Louisiana

BATON ROUGE, LA. — Greystone has a provided a $15.4M Fannie Mae acquisition loan for the purchase of Live Oaks Apartment Homes in Baton Rouge. The loan carries a 12-year term with two years of interest-only payments. The buyer, Cyprus Multifamily, plans to implement upgrades that will improve water and electricity usage as part of the Fannie Mae Green Rewards program. Live Oaks was built in 2001 and offers 184 units with one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Communal amenities include barbecue and picnic areas, a clubhouse, business center, fitness center and a pool. Keith Hires of Greystone originated the loan.

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ZACHARY, LA. — Dougherty Mortgage LLC has provided a $20.8 million refinancing loan for Audubon Park Apartment Homes, a 178-unit community in Zachary. The HUD 223(a)(7) loan features a 40-year term. The borrower is Audubon Park Apartment Homes LLC, an affiliate of Atlanta-based Audubon Communities. Communal amenities at Audubon Park include bike racks, a fitness center, swimming pool, car wash area, playground, grilling area and a poolside lounge.

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NEW ORLEANS — Wampold Cos. and The Lemoine Co. have acquired the Whitney Bank Building Complex, a 500,000-square-foot office campus comprising seven buildings in New Orleans. The Whitney Bank Building, built in 1911, anchors the four-block development. Wampold and Lemoine plan to turn the former headquarters of Hancock Whitney Bank into a mixed-use development comprising hotel rooms, apartments, stores and restaurants. Construction is expected to begin in mid-2020. Hancock Whitney Corp. sold the complex to the joint venture for an undisclosed price.

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LAFAYETTE, LA. — Rise: A Real Estate Co. has completed The Heritage, a 589-bed student housing community located on the University of Louisiana at Lafayette campus. The development features five residential buildings geared toward upperclassmen. Shared amenities include ground-floor retail, a fitness center, swimming pool, resident lounge, game room, a business center, sand volleyball court, outdoor grill stations and fire pits. The development also houses an office suite for the university’s Housing and Residential Life staff.

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LAFAYETTE, LA. — Cohen Financial has provided a $21.9 million Freddie Mac acquisition loan for La Veranda, a 220-unit multifamily community in Lafayette. The borrower is an affiliate of Waypoint Residential LLC. La Veranda was built in 2016 and offers one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Communal amenities include a swimming pool, fitness center, game room, outdoor fireplace, pet park and a rooftop lounge. The seller was not disclosed.

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NEW ORLEANS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $6.4 million sale of River Commons, a 59,483-square-foot shopping center in New Orleans. River Commons, which is shadow-anchored by Walmart, was leased to 17 tenants at the time of sale, including Dollar Tree, Shoe Show, Cato and Sally Beauty. Zach Taylor and Don McMinn of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, Rivercrest Realty, in the transaction. The buyer was Salim Rupani, a private investor based in Texas.

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NEW ORLEANS — Sonnenblick-Eichner Co. has arranged a $46 million refinancing loan for the Maison Dupuy, a five-story, 200-room hotel in New Orleans’ French Quarter neighborhood. Loan proceeds will be used to pay off existing debt, as well as to renovate the property. Plans for the renovation were not disclosed. Maison Dupuy is located at the corner of Toulouse and Burgundy streets, two blocks from Bourbon Street. The independent hotel offers a 4,088-square-foot courtyard, heated swimming pool, cabanas, fitness center, business center, meeting space, 65 parking spaces and the Bistreaux Restaurant & Bar. The lender was a global asset management company that has a real estate lending platform. The borrower was not disclosed.

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LAFAYETTE, LA. — Uber Capital Group LLC has provided a $33 million acquisition loan for Acadiana Mall in Lafayette. The 15-year loan features a fixed 5.4 percent interest rate, 70 percent loan-to-value and partial recourse for the borrower. Acadiana Mall spans 1.6 million square feet and is situated six miles south of downtown Lafayette. The anchor tenants are Macy’s, Dillard’s and JC Penney. Additional tenants include Aeropostale, Victoria’s Secret, Forever 21, The Children’s Place, Zumiez, Kay Jewelers, Jimmy Jazz, Men’s Wearhouse, Chick-fil-A, Thai Max and T-65 Café restaurants. Namdar Realty Group acquired the mall.

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SLIDELL, LA. — Q Hotels and Stirling Properties have broken ground on Springhill Suites by Marriott, an 88-room, four-story hotel in Slidell. The hotel will sit on 1.9 acres at the intersection of Ruth Garrett Way and Bill Garrett Road, about 35 miles northeast of downtown New Orleans. Construction is already underway on the hotel with delivery slated for the fourth quarter of 2020. The hotel will be situated within Fremaux Park, Stirling’s 350-acre mixed-use development that includes residential and retail space, including Fremaux Town Center. The 640,000-square-foot retail destination is anchored by Dillard’s, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Kohl’s and Best Buy and includes restaurants such as Five Guys, Rock N Roll Sushi, Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Starbucks and LongHorn Steakhouse. Fremaux Park’s additional phases will include more residential and retail space and bring office and industrial space.

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RUSTON, LA. — Hutton has opened Ruston Marketplace, a 103,413-square-foot shopping center in Ruston. The property’s tenants include Hobby Lobby, T.J. Maxx, Ulta Beauty, Five Below and Rack Room Shoes. Ruston Marketplace is situated off of Interstate 20, one mile from Louisiana Tech University. Hutton partnered with the City of Ruston to deliver the project. According to multiple media outlets, the City of Ruston paid $6.4 million to improve the infrastructure around the shopping center to make it more accessible to shoppers.

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