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Pennrose’s Fairview Village Wins National NAHRO Award
Fairview Village, an affordable apartment community developed by Pennrose Properties LLC in partnership with the Housing Authority of Chester County, Pennsylvania, has won a 2014 National Agency Award of Excellence from the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO).
Broadstone Lincoln Earns LEED Platinum Certification
Millennium Partners has unveiled plans for Millennium Tower Boston at 40 Franklin St., across from the site of the former Filene’s Department Store and the Burnham Building. All together, the tower will include 442 for-sale residential units.
Ground Broken on StreetLights Rental Project in Houston
The Carter, a new 20-story high-rise development from Dallas-based StreetLights Residential, has broken ground in the Museum District of Houston.
Economy Watch: Apartment Market Still Strong
The National Multifamily Housing Council Quarterly Survey of Apartment Market Conditions found that U.S. apartment markets expanded across all four areas that the organization measures.
LCOR Suburban DC Apartments Half Leased in Three Months
Though supply is growing, demand for apartments is still strong in metro Washington, D.C., with LCOR reporting that fully half of the units in its Aurora multifamily development are leasing since the property opened in July.
Boston Capital Real Estate Partners Acquires 194-Unit MF in Alpharetta, Ga.
Boston Capital Real Estate Partners LLC has acquired Lakes at Windward, a 294-unit, Class B garden-style multifamily community located in Alpharetta, Ga.
‘Economy Watch’ Podcast with Dees Stribling: Mixed Housing Numbers
Mixed housing numbers for the week, but at least inflation’s nugatory.
Economy Watch: Pending Home Sales Edge Up in September
The National Association of Realtor’s Pending Home Sales Index, which is a forward-looking economic indicator based on contract signings (but not closings), inched upward to 105.0 in September from 104.7 in August, and is now 1 point higher than in September 2013, when it was 104.0.
Cypress Development to Open Sales at Scottsdale Condo Development
Cypress Development Group is on the verge of launching sales for the Sterling Collection at Silverleaf, a condo development in Scottsdale. The property is composed of five four-story buildings that include automated parking and private elevators that open directly into each unit.
Virtus Real Estate Capital and Aspen Heights Announce Joint Venture on New Student Housing
Virtus Real Estate Capital, a real estate private equity firm, and Aspen Heights, a student housing development and management company, have partnered to develop a 684-bed cottage-style student housing community, located close to the University of Oklahoma.