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Tishman Speyer Secures $381M for Brooklyn Condos

Featuring more than 480 luxury units and 55,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor amenity space, 11 Hoyt will border both downtown Brooklyn and brownstone Brooklyn.

Portside Partners Ventura Harbor Develops CA Coastal Community

When complete, the Ventura property will include 270 apartments, 30 live-work units, a 104-boat-slip marina and 21,000 square feet of retail space.

KWK Architects Designs $105M MN Student Housing Renovation

The company is updating the University of Minnesota’s historic Pioneer Hall, including adding beds, and providing meetings spaces and a technology center.

JV Secures Financing for Manhattan Luxury Condos

Delancey Street Associates, a joint venture including BFC Partners, L+M Development Partners, Taconic Investment Partners and Goldman Sachs, is developing 202 Broome at Essex Crossing, which will include 83 units and retail and office space. Construction is expected to be complete in 2021.

Waypoint Residential Nabs 4 Midwestern Properties

The company’s acquisitions include three market-rate communities in Chicago and Columbus, Ohio, and a student housing asset near the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kan.

Raleigh Senior Community Expands

Kisco Senior Living’s Cardinal at North Hills will expand its campus with a 15-story high-rise building, which will add 160 units to the property.

Property Managers, Should You Get Off Facebook?

With news of the data breach among Facebook users, is the social media platform still the best way to reach your residents? Or should you look for alternatives?

Tishman Speyer to Develop 480-Unit Brooklyn Tower

The luxury community 11 Hoyt, the company’s first ground-up New York City condo project, will feature 190 floorplans and on-site parking.

Zocalo’s CO Project Nears Completion

Vita features 159 units for residents 55 and older and 11,000 square feet of retail space. The community, designed by KTGY, is in Littleton.

Greystone Earmarks $36M for AZ Apartments

Aldea at Estrella Falls, a 328-unit community in Goodyear, a suburb of Phoenix, includes grills, a fitness center and a heated pool.