Chicago-based investment firm Heitman obtained a 1,378-unit self-storage facility in Brooklyn for $46.9 million, more than double the price paid for the same property in 2017. The deal closed days prior to a planned auction of the property, to which Heitman was creditor. Instead of foreclosing on the loan itself, Heitman was able to foreclose on the collateral in a deal brokered by Keen-Summit Capital Partners.
The facility, located in the Midwood neighborhood at 1296 East 14th Street, opened in 2020 after development by a joint venture. Safe N Lock Self Storage purchased the property in 2017 for $19 million. The operator’s former partner, Equity Resource Investments, funded a number of Safe N Lock developments in the city and across the state.
Now the two firms are at odds, with ERI targeting Safe N Lock executives with a lawsuit that alleges fraudulent misappropriation of funds, according to the Commercial Observer. The alleged misappropriation caused the property to default and enter foreclosure in July. Heitman was previously a lender on the storage property, providing a $24 million construction loan in 2018. Heitman repossessed its equity interest late last year, along with that of another facility owned by the joint venture at 2036 Webster Avenue in the Bronx.
Both properties are managed by Life Storage.
Source: The Real Deal
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