Draper & Kramer, Intercontinental land $78M loan for South Loop rental tower deal

The JV paid Crescent Heights $122M for the 298-unit Burnham Pointe high-rise

Draper & Kramer president and CEO Forrest D. Bailey and Intercontinental chairman and CEO Peter Palandjian
Draper & Kramer president and CEO Forrest D. Bailey and Intercontinental chairman and CEO Peter Palandjian

A joint venture of Draper & Kramer and Intercontinental Real Estate landed a $78 million loan for its purchase of the Burnham Pointe apartment tower in the South Loop.

Chicago-based Draper & Kramer and Boston-based Intercontinental would not disclose the purchase price when they announced the deal last month with Crescent Heights for the 298-unit high-rise at 730 South Clark Street. But records filed with Cook County after the transaction show the building sold for $122.3 million. Crescent Heights bought the building in 2015 for $126 million.

Maryland-based real estate financing firm Walker & Dunlop provided the loan for the Burnham Pointe deal.

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The transaction continues a Chicago selloff for Miami-based Crescent Heights, even as it works to finish its 76-story NEMA Chicago apartment high-rise on the south end of Grant Park. The 800-unit tower, formerly known as One Grant Park, is expected to open next year.

Crescent Heights this summer also sold the 344-unit Park Michigan across the street from the NEMA Chicago site to Horizon Realty Group and the 600-unit North Harbor Tower in Lakeshore East to Waterton, And it’s looking for a buyer for the 332-unit Lex apartment building near McCormick Place.

HFF’s Sean Fogarty, Marty O’Connell, Wick Kirby and Kevin Girard advised on the Burnham Pointe transaction.