Greg Isaacson is a Senior Associate Editor with Commercial Property Executive and Multi-Housing News. He has been writing about the real estate industry in the U.S. and Asia Pacific since 2014. Connect with him on Twitter: @gregisaacson
NYC Chalks Up $15M Affordable Housing Preservation Deal
Stakeholders from the government, non-profit and private sectors worked together to buy three apartment buildings in Queens, which will be kept rent-stabilized under the Neighborhood Pillars Program.
Greystar, Banyan Street Advance on $125M Atlanta Project
The partners have closed on construction financing and scored air rights for Ascent Peachtree, a downtown 345-unit multifamily development that is slated to break ground next month.
Senior Living Cost Growth Lags Healthcare
The median monthly price of independent living facilities inched up 2.6 percent from 2017 to 2018, while assisted living rose by 2.4 percent, according to data from A Place for Mom.
Montreal Innovates in Student Housing
The affordable community uses a pioneering funding model to deliver 144 beds to undergraduates at Concordia University, with backing from the federal and city governments.
Nashville Four Seasons Project Scores $360M Financing
HFF arranged the funding on behalf of The Congress Group and AECOM Capital, developers of the 542-foot-tall tower that will feature luxury condominiums.
Tennessee Portfolio Changes Hands
Monarch Investment & Management Group purchased the five communities totaling 665 units in Jackson. The previous owner, McDowell Properties, had invested more than $3 million in capital improvements.
Wisconsin Housing Project Scores LIHTC Financing
Monarch Private Capital has partnered with KCG Cos. to redevelop an old tannery in downtown Sheboygan into a $28 million, 149-unit affordable apartment community.
$320M San Francisco Project Gets Capital Infusion
Stockbridge Capital Group is reportedly investing $130 million of equity into 1629 Market St., a fully entitled, 420-unit development that will offer a mix of affordable and market-rate.
TruAmerica Adds 448 Units to Atlanta Portfolio
The company acquired a Class B community in the suburb of Lawrenceville in the third transaction of the year in the area. So far, the deals have expanded TruAmerica’s local footprint by 1,150 units.
American Landmark Buys $311M Texas Portfolio
The company added six properties located in the Austin, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio metro areas to its rapidly growing platform, which gained more than 10,000 units last year.