Business Specialties

First Post-Recession Condo Underway on Miami’s Brickell Avenue

Rilea Group is bringing Brickell Avenue something it hasn’t seen since the economic downturn: a new condo development. The Bond on Brickell, a 44-story luxury community, is expected to open in early 2016.

TODAY’S DEALS: Waterton Picks Up 300 Units in Plano

Waterton Associates grabs a 1999-built asset in Plano, Texas; HFF arranges the sale of a $31.6 million loan secured by a trio of Michigan apartment communities; and NorthMarq secures $10 million for a North Carolina asset.

MHN Interview: Steven South, IIDA, LEED AP, Resident Futurist at Perkins+Will

Perkins+Will’s resident futurist keeps an eye on augmented reality and other emerging trends

The Mark Co. Takes on Branding of San Francisco Shipyard and Candlestick Point

Lennar Urban has tapped The Mark Company in the residential branding and design of San Francisco Shipyard and Candlestick Point, the city’s largest redevelopment effort since the 1906 earthquake and fire.

Trade Street Residential Pays $44M for Memphis Luxury Apartments

Florida-based Trade Street Residential Inc. has announced the acquisition of the 330-unit Miller Creek at Germantown luxury apartment community for $43.8 million from LIV Development LLC—formerly known as Red Mountain Development.

LandSouth Construction Begins Projects in Tennessee, Florida

LandSouth Construction, a general contractor that focuses on multifamily developments, has begun building two new projects. They are Integra Preserve, an upscale apartment community in Collegedale, Tenn.; and American House, a senior living community in Bonita Springs, Fla.

Development & Design: Trends

MHN takes a look ahead at next-generation apartment features that renters will demand.

Public-Private Partnership Brings 878 Student Housing Beds and 110KSF Office Building to Columbia

Student housing continues to enjoy an upswing in South Carolina, with Columbia being at the foremost of student housing activity. And a new public-private partnership between the University of South Carolina (USC) and Atlanta-based Holder Properties will spice things further up.

Wood Partners Breaks Ground on Miami Apartments

Wood Partners L.L.C. has broken ground on Alta Dadeland, a $128 million mixed-use development with 431 apartment units and 2,000 square feet of retail space next to the Dadeland Mall. The development will also be close to two Metrorail stations.

TODAY’S DEALS: Johnson Capital Arranges a $29.66M Construction-Permanent Loan

Johnson Capital secures a $29,660,000 construction-to-perm FHA Section 221(d)(4) loan; and Henry S. Miller Cos. brokers sale of 77 acres of land.