Easthaven Townhomes secured financing for $34.5M amid region’s $7.6B jobs boom

NEW YORK, June 18, 2026 –  JLL Capital Markets has secured the $34.5 million refinancing of Easthaven, a 143-unit build-to-rent townhome community in Pooler, Georgia.

JLL worked on behalf of the borrower, Mandrake Capital Partners, LLC to arrange the loan through Bridge Investment Group.

The first homes were delivered in July 2024, with final delivery in March 2025. 

Located at 101 Petworth Pl., Easthaven offers direct access to one of the Southeast's fastest-growing employment corridors. The property sits less than 25 minutes from Hyundai's $7.6 billion electric vehicle and battery manufacturing plant, which is nearing construction completion and is expected to employ more than 8,500 full-time workers while producing roughly 300,000 vehicles annually. Hyundai suppliers have committed an additional $2.2 billion in investments and 5,500-plus jobs to the area.

The community is also positioned 20 minutes from Gulfstream's headquarters, where the aerospace company employs more than 11,000 people, and minutes from the Port of Savannah, the fourth-largest port facility in the United States.

The JLL Capital Markets Debt Advisory team was led by Managing Director Michael Zaremski and Director Clayton Ross.

"Easthaven is a newly built, amenitized townhouse community in a market experiencing transformational job growth," said Ross. "The property's proximity to Hyundai's mega-facility and established employers like Gulfstream positions it to capitalize on sustained rental demand in one of the Southeast's most dynamic markets."

Pooler continues to be one of Georgia's fastest-growing cities, with population increases of 1.5 percent projected through 2030. The Savannah MSA benefits from permanent demand generators including Hunter Army Airfield and the historic Savannah tourism district, which combine with the region's industrial expansion to drive housing demand.

“Significant capital remains available for well-sponsored deals backed by strong fundamentals,” said Zaremski. “Mandrake Capital Partners has demonstrated exactly the kind of sponsorship quality and execution that lenders are competing to support, and Easthaven’s lease-up trajectory and asset quality made this a compelling story for the capital markets.”

JLL Capital Markets is a full-service global provider of capital solutions for real estate investors and occupiers. The group’s in-depth local market and global investor knowledge delivers the best-in-class solutions for clients, including investment sales and advisory, debt advisory, M&A and corporate finance, loan sales, equity & fund placement, net lease, derivative advisory and energy & infrastructure advisory. JLL Capital Markets has more than 3,000 specialists worldwide with offices in nearly 50 countries.

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JLL (NYSE:JLL) is a leading global commercial real estate services and investment management company with annual revenue of $26.1 billion, operations in over 80 countries and a global workforce of more than 113,000 as of March 31, 2026. For over 200 years, clients have trusted JLL, a Fortune 500® company, to help them confidently buy, build, occupy, manage and invest across a variety of industries and property types, including office, industrial, hotel, multi-family, retail and data center properties. Driven by our purpose to shape the future of real estate for a better world, we help our clients, people and communities SEE A BRIGHTER WAY. Powered by rich global datasets and leading technology capabilities, we provide coordinated, end-to-end delivery of real estate services for a broad range of global clients who represent a wide variety of industries. Through LaSalle Investment Management, we invest for clients on a global basis in both private assets and publicly traded real estate securities. For further information, visit jll.com.

Mandrake Capital Partners, founded in 2019, is a vertically integrated real estate investment and development firm specializing in build-to-rent communities across the Sunbelt region. The firm's principals possess more than 30 years of combined real estate experience and have successfully developed or acquired more than 5,000 units with total capitalization exceeding $2 billion.

Bridge Investment Group is an affiliate of Apollo and a leading alternative investment manager diversified across specialized asset classes. Powered by Apollo, Bridge combines its nationwide operating platform with dedicated teams of investment professionals focused on select real estate verticals. The company leverages deep sector expertise to identify and execute investment opportunities across its target markets.