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Berkadia arranged $127 million in construction take-out financing for The Arcadian, a 502-unit mixed-use apartment community in Fort Lauderdale.
Berkadia has arranged $127 million in construction take-out financing for The Arcadian, a newly built 502-unit mixed-use apartment community in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, giving the project fresh capital as it moves through lease-up toward stabilization.
Berkadia said Oct. 2 that Madison Realty Capital provided the loan to sponsors Fuse Group and KREA Developments. Berkadia Miami Managing Directors Scott Wadler and Brad Williamson, Vice President Bobby Dockerty and Analyst Nicholas Horowitz arranged the financing.
The two-building project is in Fort Lauderdale’s Sistrunk District and received its temporary certificate of occupancy earlier in 2026. The new loan refinances existing construction debt and supplies capital while the property continues leasing units.
Construction take-out financing is an important step for large apartment developments because it replaces or restructures debt used to build the property before the asset has necessarily reached stabilized occupancy. In the current market, that transition can be particularly consequential: elevated interest rates have raised refinancing costs while new apartment supply in several Sun Belt markets has pressured rent growth and lease-up assumptions.
The Arcadian combines residential units with mixed-use space, placing the transaction at the intersection of South Florida’s population growth and a financing market that has become more selective than it was during the low-rate years.
Berkadia did not disclose the prior construction-loan balance, the interest rate on the new financing, its maturity or the property’s current occupancy in its announcement. Those omissions limit comparisons with other recent South Florida refinancings and make it inappropriate to characterize the deal as evidence of broadly easier credit.
What the transaction does show is that substantial private capital remains available for newly completed multifamily properties when lenders and sponsors can reach agreement on leverage, lease-up risk and the path to stabilization.
The financing also comes as apartment owners nationally confront a divided market. Properties in markets with heavy deliveries face more competition for renters, while well-located newer assets can still attract large financing packages. The Arcadian’s performance through stabilization will help determine how the sponsors’ refinancing decision looks over the longer term.
