Finance & Investment

Praxis Buys Tampa Value-Add Apartments, Plans Upgrades

The 232-unit Villages at Turtle Creek was built in 1985 and includes 15 buildings. The company plans to invest $3 million on upgrades to the community.

Emerald Equity Lands $129M for Bronx Portfolio

Sabal Capital Partners closed on 34 Freddie Mac Small Business Loans on behalf of Emerald. Comprising more than 850 units, this marks the largest Small Balance Loan transaction through the Freddie Mac SBL program since it was created in 2014.

Dougherty Closes $14M Loan for Minneapolis Asset

The company worked on behalf of the borrower, Eagan Apartment Associates LLP, to close the 12-year term loan. The community was 98.2 percent occupied as of August.

Affordable Indiana Community Lands Refi

The $6.6 million loan will be used to refinance Woodland East Apartments, a 224-unit affordable housing property in Michigan City.

NHPF Leader Shares Affordable Strategies

CEO Richard Burns explores industry trends and what investors should be on the lookout for in the coming year.

PAC Lands 260-Unit KC-Area Community

Adara Overland Park is a recently built Class A multifamily asset in Overland Park, Kan. Preferred Apartment Communities (PAC) financed the acquisition using a Freddie Mac loan.

Maryland Investor Acquires Atlanta Apartments

Preferred Apartment Communities has secured Aldridge at Town Village, a 300-unit community in Marietta, Ga., that was built in 2016.

CIM Sells Manhattan Luxury Tower for $80M

A joint venture purchased the 110-unit Madison Park Tower, a onetime hotel, using a $65 million acquisition loan from affiliates of Square Mile Capital Management.

Corporate Housing as a Cost-Effective Way to Boost Occupancy

Liudmila Davydiuk, director of business development for furnished apartment provider Churchill Living, explains the financial benefits of and the increasing demand for temporary furnished housing.

Michael Poris

Historic Lafayette Park’s First Luxury Community in 40 Years

DuCharme Place is a $45 million multifamily project inspired by architect Mies’ design of Lafayette Park, the historic district near which the community is situated. The 185-unit development was financed through a HUD loan, one of the only sources of financing for the few ground-up housing projects planned in Detroit in the early 2000s.