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TODAY’S DEALS: 52-Story Condo Breaks Ground in San Fran

Principal, Urban Pacific begin a phase II condo project; Marcus & Millichap sells a 212-unit asset near Houston; and Walker & Dunlop closes on a $5.6 million loan.

TODAY’S DEALS: Pollack Shores Completes $23.6M Purchase in Orlando

Pollack Shores buys a 396-unit asset; Passco Companies acquires a property in Alabama; and Centerline Capital closes $46.7 million in loans for one borrower simultaneously.

TODAY’S DEALS: HFF Closes Sale of $130M Loan

HFF sells a loan secured by a Charlotte asset; MG Properties buys two California communities; and The Community Development Trust and LINC Housing Corp. form a joint venture to purchase a 60-unit asset in California.

TODAY’S DEALS: Trammel Crow Starts Second Phase of Austin TOD

Trammel Crow begins a 246-unit asset; The Morgan Group breaks ground on a project in Jacksonville, Fla.; and NorthMarq Capital arranges a $35 million payoff of tax-exempt bonds.

TODAY’S DEALS: $45M Workforce Housing Community Opens in Florida

A 300-unit workforce housing project opens strong in Florida; HFF secures a $47.8 million three-year ARM through bank; and Newmark Grubb Knight Frank closes a $3.4 million bank-owned sale.

Mortgage Applications Decrease Driven by a Drop in Refinances in Latest MBA Weekly Survey

Mortgage applications decreased 6.7 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending June 29, 2012.

TODAY’S DEALS: Campus Crest Completes the Purchase of Two JV Properties

Campus Crest Communities acquires a full interest in two joint venture properties; Marcus & Millichap lists a luxury rental in Valdosta, Ga.; and George Smith Partners arranges $15.2 million in debt and equity financing for a Denver high-rise.

Joint Venture Buys Alexandria Residential Portfolio for $125.5M

By Adrian Maties, Associate Editor The Praedium Group, a privately held real estate investment firm based in New York, has formed a joint venture with The Milestone Group, a Dallas-based multifamily real estate investment and management company, to buy the Alexandria Portfolio, a 556-unit multifamily portfolio in Alexandria, Va. The unknown seller was represented by […]

TransUnion Survey Shows Property Managers Doing Better Than Last Year

According to a recent TransUnion survey, both large and small property managers are doing better than they did a year ago and are more easily attracting residents while increasing rental prices.

TODAY’S DEALS: Home Properties Buys Maryland Asset for $186M

Home Properties buys a 1,350-unit asset; a 42-unit property trades for $4.9 million in Oakland, Calif.; and Red Mortgage provides $21.2 million in financing to the first 221(d)(4) FHA loan to benefit from North Carolina’s Brownfields Agreement.