Category: Finance News

Eastern Union Secures $9,424,405 to Refinance Renovation Project That Will Deliver 43,000-Square-Foot Self-Storage Facility and 55,000 Square Feet of Retail Space in Springfield, VT

Eastern Union, one of the country’s largest commercial mortgage brokerages, has arranged $9,424,405 in construction-to-permanent refinancing for the first stage of a multi-phase renovation project at 100 River Street in Springfield, VT. This portion of the initiative will create a 43,000-square-foot self-storage facility and 55,000 square feet of retail space. Springfield is located along the Black River about 95 miles northeast of Albany, NY and about 130 miles northwest of Boston. The renovation is being undertaken by Integrity Community Partners, LLC based in San Diego, CA with offices in New…

Baranof Holdings Purchased an Industrial Land Site for $28 Million to Pave Way for a New Self-Storage Facility in Hollywood, CA

The largest land sale in Hollywood for the first quarter goes to Baranof Holdings, which acquired a 1.29-acre industrial land site for $28 million. Dallas-based Baranof Holdings, a developer and asset manager of self-storage facilities, has purchased a 1.29-acre industrial land site in Hollywood for $28 million in order to pave the way for a new Los Angeles self-storage facility. The transaction marks the largest land sale in Hollywood during the first quarter of the year. Baranof Holdings acquired the site at 956 Seward St., which previously operated as a…

SmartStop Self Storage REIT, A Premier Owner And Operator Of Self Storage Facilities in the United States and Canada, Announces Pricing of Underwritten Public Offering

SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. (“SmartStop” or the “Company”), an internally-managed real estate investment trust and a premier owner and operator of self-storage facilities in the United States and Canada, announced today the pricing of its public offering of 27,000,000 shares of common stock at a price to the public of $30.00 per share. SmartStop has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 4,050,000 shares of its common stock at the public offering price, less underwriting discounts and commissions. Shares of SmartStop’s common stock are…

Talonvest Capital and Madison Capital Secure Bridge Loan for Class A Self Storage Facility in North Las Vegas, NV

Talonvest Capital, Inc., a boutique self-storage and commercial real estate advisory firm, has successfully arranged an $11,900,000 bridge loan for a state-of-the-art, Class A storage facility in North Las Vegas, NV. The transaction was completed on behalf of longstanding client Madison Capital Group, reinforcing the strength of the strategic partnership. Located at 345 East Ann Road, the facility features 661 climate-controlled units and 60 non-climate units and is professionally managed by Go Store It, Madison Capital’s in-house management company. As part of the business plan, Go Store It aims to…

Madison Capital Markets Group Closes $21 Million Texas Self-Storage Investment Fund

Madison Capital Markets Group, a real estate investment and development firm that operates the Go Store It Self Storage brand, has closed its $21 million Delaware Statutory Trust focused on self-storage assets in Texas. The fund is anchored by a portfolio of three facilities in Whitney, according to a press release. The properties at 401 N. Brazos St., 101 E. Adams Ave. and 700 FM 2604 total 246,775 rentable square feet in 1,484 storage units. They’re one hour south of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metropolitan Area, near Lake Whitney, the release…

Newmark Arranges Recapitalization of 14-Property Dallas-Fort Worth Self-Storage Portfolio for Hines and CubeSmart

Newmark announces the firm has brokered a recapitalization and new joint venture between Hines and CubeSmart for a 14-property self-storage portfolio located across the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. Newmark Vice Chairman and leader of the firm’s National Self Storage Capital Markets practice, Aaron Swerdlin, along with Executive Managing Director Andrew Warin and team, advised Hines on the recapitalization. “As one of the largest national self-storage portfolio transactions of 2024, this transaction was a testament to the strength of the Dallas-Fort Worth market and further validation of the durability and appeal for…

Cohen Investment Group Lands Refinance for Virginia Self Storage in Virginia Beach, VA

Cohen Investment Group has secured a $51.5 million refinancing loan for Castleton Commerce Center, a 470,618-net-rentable-square-foot flex storage complex in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Eastern Union’s Mid-Atlantic Group Senior Managing Director David Merkin arranged the fixed-rate refinancing loan through Bank of America, on behalf of the borrower. Merkin was the one to secure bridge financing for CIG when the company acquired the facility in 2021. CIG purchased the property from Prime Group Holdings for $58.8 million, with the help of a $58.2 million loan originated through the Chicago office of Prime…

Andover Lending Provides $21 Million Construction Loan for Texas Self Storage Project

Andover Lending, a platform that seeks to originate non-recourse financing for self-storage sponsors nationally, today announced that it has provided a $21 million construction loan to a joint venture between LaTerra Development and Platinum Storage. The loan will fund the redevelopment of a former retail location in Irving, Texas, into a Class-A self-storage facility. Located at 2488 Market Place Blvd. – a prime location immediately adjacent to a Home Depot and a to-be-developed H-E-B supermarket – the 195,000-square-foot, multi-story facility will feature climate-controlled units along with drive-up and enclosed RV…

Eight Self-Storage Properties Trade to New Owner in Memphis MSA, TN

JLL Capital Markets led the sales efforts on behalf of Gelt Venture Partners for the portfolio, which totals more than 3,500 storage units JLL Capital Markets announced today that it has completed the sale of an eight-property self-storage portfolio, totaling more than 3,500 storage units and 485,000 rentable square feet, and is located in the greater Memphis, Tennessee area. JLL’s Self Storage Capital Markets team represented the seller, Gelt Ventures, in the sale of the portfolio to Mini Mall Storage Properties. The portfolio consists of over 485,000 square feet of institutional-quality…

Cushman & Wakefield Advises Bank of America in Sale of Iconic SF Office Tower, to U-Haul International, in Midtown Phoenix, AZ

Historic transaction marks one of largest owner/occupier office sales in U.S. and largest in Southwest since early pandemic. Arizona’s third largest office building sells for $23.7 million following foreclosure Cushman & Wakefield announced the firm has advised an entity controlled by Bank of America in the sale of 20 East Thomas Road, an iconic 25-story office tower totaling 548,938 square feet in Phoenix’s Midtown submarket. The third largest office building in the state of Arizona and third largest in the Phoenix market sold for $23.7 million to U-Haul International, a…