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PMG Announces Plans for Development at University Village in Chicago

Property Markets Group has announced its plans to develop a new $35 million residential project near the University of Illinois at Chicago campus in the University Village neighborhood.

French Polynesian Government Selects Hawaii’s Group 70 International for the Development of the $3B Tahiti Mahana Beach Resort and Spa

Group 70 International Inc., one of Hawaii’s largest architectural firms, has been selected as the architect, interior designer and civil engineer on record for a nearly $3 billion resort development in Tahiti.

Multifamily Sales Up in New York in Q2

The number of New York City multifamily building sales increased 18 percent in the second quarter of 2014 compared to the same quarter in 2013, but the dollar volume of those trades rose a modest 1 percent, according to the most recent Ariel Property Advisors quarterly report on the city’s multifamily market.

Walker & Dunlop Servicing Portfolio Surpasses $40 Billion Milestone

Walker & Dunlop Inc. announced today that its loan servicing portfolio crossed over the $40 billion mark.

Madison Realty Capital Acquires Manhattan Mixed-Use Property For $40.2M

Madison Realty Capital has acquired 361 East 50th St., a six-story mixed-use elevator building located in the Midtown East section of Manhattan, for $40.2 million.

Economy Watch: Case-Shiller Shows Smaller Home Price Rises

According to the latest S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, the 10-city and 20-city composite indexes were up 9.4 percent and 9.3 percent year-over-year respectively in May, down from 10.9 percent and 10.8 percent in April.

Economy Watch: Pending Home Sales Edge Down

The National Association of Realtors reported on Monday that its Pending Home Sales Index, a forward-looking indicator based on contracts inked but not closed, declined 1.1 percent to 102.7 in June from 103.8 in May, and is 7.3 percent below June 2013 (when it was 110.8).

Argos Development’s The Montrose Residences have Sold Out

Real estate marketing company Urban Pace LLC has announced that all the condominium homes at The Montrose Residences, a 15-unit low-rise community in Washington’s prestigious Georgetown neighborhood, have sold. The building, the former home of Henry and Anne Hurt Home for the Blind, has recently undergone a three-year renovation and all of the luxury units were sold just six months after the project’s completion.

TODAY’S DEALS: Parse Capital Provides $7.3M Mezz. Piece for Luxury Houston Apartments

Parse Capital partners with JPI Companies on a $37 million Houston development; Capital One closes an $8.8 million refinance for a New Hampshire assisted living community; and ARA’s Colorado office handles the $899,000 sale of a 14-Unit townhome community in Colorado Springs, Colo.

South Jersey Apartment Community Sells for $26M

The 484-unit Chalet Gardens in the Philadelphia suburb of Pine Hill, N.J., has traded hands for $26 million.