Lightstone Value Plus REIT V Acquires BayVue Apartments in Tampa, Florida
July 13, 2021 | James Sprow | Blue Vault
On July 7, 2021, Lightstone Value Plus Real Estate Investment Trust V, Inc. (the “Company”), through LVP BH BayVue LLC (“LVP BH BayVue”), a subsidiary of Lightstone REIT V OP LP, the Company’s operating partnership, entered into an Assignment and Assumption of Purchase and Sale Agreement (the “Assignment”) with Lightstone Acquisitions VII LLC (the “Assignor”), an affiliate of the Lightstone Group, LLC, which serves as the Company’s external advisor through various affiliates (collectively, the “Advisor”). Under the terms of the Assignment, LVP BH BayVue was assigned the rights and assumed the obligations of the Assignor with respect to that certain Agreement of Purchase and Sale (the “Purchase Agreement”), dated May 4, 2021, as amended, made between the Assignor, as the purchaser, and BayVue Apartments Holdings, LLC (the “Seller”) as the seller, whereby the Assignor contracted to purchase a 368-unit multifamily property located in Tampa, Florida (the “BayVue Apartments”).
On July 7, 2021, the Company, through LVP BH BayVue, completed the acquisition of the BayVue Apartments from the Seller, an unrelated third party, for approximately $59.5 million, excluding closing and other acquisition related costs.
In connection with the acquisition of the BayVue Apartments, the Company simultaneously entered into mortgage loan facility for up to $52.2 million (the “BayVue Mortgage”) scheduled to mature on July 7, 2024, with two, one-year extension options, subject to certain conditions. The BayVue Mortgage requires monthly interest payments through its maturity date and bears interest at LIBOR+3.00% subject to a 3.10% floor through its maturity. The BayVue Mortgage is collateralized by the BayVue Apartments and is non-recourse to the Company. In connection with the acquisition of the BayVue Apartments, the Company received initial aggregate proceeds of $44.3 million under the BayVue Mortgage and paid approximately $15.2 million of cash. As a result, the BayVue Mortgage had a remaining availability of $7.9 million.
In connection with the acquisition, the Advisor received an aggregate of approximately $1.3 million in acquisition fees, acquisition expense reimbursements and debt financing fees.
The capitalization rate for the acquisition of the BayVue Apartments was approximately 4.22%. The Company calculates the capitalization rate for a real property by dividing the net operating income (“NOI”) of the property by the purchase price of the property, excluding costs. For purposes of this calculation, NOI was based upon the twelve months ended March 31, 2021. Additionally, NOI is all gross revenues from the property less all operating expenses, including property taxes and management fees but excluding depreciation.
Source: SEC
