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Predictions for the 2018 Luxury Market

David Amirian, CEO & founder of The Amirian Group, discusses the development trends he foresees in the coming year.

$58M Earmarked for GSU Student Housing

SunTrust Commercial Real Estate and a South City Partners affiliate have closed a loan to finance the $90 million, 26-story development.

Chicago Apartment Tower Lands 3 Green Globes Certification

Green Building Initiative awarded the title, a commercial building designation equivalent to LEED Gold, to Fifield Realty Corp.’s NEXT Apartments, located in the River North neighborhood.

JV Acquires 280-Unit Chicago Property

CIM Group and Golub & Co. snagged Chestnut Place, a 30-story building with ground-floor retail in the Gold Coast neighborhood.

Westmount Realty Capital Hooks Houston’s Copper Mill

Renovations are planned for the 34-year-old garden-style community, which is currently 98 percent occupied.

CIM Nabs VA Asset

EOS Twenty-One is a 1,180-unit community in Alexandria located on a 30-acre site and featuring 14 four- and five-story buildings.

Investors Snag Atlanta-Area Apartments

Franklin Street has facilitated the sale of two apartment properties: Salem Chase Apartments in Conyers, Ga., and Delta Appletree Apartments in southwest Atlanta.

CO Apartments Command $58M

Nick Steele, senior associate, and Jacob Steele, first vice president of investments, at Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer of Vistas at Jackson Creek, a 267-unit luxury apartment building in Monument.

Investor Demand for South Florida Multifamily Brisk Again in ’17

This year there have been 198 multifamily sales in the area valued at a total of nearly $3.6 billion, according to a report by Cushman & Wakefield.

FCP Grabs $45M GA Property

Federal Capital Partners has acquired the 446-unit, garden-style Stratford Ridge in the Atlanta suburb of Marietta. This represents the company’s fifth investment in the area.