Walker & Dunlop Structures $15.5 Million Green Rewards Loan for Multifamily Complex in Orlando

Bethesda, Maryland – June 7, 2017

Walker & Dunlop, Inc.(NYSE: WD) announced today that it closed a $15,520,000 loan with Fannie Mae for Goldelm Apartments’ (the “Borrower”) acquisition of The Park at Salerno, a 200-unit, garden-style apartment property in Orlando, Florida.

Walker & Dunlop’s Dustin Swartz led the origination team and arranged the asset’s debt placement utilizing Fannie Mae’s Green Rewards program. The loan was structured as a fixed rate, 12-year term with an initial 5-year interest-only period, followed by a 30-year amortization schedule.

Mr. Swartz commented, “The Park at Salerno is the Borrower’s seventh acquisition in Florida since 2015 – all of them financed by Walker & Dunlop through Fannie Mae. Fannie Mae’s Green Rewards program is a perfect fit for this property, as it enables the Borrower to significantly reduce their interest rate in exchange for green enhancements they were already planning to make to increase the asset’s net operating income.”

Goldelm Apartments’ Chief Executive Officer, Roderick Hubbard, remarked, “Walker & Dunlop and Fannie Mae continue to execute flawlessly, enabling us to bid aggressively on acquisition opportunities with confidence that they are going to deliver on the debt as quoted. Fannie Mae’s Green Rewards program is an extremely valuable product for us, particularly for the vintage of properties we like to buy – 1980s assets that can really benefit from “green” capital improvements to reduce utility consumption and increase our bottom line.”

The Class B, multifamily complex was built in 1972 and has been fully renovated over the past two years with over $2.2 million of capital expenditures. The property consists of 25 two-story apartment buildings, two one-story clubhouses, and a one-story leasing office. The Park at Salerno features two swimming pools and three laundry areas as well as a fitness center, dog park, and playground with barbeque grills. The asset is located in a residential, suburban neighborhood about three miles southeast of the Orlando Central Business District.

About Walker & Dunlop

Walker & Dunlop (NYSE: WD), headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, is one of the largest commercial real estate services and finance companies in the United States providing financing and investment sales to owners of multifamily and commercial properties. Walker & Dunlop, which is included in the S&P SmallCap 600 Index, has over 600 professionals in 28 offices across the nation with an unyielding commitment to client satisfaction.