Finance

Natixis Facilitates First “Green Bond” CMBS Deal

The firm issued the first green-specific tranche in a CMBS to refinance part of Ivanhoé Cambridge and Callahan Capital Properties’ $358.6 million acquisition loan for New York City’s 85 Broad St.

Dallas Shopping Center Changes Hands

Kite Realty Group sold a 208,000-square-foot retail center in Dallas to Rainier Realty Investment. At the time of sale, Wheatland Towne Crossing was 92 percent occupied.

Out-of-Favor Assets Offer Higher Yields

Retail and non-CBD office are among the properties offering opportunity for better returns to investors willing to expand their strategies. You just need to know how to unearth their full potential, notes Resource Income and Opportunity REIT Senior Vice President Martin Caverly.

27200 SW 127th Ave. in Homestead, Fla.

Monmouth Grabs $38M Miami-Area FedEx Distribution Center

The newly constructed Class A facility is located in Homestead, at the intersection of SW 127th Avenue and SW 272nd Street.

U.S. Bank Center in Phoenix

Downtown Phoenix Office Building Lands $51M Financing

HFF secured the three-year, floating-rate loan for U.S. Bank Center, a 360,000-square-foot high-rise building. Completed in 1976 and renovated in 2013, the property is 63 percent occupied.

Suburban DC Mixed-Use Development Lands Refi

The refinancing of Westphalia Town Center—a mixed-use development in Prince George’s County—allows the company to continue developing the project and preparing land for commercial and retail uses.

Easterly Government Closes $128M Medical Financing

The 10-year non-amortizing loan is for the Department of Veterans Affairs Ambulatory Care Facility, located in Loma Linda, Calif. The asset was recently acquired by Easterly Government Properties.

HFF Secures Financing for Florida Beach Hotel

The 123-key Days Inn Hotel will feature upon renovations two outdoor pools, upgraded landscaping, fitness and business center, as well as seven additional guest rooms.

LA’s The Line Hotel Lands $93M Refi

Natixis has arranged the floating-rate financing for The Yucaipa Cos., owner of the 384-key lifestyle hotel in Los Angeles.

Nashville-Area Industrial Building Lands $18M Loan

Mission Capital refinanced existing debt on a fully occupied, recently upgraded industrial property, Interchange Business Center, a 792,000-square-foot building in La Vergne, Tenn.