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Mill Creek Residential to Develop Luxury Apartments in Miami

National real estate developer Mill Creek Residential has announced plans to develop a 262-unit luxury apartment community in Miami to be called Modera Bird.

TODAY’S DEALS: Raia Buys a Tallahassee Apartment for $42.2M

ARA brokers a Tallahassee sale; Steel Castle buys a 296-unit apartment in San Antonio; and Centerline provides $4.5 million to refinance a community in Florida.

Economy Watch: October Job Report Details

The unexpectedly strong employment report for October—204,000 jobs created—spotlighted various positive employment trends for the economy.

TruAmerica and Partners Buy San Jose Apartments for $38M

A partnership between TruAmerica Multifamily, Vista Investment Group and Western Investments Capital, has acquired Avenel Apartments in San Jose, Calif., for $38 million. The property is a 168-unit multifamily community originally built in 1987.

TODAY’S DEALS: Tricap, National Equity Buy 354 Luxury Units in Columbus

Tricap Residential Group and National Equity buy two Ohio apartment assets; Charles Dunn Co. completes a 22-unit sale in Santa Monica; and NorthMarq arranges $143.4 million in refinancings for eight apartment loans.

Millennials are ‘Renter Generation,’ Study Reports

When the Great Recession struck in 2008, the Millennial Generation was among the hardest hit. Caught in a plummeting economy characterized by enormous job cuts and limited new hiring, these underpaid and unemployed new-to-the-workforce folks didn’t have the economic wherewithal to move out on their own as previous generations did.

Hines Prepares to Open WaterWall Place in Houston

Hines, the owner and developer of WaterWall Place in Uptown Houston, has started pre-leasing the property.

Economy Watch: Jobs Uptick in October

The delayed jobs report for October came out on Friday, with the Bureau of Labor Statistics finding that the economy created 204,000 jobs during the month, an improvement from the September, and more than the average monthly growth for the last previous 12 months of 190,000.

Boyd Management Inc. Adopts Yardi SaaS Select Platform and Adds Online Procurement and Payment Processing

Yardi announced today that Boyd Management Inc. (BMI), an affordable housing management firm based in South Carolina, has begun the process of upgrading its software and database hosting service to Yardi SaaS Select.

Chinese Developer Plans $7.8 Billion Financial Hub in South Africa

Hong Kong-based developer Shanghai Zendai Property Limited is planning to transform a Johannesburg suburb into a global financial hub.