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Kennedy Wilson Acquires CSU Channel Islands MF for $81M

Kennedy Wilson acquired University Glen, a 386-unit multifamily community from California State University Channel Islands (CSUCI) in Camarillo, CA for $81 million. The Beverly Hills-based investment firm bought an 82-year leasehold from the university, which plans to lease back housing and retail spaces.

This public-private partnership between CSUCI and Kennedy Wilson is a critical step in the university’s expansion, as it expects enrollment to double by 2025. Kennedy Wilson’s value-add strategy includes renovating unit interiors, improving amenities and adding a new community center, leasing office, clubhouse, and fitness center.

CBRE Capital Markets’ debt and structured finance team of Brian Eisendrath, Brandon Smith and Annie Rice secured $65 million of debt financing for the acquisition. The “complex first mortgage transaction” involved a 7-year floating rate loan through Freddie Mac at a rate of LIBOR + 2.48%.

JLL’s public institutions’ Bob Hunt and its capital markets’ Javier Rivera executed the sale of the leasehold interest.

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About Dennis Kaiser

Dennis Kaiser is Vice President of Public Relations and Communications for Connect Creative. Dennis is a communications leader with more than 40 years of experience including as a journalist and in corporate and agency marketing communications roles. He is responsible for Connect Creative’s agency client services and is involved in a range of initiatives ranging from public relations and content strategy, communications and message development, copywriting, media relations, social media and content marketing services. Prior to joining Connect Media in 2015, his most recent corporate communications roles involved leading a regional public relations effort across Southern California for CBRE, playing a key marketing role on JLL’s national retail team, and directing the global public relations effort at ValleyCrest (BrightView), the nation’s largest commercial landscape services company. He has worked on marketing communications assignments for such CRE companies as Blackstone/Equity Office, Carlyle, Caruso, Disney Resorts, GE Capital, Irvine Company, Hines, Howard Hughes Corp., Jeffries, Lennar, MGM, Marcus & Millichap, Prologis, Raleigh Studios, Simon, Starwood, Trammell Crow Company, Transamerica, UBS and Wynn Resorts. Dennis has also worked on communications and launch strategies for a number of consumer electronic, media and tech brands including SlingMedia, Channel Master, Deluxe Media Entertainment, BeIn Sports, EchoStar and Sprint. Dennis’s agency background included firms such as Off Madison Ave., Idea Hall and Macy + Associates. He has earned an outstanding reputation with organization leaders as a trusted advisor, strategic program implementer, consensus builder and exceptional collaborator. Dennis has developed and managed national communications programs for Fortune 500 companies to start-ups, both public and private. He’s successfully worked with journalists across the globe representing clients involved in major-breaking news stories, product launches, media tours, and company news announcements. Dennis has been involved in a host of charitable and community organizations including the American Cancer Society, Easter Seals, Boy Scouts, Chrysalis Foundation, Freedom For Life, HOLA, L.A.’s BEST, Reach Out and Read, Super Bowl Host Committee, and the Thunderbirds Charities.

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