Diana Firtea is an associate editor with Commercial Property Executive and Multi-Housing News. She has been with the company for almost four years and joined the CPE-MHN team in 2022. Diana writes stories on different topics, mainly focusing on the affordable, senior, office and retail markets. You can reach out to her at diana.firtea@cpe-mhn.com.

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Restoring Roots: Behind Chicago’s 1st Native American Affordable Housing Project

Visionary Ventures’ Shelly Tucciarelli on how a first-of-its-kind community is reclaiming space and cultural identity “at the river’s edge.”

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EAH Housing JV Opens Hawaii Affordable Senior Community

It’s the state’s first multifamily property dedicated to military veterans.

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Related Group CEO: A Live-Work-Play Hub in Miami’s Creative Core

Jon Paul Pérez on what today’s renters value most in the city’s Wynwood neighborhood.

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From Industrial Roots to Residential Growth: LKWP’s Strategic Pivot

The Seattle-based firm is venturing into apartments after two decades in office and industrial. CEO Jordan Lott discusses what’s driving the move.

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Long Beach Senior Housing Lands $80M

The assisted living and memory care community will open in early 2027.

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Q&A: How Citi ‘Collaborates’ on Affordable Housing

Jeremy Johnson shares details about today’s most effective financing tools and deal structures.

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Honoring the Past, Serving the Future: The Mary Ellen McCormack Makeover

CBT Architects’ Devanshi Purohit shares insights on the $2 billion redevelopment of New England’s first public housing community.

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Clear Blue CEO on How Private Equity’s Closing Gaps in Affordable Housing

Nick Ogden discusses the firm’s dual approaches: acquisition-rehab and ground-up development.

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Gotham Lands $460M for Manhattan Community

Wells Fargo and Fannie Mae were instrumental in this deal.

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Hedrick Brothers Breaks Ground on $106M Luxury Community

The development is within one of Orlando’s most in-demand submarkets.