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How Accessibility Compliance Gives Affordable Housing Investors a Competitive Advantage

by Lynn Peisner

By Mark English In the affordable housing industry, compliance has often been treated as an obligatory cost of doing business — a box to check, a hurdle to clear. Yet in today’s environment, marked by heightened regulatory scrutiny, increased tenant awareness of their rights and a fiercely competitive landscape for funding and partnerships, this mindset is dangerously outdated. For developers, owners and managers of affordable housing, denial of compliance’s strategic value can carry enormous costs: legal liability, reputation damage, financial penalties and missed opportunities to distinguish one’s organization as a …

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Vanbarton Group Secures $250 Million Loan for Manhattan Multifamily Conversion Project

by Lynn Peisner

NEW YORK — Vanbarton Group has received $250 million in financing to convert the former Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York headquarters into 420 multifamily units. Eldridge Real Estate Capital Management provided the acquisition and construction loan. The financing included the $103 million acquisition cost. CBRE’s Doug Middleton and Pierre Hills advised the archdiocese on the sale of the property, and Greenberg Traurig represented Vanbarton Group. The 20-story, approximately 400,000-square-foot building in the Sutton Place neighborhood had been the headquarters for the archdiocese since 1973 and was known as the …

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Skender, Full Circle Break Ground on Native American-Focused Affordable Housing Project in Chicago

by Lynn Peisner

CHICAGO — Full Circle Communities, in partnership with Native American-led nonprofit organization Visionary Ventures, is developing Jigzibik, an affordable housing development in Chicago. Skender, the general contractor on the project, broke ground on July 11. The 62,000-square-foot, seven-story mixed-use development will serve Native American communities. Jigzibik’s 45 units will be reserved for residents earning between 15 and 60 of area median income. Canopy Architecture + Design is the architect. The building will feature ground-floor office space for Native American-serving nonprofits, spaces for artists and makers, a computer lab and library …

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McShane Selected as Contractor for Madison, Wisconsin, Affordable Housing Development

by Lynn Peisner

MADISON, WIS. — Volker Development, based in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, has selected McShane Construction Co. to build Kelly Station, a 76-unit affordable housing project in Madison. Specifics about government subsidy financing or rent restrictions were not released, but local news sources report the Dane County Board of Supervisors approved $4 million in funding toward the project. According to a press release, the development partners include the county as well as the City of Madison, the Dane Workforce Housing Fund II and the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority. Kelly …

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John Burckin Named Senior Business Development Banker for KeyBank CDLI

by Lynn Peisner

NEW YORK — KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment (CDLI) has appointed Jon Burckin to senior business development banker on the equity distribution team. He is based in the firm’s New York City office and reports to Stacie Nekus, team leader for an equity growth initiative within CDLI. In this role, Burckin is responsible for raising capital and bringing in new investors for CDLI’s affordable housing equity syndication platform across the United States.

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Northmarq Arranges Seattle Affordable Housing Sale

by Lynn Peisner

TUKWILA, WASH. — Hampton Heights, a 114-unit affordable housing community in the Seattle suburb of Tukwila, has traded for $15.2 million. The buyer and seller were unnamed limited liability companies. Northmarq’s Seattle-based team, led by Tyler Smith, Steve Fischer and Joe Kinkopf, arranged the sale. Hampton Heights was built in 1976 and renovated in 2001. The project is designated affordable under the Washington State Housing Finance Commission’s Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program. Rents are capped at 35 and 60 percent of area median income, according to the property’s website.

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WNC, Mirka Break Ground on Affordable Housing Community in Carlsbad

by Lynn Peisner

CARLSBAD, CALIF. — WNC & Associates (WNC) and Mirka Investments have closed a deal to begin construction of La Costa Family Apartments, an affordable housing community in Carlsbad, about 34 miles north of San Diego. Details of the construction financing were not disclosed. The developers have broken ground with completion slated for March 2026. The property will include 19 units in a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans offered at income caps ranging from 30 to 80 percent of area median income (AMI). WNC and Mirka are concurrently …

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Gilbane Developing $254 Million Brooklyn Affordable Housing Anchored by Arts Center

by Lynn Peisner

NEW YORK — Gilbane Development, in partnership with Blue Sea Development, Artspace and the City and State of New York, has secured $254 million to finance the development of a mixed-use, affordable housing property in Brooklyn’s Brownsville neighborhood. Brownsville Arts Center & Apartments (BACA) will include about 263,000 square feet of residential space and a 28,000-square-foot arts center, the centerpiece of which is a 3,440-square-foot multi-purpose performance, rehearsal and studio space for community arts groups. The 283-unit BACA development will include a mix of studios and one-, two- and three-bedroom …

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One Big Beautiful Bill Act Expands LIHTC, Resurrects Opportunity Zones

by Lynn Peisner

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The One Big, Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), signed into law on July 4, contains provisions to incentive affordable housing investment and development, namely expansions of the 4 and 9 percent Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) programs and Opportunity Zone (OZ) codes. The bill provides a permanent 12 percent increase in the allocation of 9 percent LIHTC. Previously, each state received a limited amount of these credits to award each year to affordable housing projects. The law has increased that amount by 12 percent, which raises the chances …

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Fairstead Buys, Plans Remodel of Houston Affordable Housing Community

by Lynn Peisner

HOUSTON — Fairstead has closed on a $20 million financing package to acquire and renovate Sunflower Terrace, an affordable housing property in Houston. The Houston Housing Finance Corp. (HHFC) also has an ownership stake. R4 Capital was the mortgage lender. Fairstead will lead redevelopment efforts and will serve as the property manager. Sunflower Terrace consists of 160 units under a project-based Section 8 contract. Homes are reserved for low- and very low-income families, with rents capped at 50 percent of area median income (AMI) for half the units and at …

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