Leading developer acquires 1.26-acre property with plans to develop
67-unit luxury condominium property

HOUSTON (Jan. 3, 2019) — Mission Capital Advisors announced that its Debt and Equity Finance Group has arranged a $7.3-million non-recourse land loan for the acquisition of 5656 San Felipe Street, a 1.26-acre development site in Houston. The borrower, Houston-based Pelican Builders, is working to finalize plans for an as-of-right, 17-story condominium project, which will include 67 luxury residences and 191 parking spaces. The Mission Capital team of Jason Parker, Steven Buchwald and Alex Draganiuk arranged the financing from a national real estate finance company.

Located at the nexus of the highly desirable Galleria/Uptown and Tanglewood neighborhoods, the 322,708-square-foot property will provide the area with much-needed luxury residential product. Current plans for the development call for 67 well-appointed residences with on-site amenities that include a pool deck, resident lounge, state-of-the-art fitness center and a dog park. The project is expected to break ground in October 2019.

“Pelican is one of most seasoned condo developers in the region, and we received a lot of interest from capital providers interested in providing them with the land loan that will pave the way for the condo development,” said Parker. “With the property’s strong location and the unmet demand for luxury condos in this prime area of Houston, we were able to structure favorable financing with a national real estate finance company.”

With its central location near leading commercial and residential neighborhoods, the development will offer residents easy access to a wide range of shopping and cultural / entertainment options, including Whole Foods, iPic Theater and the Houston Country Club. It is within 1.5 miles of The Galleria, the fourth largest retail complex in the country, with high-end tenants including Saks Fifth Avenue, Nordstrom and Neiman Marcus.

Houston-based Pelican Builders has been active in residential development for more than 40 years. Led by Robert F. Bland, Robert F. Bland, Jr. and Derek Darnell, the company’s portfolio includes more than 2,000 residences, spread across high-rise and mid-rise buildings, townhomes and apartment projects.

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 City, Florida, Texas, California, and Alabama. The firm delivers value to its clients through an integrated platform of advisory and transaction management services across debt, mezzanine, and JV equity placement; commercial and residential loan sales; and loan portfolio due diligence and valuation. Mission Capital Advisors is extremely active in arranging financing for office, industrial, multifamily, retail and self-storage properties across the country. Since its inception, Mission Capital has advised a variety of leading financial institutions and real estate investors on more than $65 billion of financing and loan sale 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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Well-situated within Amarillo, Texas, existing hotel will be converted into the first dual-branded Marriott and Starwood property

AMARILLO, Texas (Jan., 2019) — Mission Capital Advisors today announced that its Debt and Equity Finance group has arranged a non-recourse, floating-rate loan for the acquisition and renovation of a 229-key hospitality property at 1911 East I-40 in Amarillo, Texas. The existing property, which currently operates as an unflagged hotel, will receive extensive upgrades and be re-created as a dual-branded hospitality property comprising a 106-key Marriott Fairfield Inn & Suites and a 123-key Four Points by Sheraton.

The property renovations will convert the existing hotel into the market’s leading lodging facility, replete with amenities including an outdoor pool, patio deck with grills and a fire pit, and a 24-hour fitness center. Property improvements will include removing the existing atrium, giving a complete facelift to the property’s exterior and large-scale improvements to each guest room.

The Mission Capital team of Raymond Salameh, Ari Hirt, Steven Buchwald, Alex Draganiuk and Jamie Matheny represented Ram Hotels in securing the three-year loan from Stonehill Strategic Capital. In Stonehill, Mission Capital identified a hospitality lender specializing in value-add deals, which was also attracted to the sponsor’s local market expertise. With the lender drawn to the deal’s strong debt yield, Mission Capital was able to structure very strong terms, including 80-percent leverage.

The largest city in the Texas Panhandle, Amarillo is a major transportation hub with the lowest unemployment rate in Texas and a strong economy that is projected to grow in the years ahead. The city also features a significant amount of tourism, with visitors from Texas and beyond flocking to Amarillo for the Tri-State Fair & Rodeo and other cultural events.

The Project will be the first dual-brand conversion between Marriott- and Starwood-branded hotels. With the property’s strong location off of I-40, both hotels are poised to benefit from their proximity to Amarillo’s downtown business district and Amarillo International Airport.

Founded 34 years ago, Ram Hotels is an experienced hotel developer and operator. Since its inception, Ram Hotels has built eight hotels totaling 700 keys throughout Texas, including more than 500 keys in the Amarillo market. Ram currently owns and manages nine hotels totaling 1,500 hotel rooms.

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.

First-Ever Marriott, Sheraton Hotel Takes Shape in TX

January 14, 2019

The dual-branded hotel in Amarillo, Texas, will be converted from an existing 229-key property. Mission Capital arranged financing for the project on behalf of developer Ram Hotels.

Ram Hotels has secured acquisition and renovation financing to convert an existing hotel in Amarillo, Texas, into the first-ever dual-branded Marriott and Starwood property. The developer will transform the existing 229-key property into a 106-key Marriott Fairfield Inn & Suites and a 123-key Four Points by Sheraton.

Located at 1911 E. Interstate 40, the site is in close proximity to Amarillo’s downtown business district and Amarillo International Airport. The city is the largest in the Texas Panhandle and draws tourists for its events that include the Tri-State Fair & Rodeo.

Amenities at the converted property will feature a 24-hour fitness center, an outdoor pool, patio deck with grills and a fire pit. Additional improvements will include removing the existing atrium, large-scale upgrades to guestrooms and a complete facelift to the property’s facade.

Mission Capital Advisors arranged the non-recourse, floating-rate loan. The team of Raymond Salameh, Ari Hirt, Steven Buchwald, Alex Draganiuk and Jamie Matheny represented Ram Hotels in securing the three-year mortgage from Stonehill Strategic Capital.

Most recently, Marriott rebranded and opened a 186-key Four Points by Sheraton in Toronto.

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Mission Capital Arranges Acquisition Financing for 229-Room Hotel in Amarillo

January 14, 2019

AMARILLO, TEXAS — Mission Capital Advisors has arranged an undisclosed amount of financing for the acquisition and renovation of a 229-room hotel in Amarillo. The new ownership will rebrand the property as a dual-branded asset consisting of a 106-room Marriot Fairfield Inn & Suites and a 123-room Four Points by Sheraton. Renovations will deliver upgraded amenity spaces, as well as a facelift to the property’s exterior and each guestroom. Raymond Salameh, Ari Hirt, Steven Buchwald, Alex Draganiuk and Jamie Matheny of Mission Capital arranged the financing through Stonehill Strategic Capital on behalf of the borrower, Ram Hotels.

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January 2, 2019 – Richmond, ID

Mission Capital Advisors, a national firm, is handling the marketing of the real estate sake of the former Marsh Store, which was sold in a sheriff sale nearly a year ago to Wells Fargo Bank.

Cox Supermarkets, which had operated groceries in the city since the mid-1940s, sold the South E Street site to Marsh in 1999. The 14,730-square-foot building was home to a Marsh store until it closed in March 2017 as the regional grocery chain went under. It’s been vacant since.

The last remaining Marsh store in Richmond, ID, at 501 National Road W., is now called Needler’s, after it was bought along with several others by Ohio-based grocer Fresh Encounter.

According to online property tax records, the assessed valuation for the South E Street property is $230,500.

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December 14, 2018

In this Q&A, Michael Britvan, Managing Director Loan Sale and Asset Sale group at Mission Capital and Allison Israel, Product Manager of Mission Capital give insights into how machine learning and artificial intelligence will have a broad impact on lending operations.

How do you see artificial intelligence and machine learning impacting the mortgage space?

Israel: There are various applications for artificial intelligence across the mortgage industry, but one area where we’re already seeing machine learning make an impact is the analysis of loan portfolios.

When banks explore the sale of loan portfolios in the secondary market, they produce data tapes containing relevant loan, collateral, and borrower information from their servicing systems. Field names in these tapes frequently vary by servicing platform as there is currently limited industry standardization. For example, a data field in one loan tape might refer to “Origination Date,” while another shows “OrigDate” and a third is “Loan Origination Date.” Although each of these fields refers to the same thing, the fact that they are labeled differently means that an analyst looking to load a model might spend considerable time deciphering column headers and normalizing data.

Machine learning has the power to take this manual process and perform it automatically. For example, it is able to recognize that “OrigDate” means “Origination Date.” Additionally, when the system is processing a new tape and finds a term it doesn’t recognize, it uses natural language processing to parse the word and find the closest match. The more tapes we put through the system, the smarter it gets. A few months ago–when we first deployed the system internally–it generally recognized around 40 percent of the fields. But, as it learns more, and processes a greater number of tapes, we expect that number to climb closer to 90 percent.

Would you say that the greatest benefit of machine learning is time savings?

Israel: While time savings is an important factor, having standardized field names from the machine learning model also allows us to apply a standard set of “rules” within the same software. For example, with all tapes using the term “Origination Date,” we can tell the system that “Origination Date” must come before “Maturity Date,” and it will flag any loans that don’t comply with the rule. We currently have about 250 rules, and they are instrumental in enabling us to improve data integrity by catching data issues programmatically.

Conventionally, analysts have spent up to 80 percent of their time in Excel normalizing data, validating information in the tapes, and resolving errors. This results in very little time to analyze the value and potential of the portfolios at hand. With newly developed software, we’re leveraging machine learning to flip the scale and enable analysts to spend less time manually manipulating data tapes and more time on the actual analysis.
Across the industry, loan analysis and trading are made infinitely more efficient by introducing machine learning models and enhancing those models with historical big data. The key to leveraging big data is the ability to normalize it first.

What are the other benefits mortgage professionals realize from this technology?

Britvan: The technology empowers all mortgage professionals to validate, analyze, and visualize data more efficiently. Depending on the user and firm, this can translate into a range of different benefits.

Banks leveraging this technology might be able to gain better insight into their portfolios. By cleaning up data and eliminating errors, they are also better able to manage their service providers. For example, with a better handle on their portfolio, it will become easier for banks to spot-check loan servicers to ensure accurate reporting and potentially even audit remittances.

Investors acquiring whole loans are able to spend more time on analysis and less time cracking tapes and stratifying portfolios.

Do you think these innovations will have a broader impact on the whole loan sale market?

Britvan: Over the past decade or so, there’s been a significant shift in the perception of trading whole loans on the secondary market.

Ten or twelve years ago, selling loans on the secondary market was often an indicator that the seller had a problem on their hands, and the decision to sell stemmed from a desire to remove the problem from their books. That perception has changed. Today, the speed of transactions has increased, while the number of participants in the secondary market for whole loans has climbed significantly. Whole loans are a relatively liquid asset, and many banks routinely tap the secondary market to manage their loan portfolio.

We expect technology to increase efficiency in analyzing loan portfolios which should, in turn, expand the universe of buyers in the secondary market. Right now, most buyers considering entering the market rely on an analyst to clean and validate data prior to loading a model. With the strides we’re making in producing tools that clean up the data automatically, it allows investors to focus on finding value rather than allocating resources to data manipulation.

Do you think there are other notable tech trends that will have a significant effect on the secondary loan sale market?

Britvan: One area that has a lot of untapped potential is the incorporation of big data into mortgage analysis. When analyzing a loan portfolio, the quality of the valuation we can produce is often limited by the quality of data we receive. Key data points that are stale or absent require that assumptions be made.

By taking a big data approach to updating stale data or making assumptions, we can improve our estimates. For example, if we’re analyzing a multifamily property, we could leverage things like demographic trends, market occupancy, existing and future inventory, and housing data to make assumptions regarding a property’s current and projected future occupancy. This means that we are no longer just filling in missing or stale data but are also using historical trends to predict the market. This introduces brand-new inputs into our models that would have previously been unavailable without the breadth of data at our fingertips today.

Big data analysis of external factors, combined with proprietary market knowledge gleaned from our whole loan trading activity, will provide a better basis for secondary market participants to analyze loan tapes. We expect the industry to make significant strides in incorporating third-party data into their analysis in the years ahead.

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Thorofare Capital provides non-recourse, floating-rate financing
for leading Chicago developer

CHICAGO (Nov. 13, 2018) — Mission Capital Advisors announced that its Debt and Equity Finance Group has arranged $13 million of non-recourse, floating-rate financing on behalf of an affiliate of the Sterling Organization to recapitalize 110 East Pearson Street, a 9,000-square-foot vacant retail property in the heart of the Magnificent Mile section of Chicago.

Jonathan More, Alex Draganiuk, Lexington Henn, and Justin Hunt of the Mission Capital team secured the loan from Thorofare Capital, a Los Angeles-based national commercial real estate loan origination and servicing company. The loan features a competitive leverage level with flexibility for future capital expense funding and leasing terms and will be used to capitalize the property, lease up the available space and implement significant capital improvements.

Currently vacant, the property consists of 7,303 square feet of ground-floor retail space and 1,789 square feet of retail space on the mezzanine level. For Mission Capital Advisors, the transaction reflects the firm’s ability to find appropriate capital providers for innovative developers across the country.

Thorofare’s willingness to provide financing stemmed from the firm’s recognition of the sponsor’s strong track record in value-add retail, as well the property’s desirable location, according to Felix Gutnikov, Thorofare’s Head of Origination.

“As a trusted lender, Thorofare has enjoyed a very positive relationship with Mission Capital Advisors and has completed several transactions with the firm and its clients,” Gutnikov said. “We were able to offer Sterling Organization a structured financing solution for a well-located retail asset within one of the most recognized shopping districts in the country.”

The property is ideally situated in the heart of Chicago’s Magnificent Mile, the city’s largest and most vibrant shopping district, which has approximately $1.9 billion of annual retail sales. Over the past year, the district has seen retail vacancies decline, while rents have grown by nearly seven percent, further underscoring the property’s latent potential.

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.

About Thorofare Capital

Thorofare Capital, Inc. is a national commercial real estate loan origination and servicing company. The firm focuses on $5 million to $100 million financing transactions, targeting value-add and opportunistic acquisitions, recapitalizations, and distressed debt secured by transitional properties. Its affiliate, Thorofare LLC, is an SEC Registered Investment Adviser specializing in alternative fixed-income opportunities through US commercial real estate debt investments. With a national presence, Thorofare has invested more than $1.6 billion structured as senior secured short and intermediate-term loans, across 10+ property types throughout 28 states. For more information, visit www.thorofarecapital.com.

Sterling lands $13M refi for retail space at Near North Side tower

The Thorofare Capital loan will help Sterling renovate and lease the former Bar Toma space

November 9, 2018

The Sterling Organization landed a $13 million refinancing on the retail space in a tower just off Michigan Avenue on the Near North Side.

The Palm Beach-based equity fund earlier this year bought the 9,000-square-foot retail portion at the base of the 57-story tower at 110 East Pearson Street for $15.2 million. The space is best known as the former home of Bar Toma, a restaurant that opened in 2011 and shuttered in January 2017.

Thorofare Capital supplied the non-recourse, floating-rate loan, which was arranged by Mission Capital Advisors’ Jonathan More, Alex Draganiuk, Lexington Henn, and Justin Hunt. Part of the proceeds will be used to find tenants and make “significant” capital improvements.

Now vacant, the property consists of 7,300 square feet on the ground floor and 1,800 square feet on the mezzanine level.

Sterling paid $1,616 per square foot for the space at the base of the tower, which was built in the 1970s.

It was the company’s second Downtown retail deal in a few months, following April’s $8.1 million purchase of the 87,100-square-foot office building at 219 South State Street, which also includes street retail currently occupied by three Foot Locker-brand shoe stores. It took out an $18.3 million loan from Los Angeles-based Karlin Real Estate to finance that purchase and planned renovations of the building.

In September, Sterling paid $20 million to acquire Hillside Town Center, a nearly 165,000-square-foot retail park in west suburban Hillside. It also bought the 101,000-square-foot Prairie Market shopping center in far west suburban Oswego, but would not disclose the purchase price.

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Jordan Ray, Principal of the Debt & Equity desk, is a major proponent of FinTech that modernizes the ‘old economy’ business of real estate. Always ahead of curve and owner of an impressive CRM, you don’t want to miss Jordan’s insight.

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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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August 17, 2018

Oxford Capital Group has scored a $53 million loan from Marathon Asset Management to refinance construction debt on The Godfrey Hotel and Cabanas in Tampa, Fla., Commercial Observer can exclusively report.

The non-recourse, floating-rate loan carries a spread in the low 400s over LIBOR, sources said, and retires roughly $30 million in previous construction financing from CapitalSource. Additional capital will be provided to the sponsor upon meeting certain performance measures.

Mission Capital Advisors’ Jordan Ray, Ari Hirt, Alex Draganiuk and Justin Hunt secured the debt.

Mission Capital Arranges $53M Refinancing of Waterfront Hotel in Tampa

August 21,2018

TAMPA, FLA. — Mission Capital Advisors has arranged a $53 million loan for the refinancing of The Godfrey Hotel and Cabanas Tampa, a 276-room hotel located at 7700 W. Courtney Campbell Causeway in Tampa. The waterfront property was once owned by the New York Yankees and served as the team’s spring training home for several decades. Jordan Ray, Ari Hirt, Alex Draganiuk and Justin Hunt of Mission Capital arranged the non-recourse loan through Marathon Asset Management on behalf of the borrower, an affiliate of Oxford Capital Group. Oxford acquired the hotel in 2015 and transformed the property with the addition of 15 guestrooms, complete renovations of guestrooms and the lobby and the addition of the WTR Pool & Grill. WTR includes a pool, cabana club, bar and corporate event space overlooking Tampa Bay.

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Tampa Waterfront Hotel Secures $53M Floating-Rate Loan

August 24, 2018

TAMPA, FL–An iconic Tampa waterfront hotel that was once the spring training camp for Major League Baseball’s New York Yankees landed a $53-million non-recourse ramp loan that was structured by Mission Capital Advisors. It was secured by the Godfrey Hotel and Cabanas Tampa, a newly renovated, 276-key, waterfront hotel located at 7700 West Courtney Campbell Causeway.

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.

In 2015, Oxford acquired the hotel with plans for a comprehensive redevelopment that would include top-of-the-line amenities and the recently opened WTR Pool & Grill. The result was an upscale pool, cabana club, bar and corporate event space 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.”

Repositioning Program Created Added Value

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 and other top-of-the-line amenities.

“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.”

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.

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Owner of renovated waterfront hotel in Tampa borrows to repay construction loan

Oxford Capital Group the Godfrey Hotel & Cabanas Tampa also borrowed $53M to “return additional capital to the sponsor”

August 26, 2018

The owner of a renovated bayfront hotel in Tampa, the Godfrey Hotel & Cabanas Tampa, repaid a construction loan with a $53 million “ramp” loan.

Besides paying off the construction loan, proceeds of the ramp loan from also will be used “return additional capital to the sponsor,” Mission Capital Advisors said in a press release.

“Ramp loans are based in large part on projecting the property’s path to stability … a wrinkle of complexity that not all lenders can underwrite,” Ari Hirt of Mission Capital said in a prepared statement.

Hirt arranged the loan from Marathon together with Mission Capital’s Jordan Ray, Alex Draganiuk and Justin Hunt.

Several lenders competed for the deal, according to Hirt, before the property owner, Oxford Capital Group, LLC, closed the adjustable-rate $53 million ramp loan from Marathon Asset Management.

The Godfrey Hotel & Cabanas Tampa is a 276-key hotel a 7700 West Courtney Campbell Causeway in Tampa.

The property features the WTR Pool & Grill, a poolside dining and entertainment destination overlooking Tampa Bay.

Oxford acquired the hotel in 2015 and then repositioned it by adding the swimming pool, cabanas, and 15 guest rooms. The company also renovated existing guest rooms, with hardwood flooring and marble counter tops, and redid the lobby with the addition of a café and wine bar.

The waterfront property previously was the longtime spring-training home of Major League Baseball’s New York Yankees. – Mike Seemuth

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Mission Capital Advisors Arranges $28.5 Million in Construction Financing for 218-Key Hilton Property in Fort Lauderdale

19-floor building will include two Hilton hotels:

a 106-key Home 2 Suites and a 112-key Tru by Hilton

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (Aug. 10, 2018) — Mission Capital Advisors today announced that its Debt and Equity Finance Team has arranged $28.5 million in non-recourse financing for the construction of a 218-key, Hilton-franchised hospitality property at 315 Northwest 1st Avenue in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The Mission Capital team of Jordan Ray, Stephen Emery, Ari Hirt, Jamie Matheny and Lexington Henn represented a joint venture of Merrimac Ventures and Driftwood Acquisitions and Development in securing the loan from Bank OZK.

The 19-story property will feature two Hilton-branded offerings. The 106-key Home 2 Suites will be an all-suite facility, featuring an array of in-room and public amenities, including abundant conference and workspace areas and in-room kitchens. The 112-key Tru by Hilton will be designed for young professionals and travelers, and will feature a robust amenity package, including a fitness center, game room and lounge. The two hotels will have separate lobbies, and will each have access to the building’s 102 parking spaces and a 5,000-square-foot outdoor pool deck and bar.

“We’ve done a lot of construction financing for hotels this cycle, but we’ve rarely seen so much lender interest in a deal,” said Ray. “The sponsorship on this property has developed some of the market’s most successful hotels, and they decided to create two Hilton-branded hotels at this property to meet the distinct needs of different market segments. With this financing in hand, construction is already underway, and Fort Lauderdale visitors should be able to enjoy its strong location and amenities by 2020.”

The property is located in Fort Lauderdale’s trendy Flagler Village neighborhood, providing hotel visitors with access to a wide range of art galleries, restaurants and tourist attractions. The hotels will be easily accessible to the beach, Fort Lauderdale International Airport and I-95.

“This deal had a very complex capital stack, including a significant amount of EB-5 financing, but we were able to structure a very strong non-recourse loan for the sponsors,” said Hirt. “The market for construction financing has improved in recent months, and we received a tremendous amount of interest from foreign and regional banks, insurance companies and mortgage REITs. The execution was very strong, and we were able to move the deal in record time, going from term sheet to closing in less than 60 days.”

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.

$29M Construction Financing for Fort Lauderdale Dual- Branded Hilton Development

August 14, 2018

Mission Capital Advisors arranged $28.5 million in non-recourse financing for the construction of a 218-key, Hilton-franchised hospitality property in Fort Lauderdale’s trendy Flagler Village neighborhood. A joint venture of Fort Lauderdale-based Merrimac Ventures and Driftwood Acquisitions and Development secured the loan from Bank OZK.

The 19-story property at 315 Northwest 1st Ave. will feature two Hilton-branded offerings. The 106-key Home 2 Suites will be an all-suite facility, featuring an array of in-room and public amenities, including conference and workspace areas and in-room kitchens. The 112-key Tru by Hilton will be designed for young professionals and travelers, and will feature an amenity package that includes a fitness center, game room and lounge.

The two hotels will have separate lobbies, and will each have access to the building’s 102 parking spaces and a 5,000-square-foot outdoor pool deck and bar.

Mission Capital’s Jordan Ray, Stephen Emery, Ari Hirt, Jamie Matheny and Lexington Henn represented the JV.

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JV Lands $29M Construction Loan for Fort Lauderdale Hilton

Mission Capital Advisors arranged the financing on behalf of Merrimac Ventures and Driftwood Acquisitions and Development, to begin building a dual-brand, 218-key project.

August 15, 2018

A joint venture between Merrimac Ventures and Driftwood Acquisitions and Development has secured $28.5 million for the construction of a new Hilton-franchised hotel in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Mission Capital Advisors arranged the non-recourse loan through Bank OZK, on behalf of the partnership.

Located at 315 Northwest First Ave., the hotel will feature a total of 218 keys across two properties. The 106-key Home 2 Suites will be an all-suite asset, featuring amenities such as conference and work space, as well as in-room kitchens. The 112-key Tru by Hilton will be designed for young professionals and travelers, offering features such as a fitness center, lounge and game room. Both hotels will offer access to 102 parking spaces and a 5,000-square-foot outdoor pool deck and bar. The 19-story property will provide convenient access to Fort Lauderdale International Airport, Interstate 95 and nearby attractions such as beaches, restaurants, art galleries and tourist spots.

Mission Capital Advisors’ Debt and Equity Finance team of Principal Jordan Ray, Managing Directors Stephen Emery and Ari Hirt, Director Jamie Matheny and Vice President Lexington Henn, represented the borrower.

“We’ve done a lot of construction financing for hotels this cycle, but we’ve rarely seen so much lender interest in a deal,” said Ray, in a prepared statement. “The sponsorship on this property has developed some of the market’s most successful hotels, and they decided to create two Hilton-branded hotels at this property to meet the distinct needs of different market segments. With this financing in hand, construction is already underway, and Fort Lauderdale visitors should be able to enjoy its strong location and amenities by 2020.”

In April, Mission Capital Advisors represented a joint venture of The Schupp Cos. and LodgeWorks Partners in securing $47 million in refinancing for Hyatt Place Arlington Courthouse Plaza, a 168-key hotel in Virginia.

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Managing Directors of The Debt & Equity Finance Group, Melanie Herald & Jonathan More, share valuable insight on the red hot Miami Office Market in our Miami Market Update video series. This is Chapter 2 of our Miami Market Update series.

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JONATHAN MORE – MANAGING DIRECTOR – THE DEBT & EQUITY FINANCE GROUP

Jonathan More is a Managing Director in the Debt & Equity Finance Group at Mission Capital, where he is responsible for originating, underwriting and structuring commercial real estate transactions nationwide on behalf of owner-operators, private equity firms, developers and family offices. Jonathan’s diverse skill sets, deep market knowledge and industry relationships have proved critical in working through transactions and originating business over his 15-year real estate career.
Prior to joining Mission Capital, Jonathan worked on the execution and originations teams for Ackman-Ziff, specializing in financing office, retail and residential properties, as well as loan sale advisory work. At Ackman-Ziff, Jonathan structured and completed $2.0 billion of closed debt, mezzanine, preferred equity, joint venture equity and loan sale transactions. Prior to Ackman-Ziff, Jonathan worked in leasing and investment sales for the Manhattan office of CBRE Group. Jonathan received a B.A. in Economics from the University of Michigan, and an M.B.A from Columbia Business School, where he placed first overall in the Bodini Competition for Real Estate Investment & Entrepreneurship. He is licensed as a real estate broker in the state of New York.

MELANIE HERALD – MANAGING DIRECTOR – THE DEBT & EQUITY FINANCE GROUP

Melanie Herald serves as a Managing Director of the Debt & Equity Finance Group at Mission Capital where she is responsible for the origination, structuring, and placement of commercial real estate transactions on behalf of operators, developers and global institutional and family office investors. In addition to the finance business, Melanie focuses on sourcing and executing loan sale opportunities and will oversee growth in the Miami office for Mission Capital.
Prior to joining Mission Capital, Melanie was a Principal with Sienna Capital Partners where she executed over $200mm in equity fund recaps and new acquisition transactions for clients. Prior to Sienna, Melanie served as Head of Capital Markets and Investors Relations for Urban American, a multifamily operator in New York City for whom she currently consults. From 2002 – 2011, Melanie executed over $50bn of commercial and residential mortgage transactions as a senior salesperson at Goldman Sachs Melanie holds a BA from Bowdoin College, where she received a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship and earned an MBA from the Johnson School at Cornell University and served as a Student Agencies Fellow. She serves on the corporate board of PopTracker LLC, a technology and media company and FORCE, a non-profit. Melanie is a fluent Spanish speaker and holds Series 63 and 7 licenses.

About Mission Capital:
Mission Capital is a technology-forward real estate capital markets firm built on a culture of deep client service. Founded in 2002, our complementary asset sales and capital raising platforms, combined with our diligence and consulting services, allow our institutional and governmental client-base to achieve liquidity and optimize portfolio strategy throughout the credit cycle.

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Jonathan More (MANAGING DIRECTOR – The Debt & Equity Finance Group) and Melanie Herald (MANAGING DIRECTOR – The Debt & Equity Finance Group) sit down and chat about the thriving Miami Market. We start with the growing Transportation Connectivity servicing the Miami metropolis.

JONATHAN MORE – MANAGING DIRECTOR – THE DEBT & EQUITY FINANCE GROUP

MELANIE HERALD – MANAGING DIRECTOR – THE DEBT & EQUITY FINANCE GROUP

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