JLL Capital Markets arranged $182 million in construction financing and joint venture equity to capitalize the development of Hillcrest Apartments, a 333-unit multifamily development located directly across from Amgen’s headquarters in Thousand Oaks.
Managing director Bercut Smith and senior director Matt Benson represented the borrower, The Latigo Group, in arranging the financing from Bank OZK, Affinius Capital and Peakhill Equity Partners. It includes a $117.2-million senior loan from Bank OZK.
Hillcrest Apartments is located at 2150 W. Hillcrest Dr., one of the strongest rental submarkets in Southern California. The project will benefit from its location directly off US-101. With median prices exceeding $1,050,000, the neighborhood positions the project to offer a substantial discount to homeownership.
“Despite there being limited capital flows to development projects right now, the market for senior financing and subordinate financing is very liquid and select projects can garner interest from joint venture equity providers,” said Smith.
Multifamily owners with loans coming due are faced with higher refinancing costs. While this isn’t news, Newmark put numbers to the issue, indicating that loans maturing in Q3 2026 carried an average interest rate of 4.04%, compared to 5.69% on new loans at an average cap rate of 5.5%, resulting in negative leverage. At the...
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An increase in mortgage rates is cooling home sales, with multifamily the biggest beneficiary, according to John Chang, senior vice president at Marcus & Millichap. In a recent video, Chang said that the 10-year Treasury has risen by more than 100 basis points, and the 30-year mortgage rate is up about 130 bps to the...
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The city of Revere is eying a large redevelopment plan that would create 1,700 new affordable and market-rate homes about five miles northeast of downtown Boston. The Revere Housing Authority presented a proposal to the Revere City Council last week requesting a zoning change that would allow for development on a 40-acre site at Cooledge...
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