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TODAY’S DEALS: NorthMarq Negotiates $118M Refinancing for Transit-Oriented Apts. on Behalf of Prometheus
NorthMarq Capital’s San Francisco-based regional office announces the refinancing for of two adjacent downtown properties located in Mountain View, Calif.; and Bernard Financial originates a $5.2 million loan.
Carter Hires Jerome Hagley as Executive Vice President
Carter, a real estate investment, development and advisory firm, announced the addition of Jerome Hagley as executive vice president at the company.
NJBA Names Verdana Howell Community of the Year
The New Jersey Builders Association has named Verdana Howell, a Howell Township, N.J.-based joint-venture partnership between Sterling Properties and AST Development, as its “Community of the Year” among rental communities in the Garden State.
Economy Watch: Federal Deficit Still on Downward Track
The federal government ran a budget deficit of $413 billion for the first six months of fiscal year 2014 (beginning Oct. 1, 2013), the Congressional Budget Office reported.
South Common Apartments Acquired for $4M
A private investor based in Massachusetts has obtained a $4 million Fannie Mae loan to acquire South Common Apartments, a 72-unit apartment property in Lynn, Mass.
TODAY’S DEALS: The Bassuk Organization Closes $73.5M for NYC’s Chelsea Tower
The Bassuk Organization closes $73.5 million with TIAA-CREF for a luxury apartment community in New York; ARA arranges a 352-unit sale in Washington; and HFF brokers a $5.65 million sale, and closes a three-year, interest-only, loan for the acquisition of an apartment community.
Bascom Closes on 138-Unit Community in Whittier, Calif.
The Bascom Group has announced that it has acquired Four Winds Apartments in the South Los Angeles County city of Whittier, Calif. for a price of $13.4 million or $97,101 per unit. The 138-unit, garden-style community is located at 8121 Broadway Avenue in Whittier and marks The Bascom Group’s second purchase in Southern California in that past two months.
Sherwood Equities’ 500 West 21st Street Condominium Underway
Main foundation work is complete on a new condominium development from Sherwood Equities in Manhattan’s West Chelsea community.
Perspective: Ancillary Income In the Year 2019
It’s easy to look back at the 1980s as the far distant past with its big hair, curious clothing choices and antiquated technologies. After all, think how far we’ve come since rotary phones, VCRs, camcorders and the Sony Walkman. Yet, when you look at the past, some things really haven’t changed at all. In effect, these root features make up the core functionality that created the rise of the Internet itself and the now ubiquitous smart phones which are enabled by it.
Economy Watch: Employment Metrics Not Bad in March
The increase in U.S. jobs in March (up 192,000) was welcome news to those worried that something more deleterious than cold weather had hit the economy during the winter.