DALLAS — CBRE Capital Markets’ Debt & Structured Finance team has arranged $32.1 million in financing for the acquisition of a portfolio of industrial properties in Dallas. The buyer of the portfolio, known as Riverbend, is a joint venture between Augustus Investment Holdings and Taurus Investment Holdings. Citizens Bank provided the capital. The acquisition includes 15 buildings totaling 962,000 square feet. The portfolio was 95 percent leased at the time of sale. The specific properties in the portfolio were not named. Scott Lewis and Greg Greene with CBRE’s Dallas office originated and secured the financing.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Trammell Crow Co. (TCC) and Clarion Partners, on behalf of a comingled fund, have acquired a 95-acre site for the development of Park 183, a master-planned industrial business park. The 964,000-square-foot project, located at the intersection of Burleson Road and U.S. Route 183 in Austin, will be developed in multiple phases. Phase I will consist of the speculative development of two buildings totaling 247,000 square feet and significant road, drainage and utility infrastructure for the industrial park. Construction is expected to begin in January 2017. The design team for Park 183 includes STG Design, Jones|Carter, Wylie Consulting Engineers and Bihner Chin Engineering Ltd. Leasing and marketing will be handled by Mark Emerick, John Barksdale, Ace Schlameus and Darryl Dadon of CBRE.
FRISCO, TEXAS — Embrey Partners has broken ground on Domain At The Gate, a 350-unit multifamily community located within the master-planned community of The Gate in Frisco. The community will offer one- and two-bedroom units. Shared amenities will include an 11,000-square-foot clubhouse; a two-level fitness center; a golf simulator; a dog spa; and a bike garage. The property is scheduled for completion in summer 2018. The Gate master-planned community is currently being developed by Invest Group Overseas, and will offer office, residential, hospitality and retail space.
SAN ANTONIO — BMC Capital has arranged a $2.6 million bridge loan for the purchase and renovation of The Dunes Apartments in San Antonio. The property offers one- and two-bedroom units. Community amenities include laundry facilities, a swimming pool and night patrol. The three-year, fixed-rate loan featured a 75 percent loan-to-cost ratio with two to three years of interest-only payments, as well as funds for significant capital improvements. The loan was arranged by BMC on behalf of the undisclosed borrower through a non-bank lender.
TARRYTOWN, N.Y. — A joint venture between Tarrytown-based DLC Management Corp. and New York City-based DRA Advisors LLC has acquired a 16-property retail portfolio totaling 4.85 million square feet in New York and Alabama. The portfolio was acquired from DDR. The acquisition will bring DLC’s owned square footage to approximately 21.7 million square feet. The joint venture has plans to re-develop several of the newly acquired centers, and DLC will open a new satellite office in Buffalo, New York, to help facilitate the management of the new properties.
NEWARK, DEL. — Rockford Capital Partners has acquired two institutional-quality office buildings located at 242 and 248 Chapman Road in Newark. Rockford Capital purchased the properties on behalf of its affiliated value-add investment vehicle, Rockford Real Estate Fund III. Chapman Road Investors, an affiliate of Equus Capital Partners, sold the properties for an undisclosed price. 242 Chapman Road is a three-story, 65,967-square-foot building and 248 Chapman Road is a two-story, 77,974-square-foot building. Together the properties are fully leased to KBR and HP Enterprise Services. Michael Margolis and David Dolan of NGKF represented the seller in the deal.
ARLINGTON, TEXAS — Dougherty Mortgage LLC has closed a $1.1 million Fannie Mae supplemental loan for Arbor Terrace Apartment Homes, a 143-unit, pet-friendly multifamily community in Arlington that has an existing Fannie Mae mortgage in place. Community amenities include laundry facilities, a pool, gazebo, courtyard and a business center. Unit interiors include nickel fixtures, new appliances, kitchen pantries, ceiling fans and walk-in closets. Dougherty Mortgage’s Minneapolis office arranged the loan on behalf of the borrower, ATA202 Properties LLC. The loan features a term of seven years and seven months and a 30-year amortization schedule.
BOSTON — Colliers International has arranged the sale of a multifamily property located at 256 Parker Hill Ave. in Boston’s Mission Hill neighborhood. Qianlong Management sold the property to Tremont Asset Management for $9.7 million, or $303,516 per unit. The 32-unit property comprises two garden-level apartment buildings offering a mix of studio and two-bedroom units and 16 surface parking spaces. Christopher Sower, Jen Price, Jonathan Bryant and Maggie Collins of Collins represented the seller. Additionally, Stephen Horan, also of Colliers, coordinated the acquisition financing through JP Morgan Chase on behalf of the buyer.
BLACKWOOD, N.J. — G.S. Wilcox & Co. has arranged a $7 million loan for a six-building industrial-flex park in Blackwood. The loan is fixed for a seven-year term with a 25-year amortization. The 240,000-square-foot property is nearly 95 percent leased to more than 30 tenants. The financing was provided by Southern Farm Bureau Life Insurance Co. for the undisclosed borrower.
MILFORD, CONN. — Greysteel has arranged $3.1 million in refinancing for Spinnaker Brook, a multifamily property located at 158 Cherry St. in Milford. The 10-year, non-recourse loan features a fixed rate and three years of interest-only payments followed by a 30-year amortization schedule. The loan was provided by an agency lender under the Freddie Mac Small Balance Loan program. Anton Mattli and John Marshall Doss of Greysteel negotiated the loan for the undisclosed borrower.