HOUSTON — LMI Capital has closed three acquisition loans totaling $9.5 million for two apartment communities and one office building located throughout the greater Houston area. The properties include a 65-unit apartment asset in Galveston County, an 80-unit apartment community in the Spring Branch submarket and a 23,000-square-foot office building located near The Woodlands. Kurt Dennis of LMI Capital placed the loans for the Galveston and Woodlands properties and Jamie Mullin of LMI Capital placed the loan for the Spring Branch property.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — CBRE has secured a $78 million loan for the refinancing of The Triangle, a mixed-use property in Austin that includes 529 multifamily units and roughly 120,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space. Residential amenities include three pools, a 24-hour fitness center and a resident lounge. Brian Eisendrath, Brandon Smith and Annie Rice of CBRE secured the seven-year, floating-rate loan on behalf of The Dinerstein Cos., a Houston-based development firm that acquired the property in 2017.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — NXT Capital has provided a $25 million acquisition loan for a 230-unit, Class B apartment community located roughly eight miles south of downtown Austin. Situated one mile east of Interstate 35, the unnamed property’s amenities include a clubhouse, business center, fitness center, after school program operated by a nonprofit organization, swimming pool, grilling area, playground and an on-site bus stop.
SAN MARCOS, TEXAS — Chicago-based Alliant Credit Union has closed an $8 million loan for the cash-out refinancing of Treehouse Apartments, a 138-unit student housing community serving Texas State University in San Marcos. The property is located within a mile of campus and features amenities such as a pool, picnic area, coffee bar and on-site laundry facilities. The loan features a 25-year amortization schedule and three years of interest-only payments. The borrower was not disclosed.
CLUTE, TEXAS — Arbor Realty Trust Inc., a New York-based direct lender, has provided a $20.8 million bridge loan for a 520-unit multifamily property in Clute, about 60 miles south of Houston. The property offers one- and two-bedroom units and amenities such as a fitness center, on-site laundry facilities and three swimming pools. Joseph Charneski of Arbor Realty Trust originated the loan, which features a two-year adjustable term.
SAN FRANCISCO — George Smith Partners has secured $45 million in bridge refinancing for the 131-room San Francisco Proper Hotel in the city’s Mid-Market neighborhood. The flatiron building is located at 1100 Market St. at the triangle of McAllister, Market and Seventh streets. The new bridge loan will allow the borrower, Kor Group, to focus on its operations and further establish the property as a luxury lifestyle hotel in San Francisco. The funds will replace an existing construction loan and mezzanine facility, providing cost savings and flexibility for Kor. Malcolm Davies, Evan Kinne, Zack Streit, Rachael Lewis, Alexander Rossinsky and Minjoo Kim of George Smith Partners arranged the financing.
VANCOUVER, WASH. — Cohen Financial, a division of SunTrust Bank, has arranged two loans totaling $11.9 million for the refinancing of two retail centers located in Vancouver. Peter Norrie of Cohen Financial arranged a $4.7 million loan for Salmon Creek Center and a $7.2 million loan for 164th Plaza through Alaska USA Federal Credit Union. The name of the borrower was not disclosed. The five-year loans feature 25-year amortization schedules and an option to extend for another five years.
GARLAND, TEXAS — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has arranged a $56.4 million loan for the acquisition of Landmark at Lake Village North, an 848-unit multifamily community located in the Dallas metro of Garland. The property was built in 1983 and comprises 69 two- and three-story apartment buildings. Amenities include a fitness center and on-site laundry facilities. Amber Rao of KeyBank secured the non-recourse, floating-rate loan through an undisclosed life insurance company on behalf of Madera Residential. The loan also includes three years of interest-only payments and $5.4 million in funding for future capital improvements.
SANTA CLARA, CALIF. — NorthMarq Capital has arranged $134 million in financing for two apartment communities in Santa Clara. The communities consist of the 340-unit Orchard Glen located at 101 Saratoga Ave. and the 173-unit Park Central located at 1050 Benton St. The transactions were structured on 10-year interest-only terms. NorthMarq arranged the financing on behalf of Prometheus Real Estate Group through its correspondent relationship with a life insurance company.
LOS ANGELES — iBorrow, a private direct lender for commercial and multifamily real estate, has provided a $6 million loan for Golden Cross Health Care, a skilled nursing facility in the Pasadena submarket of Los Angeles. Originally constructed in 1965 and since remodeled, the facility sits on approximately one acre of land. The asset features 42 units and 96 beds, and is 97 percent occupied. The loan will refinance existing debt, with plans to approach HUD for a permanent loan in the future.