Monday, March 14, 2011

Arbor Closes Three Fannie Mae DUS® Loans Totaling $9.8M Across Midwest


UNIONDALE, NY (Mar.  14, 2011) - Arbor Commercial Funding, LLC (“Arbor”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Arbor Commercial Mortgage, LLC, announced the recent funding of three diverse loans totaling $9,797,400 under the Fannie Mae DUS® Dedicated Student Housing Loan, Fannie Mae DUS® Limited Equity Co-op Loan and Fannie Mae DUS® Small Loan product lines across the Midwest:




  • Cedar Greens Portfolio, East Lansing, MI (above photo)– The 54-unit student housing complex near the campus of Michigan State University received $6,000,000 funded under the Fannie Mae DUS® Dedicated Student Housing Loan product line following a complete renovation. The 10-year loan amortizes on a 30-year schedule.

  • Colonial Square Cooperative, Kansas City, MO (above photo) – The 251-unit complex received $2,447,400 funded under the Fannie Mae DUS® Limited Equity Co-op Loan product line. The 10-year loan amortizes on a 30-year schedule.


  • Creekside and Meadow Brook Apartments, New Richmond, WI (above photo) – The 48-unit complex received $1,350,000 funded under the Fannie Mae DUS® Small Loan product line. The 10-year loan amortizes on a 30-year schedule.

  • The loans were originated by Michael Jehle (lower right photo), Midwest Regional Director, in Arbor’s full-service Bloomfield Hills, MI, lending office.
 “In each of these diverse Midwest deals, the borrowers took advantage of attractive financing opportunities to improve and/or refinance their properties,” Jehle said.

“With Cedar Greens, the repeat Arbor borrower replaced its variable short-term bank debt with long-term, fixed-rate financing following a complete renovation. In Colonial Square, the cooperative’s members wanted to undertake a significant renovation and we assisted by providing an attractive fixed-rate loan that completed the improvements.

"In the case of Creekside and Meadow Brook, the repeat Arbor borrower converted its variable-rate financing to fixed-rate.”

Contact:  Christopher Ostrowski, costrowski@arbor.com

Arbor Commercial Mortgage and Massey Knakal Shed Light On Real Estate Investment




Photo by Stacey Canderelli

(Pictured left to right, Robert Knakal, Massey Knakal Realty Services; Robert Ivanhoe, Greenberg Traurig; Ivan Kaufman, Arbor Commercial Mortgage, LLC; and Daniel Geiger, Real Estate Weekly)

Firms’ Special Event Shows Market Turning Corner; Multifamily Leading Way

NEW YORK, NY—Uniondale, NY-based Arbor Commercial Mortgage, LLC and Massey Knakal Realty Services recently brought their respective commercial real estate market expertise and insight to the Harvard Club of New York City by hosting a special panel event titled “Perspectives on Investment: Property Sales and Financing Markets.”

Moderated by Daniel Geiger, Real Estate Weekly’s Senior Staff Reporter and Online Editor, the event also featured panelists Robert Knakal, Massey Knakal’s Chairman and Founding Partner; Robert Ivanhoe, the Chairman of Greenberg Traurig’s Real Estate Practice and New York office as well as the Co-Chairman of the firm’s REIT practice; and Ivan Kaufman (top right photo), Chairman and CEO of Arbor Commercial Mortgage and President and CEO of Arbor Realty Trust, Inc.

 On a collective basis, the panelists noted that commercial real estate liquidity is now returning to the market in earnest, with trophy and multifamily properties specifically exhibiting the strongest demand and fundamentals.

   Contact:  Christopher Ostrowski, costrowski@arbor.com