Larew Doyle & Associates places two loans totaling $6.9 million on two Walgreens
Alan Doyle, principal of Larew Doyle & Associates, recently placed two loans totaling $6.9 million on two free standing Walgreens pharmacies (Bristol R.I. and Westbrook, Conn.). The loans were financed by one of LDA's insurance correspondents at a rate only slightly above 5%. The rate was fixed for a term of 20 years which was co-terminus with the remaining term of the pharmacy leases, providing interest rate protection throughout the remaining lease term.
Doyle recently received a loan commitment on a $3.1 million, 15 year fixed rate non-recourse loan on an 84-unit West Warwick apartment complex at an historical low rate of 4.07%, placed with one of its life insurance correspondents.
Other recent life insurance company loan placements included: a $3 million, 20 year fixed rate loan on a Lowe's ground lease in North Providence; a $2.25 million, 15 year fixed rate loan on a 55,000 s/f anchored retail center in West Warwick; and a $12.4 million 10 year fixed rate loan on an 80,000 s/f multi-tenant office building in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Between closed and committed loans, LDA's Providence, mid-town Manhattan and Syracuse offices placed over $100 million in new loan originations during 2011.
Beverly, MA Jay Goldberg, president and owner of Spire Investments has completed the purchase of four multifamily buildings. The 33-unit purchase amounted to a sale price of $9.2 million or $278,788 per unit. The properties are all located in downtown and consist of one- and two-bedroom units.
Now what? As the year comes to a close, the state of retail is always in the news. The answers vary greatly depending on who in the various related industries you ask, each offering a unique lens on the challenges and opportunities ahead.
This may seem self-serving, and I’ll be the first to admit it. But unlike some of the artificial intelligence tools now reshaping our industry, I am fully aware of my own bias. So, hear me out. The rise of AI in commercial real estate is not a distant threat or a speculative headline.