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Bellwether Enterprise Expands East Coast Presence with New Hire and New Office in Boston

Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital, the commercial and multifamily mortgage banking subsidiary of Enterprise Community Investment, announced the hiring of Paul E. Donahue as senior vice president.

Johnson-Crapo Housing Finance Reform Legislation Advances

The National Multifamily Housing Council and National Apartment Association have issued a joint statement from NMHC senior vice president of government affairs Cindy Chetti, hailing the Senate Banking Committee’s passage of housing finance reform legislation.

Selling Condo Hotels

New SEC regulations facilitate the sale of condominium hotel units.

Economy Watch: Housing Starts Gain Ground in April

The Census Bureau reported that private housing starts came in at an annualized rate of 1.072 million units in April, a sizable 13.2 percent upswing from March, when starts were an annualized 947,000 units.

ACH Plans Student Housing Property in Waco

Asset Campus Housing has unveiled plans for the Domain at Waco, an off-campus student housing property. The development will be a 186-unit property with 564 beds.

IAC Breaks Ground on Mixed-Use Student Housing Project in Midtown Atlanta

Dallas-based student housing developer and manager Inland American Communities Group has broken ground on a 706-bed mixed-use community adjacent to the northeastern edge of the Georgia Institute of Technology campus in Midtown Atlanta.

TODAY’S DEALS: Milestone Completes $28M Apartment Acquisition in Atlanta

Toronto-based Milestone buys in Atlanta; NorthMarq completes a $27M refinancing and helps a borrower avert prepayment penalty; and Marcus & Millichap, IPA handle a Phoenix apartment sale.

Multifamily Surge Propels Housing Starts Over 1 Million Mark in April, Says NAHB

Soaring production of multifamily apartments pushed nationwide housing starts above the million-unit mark in April, according to newly released figures from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Census Bureau.

HOCHTIEF, Kondor Wessels JV to Begin Construction on Major Residential Development in Berlin

HOCHTIEF Projektentwicklung, a subsidiary of the HOCHTIEF Group, has partnered with Kondor Wessels for the construction of CEDELIA, an approximately 280-unit residential development in Berlin-Zehlendorf.

Nobu Hospitality Announces Its First European Hotel: Nobu Hotel Shoreditch, London

Nobu Hospitality, inspired by world-renowned Japanese Chef Nobu Matsuhisa and championed by Academy award-winning actor Robert De Niro and Hollywood producer Meir Teper, over the course of the past months announced an aggressive expansion plan.