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The Urban Strategy America Fund Invests in 151-Unit Affordable Community

The Urban Strategy America Fund, a fund at New Boston Fund has closed on the permanent financing for the third financial rental phase of Olmsted Green, a community in Boston.

Dominium Acquires Arizona Affordable Apartments

Dominium has purchased The Sahuarita Mission Apartments, a 52-unit affordable apartment community in the Tucson-area municipality of Green Valley, Ariz.

Carrfour Property Receives Grant to Create Urban Farm

The Health Foundation of South Florida has awarded Carrfour Supportive Housing, a major Florida affordable housing developer, a $28,800 grant to fund its Learning Kitchen and Farmer’s Market Training Program.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch Lending Up Sharply

Bank of America Merrill Lynch provided more than $1.6 billion in community development lending and investing in the first six months of 2013. The result will be the creation of more than 6,500 affordable housing units.

TODAY’S DEALS: Friedkin Buys a 374-Unit Illinois Asset

HFF brokers a Illinois sale for MEPT; Titan SenQuest acquires a Texas seniors housing asset; and Beech Street Capital closes a $10.5 million loan for a Utah acquisition.

MHN Interview: Financing Supportive Housing for Veterans

KayBank recently provided $5 million in Low Income Housing Credit to finance a supportive housing development for veterans called Cadence Square in Canandaigua, N.Y. MHN speaks to Kevin Nowak, national equity investment manager for Key Community Development Corp., a part of KayBank, about this transaction, as well as the importance of enhanced-use leases.

San Diego Solar-Powered Apartments Lease Up Quickly

Solterra EcoLuxury Apartments, which has been open for 10 weeks, reports full occupancy. The 114-unit property is distinctive for being the first apartment community in San Diego County that’s fully photovoltaic.

Student Housing Near Central Connecticut State Sells

Campus View Apartments in New Britain, Conn., has traded hands for $4.72 million. The property is a 63-unit student-housing community at the entrance to Central Connecticut State University.

LCOR Announces Penthouses Available at NYC Luxury Building

LCOR has released The Penthouse Collection at 25 Broad, a community in New York. There are four units in the collection, two of which are already leased.

TODAY’S DEALS: ARA Seniors Housing Completes Georgia Class A Sale

PREI buys a seniors housing asset in an ARA-brokered sale; Beech Street closes $17.2 million for a 456-unit asset in Florida; and Commercial Mortgage Capital secures a $23 million construction loan.