SAN FRANCISCO — MidPen Housing, along with the City of San Francisco, has broken ground on two affordable housing communities in San Francisco. Combined, the buildings will include 167 units for low-income families and employees of the San Francisco Unified School District and the San Francisco Community College District. Rent restrictions and a construction timeline were not disclosed. In 2019, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order allowing state agencies to use excess properties for affordable housing development. In May 2021, the state of California selected MidPen to develop …
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Woda Cooper, Parallel Housing Deliver First Phase of $36.7 Million Affordable Housing Project in Madison, Georgia
MADISON, GA. — Woda Cooper Cos. and Parallel Housing opened Carmichael Commons in Madison on June 18. The $18.2 million, 60-unit townhome community is comprised of eight one-bedroom, 32 two-bedroom and 20 three-bedroom townhomes. Units are reserved for residents with household incomes up to 50 and 60 percent of area median income (AMI). Six units are offered at market rates without income restrictions. The developers also are underway constructing Prior Farms, an $18.5 million, 40-unit build-to-rent community on adjoining land. The two-phase project will include a new park developed by …
DALLAS — LEDG Capital has secured the financing necessary to convert an existing mixed-income property to an all-affordable community and to complete a $5.2 million renovation. Under the plan, the 90 market rate units at Paradise Gardens will be converted to affordable housing for 30 years under a Low-Income Housing Tax Credit agreement, while the Housing Assistance Payment contract protecting the remaining 23 units, which was due to expire in May 2025, will be renewed for 20 years. Under the new rent and income restrictions, apartments will be affordable to households …
CHICAGO — Lument has provided $90.6 million in Fannie Mae loans to refinance four Chicago properties with a total of 654 units. All the communities are located in the Lakeview neighborhood on the city’s North Side and were constructed in the 1920s. Lument, a Fannie Mae lender approved to originate and service loans under the agency’s Delegated Underwriting and Servicing (DUS) program, secured the debt on behalf of BJB Properties. The loans replace existing life company debt for BJB, a Chicago-based operator focused on long-term holds. Evan Hom, a senior …
Denton, Texas — Berkadia has arranged approximately $132 million in loans through its newly launched construction-to-permanent financing program. The loan proceeds will fund building and mortgage costs of Jefferson Bonnie Brae, an affordable housing development in the Dallas suburb of Denton. JPI is the merchant developer. When complete, the project will be solely owned by the Denton Housing Authority. Senior Managing Director Tim Leonhard of Berkadia Affordable Housing arranged the financing. The property will include 461 units, half of which will be reserved for families earning no more than 80 …
LOS ANGELES — BH Properties has launched Haven Housing, an affordable housing company, and hired Connor Mortland to lead it. Mortland, formerly senior vice president of investments at Avanath Capital Management, will be based out of the firm’s San Diego office. As managing director and head of affordable housing acquisitions, he will direct Haven’s strategy to acquire and operate affordable and market-rate assets in the Western United States. Haven Housing aims for garden-style, value-add acquisitions with 100 or more units with value-add potential in Texas, Arizona, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Colorado …
ALEXANDRIA, VA. —Grandbridge Real Estate Capital, a subsidiary of Truist Financial Corp., has arranged $100 million in Freddie Mac loans on behalf of locally based Jair Lynch Real Estate Partners. In addition to the permanent financing, affiliates of Truist also served as a low-income housing tax credit equity investor for the transaction. The financing package includes a $38 million, tax-exempt loan and a $62 million taxable tail loan. The 15-year, fixed-rate loans and equity will finance the construction of a 310-unit, unnamed mixed-income project that will be built at 505 …
KIRKLAND, WASH. — Acacia Capital has sold Vue Kirkland to BRIDGE Housing for an undisclosed sum. Managing Directors David Sorensen and Benjamin Johnson, Director George Pallis, Associate Director Peter Dudunakis and Senior Managing Director Kenny Dudunakis of Berkadia Seattle led the transaction on behalf of the California-based seller. BRIDGE Housing is planning to convert the 200-unit market-rate community to affordable housing, offering units to tenants earning between 50 and 80 percent of area median income. The property was built in 1977.
BIRMINGHAM, ALA. — Regions Bank has promoted David Payne to head of originations for Regions Affordable Housing. Payne will oversee all affordable housing originations in order to provide financing that will support developers through low-income housing tax credits and other banking options. He also will provide business development efforts and leadership to the Regions group. Payne will report to Katie Such, head of Regions Affordable Housing. Payne previously served as co-head of originations for Regions Affordable Housing and led the bank’s work in sourcing and originating transactions across the Southeast. …
Community HousingWorks Completes L.A. Metro Acquisition, Plans Affordable Conversion
ROWLAND HEIGHTS, CALIF. — Community HousingWorks (CHW) has acquired NOVO Apartments in Rowland Heights and will convert the market-rate property into affordable housing. Northmarq arranged the $38.3 million sale as well as a $24.9 million fixed-rate, affordable-conversion, Freddie Mac acquisition loan for CHW. Stratford Partners Real Estate was the seller. NOVO was constructed in 1974. Additional financing details for the conversion were not disclosed, but CHW often uses its own equity and 4 percent low-income housing tax credits to fund developments, according to nonprofit directory GuideStar. Rowland Heights is about …