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
Luxury Senior Living Community Opens in Kansas City
Tiffany Springs has 172 independent living units available, with 89 memory care and assisted living apartments to open later in August.
First-of-Its-Kind Miami Community Gets $19M in Financing
Nonprofit Casa Familia and developer Atlantic | Pacific Communities got the green light to start working on Miami-Dade County’s first affordable housing community for adult residents with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
WinnCompanies Lands $11M Loan for Boston Redevelopments
The Clippership projects involve the demolition of four buildings and the construction of two new ones that are set to include 22 affordable apartments and 30 mixed-income condos.
Salt Lake City Multifamily Report – Summer 2019
The metro’s multifamily market continues to be strong, supported by job and population gains. Rents increased 3.0 percent year-over-year through May, 50 basis points above the U.S. growth rate.
Affordable Housing Services 2.0: Health & Wellness Programs
Avanath Capital Management’s Alicia Bramble and Ada Arevalo talk about how the shift toward lifestyle services and away from physical amenities is impacting the affordable housing market in the Washington, D.C., area.
Twin Cities Multifamily Report – Summer 2019
Multifamily rents in Minneapolis–St. Paul increased 3.1 percent year-over-year through May, 60 basis points above the U.S. average and slightly higher than other Midwestern markets.
Public-Private Partnership Kicks Off Durham Project
DHIC, Self-Help and local authorities broke ground on Willard Street Apartments, downtown’s first newly constructed, fully affordable community for households earning 60 percent or less of the area’s median income.
Boston-Area Affordable Development Lands $23M Loan
The financing includes funds from MassHousing’s $100 million Workforce Housing Initiative. Just-A-Start intends to create 23 new apartments and preserve 65 units for low-income residents in Cambridge.
NorthMarq Arranges KS Portfolio Transaction
Senior Vice President & Managing Director Jeff Lamott facilitated the sale of three multifamily assets in Topeka. Vertex Investments is the new owner of the 216 units.
Suburban KC Community Changes Hands
Block Real Estate Services and Thackeray Partners took out a $40 million Fannie Mae loan to finance the acquisition of the 408-unit Barrington Park Townhomes in Lenexa, Kan.