TODAY’S DEALS: Thackeray Partners, Greystar Land $25.2M Refinance for Florida Development

HFF arranges a refinance for a newly built Florida asset; Resource Real Estate sells a Philly high-rise to Treetop; and Beech Street closes a $34 million term loan to refinance a property.

Where are Apartments for the Middle Class?

MHN chats with Kevin Finkel of Resource Real Estate Opportunity REIT about the changing nature of the workforce and their housing needs. The fund is big on heavy value-add plays that create safe, affordable and hassle-free housing for the middle-class, with a particular emphasis on single working mothers.

TODAY’S DEALS: Carmel Partners Completes Orange County Apartment Sale

JLL brokers Carmel Partners sale of a 194-unit community; Cocke Finklestein grabs a Virginia asset for $14.1 million; and NorthMarq Capital finalizes $21 million in life company financing for an acquisition.

TODAY’S DEALS: Centerline Provides Acquisition, Renovation Financing for Florida Asset

Centerline provides a Related affiliate with acquisition and renovation financing; Greystone closes $40.4 million for a Tennessee community; and Meridian Capital negotiates $39.3 million in financing for mixed-use properties in New York and New Jersey.

TODAY’S DEALS: Trade Street Acquires Raleigh Apartments

Trade Street Residential picks up a property from Woodfield Investments; NorthMarq Capital finalizes $10 million in bank financing for a newly constructed property; and HFF secures acquisition financing for a Houston property.

MIG Buys Denver-Area Apartments

MIG Real Estate acquires Copper Terrace Apartments, a 168-unit multifamily property in the Denver suburb of Centennial.

Behringer Harvard Begins Luxury Apartments in Atlanta’s Buckhead

Behringer Harvard and Atlantic Realty Partners begin Cyan, a 23-story apartment tower in Atlanta’s Buckhead submarket.

CRE Execs Mostly Optimistic About MF

Multifamily has had a good run in recent years, and according to the results of the Akerman 2014 Industry Outlook, the sector is expected to keep running a while longer. The report was released this week at the law firm’s fifth annual U.S. real estate summit in Miami.

Raleigh Apartment Market Podcast

Pierce Eislen’s Ron Brock Sr. and MHN’s research editor Jack Kern discuss Raleigh-Durham apartment market fundamentals in this edition of our market research podcast hosted by senior associate editor Mike Ratliff.

TODAY’S DEALS: Raleigh Apartment Community Trades for $12M

MHA brokers a 200-unit sale in Raleigh, N.C.; Berkadia arranges $50 million for a retirement community in Portland, Ore.; and Franklin Street brokers the $2 million sale of a Georgia apartment property.