Gantry, the largest independent commercial mortgage banking firm in the U.S., has secured a $19.1 million permanent loan to strategically refinance a portfolio of Southern California multi-tenant industrial assets located in Orange County and Inland Empire submarkets. 

Gantry’s Jame Ruiz, Senior Director, with the firm’s Irvine production office represented the borrower, a private real estate investor. The ten-year, fixed rate loan was provided by one of Gantry’s correspondent life company lenders. Gantry will service the loan.

According to Gantry’s James Ruiz, “This transaction was driven by a strategic objective, to unlock equity from low-leverage assets to support the continued expansion of our client’s industrial real estate portfolio. Working closely with our client, a private family office, I conducted a comprehensive review of their existing portfolio to identify the most advantageous refinance candidates. Our focus was on maximizing capital efficiency while aligning with the long-term business plan. By evaluating loan structures, prepayment terms, and market dynamics, we were able to isolate the properties best positioned to deliver competitive refinancing outcomes. The result is a loan solution that was both cost-effective and strategically sound. A life company lender once again proved to be the ideal capital partner, offering the certainty of execution and maximum cash out in what remains a low leverage structure with favorable terms needed to support the client’s growth ambitions.”