Tower Capital has arranged the acquisition financing for a new class-A apartment community located in Goodyear, Arizona. The buyer’s goal was to maximize their loan proceeds while still securing the lowest interest rate possible. The $60.5 million loan represents slightly more than 80% of the purchase price and provides an exceptionally low market interest rate with a sub-300 spread above LIBOR.

In order to secure the most aggressive terms in the marketplace, Tower ran a competitive bidding process using a broad scope of capital relationships. Since the newly constructed property just recently attained full occupancy, there is still loss-to-lease and concession burn-off to be completed before reaching stabilized NOI.  Tower worked closely with the borrower’s property management team to provide rent and sale comps that allowed the lender to be comfortable using more aggressive proforma income and expense numbers. This strategy lead to a final loan amount that was $2.5 million more than was initially anticipated. In addition, Tower worked closely with the borrower’s legal team throughout the closing process in order to ensure any liability to the borrower was minimized. The loan was completed in just a 45-day timeframe, which included the Thanksgiving holiday.