ISSAQUAH, WASH. — Grandbridge Real Estate Capital, an Atlanta-based lender, has closed a $19.4 million first mortgage loan for Aegis of Issaquah. The property is a 99-unit assisted living, memory care and short-term rehabilitation community in the Seattle suburb of Issaquah. Freddie Mac’s Capital Markets Execution (CME) Multifamily loan product provided the capital. Richard Thomas, senior vice president, and Meredith Davis, vice president, led the Grandbridge team on this transaction.
LOS ANGELES — Meridian Capital Group has arranged the $4.8 million refinancing of a 12,630-square-foot mixed-use property located in Los Angeles. The two-story building, located at 8431 Melrose Place, features retail and office components, including Waterwork’s new flagship showroom. Drew Anderman and Sean Robertson of Meridian secured the seven-year, fixed-rate loan on behalf of the borrower, VE Equities, through a balance sheet lender. The financing features no prepayment penalty, and an amortization schedule that is coterminous with the ground lease.
TIGARD, ORE. — Berkeley Point Capital has provided a $3.1 million Freddie Mac supplemental loan to Frontier Management LLC. The money will be used for strategic growth and property improvements at Washington Gardens Memory Care, a 48-unit memory care community in the Portland suburb of Tigard. The community opened in 2011. Frontier Management LLC manages 83 seniors housing properties serving more than 4,000 residents across the United States. The company is based in Portland. Doug Harper, director of seniors housing, and Casey Moore, director, led the Berkeley Point team. Harper operates out of the Columbus, Ohio, office while Harper works from the Boston office.
NEWPORT BEACH, CALIF. — Kenneth Brown Salons has signed a lease for 4,000 square feet of retail space at 2700 W. Coast Highway within Mariners Mile Square in Newport Beach. The 10-year lease begins in May. Rick Turner of DAUM Commercial represented the tenant, while Ned McCune of Mariners Mile Co. represented the landlord in the transaction.
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Meridian Capital Group has arranged $165 million in permanent financing for The One, a multifamily property located at 110 First St. in Jersey City. The borrowers are BLDG and Ares Management LP. The seven-year loan, provided by a life insurance company, features a 3.5 percent rate and two years of interest-only payments followed by a 30-year amortization schedule. Constructed in 2015, the 35-story features 439 apartments, a landscaped rooftop with swimming pool, lounge, barbecue and fire pits. Aaron Birnbaum, Carol Shelby and Dani Sabesan of Meridian Capital negotiated the financing for the borrowers.
NEW YORK CITY — Tavros Development Partners and Charney Construction & Development have received $44.3 million in acquisition and pre-development financing for a 41,815-square-foot land assemblage located at 263-277 S. Fifth St. in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg section. The borrowers plan to develop a mixed-use asset featuring ground-level retail space, office and multifamily space on the fully entitled site. Aaron Appel, Jonathan Schwartz and Mark Fisher of JLL arranged the financing.
REVERE, MASS. — Logan Hospitality Associates LLC, a division of KW Development, has completed the sale of Four Points by Sheraton Boston Logan Airport, located at 427 Squire Road in Revere, for an undisclosed sum. Fingerprint Hospitality LLC was an advisor to and an investor in the undisclosed buyer. Situated on 3.3 acres, the property features 180 guest rooms, 3,755 square feet of meeting space, an indoor pool and fitness room. Driftwood Hospitality will manage the property. Denny Meikleham and Alan Suzuki of HFF represented the seller in the transaction. Lauren O’Neil, also of HFF, secured a three-year, floating-rate acquisition loan through TIAA Direct, a division of TIAA-CREF Trust Co., for the buyer.
NATICK, MASS. — New Dover Associates has arranged the sale of an office/research and development building located at 2-4 Mercer Road in Natick. Nivek Investments I LLC sold the property to 2-4 Mercer Road LLC for $3.9 million. Situated on 1.4 acres with Natick Business Park, the fully air-conditioned building comprises 17,875 square feet. Scott Hughes of New Dover Associates represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction.
NEWTOWN, CONN. — Goodfellow Real Estate has brokered the sale of Highland Plaza, a retail center located at 123 S. Main St. in Newtown. Newtown Highland LLC acquired the property from Highland HC LLC for $3.7 million. The property features three retail buildings. Bob Cascella of Goodfellow Real Estate represented both parties in the transaction.
EL PASO, TEXAS — A business unit of Stockholm, Sweden-based Electrolux Group has leased 409,180 square feet of industrial space in El Paso. BH Properties bought the 655,000-square-foot building from Electrolux in 2009 and leased it back to the company until February of 2014. The property is located at 9600 Pan American Drive. Terms of the five-year lease were not disclosed. Cushman & Wakefield | PIRES International’s Brett Preston and David Hingst were the brokers for the transaction. Champlain Cable Corp. occupies 117,000 square feet in the building, and 128,000 square feet is unoccupied. Electrolux also operates a manufacturing facility across the border from El Paso in Ciudad Juarez.
