LYNNWOOD, WASH. — Hunt Real Estate Capital has provided a $5.3 million Freddie Mac Small Balance Loan for the refinancing of Bailey Court Townhomes in Lynnwood, a suburb 16 miles north of Seattle. The borrower was Bailey Court LLC, backed by key principal Jeffrey Butler. Located at 17420-17415 52nd Ave. West, the multifamily property features 26 garden-style apartments spread across four three-story, townhome-style buildings. On-site amenities include a laundry room, bicycle storage area, security cameras, garages and open parking. At the time of financing, the property was 100 percent occupied. Jeffrey Ballaine of Hunt Real Estate Capital arranged the financing with a 30-year amortization and a yield-maintenance prepayment schedule.
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SEATTLE — Lincoln Property Co. has purchased 501 Eastlake, an office property located in Seattle’s South Lake Union submarket. LBA Realty sold the five-story property for $58.7 million, or $568 per square foot. Built in 2002, the 103,494-square-foot property features an on-site athletic facility and walkable amenities. At the time of sale, the building was 79 percent leased to a variety of tenants, including the regional headquarters of Capital One. Kevin Shannon, Nick Kucha, Michael Moll, Tim O’Keefe and James Childress of NKF Capital Markets represented the seller in the transaction.
SAN FRANCISCO AND SPOKANE, WASH. — iBorrow, a private direct lender for commercial real estate, has provided two loans totaling $11.7 million for properties in San Francisco and Spokane. The lender funded a $5.6 million loan to refinance a four-story, 9,580-square-foot building, located at 131 Franklin St. in San Francisco. The asset is situated on a 2,395-square-foot lot in the Hayes Valley neighborhood. The name of the borrower was not disclosed. Additionally, iBorrow provided a $6.1 million to an undisclosed borrower for an office building located at 901 N. Monroe St. in Spokane. The three-story property features 76,814 square feet of office space. Brian Good, CEO of iBorrow, handled both transactions.
EDMONDS, WASH. — Koelsch Communities has completed Cedar Creek Memory Care Community, a 60-unit memory care community in the Seattle suburb of Edmonds. Project costs were just over $17 million. Wells Fargo provided $13 million in financing, and the remainder came from private investors. Cedar Creek was designed with what Koelsch calls “historical surprises.” The community features several rooms designed to look like the 1950s, including a Julia Child-style kitchen, a garage featuring a classic car and a great room designed to look like the interior of a traditional log cabin. More than 50 percent of the rooms were reserved prior to the opening of Cedar Creek. Koelsch Communities operates 29 seniors housing properties in eight states, with nine new communities in development.
AIRWAY HEIGHTS, WASH. — KeyBank Real Estate Capital and KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment has provided $43.2 million in financing for the development of Salish Flats Apartments, a workforce housing community located in Airway Heights. The borrower is TWG Development. Key’s Community Development Lending and Investment Group provided a $21.2 million KeyBank construction loan, and Key’s Commercial Mortgage Group originated a $22 million forward commitment through Freddie Mac’s Targeted Affordable Group. The 216-unit Salish Flats Apartments is part of the master development plan of the Northern Quest Resort & Casino, owned and operated by the Kalispel Tribe of Indians. Upon completion, the market-rate property will operate with a self-imposed income restriction, requiring 20 percent of the units be set aside for households earning less than 80 percent of the area median income.
REDMOND, WASH. — HFF has brokered the sale of Willow Creek Corporate Center, a seven-building office park located in Redmond, a suburb 16 miles east of Seattle. Preylock Real Estate Holdings acquired the asset for an undisclosed price. At the time of sale, the 421,785-square-foot property was fully leased. Michael Leggett, Dave Otis, Logan Greer and Kevin Freels of HFF represented the undisclosed seller and procured the buyer in the transaction.
EDMONDS, WASH. — CBRE has brokered the sale of Edmonds Professional Center, a medical office building located at 7315 212th St. SW in Edmonds. Edmonds Professional Center LLC sold the property to an undisclosed buyer for $23 million. Built in 1991, the two-story property features 54,516 square feet of medical office space. At the time of acquisition, the building was 100 percent leased to nine tenants, including Virginia Mason Health System and Swedish Health Services. Chris Bodnar and Lee Asher of CBRE’s Healthcare Capital Markets group partnered with Paul Carr, Steve Perovich and Marcus Yamamoto of CBRE Puget Sound Healthcare represented the seller in the deal.
SEATTLE — Ziegler, a specialty investment bank, has arranged $44.8 million in bond financing for The Hearthstone Corp. The bonds will fund an expansion at the company’s continuing care retirement community, The Hearthstone at Green Lake in Seattle. The Hearthstone comprises The Lakeside, a 10-story, 186,400-square-foot building constructed in 1966; and Cove West, a four-story, 48,243-square-foot building constructed in 2015 adjacent to The Lakeside. The combined buildings feature 147 independent living apartments, 37 assisted living apartments, 12 memory care apartments and 40 skilled nursing beds. The expansion project, known as Cove East, will be located adjacent to Cove West. The new building will offer 22 independent living units and underground parking, with a bistro on the ground floor. In addition to funding the expansion, the bonds also refinanced a set of existing bonds. The bonds are a combination of $36.1 million in tax-exempt bonds with a 35-year amortization and $8.7 million in tax-exempt bonds to be repaid with Cove East entrance fees.
NBS Financial Secures $22M in Construction Financing for 80-Unit Apartment Complex in Seattle
by Amy Works
SEATTLE — Norris, Beggs & Simpson Financial Services (NBS Financial) has arranged $22 million in financing for the development of Stream Dexios Apartments, located in the Westlake neighborhood of Seattle. The borrower is Stream Real Estate. Mike Wood and Colin Ceithaml of NBS Financial secured the construction/permanent loan financing, which was structured with a 13-year term and a 30-year amortization. State Farm Life Insurance Co., a life company correspondent of NBS Financial, provided the funding. When completed in 2019, the five-story, 80,800-square-foot property will feature 80 apartment units, 3,900 square feet of ground-floor retail space and 54 parking stalls. On-site amenities will include a rooftop deck with views of Lake Union, Capitol Hill and the Cascade Mountains.
LACEY, WASH. — HFF has secured an undisclosed amount of financing for The MARQ on Martin, a multifamily community located at 8545 Litt Drive SE in Lacey. Security Properties, the borrower, used the loan to acquire the property, which was completed earlier this year. Charles Halladay, Scott Gilson and Robert Bova of HFF arranged a 10-year, fixed-rate loan with five years of interest-only payments through Freddie Mac for the borrower. HFF will service the securitized loan. The MARQ on Martin features 248 units in a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom layouts offering stainless steel appliances, in-unit washers/dryers, and walk-in closets. Community amenities include a swimming pool, spa, sundeck and lounging area, courtyard with fire pit and ping pong table, an outdoor grilling and dining area, a 24-hour fitness center, and a clubhouse with fireplace, billiards and entertainment kitchen.