CLERMONT, FLA. — Grandbridge Real Estate Capital has secured the $5 million refinancing of Oakley Square Shopping Center, a 30,218-square-foot retail center located roughly 23 miles outside Orlando in Clermont. Tenants at the center include Vitamin Shoppe, AT&T and Firehouse Subs. Philip Carroll of Grandbridge secured the 20-year, self-amortizing, fixed-rate loan on behalf of the undisclosed borrower through an insurance company.
ARCADIA, CALIF. — Yellow Iron Investments has received a $69 million construction loan for the Arcadia Logistics Center industrial facility in Arcadia. The Class A facility will be situated on 40 acres directly adjacent to the San Gabriel (605) Freeway. Arcadia Logistics Center will feature three buildings totaling 698,000 square feet. An additional 42 acres at the site are ground leased to a national build-to-suit developer. Fullmer Construction will build the center. The loan has a three-year initial term with two one-year extension options. It features interest-only payments during both the initial and extension terms. Keystone Mortgage Corp. provided the financing.
NEWPORT BEACH, CALIF. — Ready Capital Structured Finance has closed a $10 million loan that will be used to acquire, renovate and stabilize a Class B office building in Newport Beach. The 44,434-square-foot building is located at 4440 Von Karman Ave., within the master-planned Koll Center in the John Wayne Airport submarket. The non-recourse, interest-only loan features a 36-month term with two extension options, flexible pre-payment, and is inclusive of a facility to provide future funding for capital expenditures, interest and reserves.
PHILADELPHIA — Eastern Union Funding has arranged a $19 million loan for the refinancing of a data center, located at 2401 Locust St. in Philadelphia. Built in 1928 as a manufacturing facility, the four-story 44,015-square-foot property is now used as a mission-critical data facility. Meir Kessner of Eastern Union represented the borrower, CRCO Phil LP, in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — RM Capital has arranged $57.5 million in first mortgage and mezzanine construction financing for the redevelopment of the Tammany Hall building at 44 Union Square in New York City. The borrower, Reading International, will use the financing to renovate and repurpose the six-story 73,322-square-foot retail and office building. Upon completion, the building will feature three contiguous lower levels of retail space and three floors of office space. The historic property is the former headquarters for the Tammany Hall political organization and required a variance and Landmarks Commission to move forward with the redevelopment. Tammany Hall was a New York City political organization founded in 1786 and planned a major role in controlling city and state politics and helping immigrants rise up in American politics. Bank of the Ozarks provided the $50 million senior construction loan, and an affiliate of Fisher Brothers provided the $7.5 million mezzanine loan. Marc Sznajderman, Romano Tio and Bo Diamond of RM Capital secured the financing for the borrower.
STATE COLLEGE, PA. — Colliers International has arranged $12 million in financing for the acquisition and completion of Blue Course Commons, a 276-bed student housing complex in State College. John Banas and Kris Wood of Colliers Philadelphia Capital Markets arranged a three-year, fixed-rate loan with a two-year interest-only payment period for the undisclosed borrower.
BORDENTOWN, N.J. — Ready Capital Structured Finance has closed an $11 million loan for the acquisition of an industrial warehouse property located at 201 Elizabeth St. in Bordentown. The undisclosed borrower purchased the 275,631-square-foot property, which houses Bai soft drink distribution operations, for an undisclosed price. The property features 24-foot clear ceiling heights, 24-foot column spacing and easy access to the New Jersey Turnpike. The non-recourse, interest-only loan features a 36-month term with two extension options and flexible prepayment.
SAVANNAH, GA. — PCCP LLC and a major national bank have provided a $135 million loan to The Kessler Enterprise Inc. for the development of Plant Riverside District, a $270 million, five-building mixed-use project in Savannah’s Historic District. Situated along the Savannah River, the development will include a 419-guestroom JW Marriott hotel, 13 food and beverage outlets, 22,000 square feet of meeting space, high-end retail space and a 488‐space parking garage. The project will include the repurposing of the historic Georgia Power Plant Building that will house 163 guestrooms, a spa and a portion of the project’s meeting space and food and beverage outlets. Kessler has selected general contractor Hunt Construction, locally based design architect Sottile & Sottile and production architects John T. Campo & Associates Architects and PFVS Architecture for Plant Riverside District’s design team. The ownership has commenced construction with completion anticipated for early 2019.
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — PMZ Realty Capital LLC has arranged a $24 million loan for The Spartanburg Marriott, a hotel in Spartanburg that features 240 rooms and seven suites. The property includes more than 30,000 square feet of meeting space, including 27 event rooms, three boardrooms and the 11,340-square-foot Heritage Ballroom. The unnamed borrower will consolidate its overall financing package into a single loan that features a fixed interest rate, according to Peter Berk of PMZ Realty Capital.
MORENO VALLEY, CALIF. — HFF has secured a $7.3 million refinancing for Ironwood Plaza, a 56,289-square-foot shopping center located in the Inland Empire community of Moreno Valley. Tenants at the center include 99 Cents Only, Bank of America, Aqua Pura, Angela’s Nail Salon, Lorenzo’s Italian Restaurant and Video Vision. Jeff Sause of HFF worked on behalf of the borrower, an undisclosed private investor, to place the 10-year, fixed-rate loan with a local bank. Loan proceeds were used to pay off an existing CMBS loan and cover leasing and closing costs.
