VIDALIA, GA. — Love Funding has secured a $74.4 million loan through HUD’s 242/223(a)(7) loan insurance program for the refinancing of Meadows Regional Medical Center, a 22-acre hospital in Vidalia. The hospital’s owners, Toombs County Hospital Authority, used the refinancing to cut the interest rate by more than half, saving more than $1.5 million a year in debt-service costs, or more than $30 million over the life of the loan. Originally constructed in 1963, the hospital was expanded in 2011 to include a 194,000-square-foot healthcare facility. Meadows Regional offers 64 private patient suites, 20 emergency treatment rooms and six surgical suites, along with a cardiovascular lab. In the past five years, HUD’s 242 program has insured financing for $2.2 billion of hospital projects across the country.
COLUMBIA, MD. — NorthMarq Capital has arranged a $72 million loan for the refinancing of Columbia Corporate Park, a 495,000-square-foot office park located at 8825, 8830, 8840 and 8850 Stanford Blvd. and 8890 McGaw Road in Columbia. Joseph Burke of NorthMarq Capital’s Baltimore office arranged the 12-year loan through an unnamed life insurance company on behalf of the borrower. The loan features four years of interest-only payments followed by a 30-year amortization schedule.
WEST MIAMI, FLA. — Chicago-based Waterton has purchased Soleste West Gables, a newly built, 206-unit apartment community located in West Miami. Waterton bought the asset from the development group comprising Estate Investments Group, Fortune Capital Partners and Mattoni Group for $57.4 million, or $278,000 per unit. The group’s other projects in the area include the 196-unit Soleste Club Prado, the 221-unit Soleste West Gables II, the 329-unit Soleste Alameda and the 290-unit Soleste Valentina View. Soleste West Gables began leasing in September 2015 and offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units with amenities including a resort-style pool with an oversized sundeck, cabanas, poolside gymnasium, community entertainment lounge and Wi-Fi hotspots throughout the property.
NORTH MIAMI BEACH, FLA. — Meridian Capital Group has arranged a $19.5 million loan for the refinancing of Aventura Oaks Apartments, a 204-unit multifamily community located at 1572 N.E. 191st St. in North Miami Beach. The three-story property features a swimming pool, lounge and fitness center. Jonathan Zilber and Steven Halpert of Meridian Capital Group arranged the three-year loan with a fixed 3.1 percent interest rate and one year of interest-only payments through an unnamed balance sheet lender. The unnamed borrower is currently remodeling 75 percent of Aventura Oaks’ apartment units.
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $11 million sale of Harbour Pointe, a 34-unit luxury apartment building located at 2201 S.E. 18th St. in Fort Lauderdale’s Harbour Inlet neighborhood. Situated south of the 17th Street Causeway, the property features 350 of water frontage with rental boat slips. Marcus & Millichap brokered the sale of Harbour Pointe in 2010 for $8.1 million and again in 2013 for $9.2 million. The property was renovated by a previous owner in 2010. Joseph Thomas, Adam Duncan and Derek Soven of Marcus & Millichap represented the undisclosed seller and procured the buyer, a joint venture between entities based in New York and California.
BATON ROUGE, LA. — CBRE has arranged $48 million in construction financing for the development of Park Place, a 745-bed student housing community to be located adjacent to the Louisiana State University campus in Baton Rouge. The six-story project is scheduled for completion in 2017. CBRE secured the three-year, floating-rate loan through Commercial Bank Syndication on behalf of the Park 7 Group.
BATON ROUGE, LA. — Community Development Inc. has opened Cypress Springs, a 144-unit affordable seniors housing community in Baton Rouge. WNC, a California-based real estate investor, provided $6.1 million in low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) equity to fund the development. Cypress Springs includes three buildings with 76 one-bedroom units and 68 two-bedroom units.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has arranged a $13.5 million Fannie Mae loan for Caroline Square, a 356-unit apartment community in Jacksonville. The property was originally built in 1974. Tom Peloquin of KeyBank Real Estate Capital arranged the loan, which was used to refinance a bridge loan used to acquire the property in September 2015.
WAYCROSS, GA. — Avison Young’s Atlanta office has brokered the $6.8 million sale of The Mall at Waycross, a 380,982-square-foot regional mall located on Memorial Drive in Waycross. Built in 1973, The Mall at Waycross was 90.6 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including JC Penney, Belk, T.J. Maxx, Hibbett Sports, Staples and Georgia Theatre Co. The single-story regional mall is the only anchored shopping mall within a 50-mile radius of Waycross. The shopping center is located on a 37-acre parcel situated between Brunswick and Jacksonville highways near downtown Waycross. Theresa Johnson of Avison Young represented the seller, Torchlight Investors, in the transaction. The buyer was RCG Ventures.
LAKELAND, FLA. — NorthMarq Capital has arranged the $3.5 million refinancing of Meadowood Apartments, a 40-unit multifamily property located on Brook Meadow and Pogonia drives in Lakeland. The property comprises duplex townhomes on contiguous individual parcels. Robert Hernandez of NorthMarq Capital’s Tampa office arranged the 10-year loan with a 30-year amortization schedule through its Fannie Mae DUS program.