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NAREE Special Report: Housing Demand Grows; Will Supply Follow?

If there are two points economists during the NAREE conference agreed on, it was that housing demand is growing in the face of short supply and that the extent varies at a local level, from submarket to submarket around the country.

TODAY’S DEALS: IPA Lands Listing Rights for Long Beach Asset

IPA lists a 206-unit property; NorthMarq Capital arranges a $21.1 million construction/perm loan and $10.2 million in joint venture financing for Dallas property; and Hudson Realty Capital funds a $6 million construction loan in Brooklyn, N.Y.

TODAY’S DEALS: Manhattan Luxury Asset Trades for $280M

Equity Residential acquires The Beatrice in Manhattan for $280 million; Pierce Education refinances a 792-bed asset in Oklahoma; and Berkeley Point Capital provides a Freddie Mac CME five-year, interest-only, adjustable-rate mortgage.

$75M Luxury Apartment Project Comes to Wheaton, MD

By Adrian Maties, Associate Editor After six years of planning, the Washington Property Co. has finally started work on Solaire-Wheaton, a $75 million luxury apartment development in Wheaton, Md. The project was put on hold during the recession. WPC is constructing the Solaire-Wheaton on the site of the former First Baptist Church of Wheaton, adjacent […]

TODAY’S DEALS: JV Lands Loan, Breaks Ground at Univ. of Miss.

EdR, Landmark begin a student housing project; Centerline Capital Group provides refinancing for an property in Nebraska; and Aztec Group Inc. closes a acquisition and bridge loan for a community in Florida.

TODAY’S DEALS: AIG Lands $37.2M for 379-Unit Tampa Asset

AIG Global Real Estate finances a Class A property; Walker & Dunlop provides $74.4 million to a 634-unit asset; and KeyBank Real Estate Capital closes a $15.8 million loan through Freddie Mac’s Capital Markets Execution program for a Class A property.

Stavrou to Build Townhomes in South Baltimore

By Adrian Maties, Associate Editor After nearly five years without any new towhnhome construction, the South Baltimore townhome market seems to be coming back to life. Steve Strohecker broke ground a few weeks ago on a four-townhome project. He is now followed by Annapolis-based Stavrou whose project will bring 10 luxury townhomes to South Baltimore. […]

TODAY’S DEALS: Dickinson Moves Ahead with $65M Project

A mixed-use project gets the green light; Venture West arranges a $10.1 million acquisition loan; and ARA represents the buyer in the acquisition of a 4.18-acre site in a master-planned community.

TODAY’S DEALS: CBRE Purchases 350-Unit Asset in Colorado

CBRE Global Investors buys a 350-unit asset; Kennedy Wilson acquires a SoCal property for $43.7 million; and investors show high level of interest in a Transwestern-brokered Dallas property sale.

TODAY’S DEALS: Bluerock, Bell Partners Grab a Tennessee Asset

Partnership buys a 252-unit asset; Gerson Bakar & Associates complete a 300-unit acquisition near Portland, Ore.; and Alliant Capital completes loan with a 3.81 percent interest rate.