MaryAnne Gilmartin lands financing for West Chelsea project

MaryAnne Gilmartin’s MAG Partners + Atalaya + Safanad + Qualitas have secured a $173 million construction loan from Madison Realty Capital for the development of 241 West 28th Street, CO first reported. Upon completion, the West Chelsea project will span 372,000 SF, and contain 479 apartments, plus a ground floor retail component. 

• Why it matters: Some investors are stepping back from funding projects in New York City. Commercial-loan volume is down more than 50% this year as of early October, and no loans larger than $50 million from the five boroughs have been bundled into commercial mortgage securities in 2020, though there has been a handful of large single-asset, single-borrower deals, WSJ noted. More than $3 billion worth of loans backing commercial property in the city are delinquent, and loans in creditor negotiations total an additional $4 billion.
• Dig Deeper: The three-year financing reportedly has a loan-to-cost ratio of 65 percent… 70 percent of the units will be market-rate and the rest will be designated affordable. The project benefits from a 35-year tax abatement.
• Worth Noting: In 2018, L&L MAG signed a 99-year ground lease for the site. Now that the L&L MAG partnership has split, MaryAnne Gilmartin’s MAG Partners will be leading the development. [CO+WSJ+Trepp]

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