HOUSTON — HFF has placed a $48.5 million loan for the refinancing of CITYCENTRE Five, a 201,437-square-foot office building in Houston. The property is located within a 50-acre mixed-use development that includes three apartment communities and a 265-room hotel. Colby Mueck of HFF arranged the loan through New York Life Real Estate Investors on behalf of Midway Cos., a Houston-based development and management firm.
HOUSTON — Q10 Kinghorn, Driver, Hough & Co. (Q10 KDH) has arranged two refinancings totaling $44.5 million in the Houston area. In the first transaction, Larry Peters of Q10 KDH arranged $29 million for two undisclosed multifamily assets totaling 642 units. These deals included a 15-year interest-only loan for the first property and a floating-rate loan for the second property. In the second transaction, Buddy Hopson of Q10 KDH placed a $15.5 million loan through a regional bank for the refinancing of Ravenswood Village Shopping Center, a 121,694-square-foot retail center in Huntsville. Additional terms of the transactions were not disclosed.
SAN ANTONIO — Värde Partners, a Minneapolis-based global investment firm, has provided a $61.5 million loan for Brass Professional Center, a 15-building, 729,000-square-foot office park in San Antonio. The undisclosed borrower will use the loan to finance existing debt and provide capital for recapitalizing the property or marketing it for sale over the next few years. Bryan Leonard of NorthMarq Capital arranged the loan.
HUMBLE AND SUGAR LAND, TEXAS — Florida-based investment firm Advenir Inc. has refinanced two apartment properties totaling 546 units in the Houston area. The properties include the 258-unit Advenir at Eagle Creek in the northern metro of Humble and the 288-unit Advenir at Woodbridge Reserve in the southwestern metro of Sugar Land. Eric Tupler, Josh Simon and Cortney Cole of HFF secured seven-year, fixed-rate loans with an average interest rate of 4.27 percent for the properties through Freddie Mac.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — San Antonio-based multifamily lender Mason Joseph Co. Inc. has closed a $40.4 million HUD loan for the construction and permanent financing of McKinney Falls, a 312-unit affordable apartment community in south Austin. The non-recourse loan was secured through HUD’s 221(d)(4) program and features a fixed interest rate for the 22-month construction period and subsequent 40-year term. McKinney Falls will offer amenities such as a fitness center, business center, conference room and children’s activity center. The project is a collaboration between the borrowers, the Travis County Housing Finance Corp. and California-based affordable housing developer AMTEX Multi-Housing LLC.
GARLAND, TEXAS — Walker & Dunlop has provided two bridge loans totaling $81.8 million for the acquisition and repositioning of Landmark at Lake Village North and Landmark at Lake Village East, two apartment communities in the Dallas metro of Garland. The garden-style properties total 848 and 321 units, respectively, and include amenities such as multiple pools, basketball and volleyball courts, dog parks, fitness centers and outdoor grilling areas. Alex Inman of Walker & Dunlop structured the loans on behalf of the owner, Madera Residential.
NEW YORK CITY — Meridian Capital Group has arranged the $25 million refinancing of a retail and parking facility in Brooklyn. The 10-year CMBS loan features a rate of 4.86 percent and full-term, interest-only payments. Steven Ribiat, Morris Diamant and Tzvi Krieger of Meridian’s New York office arranged the financing for the transaction with the undisclosed borrower. Located at 236 Atlantic Ave., the 69,000-square-foot property was constructed less than 10 years ago and features 24,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space as well as a parking garage. Current tenants include PetSmart and PM Pediatrics. The building also includes 42 residential condominiums on the upper floors that were not part of the collateral.
LEWISVILLE, TEXAS — Berkeley Point Capital, a multifamily finance firm with 11 offices throughout the country, has provided a $47.2 million loan for the construction of Tower Bay Lofts, a 308-unit apartment project being developed in the northern Dallas metro of Lewisville. The loan features a fixed 3.78 percent interest rate and a 40-year, fully amortized permanent term. Tom White of Berkeley Point secured the financing through the FHA’s 221(d)(4) program on behalf of the developer, Wittington Holdings. The project team broke ground in mid-April and expects to deliver the building in about 24 months.
HOUSTON — New York-based Meridian Capital Group has arranged a $7.5 million loan for the acquisition of 5800 North Course, a 75,000-square-foot office building located in the Westchase area of Houston. The property includes 2,500 square feet of food service space and roughly 600 parking spaces. The building has been fully leased to financial services firm Alltran since it was constructed in 2001. Shaya Ackerman and Shaya Sonnenschein of Meridian Capital arranged the loan on behalf of Windmill Investments, a firm specializing in value-add projects.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — ORIX Real Estate Americas, a division of Dallas-based financial services firm ORIX Corp. USA, has provided a $28 million loan for the construction of a student housing community in Austin. The property will serve the University of Texas at Austin and total 236 beds across 66 units. Amenities will include a fitness center, rooftop deck, cyber lounge and conference rooms. Construction of the property began in April, with completion expected in time for the 2019-2020 school year. ORIX provided the loan on behalf of the undisclosed developer.
