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 …
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 …
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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
CONCORD, CALIF. — Eden Housing acquired a two-property portfolio in Concord for $37.3 million. Located at 1770 Adelaide St., Sunset Pines is a 69-unit community with amenities such as a pool and a clubhouse. Coral Court Apartments is located at 1491 Detroit Ave. and offers 47 units, as well as a fitness center. Keith Manson, Zachary Greenwood and Mac Watson of CBRE represented the undisclosed seller in a Naturally Occurring Affordable Housing transaction. Eden Housing will convert the portfolio into affordable housing. Eden Housing used $6 million in equity from the City of Concord …
NARANIA, FLA. — ANF Group Inc. has completed Madison Point Apartments, a garden-style mixed-use community in the Miami suburb of Naranja. Developed by JQ Group, Madison Point Apartments offers 263 units across four 4-story buildings. Units come in one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts, including both affordable and market-rate apartments. Details on income restrictions for the affordable units were not disclosed. Amenities include a pool, community center, playground, fitness center, library, media center and approximately 200 parking spaces.
WATERLOO, IOWA — The Annex Group will develop Union at North Crossing, an affordable community in Waterloo, which is in Black Hawk County, Iowa. Union at North Crossing will be a garden style complex offering 180 units across five buildings. Units will come in one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts. The community will be affordable to households earning at or below 60 percent of the area median income. Union at North Crossing is slated to open in summer of 2024. Iowa Finance Authority issued the tax credit award and $25 million …