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Community Builders Group, Bridge Financial Advisors to Open $45 Million Pasadena Studios in Pasadena, California

by Channing Hamilton August 2, 2023

PASADENA, CALIF. — A partnership comprising Community Builders Group and Bridge Financial Advisors plan to open Pasadena Studios this August. Pasadena Studios is an affordable housing community that rises six stories in the Los Angeles suburb of Pasadena. The building offers 180 small studio apartments called micro-units. Units are affordable to households earning less than $53,000 annually. Amenities include Wi-Fi connectivity, fitness center, laundry facilities, rooftop deck, a kitchenette and bike storage. The total cost of the project was $45 million. The development team broke ground on Pasadena Studios in …

August 2, 2023

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NewPoint Provides Loan to Refinance 338-Unit Stadia Med Main Apartments in Houston

by Channing Hamilton August 1, 2023

HOUSTON — NewPoint Real Estate Capital provided a Targeted Affordable Housing loan to Aspen Oak Capital Partners (Aspen Oak) through Freddie Mac. The loan refinanced a NewPoint Bridge Loan that facilitated Aspen Oak’s acquisition of Stadia Med Main Apartments in April 2022. The fixed-rate refinance features a seven-year term and a 35-year amortization schedule. Stadia Med Main Apartments is a four-story, 338-unit property in Houston’s Medical Center/West University submarket. The community offers affordable and market rate units in one- and two-bedroom layouts. Income restrictions for the affordable units were not …

August 1, 2023

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Affirmed Housing Completes 100-Unit Affordable Housing Community in San Marcos, California

by Channing Hamilton August 1, 2023

SAN MARCOS, CALIF. — Affirmed Housing has completed Alora, an affordable housing community in San Marcos’s Richmar neighborhood. The development team for the project also included DAHLIN Group Architecture Planning, BNBuilders, Masson & Associates, Monica Mroz Landscape Architect and Compass for Affordable Housing. The City of San Marcos, County of San Diego, WNC and Chase provided financing for the development. Alora comprises 100 units across four residential buildings, as well as a community center and 171 parking spaces. Apartments come in one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans, and are affordable …

August 1, 2023

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Preservation of Affordable Housing Breaks Ground on Affordable Fifth City Commons in Chicago

by Channing Hamilton July 31, 2023

CHICAGO — Preservation of Affordable Housing has broken ground on Fifth City Commons, a new affordable housing and retail development on Chicago’s West Side. Fifth City Commons will offer 43 residential units across three stories. Units will come in one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts. The community will be affordable to households earning between 30 and 80 percent of the area median income. Amenities will include community rooms, a resident terrace and a fitness room. Details regarding the retail component of the project were not disclosed. The city of Chicago provided …

July 31, 2023

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Keybank Provides $20.4 Million in Financing for Affordable Housing Community in Salem, Oregon

by Channing Hamilton July 24, 2023

SALEM, ORE. — Hampstead Development Partners (Hampstead) has received $20.4 million in financing for the acquisition and renovation of Salem Manor, a 64-unit affordable community in Salem. KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment (CDLI) provided a $4 million construction loan and $6.3 million in Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, as well as arranged $10.1 million in permanent financing through Freddie Mac. John Paul Vachon, Matthew Haas and Hector Zuniga of KeyBank CDLI structured the financing. Salem Manor is subsidized by a Section 8 Housing Assistant Payment contract and is affordable to households earning at …

July 24, 2023

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Beacon Communities Break Ground on Pok Oi in Boston’s Chinatown Neighborhood

by Channing Hamilton July 19, 2023

BOSTON — Beacon Communities and the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association of New England have broken ground on Pok Oi, an 85-unit affordable community in Boston’s Chinatown neighborhood. Pok Oi will offer one-, two- and three bedroom units. The project is financed in part through the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program. Income restrictions for the complex were not disclosed.

July 19, 2023

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Indianapolis Emerges As ‘Star of the Midwest’

by Channing Hamilton July 17, 2023

CBRE has dubbed the Indianapolis apartment market “The Star of the Midwest” due to a combination of factors: its business-friendly climate, bustling life sciences and technology sectors, and exceptional rent growth. The giant real estate services firm points out in its 2023 Indianapolis Multifamily Market Overview that Indianapolis led the nation in year-over-year effective rent growth in October, November and December 2022 based on data from Yardi Matrix. In December, Indy posted an 11.4 percent increase in effective rents on an annual basis, the only metroplex to produce double-digit year-over-year growth. Despite …

July 17, 2023

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BRIDGE Housing Acquires Eaves Daly City Near San Francisco

by Channing Hamilton July 17, 2023

DALY CITY, CALIF. — BRIDGE Housing has acquired Eaves Daly City, a 195-unit community in Daly City, 10 miles south of San Francisco. Built in 1972, the property offers 11 two- and three-story buildings across 8.2 acres. Units come in studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom layouts. Amenities include a pool, spa and fitness center. BRIDGE Housing plans to preserve at least half of the units in perpetuity for residents earning up to 80 percent of the area’s median income. Currently, the units have no income restrictions. BRIDGE Housing also plans to …

July 17, 2023

The unnamed redevelopment of the Landers, Frary & Clark plant in New Britain, Connecticut

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WinnDevelopment Breaks Ground on $85 Million Adaptive Reuse Project in New Britain, Connecticut

by Channing Hamilton July 14, 2023

NEW BRITAIN, CONN. — WinnDevelopment has broken ground on a $85 million project to convert a historic manufacturing complex in New Britain into a 154-unit community. Keith Construction is the general contractor. JCJ Architecture is the architect. Collective Design Associates and Langan Engineering and Environmental Services are providing engineering services. Bank of America provided a construction loan and more than half of the project’s funding through its investment in the low-income housing and historic tax credits generated by the development. The Connecticut Department of Housing provided $4 million in funding …

July 14, 2023

Ralston Gardens Apartments in Arvada, Colorado

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KeyBank Arranges $117.7 Million in Financing for Two Affordable Projects in Denver

by Channing Hamilton July 11, 2023

DENVER AND ARVADA, COLO. — KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment has arranged $117.7 million in financing to Brinshore Development and Mile High Affordable Housing for the construction of two properties in Colorado. Kortney Brown, Stephen Sparks and Robbie Lynn of KeyBank Community Lending and Investment structured the financing. Sam Adams of KeyBanc Capital Markets Public Finance Group provided the bond underwriting. KeyBank arranged $56.9 million for the development of Ralston Gardens Apartments, an 102-unit affordable community in the Denver suburb of Arvada. KeyBank secured a $26.7 construction loan, a $14 million …

July 11, 2023

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