WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. — HFF has arranged $165 million in financing for Palm Beach Outlets, a 459,633-square-foot, open-air outlet center located at 1751 Palm Beach Lakes Blvd. in West Palm Beach. The loan proceeds were used to acquire the property. Opened in February 2014, the outlet mall is 95.8 percent leased to 121 tenants, including Saks Off 5th Avenue, Gap, Nike Factory Store, J. Crew, Ann Taylor Factory Store and Under Armour. The mall share access with the 300,000-square-foot, Whole Foods-anchored Marketplace at the Outlets, which wasn’t included in the loan. Palm Beach Outlets is the first and only retail outlet center in Palm Beach County, with no other outlet centers within a 55-mile radius. Riaz Cassum, Chris Drew and Robyn King of HFF arranged the long-term, fixed-rate loan through Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers, which was acting on behalf of an institutional client. HFF arranged the loan on behalf of the borrowers, New England Development and a commingled fund managed by Clarion Partners. The loan collateral also includes land for the future development of 105,000 additional square feet of retail space.
Opened in February 2014, Palm Beach Outlets is the first and only retail outlet center in Palm Beach County, with no other outlet centers within a 55-mile radius.
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