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REGISTER for LIVE Event 3/13! ‘What Renters Want’ Panel Discussion
Join us on Thursday, March 13 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Interface Showroom, 1010 Wisconsin Ave, NW, Suite 710 in Washington, DC for What Renters Want: Multifamily Development Trends that Drive Occupancy. Multi-Housing News Editorial Director Diana Mosher; Laurence Caudle, AIA, Principal and Director of Housing at Hickok Cole Architects; and Rebecca D. Jones, IIDA, Founder + Principal, RD Jones & Associates will discuss the most compelling trends driving successful multifamily development and marketing. REGISTER TODAY! As apartment units shrink to micro proportions, exceptional amenity spaces have taken on a whole new importance. This information-packed session will explore…
TODAY’S DEALS: Arbor Funds a Series of Loans in the Southwest and Tennessee
Arbor Commercial Funding originates $37.5 million for properties in California, Texas and Tennessee; Centerline provides a $24 million acquisition loan for Massachusetts mid-rise; and NorthMarq Capital secures $17 million in financing that was highly sought by CMBS lenders.
SPECIAL REPORT: MBA Delivers Cautious Economic Outlook for 2014
Mortgage originations for multifamily and commercial real estate in the last quarter of 2014 reached the highest volume achieved since 2007. Multifamily financing, in particular, has returned to levels last witnessed at the peak of the market.
Hill & Wilkinson Awarded Dallas Mixed-Use Construction Contract
Lincoln Property Co. awards Hill & Wilkinson with a $38.6 million construction contract for Lincoln Knox Apartments, a six-story, 165-unit luxury infill apartment development in Dallas.
Hines Selects Gehry Partners Design for Germany’s Tallest Residential Tower
International real estate firm Hines announced that Gehry Partners has won the architectural competition for the company’s 300-unit apartment project in Berlin. The asset is the first residential high-rise development in Berlin since the 1970s, and will likely be the city’s tallest.
MHN Interview: Anand Kannan, President, Community Preservation Partners
Low income tax credit specialists WNC & Associates may have more than 40 years of experience in affordable housing, but the firm isn’t afraid to put youth in the driver’s seat of its rapidly expanding subsidiary, Community Preservation Partners.
Atlantic | Pacific Companies Acquires Class A Asset in San Marcos, Texas
Atlantic | Pacific Companies has added another Class A asset to its portfolio with the purchase of The Palazzo, a 300-unit garden-style apartment located in San Marcos, Texas.
Fannie Mae Provides $28.8 Billion in M-F Financing in 2013
Fannie Mae details its 2013 financing activity. The GSE met the FHFA’s 10 percent reduction mandate from 2012 levels, though the entity still saw an uptick in seniors and manufactured housing activity.
Southern Land Company Breaks Ground in Philly
Southern Land Company breaks ground on a $110 million, 28-story residential tower at 3601 Market Street in Philadelphia. It is the first residential building in the 50-plus-year history of University City Science Center.
Borrowers Start Using Freddie Mac Index Lock Program
Centerline Capital Group has become one of the first lenders to execute under the new Index Lock program with a $13.3 million loan for a Texas property.