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Marks the 3rd investment in Senior Housing by Dekel Strategic Investors.

LOS ANGELES/TUCSON, Calif.—Jan. 10, 2017— Dekel Capital, a Los Angeles-based real estate merchant bank that specializes in sourcing and placing equity and debt for active middle market commercial real estate developers and investors, has placed $25 million in financing for the construction and development of Sage Tucson, an assisted living and memory care development located in the Northwest Tucson Casas Adobes submarket.

The deal was capitalized with a $17 million construction loan arranged through Dekel Capital’s advisory practice and $8.4 million JV-Equity funded by the firm’s proprietary equity fund,

Next year, the final round of CMBS debt from the last cycle will mature. In total, it is about $86 billion in CMBS debt that will need to be refinanced, and according to Shlomi Ronen, principal and founder of Dekel Capital, that is great news for the capital markets because it will create “forced transaction volume,” and will create a lot of opportunities. To find out more, we sat down with Ronen from an exclusive interview to talk about the state of the CMBS market,

Dekel Capital will be attending the 14th installment of the Annual Winter Forum on Real Estate Opportunity & Private Fund Investing, January 18-20, 2017, The Montage Resort & Spa, Laguna Beach, CA.

Last year, Dekel Strategic Investors, a division of Dekel Capital, invested $30 million in JV-Equity across three projects. We would welcome an opportunity to discuss your equity needs for your next multifamily or senior housing project.

To schedule a meeting,

As 2016 comes to a close, we find ourselves at a precipice of two significant events in the RE sector to bear in mind for 2017.

Over the past 5 years, there has been a lot of discussion and preparation for the wave of 2007 vintage CMBS loan maturities and the looming opportunities it presents. More recently, as the result of the nomination of President Elect Trump, we are seeing a changing political and regulatory climate.

Dekel Capital has successfully placed $20 million in bridge financing for the acquisition of an obsolete retail center in Granada Hills, CA (the “Property”).

The 8+ acre site is situated in a desirable location for a mixed-use development in the San Fernando Valley. The existing retail center is currently 79% occupied, lacks a conventional anchor tenant and has considerable deferred maintenance. As a result the Property was not suitable for traditional bank financing.

Dekel Capital has secured $ 6.9 million of joint venture equity financing for Haven Realty Capital (“Haven”) to acquire and reposition La Ventana Apartments in northwest Las Vegas.The project’s financing structure includes $6.9 million in Dekel Capital-sourced JV equity, a floating rate senior loan from Freddie Mac and sponsor equity.

“Through a number of introductory meetings led by Dekel, Haven became a known entity to key institutional equity groups in the multifamily sector,” said Shlomi Ronen,