NEW YORK CITY — Genesis Cos. and Lemor Development have secured $71 million in acquisition financing for Frederick Samuel Apartments, a 664-unit affordable housing asset in New York City’s Harlem neighborhood. The property consists of 40 residential buildings. Income restrictions for the apartments were not disclosed. The new ownership will renovate the community with a combination of passive park spaces, programmed urban farms, a new playground and community gardens provided by Harlem Grown. Heather Olson and Matthew Baptiste of Berkadia facilitated the 30-year permanent financing through Freddie Mac’s Bond Credit …
Most people who have studied real estate investing will recall that property expenses are divided into controllable and noncontrollable buckets. In the noncontrollable bin are items like insurance, utilities and property taxes. And while it is true that these expenses usually are unavoidable, an owner should try to exert some level of control, at least in the case of taxes. Taxing entities calculate property taxes by multiplying a property’s assessment by its jurisdiction’s tax rate. The rate is indeed noncontrollable, but savvy owners will review their assessments and challenge them …
SACRAMENTO, CALIF. — Nuveen Real Estate has received an allocation of $400 million from the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) for the company’s Nuveen Real Estate U.S. Affordable Housing Fund. Nuveen states that the fund, which launched in 2023, aims to preserve housing for renters earning less than 80 percent of the area median income (AMI), with a concentration of households earning less than 60 percent of AMI. This allocation follows CalPERS’ previous $100 million investment to the fund in June 2024, bringing CalPERS’ total commitment to the fund …
BRUNSWICK, GA. — Lockwood Cos., an affordable housing developer based in Southfield, Michigan, has opened a new office in Brunswick, about 80 miles south of Savannah, Georgia. According to Lockwood, the office will support the company’s development initiatives to create more affordable housing for families and seniors in the region. Lockwood’s first local project will be a 40-unit affordable housing community for seniors in Albany, a city in southwest Georgia. The company plans to break ground on the project in early 2025.
SAN MARCOS, TEXAS — Cleveland-based developer The NRP Group has opened Centro35, a 330-unit affordable housing asset in San Marcos, approximately 50 miles northeast of San Antonio. The NRP Group developed the community in partnership with Capital Area Housing Finance Corp. Centro35 offers one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom apartments for households earning 60 percent or less of the area median income. Amenities include a pool, conference center with individual work pods, fitness center, children’s activity room and a game room. The project was financed with tax credit equity from Huntington …
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has increased the multifamily loan purchase caps for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for their 2025 production. The government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) will each have caps of $73 billion, or $146 billion combined, which is a four percent increase from the 2024 caps of $70 billion each. Bob Broeksmit, president and CEO of the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), states that the move to increase the cap is fitting due to recent moves by the Federal Reserve, which has twice reduced the federal …
ATLANTA AND LAWRENCEVILLE, GA. — Advantage Capital has leveraged roughly $53 million in state Low-Income Housing Tax Credits to finance the development of three communities in the Atlanta metropolitan area. The properties total 623 apartments, which will be available to families and seniors earning at or below the area median income. Zimmerman Properties will use the financing to develop The Flats at Stone Hogan, a $99.9 million, 256-unit project, and The Villas at Stone Hogan, a $68.9 million, 192-unit complex for seniors over the age of 55. Both properties are …
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based brokerage firm Ariel Property Advisors has negotiated the $31.5 million sale of an affordable housing building located at 34 W. 139th St. in the Harlem neighborhood of Upper Manhattan. Built in 2007, the property consists of 127 apartments. Victor Sozio, Shimon Shkury, Remi Mandell and Gabriel Elyaszadeh of Ariel represented the undisclosed seller in the deal. Income restrictions for the property, as well as the identity of the buyer, were also not disclosed.
LUBBOCK, TEXAS — Seattle-based LEDG Capital has completed the $12 million renovation of Southstead, a 244-unit mixed-income property in Lubbock. Southstead was constructed in phases in the 1970s. The community consists of 11 two-story buildings and 14 single-story buildings on a 20-acre site. Of the total unit count, 100 are available at market rates. In addition to upgrading kitchens, bathrooms and HVAC systems, LEDG Capital renovated the community with new roofs, painting, pathways, parking areas, a playground and trash enclosures. Merchants Capital financed the project, which lasted 11 months. According …
Last year, developers in Philadelphia built hundreds of new row houses on vacant, city-owned lots. The houses would sell to new homeowners at affordable prices. Many housing advocates say it’s not nearly enough. While new, luxury apartments charge record-high rents in neighborhoods around Center City, other streets in Philadelphia are still lined with vacant lots strewn with trash. As rents rise across the city, Philadelphia’s new mayor, Cherelle Parker, has promised to produce 30,000 new units of affordable housing over four years. That’s more than 8,000 units of housing per …