LAKE CHARLES, LA. — Clearwater, Florida-based Churchill Stateside Group LLC has closed $47.7 million in construction financing for Deerwood Apartments, a 144-unit affordable housing project in Lake Charles, 75 miles west of Lafayette, Louisiana. Once complete, Deerwood Apartments will offer a mix of 18 one-bedroom, 84 two-bedroom and 42 three-bedroom apartments. A construction timeline and developer were not disclosed.
The financing package included $21.5 million of short-term, tax-exempt bonds through Churchill Stateside Securities LLC; a $20.8 million construction loan through Churchill Mortgage Construction LLC; a $4.8 million forward tax-exempt permanent loan commitment; and a $600,000 Equitable Recovery Program loan commitment through Churchill Mortgage Investment LLC. Churchill Stateside Group utilized its PUBLIC-TEL loan program to facilitate the financing.