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 writes and edits in-depth stories on the hottest topics in the real estate industry, but she is also the host of award-winning podcast shows for both brands. Laura holds a B.A. in Journalism and an M.A. in Media Management.
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Affordable Boston Community Receives $39M Loan
The 146-unit West Newton Apartments in South End is set to undergo extensive renovations. MassHousing provided the financing to non-profit Inquilinos Boricuas En Accion.
AZ Senior Living Community Changes Hands
A Chicago-based private equity fund purchased The Country Club at La Cholla, a 217-unit property in Tucson, from an MBK Senior Living affiliate. CBRE assisted the seller in the transaction.
Berkadia Arranges $28M in San Diego Sales
Two properties traded for the highest per-unit price in their respective submarkets. Associate Director Tyler Sinks, Managing Directors Ed Rosen and John Chu worked on behalf of the sellers.
Nuveen Real Estate Sells 336-Unit Raleigh Asset
The 14-building community changed hands for $46.1 million. The buyer used a $27.7 million loan originated by Prudential Financial to finance the acquisition.
The Answer to the Bay Area’s Affordable Housing Crisis
Enterprise Community Partners’ Rich Gross and Kaiser Permanente’s Bechara Choucair talk about their joint projects. The two companies launched a $100 million loan fund to create and preserve multifamily rentals.
Luxury Condo Building Tops Off in Bay Harbor Islands
Ability by Acierto’s first South Florida development is a waterfront property that broke ground in June 2017 and is scheduled for completion in July.
Miami Worldcenter’s 1st Tower Comes on Line
Nitin Motwani, managing principal at Miami Worldcenter Associates, speaks in depth about the milestone for the $4 billion project—one of the largest of its kind in the U.S.—located near the Brightline at MiamiCentral.
Boston’s Affordable Housing Market: An Insider’s View
Community Preservation Partners’ John Fraser weighs in on trends in Boston and the East Coast, as well as creative strategies for financing affordable development.
Multifamily Houston Report – Winter 2019
Despite a deceleration in rent growth following record deliveries over the past three years, investment sales for 2018 totaled more than $4.5 billion through November.
KeyBank Provides $12M for Cleveland Adaptive Reuse Project
Snavely Group will use the financing to create 38 affordable units at Forest City Square Apartments, an environmentally friendly housing development.