The first market rent luxury apartment building to come to downtown Ann Arbor in the past quarter century will be built by Village Green.

Franklin School Apartments, a Great Falls, Mont. affordable multifamily property whose history dates to the early years of the 20th century, has benefited from energy-efficient upgrades, thanks to a financing solution recommended by Columbus, Ohio-based Lancaster Pollard Mortgage Co.

Oakman Place Apartments, an affordable housing property for homeless youth and families, has opened its doors on Oakman Blvd. in Detroit.

Ground was recently broken on a new affordable housing community in the northern Indiana city of South Bend.

Demand for multifamily assets in the Windy City has been significant, with $1 billion worth of properties in the sector trading this year.

Milwaukee has doubled its job growth in the last year; coupled with virtually no new construction, the market has one of the lowest vacancies in the Midwest.

The Midwest remains fairly predictable as the region’s markets gradually rebound. But is it all just relative?

Equity Residential announced it has signed a contract to acquire 26.5 percent ownership interest in Archstone, a privately held owner, operator and developer of multifamily properties. The agreement was for $1.325 billion, in cash.

The Reserve on South Martin, an affordable multifamily development for older adults under construction in suburban Cincinnati, substantially benefited from an innovative financing approach from Red Capital Markets LLC.

PostGradApartments connects recent college graduates with housing, and it is on the lookout to partner with apartment companies.