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TruAmerica, Blackstone Buy 608-Unit Portfolio for $97M

For their second deal since forming a joint venture last year, the partners picked up a 368-unit community in central Las Vegas for $58 million, along with a 240-unit asset west of Atlanta.

Silverstone Breaks Ground on $75M NoVa Senior Community

The company will bring 124 assisted living and 30 memory care units to Metro West, a mixed-use, transit-oriented development in Fairfax County.

Freddie Mac Was Targeting Opportunity Zones Before They Existed

The government-sponsored enterprise found that its financing activity in what are now designated as qualified opportunity zones grew more than 75 percent faster than in other areas since 2010.

New Jersey Project Scores $45M Construction Loan

Kushner Real Estate Group broke ground on the 200-unit luxury multifamily community in Bayonne last summer and expects to finish in the spring of 2020.

DC Development Gets $192M in Financing

A joint venture of MRP Realty and FRP Development Corp. is building Bryant Street, a 1,500-unit, mixed-use property in the northeast area of the city.

Jonathan Lee, principal & managing director, George Smith Partners. Image courtesy of George Smith Partners

What You Should Know About Construction Lending

Jonathan Lee, a principal & managing director at George Smith Partners, sheds light on the opportunities and challenges of financing ground-up multifamily projects.

Rehab Complete on Affordable Sacramento-Area Property

Community Preservation Partners invested $35.6 million at Danbury Park Apartments, a 140-unit asset in Antelope, Calif. Ten percent of the community is now ADA compliant.

NJ Affordable Housing Portfolio Lands $60M Loan

RED Mortgage Capital has secured the financing for the acquisition of 18 multifamily properties in Union City through Freddie Mac’s Optigo Small Balance Loan program.

Peak Campus to Manage 182-Unit Kentucky Student Housing

The brand will grow its 50,000-bed nationwide portfolio by operating The Mark at Lexington, a 676-bed community serving students at the University of Kentucky.

Washington, DC, Multifamily Report – Spring 2019

Despite a boost in development, absorption has kept up pace and the occupancy rate in stabilized properties inched up 20 basis points year-over-year, to 95.3 percent.