
Buffalo, NY Jack Phillips, principal at Largo Real Estate Advisors, Inc., has secured a $6.3 million permanent first mortgage to refinance two multi-tenanted industrial buildings. Both are located near the Buffalo Niagara International Airport and I-90 within an established industrial/flex park.
The loan was placed with one of Largo’s correspondent life insurance company lenders. In a rising interest rate environment, the lender was able to lock rate at application, taking the interest rate risk off the table. Largo will service the loan as a part of its $4 billion servicing portfolio.
New York tri-state multifamily investors are increasingly reallocating capital to less-regulated markets across the U.S. as rent control and legislative risk erode returns at home. With over 60% of New York City’s rental housing stock classified as rent-stabilized, the traditional value-add model — buying under-performing buildings,