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Tricon Residential Opens $60 Million Sacramento-Area BTR Project

by Lynn Peisner

RANCHO CORDOVA, CALIF. — Tricon Residential, a subsidiary of global investment firm Blackstone Real Estate, has completed and opened Tricon Sunridge, a built-to-rent (BTR) community in Rancho Cordova, 14 miles east of Sacramento, California. Blackstone Real Estate invested approximately $60 million to develop the community. Project partners included Sares Regis and Signature Homes. The 114-unit homes are offered as three- or four-bedroom floor plans and feature solar panels, fenced-in backyards and electric-vehicle charging outlets within two-car garages.

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Investors, Take Note of Opportunities in BTR’s Potential to Meet ‘Missing Middle’ Demand

by Lynn Peisner

By Chris Cordes Build-to-rent (BTR) developments continue to set new records each year, with 90,000 units under construction in 2024, according to the National Association of Realtors. Maintaining momentum with 2023 levels, this growth rate represents a 50 percent increase in BTR housing starts since 2021 and relates directly to housing affordability challenges and the rising costs of homeownership. BTR offers renters, particularly aging Americans approaching retirement, housing options with homeownership-like benefits without the maintenance responsibilities and accompanying increasingly prohibitive costs. These benefits include more living space, privacy, yard access …

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Cinnaire Raises $340 Million Fund for Affordable Housing Development in 11 States

by Lynn Peisner

LANSING, MICH. — Cinnaire, a nonprofit financial services company based in Lansing, has raised $340 million, which will finance 33 affordable housing developments in 11 states. Dubbed Fund 43, the LIHTC financing will back a total of 2,455 affordable housing units. Haven on Main in La Crosse, Wisconsin, will be one of the projects. It will be a 70-unit community including 59 affordable units and 11 market-rate units. Eighteen units will be reserved for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, veterans and those experiencing chronic homelessness. Half of the total …

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Affordable HousingDevelopmentFloridaNewsSoutheast

McDowell Housing Partners to Develop LIHTC Project in Fort Myers

by Lynn Peisner

FORT MYERS, FLA. — McDowell Housing Partners (MHP) has secured financing and acquired land for Ekos on Evans, an affordable housing development in Fort Myers. Under the directives of Florida’s 4 percent low-income housing tax credit program, residences will be reserved for tenants earning 30, 60 or 70 percent of area median income. The 144-unit property consists of five garden-style buildings with one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Amenities will feature a clubhouse, computer room, fitness center, terrace, grills, pool, a playground and a dog park. Construction of Ekos at …

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Mesa Capital Partners Breaks Ground in Northeast Tallahassee

by Lynn Peisner

BRADFORDVILLE, FLA. — Mesa Capital Partners has broken ground on The Bradbury at Bannerman Village 10 miles north of Tallahassee. Mesa Capital Partners’ project is situated on a 14-acre site at Bannerman and Bull Headley roads and will be part of the Bannerman Village master-planned community. This area has slowly been developing in recent years, aiming to be a walkable, bikeable community. The Shops at Bannerman Village, a Publix-anchored center, opened in 2023. The project is also near the Landon Hill for-sale home community. Leasing is scheduled to begin in …

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Advantage Capital Arranges Tax Credits For $51 Million D.C.-Area Affordable Housing Redevelopment

by Lynn Peisner

FALLS CHURCH, VA. — Advantage Capital has secured $15 million in state low-income housing tax credits for Telestar Court, Conifer Realty’s office-to-residential redevelopment in Falls Church. The total project cost for the affordable housing project is $51 million. Advantage Capital arranged the tax credits in connection with the Virginia Housing Opportunity Tax Credit program, a tool for expanding the supply of affordable housing across the commonwealth. The former medical office building will be converted to an 80-unit community serving residents earning between 30 and 80 percent of area median income. …

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Porter Kyle Opens Metro Phoenix BTR Project

by Lynn Peisner

GOODYEAR, ARIZ. — Scottsdale, Arizona-based builder and developer Porter Kyle has completed development of The Cleveland, a build-to-rent (BTR) asset in Goodyear, which is in Phoenix’s West Valley. The 100-unit, townhome style property is Porter Kyle’s eighth BTR townhome community. Porter Kyle also is developing The Wayne, another BTR property, in Chandler, Arizona. The developer broke ground on that project in March. The Cleveland offers a resort-style pool, a fitness center, electric-vehicle charging stations in residents’ own garages, a playground, a walking and biking path, outdoor kitchen and barbecue area, …

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Branch Properties Secures $47 Million Refinancing

by Lynn Peisner

NAVARRE, FLA. — CBRE has arranged a $47 million loan, provided by Voya Investment Management, for Branch Properties to refinance construction debt on Elevate Navarre, a new 332-unit community in Navarre, which is a Florida Panhandle city about 22 miles east of Pensacola. Atlanta-based Branch Properties opened the property in 2023. Blake Cohen with CBRE Capital Markets’ Debt & Structured Finance in Atlanta arranged the three-year, fixed-rate, interest-only loan. Elevate Navarre consists of 11 three-story buildings and a clubhouse/leasing center situated on 20 acres. It features one-, two- and three-bedroom …

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Mid-Pen Completes Second Phase Of Affordable Development In Santa Cruz County

by Lynn Peisner

WATSONVILLE, CALIF. — MidPen Housing opened Cienega Heights, an 80-unit affordable housing property in Watsonville, on May 23. Watsonville is about 50 miles south of San Jose. Thirty-nine of the 80 units were designed to serve farmworkers. Watsonville is situated in the Pajaro Valley, where several farms grow crops such as fruits, vegetables and flowers. The units are reserved for residents earning 30 to 60 percent of area median income, or approximately $38,040 to $108,660 per year, depending on household size. Cienega Heights is the second phase of a three-phase …

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Affordable Housing Developers Aim to Control What They Can Control, Say InterFace Panelists

by Lynn Peisner

ATLANTA — Interest rates. Tariffs. Natural disasters. These three factors alone frighten any developer, let alone those who are tasked with delivering our nation’s affordable housing supply. Just to get to the ribbon-cutting ceremony, developers have an uphill climb. They have to obtain the land outright or in a ground lease agreement, navigate the permitting and entitlement processes, overcome any neighborhood pushback, raise equity and borrow the necessary capital and then build these communities on time and on budget. Editor’s note: InterFace Conference Group, a division of France Media Inc., produces …

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