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Tuesday, August 23, 2011

$230 million acquisition financing arranged by HFF for Landmark Center in Boston

                                        

BOSTON, MA – HFF announced today that it has arranged $230 million in acquisition financing for Landmark Center (top left photo), a 950,000-square-foot, Class A mixed-use complex in Boston, Massachusetts.

HFF worked to secure a fixed-rate loan through New York Life Insurance Company and New York State Teachers Retirement System on behalf of institutional investors advised by J.P. Morgan Asset Management and Samuels & Associates.

Landmark Center is a mixed-use complex located at the confluence of the Longwood Medical Area and Fenway neighborhood of Boston.

  Currently, the property is 98% leased, with a blend of credit retail and office tenants.  Major office tenants include Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Harvard School of Public Health, and Harvard Medical School. 

The retail units are occupied by Bed Bath & Beyond, Best Buy, REI, Staples, and a 13-screen movie theatre.  In addition to the current stabilized value, the property has the potential for an additional development of 337,000 square feet over the parking garage.

The building is located adjacent to Fenway Triangle Trilogy, a mixed-use residential and retail project developed by a joint venture with institutional investors advised by J.P. Morgan Asset Management and Samuels & Associates.

The Fenway neighborhood is being re-developed into a 24/7 mixed-use community offering a wide range of services, stores and restaurants to its residents.

The HFF team representing the borrowers was led by senior managing directors Bob Herron (top right photo)  and Whitney Wilcox and director Greg LaBine (bottom left photo).


Contacts: 
Robert M. Herron, HFF Senior Managing Director, (617) 338-0990                                       
rherron@hfflp.com                                                                                                                           
Kristen M. Murphy, HFF Associate Director, Marketing, (713) 852-3500, 

HFF arranges $24 million construction/permanent loan for South Shore Place in Braintree, MA

  

 BOSTON, MA – HFF announced today that it has arranged a $24 million construction/permanent loan for South Shore Place, a mixed-use development consisting of a 200-key Hyatt Place Hotel and 46,200 square feet of retail shops to be developed on the site of  the former Sheraton Braintree Hotel (top left rendering) in Braintree, Massachusetts. 

HFF worked on behalf of Carpenter & Company, Inc. (“Carpenter”) and BayNorth Capital, LLC (“BayNorth”) to secure the two-year loan with a five-year extension option through Cambridge Savings Bank and Brookline Savings Bank.  HFF previously arranged a joint venture between Carpenter and BayNorth to acquire and redevelop the property in early 2010. 

The hotel is located at 37 Forbes Road adjacent to Interstate 93/Route 128 and the South Shore Plaza approximately 10 miles south of Boston in Braintree.  Ownership plans to demolish a portion of the existing hotel and redevelop it into a 200-key Hyatt Place Hotel and 38,200 square feet of new retail space to complement the existing 8,000-square-foot restaurant space.

The HFF team representing the Carpenter/BayNorth joint venture included senior managing director Riaz Cassum (lower right photo) and director Lauren O’Neil.

 “The proposed development will completely transform the current site into a vibrant mixed-use development with a state-of-the-art hotel, restaurants and retail stores,” said Cassum.  “South Shore Place is going to maximize the value of what has always been a terrific location for the proposed combination of uses.”

Contacts: 
Riaz A. Cassum, HFF Senior Managing Director, (617) 338-0990                               
rcassum@hfflp.com                                   
Kristen M. Murphy, HFF Associate Director, Marketing, (713) 852-3500,