Economy Watch: Most Industries Hiring in February; Trade Deficit Drops
Most categories of employment saw some kind of net increase during February. Also, total January exports and imports resulted in a U.S. goods and services deficit of $39.1 billion, down from $42 billion in January 2013.
Work Under Way on Mixed-Use Project in Miami’s Wynwood District
Work has started on Wynwood Central, a mixed-used project in the Wynwood district of Miami.
TODAY’S DEALS: SIR Acquires Second Phase of Indiana Development
Steadfast Income REIT picks up phase two of newly built community; a South Carolina asset trades hands for $9.3 million; and Wallace Capital provides a $1.7 million acquisition bridge loan for a 20-acre site.
Trade Street to Acquire Pair of Luxury Apartment Properties
Trade Street Residential has announced that it plans to acquire two newly-built apartment communities with a combined 502 units. One asset is in Raleigh, N.C., the other is in suburban Atlanta.
Economy Watch: Moderate Job Growth; Household Net Worth Increases; Negative Residential Equity Shrinks
The modest increase in U.S. jobs continued in February, with the addition of 175,000. Household net worth increased again in the fourth quarter of 2013 to a record level. And 4 million U.S. mortgage holders returned to positive equity in 2013.
Village Green Buys Streeterville Apartments, Plans Improvements
Village Green has acquired a 21-story, 147-apartment community in the Streeterville neighborhood of Chicago. Plans call for a repositioning and rebranding.
Meta Housing Corp. Developing Seniors Housing in Compton
Meta Housing Corporation details its development of Metro @ Compton Senior Apartments, a 75-unit, sustainably-designed and transit-oriented affordable multifamily community for seniors aged 55 and older.
Economy Watch: ADP Job Growth Mediocre; Beige Book Talks of Winter’s Impact
Automated Data Processing said that the U.S. private sector created 139,000 jobs in February, the third weak total in three months. Also, according to the Beige Book, most of the 12 Federal Reserve districts reported ‘modest to moderate’ expansion.
TODAY’S DEALS: Suburban Connecticut Apartment Asset Trades for $58.5M
IPA brokers a sale in Hamden, Conn.; a 130-unit asset in the Far Rockaway neighborhood of Queens trades hands; and Hybrid Capital arranges $6 million in financing for two Upper East Side residential buildings.
TODAY’S DEALS: Greystone Grabs N.C. Apartment Asset
Greystone acquires a community in Cary, N.C.; Transwestern brokers the sale of 1,652 units in Washington, D.C. and the city’s Maryland suburbs; and Largo Group of Cos. arranges a $7.7 million loan.