PONTIAC, MICH. — O’Brien Construction and Lighthouse, an affordable housing developer, have broken ground on Auburn Place and Beacon Place, two affordable housing developments that will consist of 94 units. The project includes both new construction and rehabilitation. Auburn Place is a new 54-unit, five-story development. Beacon Place is adjacent to Auburn Place and is a redevelopment that include 40 apartments and townhomes. Construction timelines and rent restrictions were not disclosed.
JACKSON, MISS. — Regions Affordable Housing has provided $117.3 million in financing to Vitus Group, an affordable housing developer, investor and owner with offices in Seattle and New York City. With the financing package, Vitus will acquire and rehab three affordable housing properties in Jackson: Village Apartments, Commonwealth Apartments and Madonna Manor, which are now known as the Jackson Trio portfolio. The properties are a mix of townhomes, garden-style apartments and a 13-story high-rise building for seniors. Altogether, the properties total 77 buildings and 613 units. Regions’ financing package included …
NEW YORK CITY — Fairstead and Invesco Real Estate will invest $20 million to renovate two affordable housing properties, Linden Apartments in Upper Manhattan and Locust Apartments in the Bronx. The joint venture team acquired the properties in 2021. All residences in the developments are protected by project-based Section 8 contracts that guarantee household rent caps at 50 percent of area median income. The Linden consists of 301 homes across 11 buildings while the Locust community is comprised of 409 homes across eight buildings. The two sites are part of …
ATLANTA — Aspen Square Management has sold 12th & James in Atlanta’s Upper Westside neighborhood to EQ Housing Advisors for $39 million. Under the new ownership, a public-private partnership with Atlantica Properties will convert the 214 apartments from market-rate to affordable housing. JLL represented Aspen Square in the deal. EQ Housing Advisors is a nonprofit housing investment firm, and Atlantica is a for-profit developer and investor. EQ was founded in 2022 by former RangeWater Chairman Marc Pollack. All groups, except the seller, are Atlanta-based. Atlanta Urban Development Corp. provided the …
BUCKEYE, ARIZ. — Dominium has acquired land in Buckeye, about 35 miles west of Phoenix, to develop Sidney Village. The property will offer 200 income-restricted townhomes, though rent caps were not disclosed. Specifically, Sidney Village will feature 100 three-bedroom and 100 four-bedroom homes designed as a mix of one- and two-story detached, duplex-style residences. WD Construction is the contractor. Amenities will include a clubhouse with workspaces, a fitness center, a pool with a sun deck, a central laundry facility, carports, electric vehicle charging stations and a private school bus shelter. …
SAN DIEGO — Wakeland Housing has started construction of The Becker, an affordable housing development within Riverwalk San Diego, a 200-acre planned mixed-use, transit-oriented project that includes 4,300 multifamily units, 430 of which will be affordable. Hines is the master developer on the project, which also includes 110 acres of parks, 1 million square feet of office space and 150,000 square feet of retail. The 190 units at The Becker will be reserved for tenants earning 60 percent or less of area median income, which is capped at $99,240 for …
NEW YORK CITY — Merchants Bank has provided a loan totaling approximately $60 million for Tredway, a Manhattan-based affordable housing investment and development firm, to renovate and to preserve affordability at Ocean Park Apartments in the Queens’ neighborhood of Far Rockaway. Merchants Capital arranged the financing. Tredway acquired the asset earlier this year, at which time the company entered into a new regulatory agreement with New York’s Department of Housing Preservation & Development to rent stabilize the property and set rent caps for tenants earning no more than 60 to …
SURPRISE, ARIZ. — Dominium has closed on land in Surprise, a Phoenix suburb about 22 miles northwest of downtown. The developer is planning to build Allasso Ranch on the site. The project will comprise 304 affordable homes supported by low-income housing tax credits. While specific area-median-income caps were not disclosed, the developer says a three-bedroom unit will rent for $1,597 per month, and a four-bedroom will rent for $1,770. According to RentCafe, average monthly asking rents for a three-bedroom in Surprise are about $2,054. Amenities will include a leasing center, …
CHICAGO — McShane Construction Co. and partner Ashlar Construction have completed the development of Westhaven Park Station in Chicago. Developers on the 96-unit, mixed-income project were Brinshore Development and The Michaels Organization. The 12-story building marks the final phase of redevelopment of the former Henry Horner Homes complex, which was a cluster of several public-housing buildings originally developed in the 1950s and 1960s in the Near West Side area. The concrete building offers a total of 121,800 square feet with three retail spaces on the ground floor and residential units on …
By Brandi Campbell Wood Forward-thinking multifamily developers are rediscovering a housing type that predates modern zoning: accessory dwelling units (ADUs). An ADU is defined as a smaller, independent residential unit located on the same lot as a detached single-family home, according to the American Planning Association, a nonprofit organization that supports the field of urban and regional planning. What was once commonplace in early 20th-century developments — garden cottages, cluster housing and secondary units within larger properties — is experiencing a renaissance driven by new policy opportunities and compelling financial …
