LAWRENCE, MASS. — Northmarq has arranged a Fannie Mae loan for approximately $22.9 million for Arrowpoint Properties’ acquisition of Elora Flats & Townhomes in Lawrence, 30 miles north of Boston. Northmarq’s Boston-based team was led by Jeff Munoz, Kevin Sykes, Ed Riekstins and Jeffrey Munoz. Built in 2009, Elora Flats & Townhomes features six four-story buildings with 104 residential units reserved for families earning up to 80 percent of area median income. The property has maintained an average occupancy of 97.6 percent over the past 12 months. Amenities include parking for …
Affordable Housing
The affordable housing industry has spent years asking Congress for a federal response to the nation’s housing shortage. With the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act having officially become law on July 11, industry groups are treating the legislation as a rare bipartisan win — not because it solves the crisis unilaterally but because it tackles several of the bottlenecks that have slowed development and preservation. According to the National Low Income Housing Coalition, the nation is short 7.2 million affordable and available rental homes for extremely low-income households. The …
SAN CARLOS, CALIF. — SummerHill Apartment Communities, with architect KTGY, has broken ground 11 El Camino Real, situated on 2.2 acres in San Carlos, 23 miles south of San Francisco. The project includes 251 units, in studio through three-bedroom floor plans, and 38 affordable units, reserved for a variety of income levels. Amenities feature a pool, hot tub, landscaped courtyards, clubroom, fitness center, leasing office, resident lounge, bike room and mail room. The community is within about 1 mile of two Caltrain stations with commuter service throughout the Bay Area. …
ARLINGTON, VA. — GoodHomes Communities has acquired Arlington Court Suites in Alexandria for $35 million and plans to convert the 187-unit hotel into a 180-unit multifamily community. The KLNB multifamily capital markets team led by Rawles Wilcox, Justin Shay and Dutch Seitz and the HREC Investment Advisors team of Mark Morris and Scott Stephens represented the seller, Arlington Hotel Holdings Inc. GoodHomes is a New York City-based investor that acquires under-performing hospitality and seniors housing assets and redevelops them as workforce housing serving residents earning between 60 and 120 percent …
JACKSONVILLE BEACH, FLA. — Locally based Trevato Development Group has broken ground on a $120 million mixed-use development at the former Adventure Landing site in Jacksonville Beach. Adventure Landing was an amusement and water park that opened in the 1990s and operated for roughly 30 years. Trevato acquired the property in 2021. The project, which has not yet officially been named, will include 415 units of market-rate and workforce housing, 1,800 square feet of ground-level retail space and a viewing platform overlooking the Intracoastal Waterway. The site is on Beach …
Hurricane season officially began on June 1, and for property owners and managers across the Gulf Coast and Southeast, preparation should already be underway. While the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) predicts less hurricane activity this summer, it only takes one storm to put residents, properties and entire communities at risk. Storm preparedness is about more than asset protection. It is about protecting the people who call these communities home; residents who, when a property is damaged or destroyed, can be left displaced, vulnerable and without access to the …
Kennedy Wilson, Jamison Team Up to Develop 4,000 Units of Affordable Housing in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES — Kennedy Wilson and Jamison have partnered to develop 4,000 affordable housing units across Los Angeles through adaptive reuse and ground-up construction. Specifically, the partnership is comprised of Jamison’s affordable housing division, Arden Residential, and Kennedy Wilson’s affordable housing development group, Vintage Housing. According to Bloomberg, the development cost is approximately $1.7 billion. The Los Angeles Times reports the partners will deliver the units via 15 separate projects. The team will begin with the conversion of the former L.A. World Trade Center, a 10-story office complex developed in …
KANSAS CITY, MO. — Milhaus will develop Linwood & Troost, a 194-unit affordable housing community in Kansas City. Construction is slated to begin at the end of 2026, with completion anticipated by 2028. The Missouri Housing Development Commission (MHDC) awarded 4 percent federal Low-Income Housing Tax Credits for the project. In addition to the tax credits, funding sources include a tax abatement from Kansas City’s Planned Industrial Expansion Authority and $1.5 million awarded from the Kansas City Housing Trust Fund. The total project cost was not disclosed. Indianapolis-based Milhaus will …
NEW YORK CITY — Gilbane and partners have closed on financing for 1920 Turnbull, a $170 million, 228-unit affordable and supportive housing project in the Castle Hill/Soundview neighborhood of the Bronx. Apartments are income-restricted to households earning up to 60 percent area median income, and 137 units will be reserved as permanent supportive housing. Strada Development and the Center for Urban Community Services (CUCS) are co-developers, with CUCS also serving as a service provider. Upon completion, slated for March 2029, CUCS will operate a 3,500-square-foot on-site office space providing residents …
IRVINE, CALIF. — C&C Development, a Tustin, California-based affordable housing developer, has completed and opened Cartwright Family Apartments in the Irvine Business Complex. The 4 percent LIHTC project, which is fully occupied, includes 60 units reserved for households earning between 30 and 80 percent of area median income, with some units set aside for veterans. KTGY was the architect. Cartwright Family Apartments is a a single four-story residential building with a mix of 15 one-bedrooms, 17 two-bedrooms and 28 three-bedroom units. Amenities include a courtyard with a pool, barbecue pavilion, …