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Garment District Offices Score Five-Year Refi Loan

ERG Commercial Real Estate recently sourced a $4.65-million refinance loan on 150 W. 36th St., a Midtown Manhattan office building. The five-story, 13,000-square-foot building, with ground-floor retail, is located between Sixth and Seventh avenues in the Garment District. 

The lender, a local bank, offered a five-year term on the new loan with four five-year extension options on the self-liquidating loan. The local building owner needed to refinance out of another loan at a lower rate, according to ERG finance director Mary Guarino, who sourced the loan.

“In a market where most lenders are reluctant to finance office buildings, we broke through and secured the deal,” said Guarino. “Despite the challenges, we found the right lender and locked in the terms. Persistence pays off.”

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About Paul Bubny

Paul Bubny serves as Senior Content Director for Connect Commercial Real Estate, a role to which he brings 16-plus years’ experience covering the commercial real estate industry and 30-plus years in business-to-business journalism. In this capacity, he oversees daily operations while also reporting on both local/regional markets and national trends, covering individual transactions across all property types, as well as delving into broader subject matter. He produces 7-10 daily news stories per day and works with the Connect team and clients to develop longer-form content, ranging from Q&As to thought-leadership pieces. Prior to joining Connect, Paul was Managing Editor for both Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com at American Lawyer Media, where he oversaw operations at both publications while also producing daily news and feature-length articles. His tenure in B2B publishing stretches back into the print era, and he has served as Editor in Chief on four national trade publications. Since 1999, Paul has volunteered as the newsletter editor of passenger rail advocacy groups (one national, one local).