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

Aeon Expands Minnesota Footprint

The nonprofit purchased the second-largest affordable housing community in the state, preserving 834 low-income units.

Jonathan Rose Receives $41M Refi for Harlem Asset

Merchants Capital secured the financing for The Tapestry, a 12-story partially affordable property.

NYC Firm to Break Ground on Downtown Richmond Project

Goodstein obtained the permits to start construction soon on a 53-unit development in the city’s CBD.

LIHC Investment Secures Refi for 2 Affordable New Jersey Communities

Rockport Mortgage closed the FHA Section 223(f) loans for properties in Verona and Pine Hill.

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.