Midwest

Milwaukee to Receive Tallest Timber Structure

Dubbed Ascent, the 21-story mixed-use development will comprise 410,000 square feet downtown. Construction is scheduled to begin in the fall of 2019.

The Hamilton Midtown

Detroit Community Reopens Following $12M Renovation

The Hamilton Midtown, a 105-year-old historic building previously known as Milner Arms, underwent an extended renovation that lasted more than a year.

Avanath Pays $72M for 2 Chicago-Area Affordable Communities

The company acquired Hinsdale Lake Terrace for $63 million from the Laramar Group, and paid $9.2 million for Drexel Court, which it acquired from DMI Real Estate Group.

Detroit-Area Portfolio Sells for $20M

Coseo Properties offloaded the two communities, totaling 326 units, five years after acquiring them from the Slatkin Corp. for approximately $11.6 million.

YOUnion at Columbia

SmartStop Affiliate Closes Equity Raising for Student Housing Portfolio

The Power 5 Conference Student Housing I DST comprises YOUnion @ Columbia, a 760-bed community, and YOUnion @ Ann Harbor, a 345-bed property.

The Euclid Grand

Downtown Cleveland Redevelopment Receives $40M Loan

With the construction loan secured by Berkadia, the former John Hartness Brown complex will be reinvented as The Euclid Grand, a mixed-use development.

Detroit-Area Community Lands $87M Refi

The new mortgage, held by PGIM Real Estate Finance, pays down a previous $70 million CMBS loan on the 667-unit property.

Chase Properties Buys St. Louis-Area Asset

The company partnered with Gold Block Ventures to acquire New Town Apartments in St. Charles, a 157-unit community completed in 2004.

Hunt Finances Chicago Multifamily Portfolio

The two Freddie Mac loans total $7.4 million and were secured for financing the acquisition of 90 units located across the Bronzeville neighborhood.

Music City’s Multifamily Build-Up

Wood Caldwell, principal at Southeast Venture and 40-year veteran of the metro’s real estate industry, shares his insights into Nashville’s development boom.