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M&T Realty Capital Provides $414.8M Refinancing for Brooklyn Crossing Apartment Tower in New York City 

by Jeff Shaw

NEW YORK CITY — M&T Realty Capital Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Buffalo, N.Y.-based M&T Bank (NYSE: MTB), has provided a $414.8 million Freddie Mac conventional loan to refinance Brooklyn Crossing, a 51-story, 858-unit apartment tower in Brooklyn. The borrower is The Brodsky Organization, an owner and developer of luxury apartments, condos and retail properties in New York City. While the majority of the apartments at Brooklyn Crossing are luxury units, 258 are affordable. Located in the posh Prospect Heights neighborhood, the building is immediately adjacent to Barclays Center, home of the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets and WNBA’s New York Liberty.  The property offers studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments. Amenities include a screening room, large fitness center, rooftop terrace and lounge, and outdoor pool. According to the property website, studio apartments rent for approximately $3,500 a month and three-bedroom units rent for approximately $9,000 monthly. Robert Barry, senior vice president in M&T Realty Capital’s New York City office, led the refinancing. Andrea Wagonseller of M&T Bank led the initial construction loan, which this transaction refinanced.  “With its unparalleled amenities and convenient access to multiple subway lines, Brooklyn Crossing has transformed the Prospect Heights neighborhood,” says Michael Edelman, CEO of …

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Why Access to Financial Services Is a Key Amenity for Affordable Housing Residents

by Taylor Williams

By Antonio Marquez, managing partner, Comunidad Partners Amenities are important when it comes to renter appeal. However, what residents want from their apartment complexes is based on different issues, like socioeconomic status.  Indeed, a resort-style pool, yoga rooms and fitness centers are nice. But residents at properties owned by Comunidad Partners, an operator of workforce housing communities across Sun Belt markets, want more than these features in their community. To understand our residents — our customer base — we asked them questions, tried programs and obtained feedback. From this, we determined that our residents’ top three concerns were health, community safety and managing finances. However, expense management didn’t involve debt restructuring or financial literacy. Instead, access to the financial system was the issue. Thanks to this feedback, we’ve developed and are implementing programs at two of our properties in Texas — Villas at Alameda in Fort Worth and the Villas at Shadow Oaks in Austin — to help residents access financial services like high-interest savings accounts. These intangible amenities help build and enrich communities while strengthening resident retention and other operational factors that benefit investors. Sensing Residents’ Priorities In determining the right amenities to support residents, it’s essential to understand …

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GID Welcomes First Multifamily Residents at $2B High Street Development in Atlanta

by John Nelson

ATLANTA — GID has welcomed the first residents at Windsor Brompton and Windsor Avery, two apartment communities underway within the $2 billion High Street mixed-use development in Atlanta. Located in the city’s Central Perimeter submarket, the two apartment communities total 598 units. Windsor Communities, GID’s property management division, operates both properties. More than 100 leases have been signed at the communities prior to delivery. Apartments at Windsor Brompton and Windsor Avery come in 16 different floor plans comprising studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom configurations. Monthly rental rates start at $1,538, according to the property website. Amenities include a fitness and yoga studio, pool and sundeck, catering kitchen and private dining room, coworking spaces, an outdoor dog run and dog wash, outdoor gaming lawn, bike lounge and a bike repair station. Residents will also have direct access to High Street’s lineup of shops and restaurants, which will include Puttshack, Jaguar Bolera, Nando’s PERi-PERi, Velvet Taco, Allen Edmonds, Skin Spirit, The Hampton Social, Agave Bandido, Cuddlefish, Ben & Jerry’s and Sugar Coat.

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Remedy Medical, Kayne Anderson Break Ground on 130,000 SF Medical Office Building in Lynchburg, Virginia

by John Nelson

LYNCHBURG, VA. — A partnership between Remedy Medical Properties and Kayne Anderson Real Estate has broken ground on Centra Langhorne Medical Center, a new 130,000-square-foot medical office building located at 2125 Langhorne Road in Lynchburg. The facility will be located near Centra Lynchburg General Hospital, which is about 70 miles southwest of Charlottesville, Va. The medical office building will be fully leased to Centra Health upon completion, which is slated for late 2025. The design-build team includes Haskell Architecture and Engineering Inc., civil engineer Hurt & Proffitt Inc., structural engineer O’Donnell & Naccarato Inc. and general contractor Robins and Morton.

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Branch Properties to Develop Publix-Anchored Shopping Center in Braselton, Georgia

by John Nelson

BRASELTON, GA. — Branch Properties, an Atlanta-based shopping center development firm, has acquired land in Braselton for the development of a Publix-anchored shopping center. Dubbed Braselton Village, the 70,987-square-foot retail center will be located at the intersection of Old Winder Highway and the newly constructed Braselton Village Parkway, about 50 miles northeast of Atlanta. Branch Properties expects to deliver the property, which will feature 22,600 square feet of inline retail space in addition to the Publix grocery store, in second-quarter 2025. In addition to Braselton Village, Branch Properties is also developing or recently delivered four other Publix-anchored centers in the Southeast: Triple Crown Shopping Center in Richwood, Ky.; One Nexton in Summerville, S.C.; Limestone Marketplace in Gainesville, Ga.; and the recently completed Summerhill Station in Atlanta.

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CBRE Arranges $12M Acquisition Loan for Distribution Facility in Southeast Memphis

by John Nelson

MEMPHIS, TENN. — CBRE has arranged a $12 million acquisition loan for a 150,000-square-foot distribution center located at 6325 Global Drive in southeast Memphis. The facility, which features nearly 40,000 square feet of cold storage space, was fully leased to Vistar, a division of Performance Food Group, at the time of financing. Bob Ybarra, Bruce Francis, Shaun Moothart, Doug Birrell, Nick Santangelo and Jim Korinek of CBRE’s Capital Markets Debt and Structured Finance team arranged the financing on behalf of the buyer, Pacifica Real Estate Group. The loan was underwritten with a 10-year term and 5.55 percent interest rate. The seller was not disclosed.

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Berkadia Brokers Sale of 104-Unit Seniors Housing Community in Florence, Kentucky

by John Nelson

FLORENCE, KY. — Berkadia has arranged the sale of a 104-unit assisted living and memory care community in Florence, approximately 10 miles southwest of Cincinnati. Mike Garbers, Cody Tremper, Dave Fasano and Ross Sanders of Berkadia represented the seller, a publicly traded REIT, in the transaction. A private equity group purchased the asset for an undisclosed price.

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EastGroup Properties Breaks Ground on 244,000 SF Industrial Project in Denton, Texas

by Taylor Williams

DENTON, TEXAS — Mississippi-based REIT EastGroup Properties has broken ground on a 244,000-square-foot, two-building industrial project in the North Texas city of Denton. Denton Exchange 35 will consist of a 114,000-square-foot building that is subdividable to 20,000 square feet and a 130,000-square-foot building that is subdividable to 40,000 square feet. Combined, the buildings will feature 53 dock-high-doors and parking for 239 cars and 34 trailers, with expansion capabilities for trailer parking at both facilities. Project partners include Alliance Architects, GMcivil, Rosenberger Construction and Stream Realty Partners as the leasing agent. A tentative delivery date was not disclosed.

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CareTrust REIT Acquires Three Seniors Housing Communities in Southern California for $60M

by Jeff Shaw

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. — CareTrust REIT Inc. (NYSE:CTRE), a San Clemente-based seniors housing investor, has acquired three continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs) located in Los Angeles, Orange, and San Diego counties.  The portfolio totals 475 assisted living, skilled nursing and memory care beds/units. Bayshire Senior Communities, an existing CareTrust tenant based in Southern California, has taken over management of all three properties. The highest profile property of the three is Torrey Pines Senior Living in San Diego. CareTrust paid $32.3 million for the asset, including transaction costs. Annual cash rent for the first year is approximately $2.6 million, increasing to approximately $3 million in the second year with CPI-based annual escalators thereafter. CareTrust completed the acquisition of the other two CCRCs through a joint-venture arrangement with a third-party regional healthcare investor. Pursuant to the arrangement, CareTrust is the managing member of the joint-venture entity. CareTrust provided a combined common equity and preferred equity investment amount totaling approximately $28 million. The joint-venture landlord has leased these facilities to Bayshire pursuant to a new, triple-net master lease agreement with an initial term of 15 years with two five-year extension options. CareTrust’s initial contractual yield on its combined preferred and common equity investments …

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JLL Arranges $65M in Financing for Wateridge Office, Retail Campus in West Los Angeles

by Amy Works

LOS ANGELES — JLL Capital Markets has arranged $65 million in financing for Wateridge, a six-building office and retail campus in West Los Angeles. LPC Realty Advisors I LLC, an investment advisory affiliate of Lincoln Property Co., is the borrower. Todd Sugimoto, Mark Wintner and Chad Morgan of JLL Capital Markets secured the five-year, fixed-rate financing with Deutsche Bank. Built between 1989 and 2005 on 21 acres, Wateridge features three multi-tenant office buildings, a single-tenant medical office building, a standalone 24-hour fitness facility and a multi-tenant retail strip center. At the time of financing, the 583,580-square-foot campus was 80 percent occupied and leased by credit tenants, including Kaiser Health Foundation, County of Los Angeles and Providence Health.

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