LOS ANGELES — Ready Capital Structured Finance has closed a $3.6 million non-recourse loan for an 8,500-square-foot office asset in Los Angeles. The property is located at 2818 La Cienega Ave. in Culver City. The borrower plans to renovate the property, which features open floor plans and an outdoor courtyard on the second floor. The interest-only loan features a 24-month term with one extension option and flexible pre-payment options. It includes a facility to provide for capital expenditures, tenant improvements, leasing commissions, and interest and carry reserves.
NASHVILLE, TENN. — Atlanta-based Songy Highroads LLC plans to develop a new 15-story Hyatt House hotel in Nashville. The Hyatt House Nashville West End will be located at the intersection of Hayes Street and 21st Avenue, about a block from Vanderbilt University, Saint Thomas Medical and Centennial Medical Center. Wakefield Beasley & Associates designed the hotel, which will feature Hyatt’s signature H Bar concept and a pool and fitness center on the fifth floor. Songy Highroads and its joint venture partner, an affiliate of Hyatt, plan to deliver the 201-room hotel in early 2019.
GAINESVILLE, GA. — Atlanta-based Branch Properties has acquired Village Shoppes at Gainesville, a 230,000-square-foot retail center located at 879 Dawsonville Highway in Gainesville. Branch purchased the Publix-anchored asset from Retail Properties of America for an undisclosed price. Other tenants include Old Navy, Ross Dress for Less, Party City, Marshalls, Shoe Carnival, Starbucks Coffee, Wingstop, The UPS Store, Great Clips and AT&T.
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — Ready Capital Structured Finance has closed an $11.9 million acquisition loan for Courthouse Place, a 66,260-square-foot, eight-story office building located at 12 S.E. 7th St. in Fort Lauderdale’s central business district. Built in 2007 near the 20-story Broward County Courthouse, the office building features three stories of office space atop a five-story parking garage. The asset was 88 percent leased at the time of financing to tenants such as Krupnick Campbell Malone Buser Slama Hancock Liberman, Legacy Bank of Florida and Apex Reporting Group. Jason Hochman of Cushman & Wakefield arranged the fixed-rate, three-year loan through Ready Capital Structured Finance. HRE/SEFIREA Courthouse Place LLC purchased the office building from an affiliate of West Palm Beach, Fla.-based Morning Calm Management LLC known as Courthouse Place Building Owner LLC for $13.7 million. Scott O’Donnell, Dominic Montazemi, Greg Miller, Deanna Lobinsky and Travis Herring of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the transaction.
MIAMI — JLL has arranged a 17,000-square-foot lease on behalf of Banco do Brasil Americas, the U.S. branch of the Brasilia, Brazil-based bank, for its new corporate headquarters at 1221 Brickell Ave. in Miami’s Brickell district. The bank has leased the entire 22nd floor for its relocation from One Biscayne Tower in downtown Miami. Gavin Macphail and Randy Carballo of JLL represented Banco do Brasil Americas in the lease negotiations.
PLANO, TEXAS — Love Funding, a subsidiary of publicly traded lender Midland State Bancorp Inc., has provided a $87.3 million HUD loan for the construction of LVL 29, a high-rise apartment complex located within the Legacy West development in Plano. Leonard Lucas of Love Funding arranged the non-recourse loan, which is the largest construction loan ever issued by HUD in the Southwest region. The developer of LVL 29, NE Development, expects to deliver the property in May 2019.
LANCASTER, TEXAS — Crow Holdings Capital-Real Estate will break ground this month on I-35 Logistics Crossing, a two-building, 1.2 million-square-foot industrial park located at the intersection of Interstates 35 and 20 in the south Dallas suburb of Lancaster. The property, which is slated for an early 2018 delivery, will feature 36-foot clear heights, 185-foot truck courts and trailer storage. Kurt Griffin and Nathan Orbin of Cushman & Wakefield will handle leasing of the property.
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS — Axilla Capital LLC has secured an $11.9 million, non-recourse bridge loan for TRYP by Wyndham College Station, a 166-room hotel located at 1508 S. Texas Ave. near Texas A&M University in College Station. Joel Mazur and Tom Fleming of Axilla arranged the loan on behalf of an undisclosed borrower that acquired the property in 2015. Proceeds will be used to refinance the property’s existing debt and fund outstanding renovation costs.
PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS — STRIVE, a Dallas-based investment sales firm, has brokered the sale of Port Arthur Corners Shopping Center, a 27,946-square-foot retail center in Port Arthur, a suburb of Beaumont. Shadow-anchored by WalMart, the center was 81 percent occupied at the time of sale. Bryce Gissler of STRIVE represented the seller, a Texas-based real estate firm, in the transaction. Other terms of sale were not disclosed.
HOUSTON — Moody Rambin has negotiated a 15,856-square-foot lease renewal at Woodlake Office Park, a medical/office complex located at 2500 Tanglewilde St. in Houston. Terri Torregrossa of Moody Rambin represented the landlord, Woodlake Properties Ltd., in the lease negotiations. Tim Relyea of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant, Texas ENT Specialists.