Laura Valean is an Executive Editor with Commercial Property Executive and Multi-Housing News. She has a 12-year background in broadcast media and joined the CPE-MHN team in 2016. Laura edits in-depth stories on key trends shaping the commercial and multifamily real estate industries, coordinating a team of experienced writers. She also hosts award-winning podcast shows for both brands, including Mission Success: Women in Multifamily, NAA Insights, FTI Experts’ Hub, RICS Monitor and CREW Up.

Laura holds a B.A. in Journalism and an M.A. in Media Management. She can be reached at📧 laura.valean@cpe-mhn.com

Planned Nashville Project Gets $39M Construction Loan

Graycliff Capital Development plans to build a 364-unit Class A community in the metro’s Antioch-East submarket.

Hunt Capital Partners, Pennrose Expand Affordable Housing Project

The companies have secured $4.5 million in financing to build 55 senior living units as part of the second phase of the Residences at Glenarden Hills development in Lanham, Md.

Washington, D.C., Multifamily Report – Fall 2019

Multifamily rents in the metro have picked up since June 2019, after several years of below-trend growth caused a supply surplus.

Charleston Opportunity Zone Project Lands $128M in Financing

Woodfield Investments and Argosy Real Estate Partners received a $100.6 million senior loan for a 380-unit development. Phillips Realty Capital also structured equity investment funding for the project.

Boston Multifamily Report – Fall 2019

The city’s rental market will end the year on a high note, backed by robust demographic and economic growth.

Raleigh Multifamily Report – Fall 2019

Fueled by a strong economy and sustained demographic expansion, the Triangle’s multifamily market remains one of the fastest-growing major metros in the U.S.

Herman & Kittle Properties Opens Affordable Community in Indiana

The Gables in Greenwood features both market-rate and low-income housing tax credit apartments in Greenwood, Ind.

McCann Realty JV Buys 853 Units in Richmond

DRA Advisors is the former owner of Trails at Short Pump Apartment Homes and Villages at West Laurel Apartments & Townhomes.

Senior Housing Outlook: Critical Aspects, Impending Challenges

In the third article of our 2020 outlook series, Cambridge Realty Capital Founder Jeffrey Davis weighs in on U.S. senior living hotbeds and reveals his expectations for the sector.

City of Phoenix Breaks Ground on Affordable Housing Project

Monroe Gardens Apartments will replace an obsolete 38-unit public housing community in the city’s Sky Harbor submarket.