Goedecke, Doyle & Company, the Providence office of Boston based Goedecke & Company recently placed $30 million in construction, federal and state Historic Tax Credit Bridge financing on behalf of The Peregrine Group and Kirkbrae Development, joint venture developers of the 200,000 s/f historic Rumford Mill redevelopment. When completed in the third quarter 2008, this mixed use redevelopment will feature 125 apartment units, 75,000 s/f of office space and 7,400 s/f of ground floor service oriented retail space.
Other transactions placed by Goedecke, Doyle & Co. during 2007 included:
* $4 million bank construction loan and a 9 month forward funding 20 year fixed rate perm loan on a 35,000 s/f medical office building leased to University Orthopedics on Butler Hospital's campus in Providence. The construction loan was financed by a Connecticut based bank and the perm loan by correspondent lender - Assurant Insurance Company.
* $3.5 million 25 year fixed rate self liquidating perm land loan on a CVS Pharmacy ground lease in North Smithfield financed by correspondent lender - Assurant Insurance Company.
* $3.75 million 10 year fixed rate acquisition loan on two multi tenant office buildings in Warwick (West Bay Office Park) financed by correspondent lender UNUM Insurance Co.
* $3.6 million 15 year fixed rate perm loan on a 35,800 s/f mill rehab in Wakefield financed by correspondent lender - UNUM Insurance Co.
* $4 million 10 year fixed rate perm loan on a 126,000 s/f multi tenant office/industrial building in Slatersville financed by correspondent lender - UNUM Insurance Co.
* $3.5 million bank acquisition and redevelopment refinancing of a single story 58,000 s/f industrial building to be converted into multi tenant office & industrial space located on South County Trail in Exeter.
* $4.2 million 10 year fixed rate perm loan on a 24,000 s/f office building in Cambridge, Mass. financed by its correspondent lender - Allstate Insurance Company.
Providence, RI Shawmut Design and Construction celebrated the ceremonial groundbreaking for the 195 District Park Pavilion, marking the start of construction on a facility that will feature year-round dining and support space for park operations. In addition to the 3,500 s/f building, the project will include infrastructure upgrades
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Long-term interest rates have fallen by 100 basis points, and the market is normalizing. In December of 2022 I wrote an article about investing in a high interest rate, high inflation market. Since then, inflation has cooled off, and the Fed has begun lowering their funds rate.
The industrial markets have never been stronger. What has happened is that the build out of Devens with new high-tech biotech manufacturing with housing to service these buildings serves as the connector required to really make the I-495 West market sizzle. Worcester has been the beneficiary