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Redbrick LMD Secures $129M Refi of NoVA Multifamily Community

he developer acquired the 752-unit property in a larger multifamily deal in 2015

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Activity in Northern Virginia’s multifamily market is white hot, and a new nine-figure financing package toward a sprawling complex in Fairfax will keep the temperature up. 

Washington, D.C.-based developer Redbrick LMD secured a $129.4 million refinancing package tied to Amberleigh Apartments, a 752-unit, garden-style community at 8301 Anderson Drive. Berkadia originated a $113.8 million Freddie Mac loan, while an undisclosed lender provided a $15.6 million preferred equity investment. A spokesperson for Berkadia declined to provide more information about the equity provider. 

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Berkadia’s Brian Gould, Patrick McGlohn, Miles Drinkwalter and Natalie Hershey led the financing efforts. 

“We are pleased to finance our apartment community with a Freddie Mac loan, and to help address the need for more workforce housing in this area,” William Passmore, Redbrick LMD managing partner, said in a statement. 

Ownership of the apartment campus and the land beneath it is a bit complicated. Redbrick acquired the apartments in 2015 as part of a larger $488 million deal, which also included two other multifamily properties in Northern Virginia, for a combined portfolio of 2,175 units. Redbrick financed that acquisition via a $402 million Fannie Mae loan.

In 2022, Falls Church, Va.-based Inova Health System purchased 35 acres directly north of its flagship hospital, Inova Fairfax Medical Campus, for $136 million — including the land for the Amberleigh Apartments, but not the development.

Redbrick’s refi package for Amberleigh Apartments adds to other high-dollar multifamily deals happening in the region lately.

Last month, American Real Estate Partners, GreenBarn Investment Group and Rithm Capital, for example, landed an $89.2 million refinancing loan toward CityHouse Ashburn Station, a 200-unit townhome complex in Ashburn, Va. A few months prior, Boston-based DSF Group paid $237 million for the 678-unit Town Square at Mark Center community in Alexandria. M&T Realty Capital provided DSF with a $165.9 million loan toward the purchase, Commercial Observer reported

Nick Trombola can be reached at ntrombola@commercialobserver.com.