WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has confirmed that the Housing Trust Fund and Capital Magnet Fund will receive approximately $545 million for affordable housing initiatives from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. According to Sandra Thompson, director of the FHFA, a portion of every loan purchased by Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac is allocated to the Housing Trust Fund and the Capital Magnet Fund. The Housing Trust Fund, overseen by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, will receive $354 million. The Housing Trust Fund allocates …
SAN ANTONIO — The city of San Antonio and its partners have broken ground on Los Arcos at VIDA, a 324-unit affordable housing community on the city’s south side. Los Arcos is financed by 4 percent housing tax credits allocated by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs ($36 million); private activity bonds issued by Opportunity Home San Antonio ($38 million); various funds from the 2022-2027 City of San Antonio Housing Bond Program ($5.3 million); and grant funds from the Bexar County Economic & Community Development American Rescue Plan …
FORT COLLINS, COLO. — Lakewood, Colorado-based Olive Bark has acquired Fox Meadows Apartments for $36.8 million. Fox Meadows Apartments is a 138-unit partial LIHTC community in Fort Collins, which is 45 miles north of Boulder, Colorado. Sixty-three units are set aside for households earning at or below 60 percent of the area median income. The property was built in 2001. Colliers Multifamily Advisory Group’s Bill Morkes and Craig Stack represented the seller and procured the buyer, a private local developer. The transaction included a fully amortizing, fixed-rate HUD loan assumption.
CHELSEA, MASS. — Fairfield Residential has finished building the first phase of Vero Apartments in Chelsea, located about five miles north of Boston. The first phase consists of 436 units. The second phase, called V2, is underway and will deliver 250 additional apartments. A completion date for Phase II was not disclosed. The project is a redevelopment of the 126-year-old Chelsea Clock manufacturing building and a waste management transfer station. Vero Apartments offers studio, one- and two-bedroom units, with 14 units set aside as affordable housing. Rent restrictions on the …
NEW YORK CITY — The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) has selected Beacon Communities, MBD Community Housing Corp. and Kalel Holdings as a new partner team to deliver $128.5 million in repairs and improvements to 952 apartments across the northeast Bronx. The renovations are expected to start in 2024. A completion date was not disclosed. The improvement plan will be delivered through the Permanent Affordability Commitment Together (PACT) program and will cover three NYCHA properties: Boston Secor, Boston Road Plaza and Middletown Plaza, affecting 1,700 residents. Planned improvements include …
DALLAS — Mintwood Real Estate, MSquared and Mirasol Capital have broken ground on Oakhouse in the southwest Dallas neighborhood of Oak Cliff. An undisclosed amount of financing was provided by Independent Financial. Oakhouse will comprise 219 units, 110 of which will be reserved for households earning at or below 80 percent of the area median income (AMI). Community amenities at Oakhouse will include a rooftop lounge, pool, dog park, fitness center and co-working spaces. A construction timeline for the development was not disclosed. The project team also includes general contractor …
BUCKEYE, ARIZ. — Roers Cos. has secured financing for the development of Solana Villas, an affordable housing community in Buckeye, approximately 37 miles west of Phoenix. Funding for the project was provided by Merchants Capital and Merchants Bank of Indiana (MBI). Merchants Capital secured $90 in financing for the property, including a $33 million MBI tax-exempt construction loan, a $24 million construction loan and a $31.5 million Freddie Mac loan. Additionally, MBI provided a 4 percent LIHTC equity investment of $27.8 million. Solana Villas will sit on approximately 10.7 acres …
HOUSTON — Fairstead has secured $25 million in financing from Berkadia, R4 Capital and the Houston Housing Finance Corp. to renovate Coppertree Village Apartments in the Acres Homes neighborhood of Houston. Coppertree Village Apartments is comprised of 324 units set aside for households earning at or below 50 to 60 percent of the area median income (AMI). Fairstead is a developer based out of New York City. The company acquired Coppertree Village Apartments in September 2021. Houston Housing Finance Corp. is a Texas nonprofit focused on providing financing to affordable housing projects …
ATLANTA — Fairfield has completed Verge, a 319-unit, partially affordable project along the southside corridor of the BeltLine, a 22-mile loop in Atlanta’s urban core. The project is located between the Peoplestown and Chosewood Park neighborhoods. Atlanta BeltLine Inc. (ABI), an economic development group, pairs developers with public and private partners to ensure multifamily projects constructed in the BeltLine Tax Allocation District (TAD) include affordable units. San Diego-based Fairfield acquired the land for the site in 2019, according to Curbed Atlanta. The developer did not release rent restrictions on the …
BOSTON — The City of Boston and Mayor Michelle Wu have funded an undisclosed amount of funding for Columbia Crossing in the Dorchester neighborhood. The proposed development plans to transform the historic Dorchester Savings Bank building and adjacent parking lot into an approximately 86,000-square-foot residential and commercial complex. The project will be developed by the Preservation of Affordable Housing (POAH) in partnership with the Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation (DBEDC). Plans include the adaptive reuse of the bank building into affordable rental housing and the construction of a six-story building at …