Cornerstone Realty handles $4.64m financing for apartment portfolio
Cornerstone Realty Consultants arranged a $4.64 million loan for its client allowing for the acquisition of 457, 467, 477 & 485 Pleasant St. in Melrose, and 2 Webster St. in Malden. The 90 unit apartment portfolio included the Melrose complex comprised of 4 brick buildings each containing 16 apartment units and a single, 26 unit brick building in Malden. Both properties contain mostly one bedroom units with several studio and two bedroom units mixed in. The Melrose property is convenient to the MBTA commuter rail which allows for easy access to downtown Boston and surrounding areas while the Malden property is located across the street from MBTA bus access which brings passengers to the T via the Malden Center orange line stop.
Cornerstone was able to procure two separate loans for the multi-property portfolio totaling $4.64 million which equated to an 80% loan-to-purchase price.
Cornerstone specializes in structuring and sourcing innovative financing for all property types. In addition, Cornerstone provides 1031 exchange consulting and acquisition services. To learn more about Cornerstone Realty Consultants please call us at 781.322.7300 or email us at Paul@CornerstoneRC.com.
Boston, MA RE&FA’s spring and summer programming continued to highlight the trends and issues shaping the commercial real estate industry. In May, RE&FA hosted Data Centers in the Current CRE Landscape at The Retreat at 225 Franklin St. The program drew strong engagement and fostered thoughtful discussion around one of commercial real estate’s fastest-growing and most impactful sectors.
Attention to owners of real estate in the Commonwealth (and the title companies and other professionals who advise them), the Massachusetts Department of Revenue (the “DOR”) recently adopted a new “millionaire’s tax” via 830 CMR 62B.2.4
The purpose of this article is to address problematic or confusing issues which may help assessors and appraisers to better understand how to value real estate for tax assessment purposes.
Over the past several weeks, I have completed appraisal assignments for private clients. Interestingly, after submitting these appraisals, I received several phone calls – not to question the value, content, or any incorrect information, but rather to discuss the price per s/f compared to the comparable sales used in the report.
Our current, highly competitive real estate market poses specific challenges for investors who are considering taking advantage of a tax-deferred 1031 exchange. In this market, investors will have no problem selling their current property if priced properly, but they may find it difficult to find a suitable replacement property