300 Lakeside grew to become topic to the biggest C-PACE mortgage on an workplace property within the U.S. thus far. Picture courtesy of GreenRock Capital

TMG Companions has secured $172 million in C-PACE financing for 300 Lakeside Drive, a 910,000-square-foot workplace constructing in Oakland, Calif. GreenRock Capital offered the mortgage along side KeyBanc Capital Markets.

The transaction marks the biggest C-PACE mortgage on an U.S. workplace property up to now. The constructing was already topic to a $430 million mortgage from Goldman Sachs, in accordance with CommercialEdge information.

An workplace tower in Oakland’s CBD

TMG acquired 300 Lakeside in 2020 from Rockpoint Group and The Swig Co. The $449.8 million portfolio transaction additionally concerned Kaiser Middle Mall, a 128,700-square-foot workplace and retail asset positioned close by.

Accomplished in 1961, the workplace tower rises 29 tales and options 46,541-square-foot floorplates, 17,000 sq. ft of retail house and a 3.5-acre rooftop backyard. The C-PACE financing will present the mandatory funding for numerous property upgrades reminiscent of a whole HVAC overhaul, envelope sealing for power effectivity, water conservation measures and a whole seismic retrofit.

The LEED Platinum-certified constructing serves as headquarters for Pacific Fuel & Electrical Co. The corporate exercised an preliminary possibility to purchase the property in 2020, stipulating a value of $892 million; PGE just lately amended the provide, shifting the deadline to 2025.

The high-rise is a few 12 miles from downtown San Francisco inside Oakland’s Central Enterprise District. Different tenants on the property embrace College of California, LiquidSpace and AECOM, CommercialEdge info reveals.

C-PACE as a brand new financing alternative

Present financial headwinds reminiscent of rising rates of interest and diminished availability of debt have made C-PACE financing significantly extra engaging. GreenRock Capital Managing Principal Chris Robbins said in ready remarks that this type of capital is rapidly changing into mainstream in industrial actual property markets.

GreenRock Principal Michael Lincoln just lately instructed Industrial Property Govt that retroactive C-PACE financings put lenders in a greater state of affairs, because the collateral stays the identical however at much less publicity, when discussing the rising variety of use circumstances for the sort of debt.