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By Anuradha Kher, Online News EditorOklahoma City–Sperry Van Ness has recently completed the sale of a four-property, 1,325-unit multifamily portfolio to Chicago-based Inland Real Estate Acquisitions Inc. for $132,108,000. The properties include Legacy Crossing and Legacy at Arts Quarter (pictured) in Oklahoma City, Okla. and Legacy Woods in Edmond and Legacy Corner in Midwest City, Okla. This transaction marks one of the largest per unit prices of nearly $100,000 ever achieved for apartments in the Oklahoma City area.Located at 3131 Southwest 89th St. in Oklahoma City, the 396-unit Legacy Crossing was built in 2001. Legacy at Arts Quarter, located at…

By Anuradha Kher, Online News EditorKansas City, Mo.–The National Housing & Rehabilitation Association recently named Georgian Court Apartments the winner of the 2008 J. Timothy Anderson Award for Excellence in Historic Rehabilitation at its 2008 Fall Forum Awards Ceremony in Boston. Georgian Court Apartments is located in Kansas City, Mo. The Timmy Awards were established in 2005 to recognize outstanding real estate projects throughout the country that use federal historic rehabilitation tax credits. Rosemann & Associates P.C. was architect and interior designer on the project while Eagle Point Co. was the developer. “It’s a great honor to receive an annual award…

By Anuradha  Kher, Online News EditorChicago–Construction Manager J.F. McCarthy’s new book, Choosing Project Success: A Guide for Building Professionals, was recently named a finalist in the Education/Academic and Business: Real Estate categories of the National Best Books 2008 Awards, sponsored by USA Book News as well as in the Business and Education/Academic categories of the 2008 Next Generation Indie Book Awards. Designed for both novice as well as experienced architects, building owners, project and facility managers, designers, lenders and insurers, Choosing Project Success is a commercial construction manual that addresses both project and construction management along with the technical aspects…

By Erika Schnitzer, Associate EditorNew York—In an effort to encourage green affordable housing, Enterprise and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) have partnered to provide New York State developers with grants of up to $25,000 per project.“The real key with NYSERDA and Enterprise is that we share a common mission around energy efficiency and how we get there,” says Keith Fairey, deputy director in Enterprise’s New York office. “NYSERDA is looking at reducing energy usage around the state and in return reducing the climate impact of energy usage and the strain on the energy grid. Enterprise…

Detroit–With shares of General Motors Corp. dipping to their lowest point in 60 years, the company’s mortgage unit of its finance arm may not survive, the company said in a government filing.Delphi Corp., GM’s former parts operation that was spun off as a separate company in 1999, also might not be able to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. In this morning’s trading, GM shares tumbled 56 cents, or 17 percent, to $2.80 after earlier falling as low as $2.75. This easily passes Monday’s more than 60-year low of $3.02.According to the Associated Press, JPMorgan analyst, Himanshu Patel said he…

By Anuradha Kher, Online News EditorOverland Park, Kan.–NorthMarq Capital Inc.’s Kansas City regional office recently arranged first mortgage financing of $71.186 million for an eight-property apartment portfolio. These multifamily properties are located in Ohio, Colorado and South Carolina and feature a combined total of 1,529 units. Financing was based on a 10-year term with three years interest only and a 30-year amortization schedule thereafter. NorthMarq arranged the financing through its seller/servicer relationship with Freddie Mac. 33-Unit Rental Property Sold for $4.1MVista, Calif.–Hendricks & Partners has arranged the sale of Meadow Ridge, a 33-unit property located at 415 Plymouth Dr. in…

By Erika Schnitzer, Associate EditorPyeongtaek, Republic of Korea—In a move that will mark the first time that private-sector developers, builders, managers and capital providers will create military housing on foreign land, the Department of the Army has chosen Humphreys Family Communities LLC (HFC) to design, build, finance and operate the U.S. Army Garrison Humphreys Housing Opportunity Project in the Republic of Korea.HFC is a joint venture between Irvine, Calif.-based Pinnacle AMS Development Company LLC; El Paso, Texas-based Hunt Companies; and Seoul, South Korea-based Samsung C&T Corporation. “Designing, building and maintaining housing is not [the DoD’s] core mission. The cost to…

By Anuradha Kher, Online News EditorBronx, N.Y.–The South Bronx community of Melrose Commons was recently honored for its pioneering role in the sustainable design and redevelopment of urban neighborhoods. The project was selected as a member of the Focus Group for the new Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) for Neighborhood Development (LEED-ND) pilot program. Devastated from years of neglect, Melrose Commons was in shambles by the early 1990s. In response to the city’s redevelopment plan, which would have resulted in the displacement of residents, a community development organization, Nos Quedamos, was formed. Nos Quedamos joined forces in 1992 with…

By Anuradha Kher, Online News EditorWashington, D.C.—-Fannie Mae has reported a record loss of $29 billion in the third quarter as the housing slowdown deepened and the agency wrote down a tax-related asset that had buoyed capital.This is the fifth consecutive loss for the company, which has been operating under a government conservatorship since September of this year.According to a Reuters report, Fannie Mae warned in October that it would write down substantially all of its deferred tax assets, which had become a controversial addition to capital as losses mounted. Deferred tax assets can be used to offset future taxes…

By Anuradha Kher, Online News EditorChicago–Pending home sales (including multifamily and single-family homes) in September fell on the heels of a strong gain a month earlier as credit tightened and economic conditions deteriorated, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR). The Pending Home Sales Index, a forward-looking indicator based on contracts signed in September, declined 4.6 percent to 89.2 from an upwardly revised reading of 93.5 in August, but is actually 1.6 percent higher than September 2007 when it stood at 87.8. Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist, says pending sales have been above year-ago levels for two months in…