTA, COLO., AND MYRTLE POINT, ORE. — Lancaster Pollard has arranged $9.5 million in FHA financing for Summit Healthcare REIT. The loans will refinance the acquisition loans on three skilled nursing facilities in the Western United States. The three facilities are Juniper Village at Lamar, a 60-unit skilled facility in Lamar; Juniper Village at Monte Vista, a 58-unit facility in Monte Vista; and Myrtle Point Care Center in Myrtle Point, which features 28 units of skilled nursing and 18 units of assisted living. Jason Dopoulos led the transaction for Lancaster Pollard. The financing, which has a 30-year term, lowered the fixed interest rate on the properties. Summit is a public, non-traded company that recently transitioned from an industrial REIT to a healthcare REIT.
LAS VEGAS — Subway debuted its new Subway Fresh Forward design at the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) RECon show in Las Vegas last week. Along with a new Subway logo, flooring, wall coverings, wall art, a curated music program and lighting, the operational flow of the restaurants is changing as well. The workspace will be updated to be more efficient, while additional pieces of equipment, like an exhaust ventilation system, will help maintain temperatures and improve air quality. Subway franchisees have already piloted the new Subway Fresh Forward design in six locations (Knoxville, Tenn.; Orlando, Fla.; Chula Vista, Calif.; Tamarac, Fla.; Vancouver, Wash.; and Manchester, England). In addition, about 50 locations are in various stages of construction around the world and more than 100 restaurants are in the design phase.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Fort Worth-based oil and gas firm Lonestar Resources US Inc. has entered into agreements with unaffiliated sellers to acquire five oil and gas properties within the Eagle Ford Shale play, an oil and gas formation in South Texas with more than $30 billion in capital investment. The properties are located in Karnes, Gonzales, DeWitt, Lavaca and Fayette counties. Upon closing, which is slated for late June, the company will acquire 80.3 net producing oil and gas wells and a leasehold totaling 21,238 net acres for approximately $116.6 million.
DALLAS — McCarthy Building Cos. Inc. has completed a new office building and aircrew training facility within Southwest Airlines’ corporate campus in Dallas. The entire project, which began in May 2016, consists of a six-story, 425,000-square-foot office building and an attached 375,000-square-foot training center that will house 18 flight simulators. The project will also deliver a 1,950-space parking garage upon full completion during the first quarter of 2018.
KATY, TEXAS— Vista Equities Group has broken ground on the final phase of development of LaCenterra at Cinco Ranch, a 34-acre, mixed-use development in Katy. Expected to be complete in early 2018, the final phase will add a 37,000-square-foot Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, a five-story parking garage and an additional 7,500 square feet of retail space to the 360,000-square-foot development.
LEWISVILLE, TEXAS — Preferred Apartment Communities Inc., a publicly traded, Maryland-based multifamily operator, has sold Enclave at Vista Ridge, a Class A multifamily community in metro Dallas for approximately $44 million. Located at 2701 MacArthur Blvd. in Lewisville, the property was built in 2003 and features amenities such as a resort-style pool, fitness centers, game room and a resident clubhouse with a lounge and theater. Steadfast Apartment REIT III Inc., an affiliate of California-based investment firm Steadfast Cos., purchased the property and will rebrand it The Pointe at Vista Ridge.
SAN ANTONIO — FourPoint Student Housing Investments has brokered the sale of Avalon Place and Hill Country Place, two student housing properties totaling 1,136 beds in San Antonio. Both Class B properties are located approximately one mile from the University of Texas at San Antonio. Chris Epp, Chris Bancroft and Meredith Wolff of FourPoint represented the seller, Blue Vista, in the transaction. The name of the buyer and other terms of sale were not disclosed.
Parmer Innovation Centers Purchases 1.8 MSF GSK Office Campus in Raleigh, Plans $80M Renovation
by John Nelson
RALEIGH, N.C. — Los Angeles-based Parmer Innovation Centers has closed on its purchase of the 1.8 million-square-foot GSK campus within Raleigh’s Research Triangle Park. GSK, a research-based pharmaceutical and healthcare firm, sold the 20-building office and laboratory campus in a sale-leaseback transaction, whereby GSK will lease back 700,000 square feet of space on a long-term basis (up to 10 years plus renewal options). Much like Parmer’s successful Parmer Austin campus that houses Apple, Allergan, Blue Apron and GM, Parmer Innovation has rebranded the GSK campus as Parmer RTP and plans to implement an $80 million renovation focusing on amenities to attract millennial workers. Ben Kilgore, Lee Clyburn and Brian Carr of CBRE | Raleigh, along with Brian Scott of CBRE’s New York office, represented GSK in the transaction.