Eastern Union Arranges $26-Million Bridge Loan for Houston Multi-Family Property

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Mar 20, 2019, 08:44 ET

NEW YORK, March 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Eastern Union, one of the country's leading commercial mortgage brokerage firms, has secured a $26-million bridge loan to support the acquisition and redevelopment of a 587-unit multi-family property in Houston. The loan amount represents 75 percent of the purchase price and 100 percent of capital expenditures associated with redevelopment.

The financing was arranged by Michael Wyne, a member of Eastern Union's Capital Markets unit, and Boruch Mandel, also of Eastern Union.

Park Texas Apartments, a 587-unit rental property in Houston, TX.

The transaction involved Park Texas Apartments, a complex of two-story, garden-style rental apartment buildings located at 11911 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. The site encompasses 476,941 square feet of rentable space.

The development, which had suffered damage inflicted by Hurricane Ike in 2008, is 50-percent occupied. The complex is presently undergoing extensive capital improvements.

"Eastern Union was able to secure a highly attractive interest rate primarily because of the significant breadth of our national network of lenders," said Mr. Wyne. "We were gratified to deliver favorable bridge financing for our client on a property with low occupancy."

Eastern Union executed the transaction on behalf of a joint venture between the Auerbach Opportunity Fund II, LP and Blue Magma Residential.

"Eastern Union was exemplary in their ability to work on a nuanced and complicated transaction," said Peter Auerbach, founder and CEO of the Auerbach Family of Private Equity Funds. "Over the past two years, we have worked together on more than $70 million in transactions, and have been extremely pleased with Eastern Union's work ethic, responsiveness, and creativity. I am looking forward to a long future with Boruch Mandel, Michael Wyne, and the rest of the team."

To discuss any category of commercial financing needs, Mr. Wyne can be reached at [email protected] or 702-371-2196, and Mr. Mandel at [email protected] or 732-552-4661.

About Eastern Union
Founded in 2001, Eastern Union is a leading national commercial mortgage brokerage company that closed $5 billion in real estate transactions in 2018. The firm -- whose equity transactions are handled through its affiliated equity brokerage company named Eastern Equity Advisors -- employs more than 70 highly skilled brokers and real estate professionals.

Consistently putting their clients' needs first, Eastern Union team members leverage their extensive knowledge of the market to bring clients the best rates available. Eastern Union's experience enables the company to arrange financing for complex, multi-state, multi-site portfolios, as well as loans for smaller, single-property transactions. The company consistently closes an average of $400 million dollars' worth of new loans every month.

Eastern Union, which operates nationwide, is headquartered in New York, with offices in New Jersey and Maryland. For more information, please visit http://www.easternunion.com/.

Media contact:
Steve Vitoff
Eastern Union
718-567-4880
[email protected]

SOURCE Eastern Union