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Contegra Construction’s Trailblazer Commons Phase I Opens in Illinois
Phase I of Trailblazer Commons, serving Godfrey, Ill.-based Lewis and Clark Community College, has opened to students.
Economy Watch: Holiday Retail Sales Strong This Year
Holiday retail sales between Thanksgiving and Christmas—except for car sales— increased 5.5 percent this year compared to the same period last year, according to MasterCard’s SpendingPulse report.
Housing Partnership Equity Trust, AHC Acquire Multifamily Community for $33.5M
Social-purpose REIT Housing Partnership Equity Trust (HPET) announced that it has picked up its first Washington D.C.-area property multifamily community, in partnership with nonprofit developer AHC Inc.
TODAY’S DEALS: HFF Lands $118M for K2 Chicago
HFF provides $118 million to The Georgetown Co.; Senior Housing Properties Trust to complete a massive portfolio buy; and Essex Realty Group brokers the $2.7 million sale of a historic property in Chicago.
West Village Proerty on the Block
8 Charles Lane, a Manhattan property with an 88-foot by 103-foot footprint, has been put on the market. The property is unusual, according to the seller’s representatives, in that few other sites in the West Village neighborhood offer the possibility of ground-up multifamily development.
TODAY’S DEALS: Oakwood, Mapletree Expand in Dallas
Corporate housing firm Oakwood Worldwide completes a 232-unit JV apartment buy; Capital One Multifamily Finance closes $34.6 million to refinance an L.A. portfolio; and IPA arranges the sale of a North Dallas apartment property.
Security Properties Acquires Affordable Apartments for $13.2M
Security Properties has teamed with Enterprise Community Investment Inc. and the Colorado Springs Housing Authority to acquire Winfield Apartments.
Alta Stone Place Nearing Completion in Melrose, Mass.
Wood Partners has announced that it has surpassed 30 percent occupancy at its soon-to-be completed 212-unit renovated mill in Melrose, Massachusetts—about 20 minutes from downtown Boston.
HTG Begins Development of Pinellas County Apartments
Housing Trust Group has started work on Whispering Palms Apartments, a 63-unit affordable housing development targeting families in Largo and Pinellas County, Fla. The community will also include four units specifically for special needs families.