Regions

Groundbreaking Ceremony Held for Jersey City Development

Officials from The KRE Group and National Real Estate Advisors were joined by Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop to break ground on a three-tower, mixed-use development in Jersey City, N.J.

TODAY: Capital One Bank Closes Loans Totaling $74M to Refinance Two Houston Apartment Communities

Capital One Bank provides loans totaling $74 million to refinance two Houston apartment communities; and Grandbridge Real Estate Capital finances a $4.8 million apartment community at sub-4 percent interest rate.

Groundbreaking Held for $29.7M Hyatt Place San Juan in Puerto Rico

Ground was broken recently on a 149-room Hyatt Place San Juan hotel in Puerto Rico, by a joint venture between affiliates of Hyatt, PRISA Group and McConnell Valdes Consulting, Inc.

Avanti Senior Living Developing $15M Assisted Living Community in Flower Mound, Texas

Avanti Senior Living will build Avanti at Flower Mound, a $15 million assisted living and memory care community in Flower Mound, Texas, commencing building in January with an expected occupancy of early spring 2016.

Economy Watch: CPI Barely Moves in September

Inflation is at a very low ebb in the United States these days. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Wednesday that the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers increased 0.1 percent in September compared with August.

Wood Partners Starts Construction on Midtown Atlanta Apartments

Work is under way on 33 Peachtree Place, a $100 million residential and retail property on West Peachtree St. in Midtown Atlanta.

CBRE’s Michael Homm Promoted to Senior Appraiser

Michael Homm of CBRE’s Valuation and Advisory Group (VAS) in Cincinnati was recently promoted to senior appraiser.

Jonathan Rose Companies and TIAA-CREF Announce Preservation Fund

TIAA-CREF and Jonathan Rose Companies have unveiled the Rose Affordable Housing Preservation Fund LLC—a $51.6 million fund seeded by the two organizations that will help with the acquisition and improvement of affordable and mixed-use housing in strategic major metros in the United States.

Powertree and Panasonic Bringing EV Charging to SF Apartment Buildings

Scores of electric vehicle charging stations are coming to multifamily properties in San Francisco in coming months, thanks to an initiative teaming Panasonic Enterprise Solutions Company and San Francisco-based Powertree Services Inc.

Economy Watch: Existing Home Sales See September Uptick

The National Association of Realtors reported on Tuesday that total U.S. existing-home sales, which are completed transactions that include single-family homes, townhomes, condos and co-ops, increased 2.4 percent in September to an annualized rate of 5.17 million units, compared with 5.05 million units in August.