PORTER, TEXAS — Q10 Kinghorn, Driver, Hough & Co. (Q10 KDH) has arranged $2 million in financing for Gilbert House Apartments, a 35,900-square-foot multifamily complex in Porter, a city roughly 25 miles north of Houston. Larry Peters of Q10 KDH arranged the 10-year loan, which has a 30-year amortization schedule. The undisclosed borrower recently upgraded unit interiors at the 33-unit property, which is located at 24595 Gilbert Drive.
LOS ANGELES — Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital has hired 22 new employees for its West Coast platform. The employees will join the newly formed Los Angeles and San Diego offices, as well as the already existent Irvine office. Bellwether’s West Coast expansion is expected to add more than $1 billion in annual loan volume, bringing the total anticipated loan volume to $6 billion in 2017. The expansion includes nine additional producers, four servicing staff and nine support staff. Bellwether Enterprise also has a Northern California office located in San Francisco.
SOMERVILLE, MASS. — NGKF Capital Markets has completed the recapitalization of 200 Inner Belt Road, a four-story office asset in Somerville. The NGKF Capital Markets Boston team of Robert Griffin, Edward Maher and Matthew Pullen oversaw the recapitalization of the property with North Colony Asset Management on behalf of North River Co. Totaling 190,096 square feet, 200 Inner Belt Road is 97 percent leased to tenants including Harvard University’s Somerville research facility, which includes the Harvard Art Museums Archives, the Archaeological Exploration of Sardis and the museum’s communications division.
IRVING, TEXAS — Preston Hollow Capital, a Dallas-based finance firm, has arranged $115 million in financing for the construction of Westin Irving Convention Center Hotel, a 12-story, 350-room hotel development in Irving. The property will offer 16,000 square feet of ballroom and meeting space, restaurant and retail facilities and a parking garage. Texas-based architecture firm BOKA Powell designed the hotel, which will be situated on a 17-acre tract adjacent to the Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas. Austin Commercial LP is general contractor on the project, which is slated for an early 2018 opening.
MANCHESTER, CONN. — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has secured a $30.9 million Fannie Mae first mortgage loan for Broadleaf Apartments, a 224-unit multifamily property in Manchester. The property was built in 2016 and is located eight miles from downtown Hartford. Thomas Peloquin of Key’s commercial mortgage group arranged the 10-year loan, which includes three years of interest-only payments and a 30-year amortization schedule. The loan was used to refinance existing debt.
NEW YORK CITY — Pembrook Capital Management has provided a $6.2 million first mortgage loan to finance the construction of a 21,341-square-foot mixed-use property located at 144-146 West St. in the Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn. The unnamed sponsor plans to construct a six-story building on an infill site that will include 18 market-rate apartments on top of 1,200 square feet of commercial retail space. The project is expected to be complete in 2018 with nine parking spaces and bike storage.
CASA GRANDE, ARIZ. — HSL Desert Sands Properties has received $21.5 million in financing for a 323-unit apartment complex in Casa Grande. The community is located at 720 W. O’Neil Drive. The property was built in 2008. Casa Grande is about 45 miles south of the Phoenix central business district and 70 miles northwest of Tucson. The funds will be used to refinance the property. The 10-year Fannie Mae loan features a 30-year amortization schedule. HSL Desert Sands Properties LLC is an entity affiliated with HSL Properties and Humberto S. Lopez, who owns multifamily and other commercial real estate throughout the Southwest. Hunt Mortgage Group provided the loan.
SANTA MONICA, CALIF. — HFF has arranged a $12.6 million refinancing for 3202-3212 Wilshire Blvd., a 28,209-square-foot retail building located in Santa Monica. CVS/pharmacy and BevMo fully occupy the property. Jeff Sause, Paul Brindley and Ryan Ash of HFF worked on behalf of the borrower, a local family office advised by The Luzzatto Company Inc., to place the non-recourse, fixed-rate loan with a life insurance company. Loan proceeds were used to supplement the borrower’s planned long-term hold of the asset in their core portfolio.
TROY, N.Y. — KeyBank has provided a total of $18.2 million in financing for the Martin Luther King Revitalization Apartments in Troy. The Troy Housing Authority partnered with Beacon Communities Development to renovate and preserve 104 units of affordable housing through HUD’s Rental Assistance Demonstration Program. The property was built in 1971. Key’s Community Development Lending & Investing group (CDLI) provided a $6.2 million construction loan and will also invest up to $12 million in Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) direct equity to finance the first phase, which includes the preservation of 46 units for residents earning between 30 and 80 percent of the area median income. Joe Eicheldinger and Victoria O’Brien of Key’s CDLI team helped arrange the financing, made possible by an allocation of LIHTC from New York State Homes and Community Renewal. Additionally, the project required the approval and support of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
DENVER — Griffis Residential has obtained an $81.9M acquisition loan to purchase the 400-unit Skye 2905 Urban Flats apartment community in Denver. The property is situated across from 20th Street from the Union Station neighborhood. The property was formerly named Skye 2905. HFF’s Eric Tupler and Josh Simon represented the borrower to place the 10-year, 3.98-percent, fixed-rate loan with five years of interest-only payments. A correspondent life insurance company provided the capital.
