HFF Arranges $56.5M Loan for Newly Built Residence Inn in Boston

BOSTON — HFF has arranged $56.5 million in permanent financing for the Residence Inn Boston/Back Bay Fenway Park, a 175-room extended stay hotel located at 125 Brookline Ave. in Boston’s Fenway/Kenmore neighborhood. HFF secured the 10-year, fixed-rate loan for the borrower, Boylston Properties, through Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers on behalf of an institutional lender. Completed in July 2013, the eight-story, 154,684-square-foot hotel offers a mix of studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom guestrooms. Hotel amenities include a breakfast area, lounge/bar, meeting room, indoor pool, fitness center, outdoor terrace on the top floor and below-grade parking for 50 cars. Additionally, the property includes 6,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space leased to Bar Louie’s and Santander. Fred Wittman and Robyn King of HFF represented the borrower in the transaction.