Named for an old Native American meeting area (Or was it? The origin is up for debate.), this industrial neighborhood has been transformed into another cutting edge live-work area. Best of all, only a short wait for brunch at the Frothy Monkey. Thx to www.2mainst.com for the tour.
AUSTIN, Texas – Mission Capital Advisors announced that its Debt and Equity Finance Group has arranged $29.4 million in non-recourse financing for the construction of 1600 S 1st Street, an 86,700-square-foot, mixed-use condo and commercial development in the Bouldin neighborhood of Austin, Texas. The Mission Capital team of Jason Parker, Steven Buchwald and Jamie Matheny represented developer PSW Real Estate, LLC in arranging the senior loan from a local debt fund.
Situated in the heart of South Austin, the four-story property will feature 59 innovative residential condominiums, approximately 22,800 square feet of ground-floor commercial space and a 321-space underground parking garage. The 59 residences include six studio units, 26 one-bedroom units, 24 two-bedroom units and three three-bedroom units. The property will also feature a wide range of amenities, including a private resident roof deck and a second-floor resident courtyard.
“Austin’s recent growth has been well-documented, and the area around this property has seen its population increase by a staggering 27 percent since 2010,” said Parker. “While It is somewhat challenging to get construction financing for ground-up condos at this stage of the cycle, we were able to achieve our client’s goals by stressing the unmatched demand in this location and the strength of the sponsor’s business plan. We ultimately closed favorable financing with a local debt fund, which provided a non-recourse loan.”
The property’s location in the heart of South Austin positions it just one mile south of the Austin central business district, providing easy access to a myriad of restaurants, retail, and entertainment options. With the neighborhood’s recent population and job growth, this section of Austin suffers from a scarcity of residential, commercial and parking space, and this new development should help meet the local community’s demand for space.
“PSW is known in this region as a savvy developer that is plugged into the market dynamics in every submarket, and they realized they could capitalize on the area’s growth and provide much-needed product to local residents and businesses,” said Buchwald. “With their track record of success and knowledge of the local market, we were able to generate numerous bids, ultimately closing this strong deal with a local debt fund.”
Austin-based PSW is a nationally acclaimed real estate developer and homebuilder that designs and builds urban living environments for people who care about quality and their impact on the world around them. PSW is active in Austin, San Antonio, Dallas, Seattle, and Denver. Utilizing a discerning eye for creating value, PSW thoughtfully produces homes and communities that naturally integrate into their surrounding neighborhoods. With a vision for how the world will be living and working in the future, PSW creates homes that offer proximity to work, school and other important resources while implementing energy efficient construction methods and materials. These key elements promote urban density and conservation, reduce waste, and engender social connectivity.
About Mission Capital Advisors
Founded in 2002, Mission Capital Advisors, LLC is a leading national, diversified real estate capital markets solutions firm with offices in New York, Florida, Texas, California and Alabama. The firm delivers value to its clients through an integrated platform of advisory and transaction management services across commercial and residential loan sales; debt, mezzanine and JV equity placement; and loan portfolio valuation. Since its inception, Mission Capital has advised a variety of leading financial institutions and real estate investors on more than $65 billion of loan sale and financing transactions, as well as in excess of $14 billion of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac transactions, positioning the firm strongly to provide unmatched loan portfolio valuation services for both commercial and residential assets. Mission Capital’s seasoned team of industry-leading professionals is committed to achieving clients’ business objectives while maintaining the highest levels of integrity and trust. For more information, visit www.www.missioncap.com.
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Mission Capital Advisors announced that its Debt and Equity Finance Group has arranged $19.25 in non-recourse, floating-rate financing for the acquisition of a portfolio of extended-stay hotels in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
The Mission Capital team of Beau Williams, Steven Buchwald, and Lexington Henn represented the sponsor, a partnership of Milestone Companies and Woodmont Lodging, in arranging acquisition financing for the two properties that comprise the portfolio – a 91-key Home2 Suites by Hilton and a 95-key SpringHill Suites by Marriott. The properties are located at 1010 Marriott Crossing Way and 1015 Marriott Crossing Way, respectively.
“Despite the fact that the Home2 Suites just recently opened and had limited operating history, we were able to create significant competition among our network of lenders, who were attracted to the strength of the sponsor and the projected debt yield,” said Williams. “The hotels’ close proximity to one another will enable the sponsor to limit operating expenses, while the two properties will benefit from being part of the Marriott and Hilton reservations systems. With these factors at play, we received strong interest from capital providers and closed a very strong deal for the borrower.”
The hotels are situated just off of I-40, seven miles from downtown Winston-Salem and Wake Forest University, and under 30 miles from the Piedmont Triad International Airport. The SpringHill Suites Winston-Salem, which opened in 2009, underwent substantial property improvements in 2017, including a full renovation of its guestrooms, lobby, furniture and fixtures, and a build-out of its ground-floor breakfast area.
Completed in February 2018, the Home2 Suites Winston-Salem is among the newest hotels from Hilton Worldwide, the second-largest hospitality company in the world. As a result, it will require few capital expenditures, while providing significant upside during its ramp up. The financing is the second loan that Mission Capital has secured on a Home2 Suites branded property this year. In August, the firm arranged a $19 million CMBS loan for the refinance of the Home2 Suites by Hilton in downtown Greenville, South Carolina.
“If the performance of the Home2 Suites in Greeneville and other locales is any indication of the success that the brand will experience in Winston-Salem, we anticipate a quick stabilization and high NOI margin. The resultant additional cash flow will be added to the already-robust net operating income that’s currently being generated by SpringHill Suites,” Williams said.
The portfolio will be managed by Milestone Hospitality Management, LLC, which is controlled by the principals of Milestone, a fully integrated hospitality investment and development firm headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. Milestone’s executive leadership team has invested in, managed, and developed over 90 hotels across 25 states over the course of their respective careers. Asset management services will be provided by Woodmont Lodging, which has vast experience across the lodging industry.
Founded in 2002, Mission Capital Advisors, LLC is a leading national, diversified real estate capital markets solutions firm with offices in New York, Florida, Texas, California and Alabama. The firm delivers value to its clients through an integrated platform of advisory and transaction management services across commercial and residential loan sales; debt, mezzanine and JV equity placement; and loan portfolio valuation. Since its inception, Mission Capital has advised a variety of leading financial institutions and real estate investors on more than $65 billion of loan sale and financing transactions, as well as in excess of $14 billion of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac transactions, positioning the firm strongly to provide unmatched loan portfolio valuation services for both commercial and residential assets. Mission Capital’s seasoned team of industry-leading professionals is committed to achieving clients’ business objectives while maintaining the highest levels of integrity and trust. For more information, visit www.www.missioncap.com.
TAMPA, Fla. – Mission Capital Advisors announced that its Debt and Equity Finance team has structured a creative $53-million non-recourse ramp loan for The Godfrey Hotel and Cabanas Tampa, a newly renovated, 276-key, waterfront hotel located at 7700 West Courtney Campbell Causeway in Tampa, Florida.
The Mission Capital team of Jordan Ray, Ari Hirt, Alex Draganiuk and Justin Hunt represented an affiliate of Oxford Capital Group in securing the loan from Marathon Asset Management. The financing will be used to repay the property’s construction loan and return additional capital to the sponsor.
The waterfront property is a Tampa icon that was once owned by the New York Yankees, and served as the club’s Spring Training home for several decades. In 2015, Oxford acquired the hotel with plans for a comprehensive redevelopment that would include creating Tampa’s premier lifestyle hospitality property, replete with top-of-the-line amenities and the recently opened WTR Pool & Grill. An upscale pool, cabana club, bar and corporate event space, WTR provides guests with an unmatched experience of luxury in a modern tropical setting, featuring handcrafted cocktails, exquisite dining and entertainment in a poolside area overlooking Tampa Bay.
“Oxford bought this property with the vision to create a unique hotel that has the best poolside venue in the Tampa market,” said Ray. “Just a month after the WTR Pool & Grill opened, there is a lot of action at the hotel and the pool, and we were able to repay the construction financing and replace it with a ramp loan with earn-outs at very attractive terms.”
In addition to the pool and cabanas, Oxford’s comprehensive repositioning campaign included the addition of 15 guest rooms; complete renovations of existing guestrooms, with hardwood flooring, marble countertops and other top-of-the-line amenities; and a complete renovation of the lobby, including the addition of a café and wine bar.
“Ramp loans are based in large part on projecting the property’s path to stability, and that adds a wrinkle of complexity that not all lenders can underwrite,” said Hirt. “However, Oxford’s long standing track record, as well as the incredible product they’ve created at the property, gave capital providers extreme confidence in the sponsor’s business plan. We produced a healthy market with several lenders vying for the deal, and we ultimately closed this floating-rate loan with very strong proceeds.”
Added Hirt: “The loan we ultimately closed is structured with an immediate return on equity as well as an additional earn-out once certain benchmarks are reached, which will bring the total proceeds to the full $53 million.”
Oxford Capital Group, LLC is a national hospitality focused real estate investment, development and management firm. Oxford Hotels and Resorts, LLC is its wholly owned hotel operating and branding affiliate. Oxford, its affiliates, and principals have been involved in approximately $3 billion of real estate and private equity investments, including approximately 13,000 hotel rooms and over 2,000 senior housing units. Among the firm’s most impressive recent developments is Essex on the Park in Chicago, which includes the expansion and comprehensive redevelopment of the historic Essex Inn on Michigan Avenue in Chicago and the ground-up construction of an adjacent 479-unit luxury apartment building. The property, whose $170-million construction loan was also arranged by Mission Capital, is slated to open in spring of 2019. For information, visit www.oxford-capital.com or www.ohrllc.com.
About Mission Capital Advisors
Founded in 2002, Mission Capital Advisors, LLC is a leading national, diversified real estate capital markets solutions firm with offices in New York, Florida, Texas, California and Alabama. The firm delivers value to its clients through an integrated platform of advisory and transaction management services across commercial and residential loan sales; debt, mezzanine and JV equity placement; and loan portfolio valuation. Since its inception, Mission Capital has advised a variety of leading financial institutions and real estate investors on more than $65 billion of loan sale and financing transactions, as well as in excess of $14 billion of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac transactions, positioning the firm strongly to provide unmatched loan portfolio valuation services for both commercial and residential assets. Mission Capital’s seasoned team of industry-leading professionals is committed to achieving clients’ business objectives while maintaining the highest levels of integrity and trust. For more information, visit www.www.missioncap.com.
We consider Howard Marks (with his team of course) one of the smartest guys in the room. He is the “five tool” customer: a lender to, borrower from, JV investor in, asset buyer from and seller of assets to, many of our clients.
Amid so much purportedly expert investment advice, it is worth asking who the experts themselves listen to. One answer, undoubtedly, is Howard Marks, among the world’s most successful investment managers as well as an intellectual leader of the profession. His client memos are widely distributed among investment professionals. “When I see memos from Howard Marks in my mail,” Warren Buffett has said, “they’re the first thing I open and read. I always learn something.”
https://www.wsj.com/articles/you-should-worry-more-about-italys-bond-market-1538672646
[From the Wall Street Journal – October 4, 2018]
You Should Worry More About Italy’s Bond Market
By James Mackintosh
Oct. 4, 2018 1:04 p.m. ETThere are lots of reasons why contagion has been contained, but none are entirely satisfactory
The basic logic runs like this. The rise in Italian yields relative to those of safe Germany is a sign that investors think Italy is more likely to default on its bonds, more likely to leave the euro and repay in devalued lira, or both. Fair enough: The populists now governing in Rome are unpredictable, and Italy’s government-debt pile is large.
Yet, it is obvious to everyone that if the third-biggest economy in the eurozone were to default on €2.3 trillion ($2.64 trillion) of debt or leave the currency area, it would at the very least blow up the rest of the Southern European countries. The bond yields of Spain, Portugal and Greece would soar, even if somehow they were able to remain within the euro.
“Italy is not Greece” is usually invoked as reassurance. In fact, the situation in Italy is a whole lot worse than Greece, because the solution applied to Athens—a default within the eurozone and capital controls—couldn’t plausibly be applied to Italy’s much more important economy and much larger debts.
This should mean that higher risk to Italy is also a higher risk to other countries that would face trouble, not to mention the many large European banks with significant Italian exposure.
So why has contagion been contained? There are lots of answers, none entirely satisfactory.
First is the idea that everything is fine because Italy isn’t in a full-blown crisis. While Italian government-bond yields have jumped, pushing up the spread over German yields that is the standard risk gauge, they aren’t high enough to make Italy’s debt unsustainable by themselves. Put another way, investors think everything will be fixed after a bit of pressure on the government in the form of higher yields.“It’s fairly consensual that it will be resolved with another round of market pressure,” says Gilles Moëc, chief developed Europe economist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
But this is a dangerous game. If the market pushes up borrowing costs too much, Italy would be unable to service its debt with politically plausible tax levels. At that point, the spiral would become self-fulfilling, as investors fled and credit ratings were downgraded, and yields rose even more. Serious contagion would be all but assured. Don’t forget how suddenly Italian bond yields spiked in 2011 and again in 2012.
Harvinder Sian, a bond strategist at Citigroup, thinks a 10-year yield of 3.5%-4% is now the tipping point, after which yields jump toward the 7% reached at the height of the last euro crisis. Italy isn’t quite there, but on Tuesday its 10-year yield briefly reached 3.46%, the highest in four years.
A second explanation is that the lack of contagion is due to the quirks of supply and demand in Europe. Investors in European bonds are desperate for yield, and while they now worry about Italy, they have simply switched to other countries offering a decent pickup over German yields, such as Spain. At the same time, the threat of billions of euros of extra Italian bond issuance to finance its planned larger budget deficit next year means a higher yield is needed to attract buyers.
If eurozone governments were regarded as equally risky, any significant gap in yields would be pounced on by speculators. But arbitrage is difficult when there is such an obvious danger of a sudden jump in Italian yields, and outright buyers are deterred both by the risks and by worries that clients may be upset to find themselves heavily exposed to Italy.
One exception is UBS Wealth Management, which has piled into short-dated Italian bonds recently for the extra yield, arguing that Italy won’t default in the next two years.
Chief Investment Officer Mark Haefele says rather than infect other eurozone government bonds, Italian contagion shows up in the fall in the euro—perhaps linked to the idea that the European Central Bank will step in to buy more bonds of countries such as Spain that have restructured their economies and followed European debt rules.
This leads to a third possible explanation, involving even more intervention. A catastrophic Italian default or euro exit might finally push the rest of the eurozone to integrate properly, something that has proved politically toxic in Germany. “Italy could be the final straw that forces Europe closer together,” Mr. Haefele says.
True risk-sharing across the eurozone—in effect a united states of Europe—would make Spanish bonds only as risky as German bonds, justifying the absence of contagion. But it is hard to believe that divided European leaders worried about a populist backlash could take such a step, let alone bring German voters with them.
The market can stay irrational for a long time, and Italian politics is even more unpredictable than usual. My best guess is that a compromise will calm everything down for a while. But the danger of an Italian falling-out with Brussels prompting a self-fulfilling market crisis is real. At that point, contagion would be inevitable.
God forbid, the Coffee Shop is closing, and it is becoming a Chase Bank branch. Chase is a great bank but with so much retail vacancy throughout New York City, isn’t there a solution to have a new Chase somewhere nearby and keep Coffee Shop where it is? NYC’s culture is taking a big hit losing an establishment like the Coffee Shop. What’s of greater benefit? One more ATM? Or a unique, only-in-New York-kind-of-restaurant? We think the answer is obvious.
Mission Capital’s Jordan Ray discusses our joint venture with UK-based firm, Brotherton. Jordan is a principal on the Debt & Equity Finance desk at Mission Capital.
Jordan Ray is the Principal of The Debt & Equity Finance Group at Mission, which he founded in 2009. Jordan has been honored with such industry awards as the 2016 Real Estate Finance and Investment Magazine – Mortgage Broker of the Year Award, the 2013 and 2012 Observer Top 20 under 35 and the 2017 NYU Schack Institute Financing Deal of the Year. Jordan sits on the board and co founded EquityMultiple – an online marketplace real estate finance company – in 2015. Jordan is also actively involved in UK/European real estate financing.
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Endeavor Real Estate Group has provided PSW Real Estate with a $29.4 million construction loan to erect a mixed-use condominium project in Austin, Texas, Commercial Observer has learned.
Endeavor’s senior loan is non-recourse, sources told CO, although additional details on the terms of the financing were not disclosed. A Mission Capital Advisors trio of Jason Parker, Steven Buchwald and Jamie Matheny arranged the senior debt for PSW.
“Austin’s recent growth has been well-documented, and the area around this property has seen its population increase by a staggering 27 percent since 2010,” Parker said in a statement. He stressed the challenges of securing construction financing at this stage in the cycle, adding that the area’s insatiable demand as well as the strong sponsorship in PSW ultimately closed the construction debt.
The planned four-story, 86,700-square-foot development—located at 1600 South 1st Street —will include 59 condominiums and 22,800 square feet of ground-floor commercial space as well as a 321-space subterranean parking garage.
Of the 59 units, there will be six studios, 26 one-bedroom and 24 two-bedroom condos and three three-bedroom units. The property will also feature a private roof deck and a courtyard on the second floor.
While apartment yield spreads in the Austin market have been compressing slowly over the last few years, investment activity has remained robust, buoyed by strong fundamentals. Vacancies in the southern portion of Austin fell 70 basis points on the year to 5.7 percent in the second quarter while roughly 1,900 units came online, adding to the highest level of annual completions in the market in more than five years, as per data from Marcus & Millichap.
An official at Endeavor declined to comment on the transaction. An official at PSW did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
Mission Capital’s Jordan Ray discusses recruiting. Jordan is a principal on the Debt & Equity Finance desk at Mission Capital.
ABOUT JORDAN RAY
Jordan Ray is the Principal of The Debt & Equity Finance Group at Mission, which he founded in 2009. Jordan has been honored with such industry awards as the 2016 Real Estate Finance and Investment Magazine – Mortgage Broker of the Year Award, the 2013 and 2012 Observer Top 20 under 35 and the 2017 NYU Schack Institute Financing Deal of the Year. Jordan sits on the board and co founded EquityMultiple – an online marketplace real estate finance company – in 2015. Jordan is also actively involved in UK/European real estate financing.
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NEW YORK (Sept. 20, 2018) — Mission Capital Advisors announced that its Debt and Equity Finance Group has arranged $137 million in senior, non-recourse, permanent financing for the Holiday Inn Manhattan-Financial District, a 50-story, 492-key hotel at 99 Washington Street in Lower Manhattan.
The Mission Capital team of Beau Williams, Ari Hirt, Steven Buchwald, Alex Draganiuk and Jamie Matheny represented the owner, real estate development firm Golden Seahorse, in arranging the 10-year, fixed-rate loan from Ladder Capital. Proceeds from the loan were used to refinance an existing first mortgage and return capital to the borrower.
Built in 2014, the Holiday Inn Manhattan-Financial District is the tallest Holiday Inn in the world. Since opening, the property has successfully achieved significant market penetration, currently boasting 93-percent occupancy and climbing RevPAR. The property also includes the St. George Tavern, a full-service restaurant, bar and event space offering diners French and Asian cuisine.
“The borrower was looking to lock in a low-interest-rate loan without amortization, and we were able to create a very competitive market, with various banks, insurance companies and CMBS lenders vying to structure favorable deals,” said Beau Williams. “By identifying a network of lenders who recognized the strength of the sponsor and its management team, we were able to achieve our client’s goal of securing low-interest, non-recourse financing that is interest-only for the full 10-year term.”
The property is ideally located within a short walk from 12 subway lines and PATH trains, and is blocks from the 9/11 Memorial and Museum, One World Trade Center, Wall Street, and the New York Stock Exchange.
“Hotel properties continue to perform well across the country, and with New York City receiving a record number of tourists, hospitality properties in the New York are very attractive to capital providers,” said Ari Hirt. “Thus far in 2018, Mission has arranged financing for nearly 20 hotel properties, with 20 percent of the financings exceeding $100 million in loan proceeds. This Holiday Inn financing is one of the largest permanent loans on a NYC hotel this year, and it is indicative of the appetite lenders continue to have for well-located hotel properties.”
About Mission Capital Advisors
Founded in 2002, Mission Capital Advisors, LLC is a leading national, diversified real estate capital markets solutions firm with offices in New York, Florida, Texas, California and Alabama. The firm delivers value to its clients through an integrated platform of advisory and transaction management services across commercial and residential loan sales; debt, mezzanine and JV equity placement; and loan portfolio valuation. Since its inception, Mission Capital has advised a variety of leading financial institutions and real estate investors on more than $65 billion of loan sale and financing transactions, as well as in excess of $14 billion of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac transactions, positioning the firm strongly to provide unmatched loan portfolio valuation services for both commercial and residential assets. Mission Capital’s seasoned team of industry-leading professionals is committed to achieving clients’ business objectives while maintaining the highest levels of integrity and trust. For more information, visit www.www.missioncap.com.
NATIONAL REPORT — Hotel Business has been tracking deals in the industry. Sonnenblick-Eichner Company, Mission Capital Advisors, and Berkadia have recently secured financing for hotels around the country:
Sonnenblick-Eichner Company has arranged $29.2 million of interim first mortgage financing to refinance the Old No. 77 Hotel & Chandlery, a historic 167-room, full-service boutique hotel located in New Orleans’ Warehouse Arts District, just a few blocks from the French Quarter.
The five-year floating rate loan was priced over LIBOR at a spread in the mid-300s. Loan proceeds are being used to refinance the existing acquisition loan, as well as provide a return of equity to the borrower.
In June of 2015, the hotel completed a $14-million ($94,000 per room) renovation that included renovating the guestrooms, bathrooms, public spaces and a build-out of the ground-floor restaurant space. Amenities include Compère Lapin, an upscale restaurant and bar helmed by Nina Compton, an acclaimed chef who has won several awards, including the James Beard Award for Best Chef: South in 2018.
“The interim floating rate loan will allow the property to continue to ramp up post-renovation while providing a lower cost of capital than the original acquisition loan,” said Sonnenblick-Eichner’s Principal Elliot Eichner.
Mission Capital Advisors’ Debt and Equity Finance Group has arranged $137 million in senior, non-recourse, permanent financing for the Holiday Inn Manhattan-Financial District, a 50-story, 492-key hotel at 99 Washington St. in Lower Manhattan.
The Mission Capital team of Beau Williams, Ari Hirt, Steven Buchwald, Alex Draganiuk and Jamie Matheny represented the owner, real estate development firm Golden Seahorse, in arranging the 10-year, fixed-rate loan from Ladder Capital. Proceeds from the loan were used to refinance an existing first mortgage and return capital to the borrower.
Built in 2014, the Holiday Inn Manhattan-Financial District is the tallest Holiday Inn in the world. Since opening, the property has successfully achieved significant market penetration, currently touting 93% occupancy and climbing RevPAR, according to the company. The property also includes the St. George Tavern, a full-service restaurant, bar and event space offering diners French and Asian cuisine.
“The borrower was looking to lock in a low-interest-rate loan without amortization, and we were able to create a very competitive market, with various banks, insurance companies and CMBS lenders vying to structure favorable deals,” said Beau Williams. “By identifying a network of lenders who recognized the strength of the sponsor and its management team, we were able to achieve our client’s goal of securing low-interest, non-recourse financing that is interest-only for the full 10-year term.”
Berkadia secured $78 million in financing for six hotel properties in a portfolio of eight total hotel properties. Director Adrienne Kautzman of the Phoenix office secured the acquisition bridge loan through Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation. The borrower was a partnership led by PEG Companies, and the deal closed on September 7.
“PEG’s investment thesis coupled with our deep lending relationships and knowledge of the hospitality space allowed us to facilitate flexible and competitive financing on these six hotels to provide various exit strategies for the PEG team,” said Kautzman.
The properties include Residence Inn by Marriott and Courtyard by Marriott hotels located in St. Petersburg, FL; Sacramento, CA; Santa Fe, NM; Charlotte, NC; Phoenix; and St. Louis, for a total of 828 hotel rooms.
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NEW YORK CITY — Under the limited liability corporation, Golden Seahorse, Jubao Xie received $137 million in senior, non-recourse, permanent financing for the Holiday Inn, Manhattan – Financial District. Built in 2014, the 50-story, 492-key hotel is the largest Holiday Inn in the world. Located at 99 Washington St. between Rector and Carlisle streets, the hotel is near the World Trade Center.
Ladder Capital provided a fixed-rate loan, which will be used to refinance an existing first mortgage and return capital to the borrower, according to Mission Capital who negotiated the loan.
Xie developed the property with Sam Chang, the chairman of McSam Hotel Group, a major New York City hotel developer. In November 2014, Chang and Xie received $135 million in refinancing from UBS. The loan replaced the existing construction debt of $45 million from Cathay Bank, according to Commercial Observer. In December 2014, Xie bought out Chang’s interest, according to Real Capital Analytics.
The Real Deal reported that in December 2017, Xie had placed the hotel on the market with Marcus and Millichap seeking an asking price north of $300 million. With the mortgage loan maturing, Xie considered selling but evaluating local dynamics and capital markets decided to refinance, according to the publication.
A Mission Capital Advisors debt and equity finance team with Beau Williams, Ari Hirt, Steven Buchwald, Alex Draganiuk and Jamie Matheny represented the owner in this most recent loan.
The brokers note that the hotel has achieved significant market penetration and currently has a 93% occupancy rate. The property also includes the restaurant and bar, St. George Tavern. “The borrower was looking to lock in a low interest rate loan without amortization, and we were able to create a very competitive market, with various banks, insurance companies and CMBS lenders vying to structure favorable deals,” says Williams. “By identifying a network of lenders who recognized the strength of the sponsor and its management team, we were able to achieve our client’s goal of securing low-interest, non-recourse financing that is interest-only for the full 10-year term.”
“Hotel properties continue to perform well across the country, and with New York City receiving a record number of tourists, hospitality properties in the New York are very attractive to capital providers,” says Hirt. “Thus far in 2018, Mission has arranged financing for nearly 20 hotel properties, with 20% of the financings exceeding $100 million in loan proceeds.” The Holiday Inn financing is one of the largest permanent loans this year on a New York City hotel, and it indicates the appetite lenders have for well-located hotel properties, Hirt adds.
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Mission Capital Advisors has arranged $137 million in senior, non-recourse, permanent financing for the Holiday Inn Manhattan-Financial District. The 50-story, 492-key hotel at 99 Washington St. is the world’s tallest Holiday Inn.
A Mission Capital team of Beau Williams, Ari Hirt, Steven Buchwald, Alex Draganiuk and Jamie Matheny represented developer Golden Seahorse LLC in arranging the 10-year, fixed-rate, non-recourse loan from Ladder Capital. Loan proceeds were used to refinance an existing first mortgage and return capital to the borrower.
“The borrower was looking to lock-in a low-interest-rate loan without amortization, and we were able to create a very competitive market, with various banks, insurance companies and CMBS lenders vying to structure favorable deals,” said Williams.
Hirt said the Holiday Inn financing was “one of the largest permanent loans on an NYC hotel this year, and it is indicative of the appetite lenders continue to have for well-located hotel properties.”
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Golden Seahorse has landed a $137 million refinancing loan for the Holiday Inn Manhattan-Financial District. Mission Capital Advisors’ Debt and Equity Finance Group arranged the 10-year senior, non-recourse permanent loan from Ladder Capital.
Located at 99 Washington St., the 50-story hotel is the tallest Holiday Inn in the world. The property was constructed in 2014 and comprises 492 keys. Amenities include a fitness center, a business center, a laundry facility, free Wi-Fi, concierge services and the St. George Tavern, a full-service restaurant, bar and event space.
Proceeds from the financing were used to refinance an existing first mortgage and return capital to the borrower.
Mission Capital’s Directors Beau Williams and Jamie Matheny, as well as Managing Directors Ari Hirt, Steven Buchwald and Alex Draganiuk, represented the owner. Last month, Hirt and Matheny were part of the team that arranged $28.5 million for the construction of a new Hilton-franchised hotel in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
“This is one of the largest permanent loans on a New York City hotel this year, and our ability to arrive at the structure and pricing we were able to achieve on behalf of our client is a testament to the strength of our client, the property and our execution team,” Williams told Commercial Property Executive. “The borrower had several complex requirements that we were looking to satisfy, and while we were in talks with a wide range of lenders—including conduits, insurance companies and banks—there were only a few willing to work through all the complexities required to close the deal. Ladder understood the various moving parts, and we were able to financially engineer a solution that was compatible for Ladder to execute, resulting in a very favorable structure for the client, with 10-year, interest-only financing at a very attractive rate.”
The hotel is within close proximity to 12 subway lines and PATH trains. Nearby attractions include the 9/11 Memorial and Museum, the Statue of Liberty, Wall Street, One World Trade Center and the New York Stock Exchange.
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NEW YORK CITY — Mission Capital Advisors has arranged a $137 million refinancing for the Holiday Inn Manhattan-Financial District, a 50-story, 492-room hotel in Manhattan. Located at 99 Washington St., the property was built in 2014 and is the tallest Holiday Inn in the world. Beau Williams, Ari Hirt, Steven Buchwald, Alex Draganiuk and Jamie Matheny of Mission Capital represented the borrower, real estate development firm Golden Seahorse, in securing the 10-year, interest-only loan at a fixed rate through lender Ladder Capital. The property also includes the St. George Tavern, a full-service restaurant and event space. Proceeds from the loan were used to refinance an existing first mortgage and return capital to the borrower.
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Almost a year after Jubao Xie put the world’s tallest Holiday Inn up for sale, the Chinese developer refinanced the property at 99 Washington Street with a $137 million mortgage.
Ladder Capital issued the 10-year, non-recourse, interest-only, fixed-rate loan, which replaces a $135 million mortgage from Bank of China. Mission Capital Advisors’ Beau Williams, Ari Hirt, Steven Buchwald, Alex Draganiuk and Jamie Matheny brokered the deal.
Xie developed the 50-story, 492-room hotel in Manhattan’s Financial District with Sam Chang and took control of the property in 2014. The hotel has an occupancy rate of 93 percent. The building is also home to restaurant St. George’s Tavern.
Xie hired Marcus & Millichap in late 2017 to shop the hotel with an asking price of more than $300 million.
“With a loan maturing, the borrower was considering selling the property or refinancing, and the local dynamics and capital markets made them ultimately decide to refi,” said Mission’s Williams. “They’re very bullish on New York’s hotel market, and with cheap financing available, they determined that the best strategy was to make this asset a long-term hold.”
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