MIAMI — Walker & Dunlop has provided a $238.4 million Freddie Mac loan for the refinancing of Forma Miami, a 588-unit mixed-use apartment building in the city’s Edgewater neighborhood.
The Walker & Dunlop team that originated the financing included Aaron Appel, Jonathan Schwartz, Adam Schwartz, Keith Kurland, Dustin Stolly, Sean Reimer, Michael Stepniewski and Michael Ianno. The borrower is local developer Crescent Heights. Specific loan terms were not disclosed.
Rockwell Group and Arquitectonica designed Forma Miami to have condo-style interior finishes, along with 85,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor amenity space that includes a 10,000-square-foot fitness pavilion, both lounging and lap pools, a dog lounge, pickleball court, meditation room, sports bar/beer garden, game room and a rooftop terrace with a private bar/lounge. Forma Miami also has an entire floor that functions as a dedicated coworking lounge.
Residences at Forma Miami come in studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom and range in size from 485 to 1,980 square feet. Units feature various pieces of smart-home technology, private terraces, floor-to-ceiling windows, quartz countertops, white oak cabinetry and individual washers and dryers.
Amenities include a 10,000-square-foot fitness pavilion, both lounging and lap pools, a dog Lounge, pickleball court, meditation room, sports bar/beer garden, game room and a rooftop terrace with a private bar/lounge. Forma Miami also has an entire floor that functions as a dedicated coworking lounge.
“The unprecedented lease-up pace of Forma Miami is a testament to the market’s enthusiasm for our resident-focused lifestyle programming and thoughtful amenities that set a new benchmark for multifamily communities in Miami,” says Bruce Menin, managing principal at Crescent Heights.
Crescent Heights also owns nine acres that are situated directly adjacent to Forma Miami. Menin said that the company is currently in the process of “transforming [the site] into a vibrant city center.”
— Taylor Williams