ABILENE, TEXAS — Old Capital has provided a $10 million loan for Cimarron Apartments in Abilene. An out-of-state ownership purchased the 288-unit asset for an undisclosed price. Old Capital provided a five-year, non-recourse bridge loan with 24 months of interest-only payments and a 30-year amortization schedule. The loan features a rehab budget to bring the 1982-era asset up to date.
SAVANNAH, GA. — NXT Capital has provided a $16 million acquisition loan for One West Victory, a newly constructed apartment community located in Savannah. The Class A property is situated in Savannah’s Historic District and features an on-site restaurant and coffee bar, fitness center, media room and community study lounges. Phil Rachels of CBRE’s Jacksonville office arranged the loan on behalf of the undisclosed borrower.
ROCK HILL, S.C. — NorthMarq Capital has arranged the $2.6 million of Kedrion Biopharma, a 13,000-square-foot medical office property located at 1843 Cherry Road in Rock Hill, a southern suburb of Charlotte in South Carolina. Susan Branscome of NorthMarq Capital’s Cincinnati-based office arranged the 20-year loan with a 20-year amortization schedule through Symetra Financial on behalf of the borrower, The Stough Group.
NEW YORK CITY — Alchemy Properties Inc. has received $220 million in financing for the conversion of the upper floors of the landmark Woolworth Building into luxury condominiums called The Woolworth Tower Residences. Reed Smith LLP represented the lender, United Overseas Bank Limited, New York Agency, in the financing. The luxury condominium conversion will be designed by Thierry Despont. Built in 1913, the Neo-Gothic tower was commissioned by Frank W. Woolworth and designed by Cass Gilbert. The Reed Smith LLP team included Joseph Sarcinella, Gerard Hefner, Crystal Persaud, Konstantinos Melitsanopoulos and Rose Plager-Unger.
SLIDELL, LA. — Wells Fargo has provided a $73 million, 10-year loan for Fremaux Town Center, a roughly 635,000-square-foot open-air retail shopping center located at the southwest corner of I-10 and Fremaux Avenue in Slidell. Fremaux Town Center is currently 95 percent leased and jointly owned by affiliates of CBL & Associates Properties Inc. and Stirling Properties LLC. The borrowers used proceeds from the loan to retire two existing construction loans.
LINCOLN PARK AND INKSTER, MICH. — Revere Capital has provided a $4.8 million acquisition loan for two multifamily properties in Southeast Michigan. Cherry Hill Club Apartments is a 154-unit complex in Inkster, approximately 17 miles west of Detroit. Located at 209 Cherry Hill Trail, Cherry Hill Club Apartments features on-site management, extra storage, a clubhouse, laundry facility and a swimming pool. Village Green of Lincoln Park is a 106-unit property, located at 1369 Fort St. in Lincoln Park, approximately 13 miles southwest of Detroit. The community features amenities such as a fitness center with saunas, laundry facility, swimming pool and picnic areas. The undisclosed borrower also utilized 1031 exchange proceeds to buy the apartment properties.
MOBILE, ALA. — Capital One has provided a $6.5 million Fannie Mae acquisition loan for Colony Park Apartments, a 201-unit garden-style community in Mobile. Chad Thomas Hagwood of Capital One originated the 10-year, fixed-rate loan that features three years of interest-only payments followed by a 30-year amortization schedule. Brandon Pate of Hagwood’s Capital One Multifamily Finance team managed the deal. The undisclosed borrower owns 27 multifamily properties totaling more than 4,500 units in Georgia, Kentucky, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania and South Carolina.
HOUSTON, ANGLETON and SEABROOK, TEXAS — Brandon Brown, Jamie Mullin and Jamie Safier of LMI Capital have placed bridge debt for the acquisition of four separate garden-style apartment complexes in metro Houston. For the first transaction, Mullin procured a $10.5 million, floating-rate loan through a regional bank for a 310-unit asset in west Houston. The terms included an initial 15-month interest-only period, open prepayment structure and a significant rehab component. Working on behalf of the borrower for the second transaction, Safier originated a five-year, fixed-rate loan for a 40-unit asset in Seabrook. The loan equated to 83 percent of the purchase price and included 12 months of interest-only payments and no prepayment restrictions. A portion of the proceeds will be used for minor capital improvements planned at the property. Brown secured the last two bridge financings, the first of which was an $18 million, floating-rate loan for a 900-unit asset in north Houston. The bridge debt featured two years of interest-only payments and a significant rehab component, which will be used to improve the buildings’ exteriors and complete upgrades to the units’ interiors. The final transaction was the financing for a 140-unit complex in Brazoria County that represented 85 percent …
DALLAS — Bart Dickinson of NorthMarq Capital’s Dallas office has arranged the $3.5 million refinancing of Oak Lawn Crossing shopping center, a 19,500-square-foot retail property located at 2920 Oak Lawn Ave. in Dallas. The loan was structured with a 12-year term and 20-year amortization schedule. NorthMarq arranged financing for the borrower through its correspondent relationship with a life insurance company.
NEW YORK CITY, AND JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Arbor Commercial Mortgage has funded four loans for properties in New York City and Jersey City totaling $29.8 million. Ari Short of Arbor’s New York office originated the loans, which were funded under the Freddie Mac Small Balance Loan program. The firm provided a $12.6 million loan to a three-property, 97-unit multifamily portfolio in the Bronx. The 20-year refinance loan features a 30-year amortization schedule. In the second loan, Eastern Parkway Portfolio, a five-property, 49-unit multifamily portfolio in Brooklyn, received $9.6 million in financing. The 20-year refinance loan features a 30-year amortization schedule. In the third deal, a 23-unit multifamily property located at 429 Lenox Ave. in New York City received a $5.1 million loan. The 20-year refinance loan features a 30-year amortization schedule. In Jersey City, Arbor provided a $2.4 million loan to a 27-unit multifamily property located at 112-118 Tonnele Ave. The 20-year refinancing features a 30-year amortization schedule.
