The Vanbarton Group has the financing in place to pursue its office-to-residential conversion on First Avenue. Eldridge Real Estate Credit, a unit of Eldridge Capital Management, provided a $250 million loan for 1011 First Avenue, Bloomberg reported. In addition to serving as construction financing, the loan also went towards the closing of the site’s $103 […]

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