CLEVELAND — KeyBank Real Estate Capital, a subsidiary of Cleveland-based KeyCorp, has provided $249 million in FHA financing to Formation Capital, a private investment management firm focused on seniors housing. The financing will be used for a 22-property skilled nursing portfolio. Seventeen of the facilities are located in Florida, and the remaining five are located in Mississippi. The properties have a combined total of 2,682 beds. John Randolph and Paul Di Vito of KeyBank’s Healthcare Mortgage Group arranged the financing through FHA’s 232/223(f) mortgage insurance program. Proceeds of the loan were used to pay down an existing bridge loan, which funded the acquisition of 66 facilities.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Harbor Group International (HGI) has sold a 297,238-square-foot office building located at 820 First St. in Washington, D.C., for $140.5 million. The building’s anchor tenant is the regional headquarters of CNN. HGI, along with investment partners Capstone Equities and Image Capital, purchased the office building in October 2012 for $107 million. Built in 1990, the 11-story building in D.C.’s Capitol Hill North submarket was 96 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Accenture and various U.S. government agencies.
MARIETTA, GA. — Greystone has provided a $62 million permanent loan for Watermark at East Cobb, a 510-unit multifamily community in Marietta, a northwest suburb of Atlanta. The property features two resort-style swimming pools, tennis courts, an athletic center, playground, volleyball courts, outdoor kitchen, nature trail, fishing lake and a dog park. Mike Galla and David Collie of iCap Realty Partners arranged the seven-year, floating-rate loan through Freddie Mac with two years of interest-only payments followed by a 30-year amortization schedule. Keith Hires and Greg Krafcik of Greystone originated the loan on behalf of the borrower, Cortland Partners.
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. — New York Life Real Estate Investors has provided a $57 million loan for Encore Apartments and the 4525 Main Street office building located within the Town Center development in Virginia Beach. The mixed-use property includes 286 apartments units, 212,000 square feet of office space and 26,000 square feet of ground-level retail space. Geoff McVeigh of Berkadia arranged the five-year, fixed-rate loan on behalf of the borrower, Armada Hoffler Properties, a publicly traded REIT and the developer of Town Center.
ATLANTA — Carey Watermark Investors 2 Inc. (CWI 2), a hospitality-focused REIT, has purchased the Renaissance Atlanta Midtown Hotel, a 304-room, 21-story hotel located at the northwest corner of West Peachtree Street and Abercrombie Place in Atlanta’s Midtown district. The seller and sales price were not disclosed. Davidson Hotels & Resorts, an Atlanta-based hotel management company that operates 38 hotels throughout the United States, will manage the hotel. Built in 2009 and converted to Marriott International’s Renaissance brand in 2011, the hotel has undergone more than $3 million of capital improvements between 2011 and 2015. The hotel’s restaurant, Community Smith, reopened in January 2015. Other amenities include 8,600 square feet of meeting space, a rooftop bar and lounge, 24-hour spa and fitness center and a 24-hour business center. Affiliates of W. P. Carey Inc. and Watermark Capital Partners advise CWI 2 and manage its overall portfolio.
VERNON HILLS, ILL. — Inland Private Capital Corp. has sold a Mariano’s Fresh Market in Vernon Hills, approximately 35 miles northwest of Chicago, for $36.4 million. The 71,248-square-foot grocery store, which is located on seven acres at 1820 N. Milwaukee Ave., was built in 2011. Inland completed the sale on behalf of one of its 1031 exchange investment programs. The buyer in the deal was undisclosed.
MINNEAPOLIS — Doran Cos. has acquired a 90,000-square-foot retail property in Minneapolis for $24.9 million. Pfaff Calhoun LLC sold Calhoun Village Shopping Center, which is located at 3200 W. Lake St. The center is over 90 percent occupied and includes tenants such as Walgreens, Punch Pizza, Burger Jones and Barnes & Noble.
MILWAUKEE — The Boulder Group has brokered the sale of a 110,636-square-foot office building net leased to US Bank for $14 million. The property, located a 615 E. Michigan St. in Milwaukee, is connected via a sky-walk to US Bank regional headquarters building. A Midwest-based partnership in a 1031 exchange purchased the facility from Oak Street Real Estate Capital. US Bank’s lease expires in December 2026. Randy Blankstein and Jimmy Goodman of The Boulder Group represented both parties in the transaction.
SUNSET HILLS, MO. — Senior Lifestyle Corp. has broken ground on The Sheridan at Laumeier Park, a 69,000-square-foot seniors housing community in Sunset Hills, approximately 15 miles southwest of St. Louis. The project, expected to be complete in early 2017, will feature 43 assisted-living apartments plus 41 memory care residences. The Sheridan at Laumeier Park will be situated on 3.9 acres at 12470 Rott Road. Residents will have access to nearly 38,000 square feet of amenity space, which will include living rooms, a dining room, entertainment room, fitness center and art studio.
ROCHESTER, MINN. — NorthMarq Capital has arranged a $3.5 million acquisition loan for a 72-unit multifamily property in Rochester, approximately 85 miles southeast of Minneapolis. Bear Creek Apartments is located at 1405, 1455 and 1505 Marion Road SE. The 10-year loan features a 25-year amortization schedule. Michael Padilla of NorthMarq placed the financing with a local bank on behalf of the undisclosed borrower.