Finance & Investment
Receivers: the New Link to Buying Distressed Properties
With distressed properties at record levels, an increasing number of REITs and developers are turning to receivers to find bargains and lenders are turning to the same source to help salvage troubled loans.
Aries Capital Affiliate Awarded $35M in New Markets Tax Credits
Chicago–Urban Development Fund L.L.C. has received an allocation totaling $35 million under the NMTC program for redevelopment of low-income areas in the United States.
Waterton Goes Hunting for More Multifamily
Chicago–Waterton Residential has closed on a $500 million multifamily investment fund that will specialize in seeking value-add multifamily opportunities through repositioning and recapitalization properties.
Dune and TDI Form $1B Multifamily JV
Dune Real Estate Partners and TDI Real Estate Holding have formed a joint venture to acquire and develop multifamily assets throughout the United States.
2,580-Unit Multifamily Portfolio Trades for $460M
In a joint venture, Pantzer Properties and Dune Real Estate Partners have acquired the eight-community Magazine Portfolio in metropolitan Washington, D.C. for $460 million.
Lenders Step Back into the Multifamily Sector
All of a sudden, it feels almost like 2006 redux: The financing market is seeing a lot of money and too few deals.
CRE Consultant Predicts Lower CRE Returns until the Mid-10s
The San Francisco-based real estate advisory Wolfback is predicting a slump in U.S. commercial real estate investment returns for the next four years.
LISC Invests $1.1B in Low-Income Community Revitalization in 2010
New York–Last year, the Local Initiatives Support Corporation invested an aggregate $1.1 billion in grants, loans and equity to help give new life to low-income communities.
Boston Capital Invests in Virginia Affordable Housing Development
Stuarts Draft, Va.–Boston Capital Corp. has agreed to become the latest investor in the construction of Montague Terrace Apartments, an affordable multifamily development in Stuarts Draft, Va.
FHLBank Atlanta Pays $8.3M for N.C. Affordable Housing
The Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta has awarded $8.3 million to assist in funding 18 affordable housing projects in North Carolina.