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Guardian Real Estate Services Hires Marsha Zimmerman Portfolio Manager for Oregon

Guardian Real Estate Services, a Portland, Ore.-based real estate management, development and investment firm, has hired Marsha Zimmerman as a portfolio manager overseeing affordable properties throughout Oregon.

TODAY'S DEALS: BPG Acquires Two Virginia Communities

BPG Properties buys two Virginia assets for $83.4 million; Crescent Resources begins a $37 million development in Florida; and HFF completes the $31 million sale of a New York property.

Apartments Underway at Huntsville's Village of Providence

Sterling Construction has broken ground on the Providence Place Apartment Homes, an apartment property in Huntsville, Ala.

Construction Completed on Woodside Oaks

Woodside Oaks, a new Miami-based affordable apartment community designed by Forum Architecture & Interior Design Inc., has just completed construction.

Economy Watch: Consumers Feeling Pretty Good

U.S. consumers were feeling peppy in February, according to the Reuter’s/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index. Consumer sentiment in March was at 76.2, its highest level since early 2011, notes the survey of 500 households on their financial condition and outlook.

TODAY'S DEALS: Cohen Financial Secures $48.8M for 12 Bay Area Communities

Cohen Financial secures financing for 12 properties; Marcus & Millichap brokers the sale of a seniors housing asset near Chicago; and Hendricks & Partners brokers a $5 million sale.

New Affordable Housing for California Seniors

AMCAL Multi-Housing recently announced the grand opening of their Montecito Terraces community, an affordable housing development for low-income seniors in the San Fernando Valley.

Brian Conlon, Inland Real Estate Investment Corporation, Joins REISA Board of Directors

Brian Conlon, Chief Executive Officer of Inland Real Estate Investment Corporation, has joined the REISA Board of Directors.

Upmarket Condo Residence on Singer Island to be Auctioned

A residence in the highly upscale One Signer Island Condominium on Singer Island in Palm Beach County, Fla., is up for auction, according to Platinum Luxury Auctions, a specialist in upmarket, non-distressed residential auctions that’s handling the sale.

'Economy Watch' Podcast with Dees Stribling: Consumers More Confident

Consumers were more confident and out spending more last month, despite sluggish income growth and declining housing values.