Northeast

Urban Investment Beyond the Core

Kenan Bigby of Trinity Financial sheds light on trends in affordable housing, transit-oriented development and investment opportunities in secondary and tertiary markets.

Jersey City’s Urby Tower Partners With Airbnb

Residents will be allowed to share their apartments by renting out a private room or the entire unit for as many as 30 days annually. The location is the second of a planned series of Urby developments set to open.

Rendering of The Westerly at Forge Park

Wood Partners Begins Pre-Leasing at Boston-Area Community

The Westerly at Forge Park is a luxury residential property in Franklin, Mass., with common area amenities that include an outdoor pool and a dog park.

Top 5 Student Housing Communities in Greater Boston

One of the world’s best-known academic hubs, Boston continues to benefit from top-ranked universities. However, the city’s affordability issues are pushing students out of core submarkets to the outskirts of the MSA.

HFF Secures $50M Loan for NJ Community

The company arranged the long-term fixes-rate loan on behalf borrower Capodagli Property Co. The 222-unit transit-oriented community offers convenient access into New York City and other major employment hubs.

NY Launches $20B Affordable Housing Initiative

The five-year plan was created to combat homelessness and proposes $10 billion to create and preserve more than 110,000 units across the state, including 12,000 units is designed through the newly enacted “Affordable New York” program.

NEI Completes Phase II of Boston Redevelopment

The company developed a 39-unit affordable community in the property, part of an initiative to transform as many as 11 acres of vacant lots in Boston into a mixed-use, transit-oriented development.

Tiffany Rufrano Joins Greystone Development

Greystone has selected Rufrano as its new director of asset management. A former Paramount Group vice president, she brings more than a decade of experience in asset management, acquisitions, financing and investment banking.

City Crossing

WinnCos. Preserves NJ Affordable Housing

The company joined with Greater Bergen Community Action to complete a project that will preserve affordable housing for 400 residents for 30 years in Jersey City.

Silvershore Properties’ Queens Community Up for Grabs

Jason Silverstein and David Shorenstein’s firm has selected a team from Greysteel to market the sale of a 20-unit apartment building located in Queens’ Elmhurst neighborhood.