SPECIAL REPORT: Development and Design Trends that Drive Occupancies
At a recent panel discussion presented by Multi-Housing News and sponsored by Interface and Universal Fibers an architect, investor and developer shared what they know about the development and design features that drive occupancies in apartments today.
TODAY’S DEALS: Capital One Provides Bridge Loan for Rental Conversion
HFF arranges financing for a N.J. community; KB Homes buys a condo development site in San Francisco; and NorthMarq Capital arranges a $32.4 million Freddie Mac loan for a Class A property.
APARTMENT MARKET STATISTICS: September 2013
Housing starts in five-plus unit dwellings rose by 25 percent in May 2013 to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 306,000 units, reports the National Association of Home Builders.
TODAY’S DEALS: NorthMarq Arranges $23.25M Life Insurance Company Loan with Advance Rate Lock
NorthMarq Capital brokers first mortgage refinancing of $23.25 million for Woodlake Apartments in Gurnee, Ill.; and Los Angeles County apartment complex changes hands at $9.9 million.
TODAY’S DEALS: HFF Arranges $33.05M Sale on Behalf of Prime Residential
HFF announced that it has brokered the sale of The Artisan, a 434-unit, garden-style community in Denver; and Alliant Capital closes on a $1.2 million refinance.
APARTMENT MARKET STATISTICS: August 2013
Apartment prices continue to increase. According to PPR/Costar, price per unit of apartments in the first quarter was $147,257—increasing from $110,380 in the fourth quarter.
APARTMENT MARKET STATISTICS: July 2013
Multifamily housing starts averaged 325,000 in the first quarter—exceeding the annual average observed in any year since the 1980s, according to the National Association of Home Builders. Housing starts increased in March to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 392,000 units. Permits fell to seasonally adjusted rate of 283,000, however.
ON DEMAND WEBCAST: Legislative and Regulatory Trends in Utility and Energy Management
Laws mandating submetering and energy benchmarking are spreading across the country. This webcast outlines laws, regulations and legalities impacting utility and energy management, as well as legislative trends that ultimately can have implications for the bottom line of apartment owners and managers. View a recording of this webcast. Leading the panel is Michael Foote, NWP Services Corp.’s senior regulatory and corporate counsel. Foote is regarded as an industry expert in utility billing laws. Foote is joined by Mary Nitschke, director of ancillary services, at Prometheus Real Estate Group. At Promethues, Nitschke’s responsibilities include managing utility consumption, mining for rebates, determining…
Onward and Upward
LCOR survived the Great Recession with a Lehman partnership. Now, it forges ahead with CalSTRS…
TODAY’S DEALS: Meridian Negotiates Loans Totaling $72.6M for Properties in NYC
Meridian Capital Group LLC extended financings totaling $72.6 million to mixed-use, multifamily and cooperative properties; and Grandbridge Real Estate Capital arranged a $17.7 million CMBS loan for a property in Missouri.