DECATUR, GA. — BMO Harris Bank’s Healthcare Real Estate Finance group has closed $44.2 million in construction and mini-perm financing for Solomon Holdings. The capital will be used to build The Holbrook of Decatur, a 200-unit seniors housing community in the Atlanta suburb of Decatur. The community will feature 71 independent living units, 96 assisted living units and 33 memory care units. The upscale property is located near Emory University and will feature multiple dining venues, a spa and indoor pool. Choate Construction Co. will build the community, which CDH Partners designed. Once completed, Speak Life Management will be the operator. Construction began in April, and an estimated completion date has not yet been announced.
NEW YORK CITY — The Gehr Group has arranged $20 million in financing from MidFirst Bank for the leasehold interest in the Fairfield Inn & Suites Manhattan/Times Square, completing a $181 million recapitalization of the New York assets held by its newly formed subsidiary, Gehr Hospitality. The first phase of the recapitalization took place in July 2016, when the company secured a $60 million loan from French bank Natixis for the fee interest in the Fairfield Inn & Suites Manhattan/Times Square, a $46.7 million loan from Wells Fargo for the fee interest in the Four Points by Sheraton/Midtown Times Square, and a $54.5 million loan from Guardian Life Insurance Company for the leasehold interest in the Four Points by Sheraton / Midtown Times Square.
KALISPELL, MONT. — Ziegler, a specialty investment bank, has arranged a total of $65.4 million in tax-exempt, fixed-rate bonds for Immanuel Lutheran Corp., which operates a seniors housing community in Kalispell, approximately 75 miles south of the Canadian border. The property is a nonprofit, faith-based community known as Immanuel Lutheran Communities. It features 106 units of independent living and assisted living and 155 units for skilled nursing on a 13-acre campus. Immanuel Lutheran Corp. will use the financing to refund two previous series of bonds and fund an expansion and renovation project at the community. The multi-phase plan will introduce entrance-fee independent living apartments, add a new memory care unit, expand amenities and “right-size” the skilled nursing area. Immanuel is partnering with seniors housing development and advisory firm Sawgrass Partners on the expansion project.
CORDOVA, TENN. AND HIGH POINT, N.C. — Capital One Multifamily Finance has originated $61.6 million in two Fannie Mae loans for the refinancing of two apartment communities in the Southeast. The financing included a $25.6 million loan for Lincoln at Wolfchase, a 408-unit apartment community located in Cordova, about 15 miles east of Memphis. The other deal was a $36 million loan for Laurel Springs Apartments, a 501-unit multifamily community in High Point. Chad Thomas Hagwood and Brandon Pate of Capital One Multifamily Finance’s Birmingham, Ala., office arranged both 12-year, fixed-rate loans on behalf of the borrower, EBSCO Income Properties. Laurel Springs was financed under Fannie Mae’s Green Building Certification program.
CHARLESTON, S.C. — MetLife Real Estate has provided a $50 million loan for the refinancing of The Cigar Factory, a historic redevelopment project located at 701 E. Bay St. in downtown Charleston. The mixed-use project spans five stories and features 50,000 square feet of retail space and 150,000 square feet of office space. The Cigar Factory’s office tenants include JLL, KSQ Design, Patterson Real Estate Advisory Group, The Shopping Center Group, Lee & Associates Charleston, Garden & Gun Magazine, SnapCap and ServisFirst. Retail tenants include Fritz Porter, KOKO FitClub, Mercantile & Mash and Trunk Club, as well as event space called The Cedar Room. MetLife Real Estate provided the fixed-rate loan with a 20-year amortization schedule to the owner, a joint venture between Federal Capital Partners (FCP), Wecco Development and Weaver Capital Partners LLC. The joint venture purchased the vacant project in April 2014 and is using the refinancing to replace construction financing, which was provided by PNC Real Estate. FCP provided mezzanine debt and equity in the joint venture’s original purchase. Patterson Real Estate Advisory Group arranged the permanent loan with MetLife, as well as the original construction financing with PNC Real Estate and the partnership with FCP.
ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y. — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has arranged a $17.4 million Fannie Mae loan for Mill River Residences in Rockville Centre. The affordable multifamily property was built in 1970 and renovated in 2006. Of the 175 units, 95 are age restricted and the remaining 80 are designated for households earning less than 60 percent of area median income. Dirk Falardeau of Key’s commercial mortgage group arranged the first mortgage financing with a seven-year term and 30-year amortization schedule. The loan was used to refinance existing debt.
SANTA CRUZ, CALIF. — Dominion Mortgage Corp. has both arranged and provided a $4.2 million bridge loan for Villa Senior Housing. The 58-unit seniors housing community is located south of the Bay Area in Santa Cruz. No further details were disclosed.
DALLAS — Churchill Capital Co. has arranged a $42.8 million loan for the refinancing of Browning Place at Mercer Crossing, a three-building, 442,639-square-foot office property in Dallas. Located at 1603, 1605 and 1607 LBJ Freeway, the property includes two interconnected eight-story towers, a two-story annex building and a four-story parking deck. Duke Stone and Steve Forson of Churchill arranged the non-recourse, fixed-rate loan through JPMorgan Chase on behalf of the borrower, Transcontinental Realty Investors Inc.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Citizens Bank has led the financing on two deals in the metropolitan Washington, D.C., area with The JBG Cos. totaling $90 million. The financing included the $49 million refinancing of Georgetown Center, two office buildings at 2115 and 2121 Wisconsin Ave. in D.C.’s Georgetown district, and a $41 million loan to finance the Old Centerville, a 171,631-square-foot, H-Mart-anchored shopping center on Braddock Road in Centerville, Va. Citizens was the administrative agent and sole lead arranger for both transactions.
PROSPER, TEXAS — MQ Development Co. has received an $18.8 million construction loan for Shops at Prosper Trail, a retail center under construction in the North Texas city of Prosper. Kroger will anchor the 27.7-acre project, which is currently in its second stage of development. Todd McNeill of Metropolitan Capital Advisors Ltd. arranged the loan, which features 4.5 percent interest and a 70 percent loan-to-cost ratio.