Tuesday, April 9, 2013

HFF arranges $230 million in financing for The Breakers Resort in Denver, CO


  
The Breakers Resort, Denver, CO

IRVINE, CA – HFF announced today that it has arranged $230 million in financing for The Breakers Resort, a six-village, 1,523-unit, Class A multi-housing community in Denver, Colorado. 

Charles W. Halladay
The HFF team representing Bascom was led by directors Charles Halladay and Mark Erland and included Josh Simon, Jordan Robbins and Lee Redmond.

The HFF team worked exclusively on behalf of the borrower, The Bascom Group, LLC, to secure a $165 million first mortgage, a $26.25 million mezzanine loan, and $38.75 million of preferred equity. 

The $165 million first mortgage was a floating-rate loan and included a three-year term with two, one-year extension options that was provided through Bank of America and CIBC. 

Mark Erland
The mezzanine loan and preferred equity were provided by Prudential Real Estate Investors’ $805 million U.S. Real Estate Debt Fund.   Proceeds were used to refinance the existing mortgage and mezzanine loans that HFF had secured for the ownership in 2011, buy-out the existing institutional equity partner, and provide capital for future renovations. 

Josh Simon
Situated on 127 acres and developed by Koelbel and Company, which will retain an ownership interest, The Breakers Resort is located at 9099 East Mississippi Avenue close to Cherry Creek, the Lowry Redevelopment and a new community shopping center. 

The “strongly-performing” property is 95 percent leased and is comprised of six interconnected communities, each with their own clubhouse, surrounding a 55-acre recreational lake.

 The project has an attractive low density of 14 units to the acre and has a master clubhouse featuring a large fitness center with views of the Rockies, restaurant, business center, community room and private theater. 

Jordan Robbins
The property has 50 one- and two-bedroom floor plans averaging 1,019 square feet each.  Also included is an 18.23-acre apartment development parcel entitled for 628 units, which is one of the best remaining infill apartment sites in Denver, according to HFF.

“Bascom was able to access  mezzanine and preferred equity capital available in today’s market and obtain financing on The Breakers Resort by adding an additional parcel of developable land as collateral, resulting in a blended cost of capital of less than 5.0 percent and a combined debt yield of 6.25 percent,” said Erland. 

Lee Redmond
According to Halladay, “The overall structure limited the mezzanine financing, making it necessary to fund the remaining portion with preferred equity.  The Bank of America, CIBC and Prudential lending teams did an outstanding job of closing the loan in less than 30 days, including negotiating an inter-creditor.”

For a complete copy of the company’s news release, please contact:

Kristen M. Murphy
Associate Director
HFF | 9 Greenway Plaza, Suite 700 | Houston, TX 77046
tel 713.852.3500 | cel 617.543.4873 | fax 713.527.8725 | www.hfflp.com


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