Luxury

Pollack Shores RE Breaks Ground on New Largo, Fla., Luxury Community

Construction is underway on Largo’s first luxury apartment community in nearly 20 years, as Pollack Shores Real Estate Group announced that it has broken ground on its 342-unit Gateway North community in the Gateway area of the Tampa suburb.

Legrand’s Wireless Lighting System Seamlessly Blends Tech and Design

Do your renters need to control their lighting with a wireless remote or smartphone? No, but they probably don’t need a tanning bed or misting station either. That doesn’t mean they don’t want them.

J. Milton & Associates to Break Ground on New Project in Spring 2014

J. Milton & Associates has announced that construction will begin on its newest project, Parque Towers at St. Tropez, in the Spring of 2014.

October Kicks Off Luxury Residential Project in Australia’s Greenest District

Melbourne’s Victoria Harbour will soon gain another residential high-rise, the 238-unit Concavo.

Sterling and Braxton Break Ground on Upscale Apartments in Lincoln, Neb.

Construction is underway on a new, 220-unit luxury apartment development in Lincoln, Neb. Developed by a partnership between The Sterling Group and Braxton Development, Aventine at Wilderness Hills Apartment Homes will feature a dozen buildings.

Ram and Lennar Joint Venture to Develop Luxury Apartments

Ram Realty Partners III, an affiliate of south Florida-based Ram, has announced an equity investment in a joint venture to develop The Crest at Midtown, a new 261-unit luxury mid-rise apartment community on an infill site in the Midtown submarket of Charlotte, N.C.

TODAY’S DEALS: BRE Properties Completes $120.5M Acquisition

BRE buys a 270-unit community in Hollywood; StonebridgeCarras lands $121.6 million in construction financing for a Bethesda development; and HFF secures $52 million in financing for manufactured home community.

BNE Real Estate Group Opens Luxury Apartments in Fort Lee, N.J.

BNE Real Estate Group has finished development on Twenty50, a luxury rental building in Fort Lee, N.J., which overlooks the George Washington Bridge, Hudson River and New York City skyline.

London Student Housing Opens in Former Johnnie Walker Breweries

Assam Place, a mixed-use, luxury student housing project in the former Johnnie Walker breweries in London, has celebrated its official opening.

TODAY’S DEALS: CIM Group Buys D.C. Apartment Portfolio

CIM Group buys 449 units in Washington, D.C.; KW Commercial completes a luxury sale in West Los Angeles; and Dane PCG represents AIMCO in sale of a $6.6 million Section 8 property.