LOS ANGELES — Ready Capital has closed $17.3 million in financing for the acquisition, renovation and stabilization of a 94-unit apartment community in Los Angeles’ Norwalk submarket. Upon acquisition, the undisclosed borrower plans to implement a capital improvement plan including taking care of deferred maintenance projects while renovating unit interiors, building exteriors and common areas. Ready Capital closed the non-recourse, interest-only, floating-rate loan, which features a 36-month term, two extension options, flexible prepayment and a facility to provide future funding for capital expenditures.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — Ready Capital has closed on a $17 million acquisition loan for a 160-unit unnamed multifamily property in Jacksonville. Upon acquisition, the unnamed sponsor will implement a capital improvement plan. The non-recourse, interest-only, floating-rate loan features a 36-month term, two extension options and is inclusive of a facility to provide future funding for capital expenditures.
SAN ANTONIO — Newmark has brokered the sale of The Joseph at Huebner, a 192-unit apartment community in north-central San Antonio. Built in 1983, the 16-building complex features one- and two-bedroom units with an average size of 846 square feet. Amenities include a pool, fitness center, outdoor grilling areas and a dog wash station. Matt Michelson and Patton Jones of Newmark represented the seller, a partnership between RSN Property Group and Wildhorn Capital, in the transaction. The buyer, First Capital Advisors, an investment and management firm with offices in Austin and Chicago, plans to implement a value-add program.
O’FALLON, MO. — Holland Construction Services has completed The Jewel Apartments, a $41.2 million apartment complex in O’Fallon, a western suburb of St. Louis. Tennessee-based Vita Residential was the developer. Located at 9200 Veterans Memorial Parkway, the 240-unit property consists of 10 buildings. Amenities include a clubhouse, pool, family room, fitness area and dog park. The property is currently 95 percent occupied. Vita is now finalizing development plans with Holland on a similar 240-unit project called The Jewel at Whispering Oaks in Swansea, Ill. Construction is expected to begin in May.
MINNEAPOLIS — JLL Capital Markets has negotiated the sale of a multifamily development site on Oak Grove Street in the Loring Park neighborhood of Minneapolis. The sales price was undisclosed. The buyer is an affiliate of Linden Street Investments, which also has developments in downtown east and the southwest suburbs of Minneapolis. Josh Talberg, Mox Gunderson, Dan Linnell and Adam Haydon of JLL represented the seller, The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis. The site is home to the club’s former parking lot. The buyer’s development plans were not released.
HOUSTON — New York City-based Ready Capital has closed a $22.7 million loan for the acquisition, renovation and stabilization of an unnamed, 212-unit apartment complex in Houston’s Greenspoint submarket. The nonrecourse, interest-only loan features a 36-month term, floating interest rate, two extension options and a facility to fund future capital improvements. The undisclosed sponsor plans to implement a value-add program.
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Harrison Street has acquired a majority ownership interest in APEX, a student housing community located across the street from the Rochester Institute of Technology in upstate New York. The seller, Michaels, has retained a 2 percent ownership in the property and will continue to oversee operations. The community offers one-, two-, four- and five-bedroom units. Shared amenities include an e-sports arena, outdoor fire pits, a virtual reality studio, electric car charging stations, dual hot tubs, ingenuity labs and a pet spa.
2021 was an exciting year in the multifamily financing market, and for Berkadia mortgage banking — we originated over $40 billion in volume for our clients across our various lender programs, an increase of 50 percent over our 2020 volumes. Every lender in the market demonstrated a strong appetite for originating loans and increased their holdings of mortgages, which was crucial given that the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) lowered the caps for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to $70 billion each. While the final numbers haven’t been released yet, the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) projected the market would originate $578 billion of loans backed by commercial real estate in 2021, a 31 percent increase from 2020 ($442 billion) and just below 2019’s record volume of $601 billion. The fundamentals of the multifamily sector drove unbelievable rent growth, which in turn drove increased investor interest. In 2021, we advised on 762 investment sales transactions, totaling close to $27 billion in volume, a truly record-breaking year for us! This tremendous investor appetite brought about an enhanced need for financing, and often more creative financing. With the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) more limited, life companies and commercial banks answered the call, but the …
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Merchants Capital has secured $115 million in total financing for Parkside 8 and Parkside 10, two workforce housing developments located in Washington, D.C. The borrowers, City Interests Development Partners and Ravinia Capital Group, are co-developing the overall project. Bridge Investment Group is managing the Opportunity Zone strategy on behalf of the developers. The construction timeline was not disclosed. Merchants Capital secured $56 million in construction financing through Merchants Bank of Indiana, as well as $59 million in permanent financing through Freddie Mac Non-Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) forward commitments and Freddie Mac permanent loans. Upon completion, Parkside 8 and 10 will feature 230 residential units and approximately 14,000 square feet of retail space. Within the new properties, select units will be reserved for residents earning between 80 percent and 120 percent of area median income (AMI). The multifamily buildings are part of Parkside, a 3.1 million-square-foot master-planned development that will include between 1,500 and 2,000 residential units, up to 50,000 square feet of retail space and 860,000 square feet of office space. Parkside will also feature a one-acre park and a new pedestrian bridge that crosses over Kenilworth Avenue and Interstate 295. Additionally, Parkside offers four neighborhood …
LANSING, MICH. — Ready Capital has closed a $7.7 million loan for the acquisition, renovation and stabilization of a two-property multifamily portfolio in Lansing. The portfolio totals 262 garden-style units. The undisclosed borrower plans to implement a capital improvement program to renovate unit interiors and address deferred maintenance. The nonrecourse loan features a three-year term, floating rate and interest-only payments.