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
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.
Riverpoint Partner’s Denver Community Lands $41M Refi
The company secured financing for its 203-unit luxury building in the city’s Jefferson Park neighborhood.
Alabama Project Lands $29M Construction Loan for 2nd Phase
The development’s atypical design will offer residents their own yard, patio and parking, with no upstairs or downstairs neighbors.
Goldman Sachs Division Buys North Carolina Property
JLL’s Jeff Glenn, Justin Good, Allan Lynch, Caylor Mark and Andrea Howard acted on behalf of the seller.
Garden-Style Portland Community Trades for $34M
JLL Capital Markets Senior Managing Director Ira Virden and Senior Director Carrie Kahn worked on behalf of seller Pacific Urban Residential.
Avanath Pays $34M for Affordable Denver Community
CBRE’s Spencer Hurst, Tim Flint, Taylor Froland, Dan Woodward, David Potarf and Matt Barnett represented the seller.
New Jersey Affordable Housing Breaks Ground
Project Freedom began construction on a 72-unit community in Robbinsville.