OFFICE, MULTIFAMILY PROPERTIES REFINANCED FOR $60.3 MILLION

AUSTIN AND LUBBOCK, TEXAS — The Dallas office of Holliday Fenoglio Fowler (HFF) has arranged the refinancing of two Texas properties for a total of $60.3 million. In the first transaction, HFF secured a $44 million loan for a downtown Austin office property located at the corner of 6th Street and Congress Avenue. The property comprises the 26-story, 261,609-square-foot Bank of America Building; a vacant parking garage situated on a 0.34-acre parcel; a 90,000-square-foot vacant commercial building; and a 0.81-acre covered parcel that is scheduled for development into a 1,150-space parking garage. HFF’s Andy Scott and Brandon Chavoya originated the loan between the borrower, a joint venture between locally based T. Stacey & Associates and Chicago-based Walton Street Capital, and the lender, CapitalSource Finance. Terms of the loan include an adjustable interest rate and a 30-month term. Loan proceeds will be used to complete capital improvements and future leasing of the property. In Lubbock, HFF secured $16.2 million in Freddie Mac financing for Ashton Pointe, a 366-unit multifamily community located at 308 Frankford. Completed in three phases from 1996 to 2003, the property was 92 percent occupied at the time of closing. The loan carries a 5.64 percent fixed interest rate and a 10-year term. Mona Carlton of HFF originated the loan on behalf of the borrower, McDougal Cos.; the loan will also be serviced by HFF.