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WESTERLY, R.I., Jan. 26, 2016 -- Washington Trust’s Commercial Real Estate Group recently provided $16.147 million to Empire Lasalle, LLC, an affiliate of Berkeley Investments, for the rehab financing of One Empire Plaza, a 104,343 square-foot Class A office building in Providence, RI.
One Empire Plaza makes up approximately 20% of the total square footage in Providence’s Empire District. Located immediately off of Interstate 95 in downtown Providence, the building is being rehabbed to accommodate two new tenants; the Social Security Administration and Roger Williams University. The Social Security Administration will occupy the building’s entire sixth floor, while Roger Williams University will occupy the first through fifth floors, nearly doubling the size of the University’s presence is downtown Providence. The building has sat vacant since previous tenant, 38 Studios, filed for bankruptcy in 2012.
“We are excited to work on this transaction with Berkeley and are pleased to see One Empire Plaza, which is a fantastic building, being occupied with such strong tenants,” said Julia Anne M. Slom, Senior Vice President & Team Leader of Washington Trust’s Commercial Real Estate Group. “Berkeley has demonstrated its commitment to the building and to the city of Providence with this visible, transformative project.”
Washington Trust's Commercial Real Estate Group provides commercial real estate mortgages for the construction, refinancing, or purchasing of investment real estate projects. Financing ranges in size from several hundred thousand dollars up to multi-million dollar projects. For more information, contact Laurel L. Bowerman, vice president, Commercial Real Estate Group, at 401-654-4847 or 800-475-2265 ext. 8247.
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