Finance & Investment

Pembrook Originates Acquisition, Renovation Financing for Denver-Area Apts.

Pembrook Capital Management originates an $18.6 million bridge loan to facilitate the sale of Mountain Vista, a 257-unit multifamily property located in the Denver suburb of Lakewood.

TODAY’S DEALS: Greystone Provides $38.8M for San Antonio Asset

Greystone refinances a 360-unit asset; Boston Capital provides financing for an Affirmed Housing project; and Capstone lands management contracts for seven properties in Greater Houston.

Centerline Capital Unveils New Healthcare Lending Platform

Centerline Capital Group has announced the addition of a national healthcare lending platform. The new program will fund a variety of multifamily healthcare related projects such as community-based residential care, assisted living, memory care and nursing homes.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Freddie Mac Singles Out Top 2013 Multifamily Lenders

After a year that saw Freddie Mac settle nearly $26 billion in new multifamily volume, its second largest figure ever following a banner 2012, the GSE announces its top lenders for 2013.

BofA Merrill Lynch Increases Community Development Lending by 25 Percent

Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s Community Development Banking business finalized about $3.3 billion in loans, tax credit equity investments, and other real estate development mechanisms in 2013, roughly 25 percent more than during 2012.