Finance & Investment

Multifamily Markets Positioned to Win in 2018

Above-trend population increases and job gains in non-gateway cities are generating strong investor and resident demand for multifamily housing, explained IRT Chairman & CEO Scott Schaeffer. Here are three such markets poised to benefit from this trend in 2018.

550 Vanderbilt, Pacific Park Brooklyn

JV Restructures Partnership for Brooklyn Redevelopment

Greenland USA and Forest City Realty Trust reached an agreement to extend Greenland’s ownership interest to 95 from 70 percent and decrease Forest City’s interest to 5 from 30 percent for its Pacific Park Brooklyn mixed-use project.

408 Units in CO Change Hands

Inland Real Estate Acquisitions has acquired Après Apartments in Aurora. At the time of the sale, the community was 95 percent occupied.

Bryan Sullivan, The Habitat Co.

Multifamily Investment 2018: Use a Scalpel—Not a Machete—to Find Value

As value-add multifamily deals in primary markets continue to be rare finds, more investors are likely to seek yields in non-core locations this year, predicts Bryan Sullivan, vice president of acquisitions and development at The Habitat Co., in his MHN-exclusive industry outlook.

CBRE Closes Sale of Garden-Style MA Community

After the expiration of the original affordable restrictions, the 102-unit community in Stoughton, Mass.,underwent significant renovations, including landscaping and parking improvements.

JLL Secures Acquisition Financing for S2 Capital

Benefit Street Partners provided the loan to S2 Capital for the acquisition of Oakland Hills Apartments in Fort Worth, Texas.

Carroll Org. Sells Memphis Community

The company bought the 1,037-unit ARIUM Shelby Farms in July 2014 as a part of Carroll Multifamily Real Estate Fund III LP.

Berkadia Arranges Fannie Mae Loan for Houston Community

Located at 10498 Fountain Lake Drive in Stafford, Texas, the property is a three-story garden-style community spread across a 13-acre site.

JV to Invest $550M in National Portfolio

Cortland Partners, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and GIC plan to acquire and renovate 8,000 to 10,000 Class B multifamily units across the U.S.

Marina Bay Apartments

Southeast FL Affordable Community Fetches $16M

The CBRE team of Senior Vice Presidents Timothy Flint and Richard Tarquinio worked on behalf of the seller in the transaction.