Dealmaker: NorthMarq Capital Secures $155M for Four Assets

NorthMarq Capital, Minneapolis, secured $155.3 million in acquisition and refinance funds for four assets in three states.

NorthMarq Executive Vice President and Managing Director Michael Elmore arranged $73.9 million to refinance a 479-unit California multifamily portfolio. The five properties in the portfolio–Cantabria, Four Seasons, Lanter Bay, Solara and the Pines at Montclair-are located in Orange, Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties. 

Advanced Real Estate Services Inc. owns all five properties, which total 387,000 net rentable square feet. A national bank provided the seven-year financing at a 3.78 percent average interest rate.  

“This transaction was completed under the lender’s portfolio recapitalization program, which minimized prepayment and closing costs and provided substantial cash-out proceeds,” Elmore said. He noted that Advanced will use excess funds for future acquisitions.

Elmore also arranged $50 million through NorthMarq Capital’s Fannie Mae Delegated Underwriting and Servicing program to refinance Marquis at Waterview, a 528-unit Richardson, Texas multifamily property. Borrower CWS Capital Partners LLC received a 10-year full-term interest-only loan.

“This was recapitalized into a 10-year interest-only Fannie Mae Structured Adjustable-Rate Mortgage that provided substantial cash-out,” Elmore said. 

NorthMarq Capital Senior Vice President and Managing Director James DuMars closed two deals, including $16.65 million for an 11-building office/warehouse/flex business park totaling 208,500 square feet in San Diego, Calif. DuMars structured the transaction with a 5-plus-5 term on a 25-year amortization schedule with three years of interest-only payments and flexible prepayment options. 

“This is an excellent asset in an irreplaceable location and a low leverage request; consequently, we had numerous lenders pursuing this opportunity,” DuMars said. “In the end, the sponsor selected a lender with extreme prepay flexibility, partial interest-only and a fixed rate.” 

In Scottsdale, Ariz., DuMars and Senior Vice President/Managing Director Dennis Williams arranged $14.8 million to refinance Seville Professional Center, a 92,000-square-foot multi-tenant office building. They structured the 12-month interest-only loan with two 12-month extension options. 

A NorthMarq correspondent bridge lender provided the financing.  

“The client needed a bridge solution to accommodate their commercial mortgage-backed securities loan maturity,” DuMars said. “We were able to tap our existing lending relationships and close in 10 days.”