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HOUSTON — Avatar Financial has provided a $6.5 million bridge loan for the refinancing of Bellfort Plaza, a 168-unit community in Houston. The borrower was an entity doing business as HSR Bellfort Plaza Apartments LLC. A.J. Funaro of Brookview Financial arranged the debt.
Bellfort Plaza was built in 1961 and renovated in 2001. The borrower acquired the property in 2003. The community offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units. The borrower plans to use the proceeds to pay off a $6 million first mortgage loan and finish construction of 14 new units. Those new units are all preleased.