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Banking and Finance

China Construction America lands $53M for office purchase

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CBRE’s Debt & Structured Finance team announced the closing of a $53.6 million loan secured by 445 South Street in Morristown, New Jersey. Morgan Stanley provided the 10-year, interest-only loan to Strategic Real Estate LLC to finance the sponsor’s prior all-cash acquisition of the office complex. Strategic Capital is the...
Basis Investment commingles $410M
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Basis Investment commingles $410M

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Basis Investment Group, a national investment platform founded by Tammy Jones, held the final closing of its first commingled, closed-end Fund, BIG Real Estate Fund I, L.P. Basis raised $410 million of capital commitments for the Fund, which was oversubscribed. The Fund is a successor vehicle to seven prior joint...
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Rockefeller throws its weight into Opportunity Zone program

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The Rockefeller Foundation announced an initiative to help U.S. cities attract responsible private investment in economically-distressed communities through Opportunity Zones created in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The effort will help ensure new investment delivers sustainable benefits for more than 30 million low-income Americans living in Opportunity Zones....
MetLife Pentagon deal
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MetLife Pentagon deal

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MetLife Investment Management arranged a loan for $126.9 million for Meridian at Pentagon City. Meridian at Pentagon City is a two tower, high-rise multifamily property totaling 534 units located two blocks from the Pentagon City Metro station with access to major commuter thoroughfares connecting downtown DC and northern Virginia. Derrick...
HAP bags $107M for new condo
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HAP bags $107M for new condo

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Cole Schotz advised G4 Capital Partners on a $94 million loan to HAP Investments for construction of a 41-unit condominium in Tribeca. The complex will be located at 65 Franklin St., which is currently home to a five-story building set for demolition. In addition to residences, the new 19-story building...
Princeton Properties secures $164M to refinance multifamily portfolio
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Princeton Properties secures $164M to refinance multifamily portfolio

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PGIM Real Estate Finance has provided a $164 million Fannie Mae loan for the refinancing of the Princeton Portfolio, a 14-property multifamily portfolio spanning the Boston metropolitan area and suburban New Hampshire. PGIM Real Estate Finance is the commercial mortgage finance business of PGIM Inc., the $1 trillion global investment...
Cronheim inks storage bridge loan
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Cronheim inks storage bridge loan

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Cronheim Mortgage secured a bridge loan for a self-storage facility in Michigan which is to be fully renovated. The property is a shopping center with a vacant Kroger grocery store and a Dunham’s Sporting Goods store. There is also a Logan’s Roadhouse on a ground lease as well as a...
PGIM funds $200M refi for Resnickʼs 315 Hudson Street
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PGIM funds $200M refi for Resnickʼs 315 Hudson Street

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PGIM Real Estate Finance has provided a $200 million refinancing loan to Jack Resnick & Sons for 315 Hudson Street. PGIM Real Estate Finance is the commercial mortgage finance business of PGIM Inc., the $1 trillion global investment management business of Prudential Financial, Inc. The 10-year, fixed-rate loan will be...
CPC closes senior housing loan
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CPC closes senior housing loan

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The Community Preservation Corporation (CPC), Project FIND, the Joint Ownership Entity New York City (JOE NYC), and the NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) announced the closing of a $6 million Fannie Mae Multifamily Affordable Housing (MAH) loan to finance the rehabilitation of The Hargrave House, a 113-unit,...
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Funding package leads to new senior housing development in The Bronx

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Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced the opening of Tres Puentes Senior Apartments, a $117.7 million affordable senior housing development in the South Bronx. The development includes 175 apartments for seniors and individuals with special needs and 10,000 s/f of health-orientated commercial and community space, and expands the existing Borinquen Court...