BOTHELL, WASH. — Conversion Logix, an Bothell-based digital marketing company focused on multifamily, senior living and student housing, has hired CJ Edmonds to the role of chief revenue officer. Edmonds brings more than 25 years of experience in software-as-a-service company management and more than thirteen years of experience in real estate marketing and technology services to the company.
SAN JOSE, CALIF. — Urban Catalyst has launched a new fund, UC Multifamily Equity I LLC (UCME), focused on the development of a 272-unit building in San Jose. The property, called Aquino, will offer studio, one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments. Amenities will include private co-working offices, a bar and lounge, a fitness center with a yoga studio, a dog run and a courtyard. Urban Catalyst has structured UCME as a real estate operating company, which allows it to accept funding from qualified retirement accounts such as IRAs and 401(k) plans.
MIAMI — Atlantic Pacific Companies and GTIS Partners have formed a joint venture to invest in the ongoing development of Atlantic Station, a high-rise project in Miami. Atlantic station will rise 36 stories on a 2.1-acre site. The building will offer 616 apartments, 25,000 square feet of retail space and a 624-space parking garage. Of the total unit count, 360 will be affordable, although exact income restrictions were not disclosed. Amenities will include a recreation deck with two pools, a gym, picnic areas, a dog park and co-working spaces. Vertical …
HOUSTON — JLL Capital Markets has hired Jim Humphries as a director to the firm’s single-family rental (SFR) team. In this role, Humphries will focus on SFR and build-to-rent (BTR) investment sales nationally. He will work out of JLL’s Houston office alongside the current SFR team lead, Managing Director Matthew Putterman. Humphries previously served as a senior vice president with Colliers and worked with HFF as part of the Houston multi-housing investment sales team.
CHICAGO — Evergreen Real Estate Group has added Jewell Walton to the newly created position of vice president of public partnerships. In this role, Walton will focus on diversifying the firm’s affordable housing portfolio by partnering with public housing agencies to convert assistance for existing public housing communities to long-term, project-based Section 8 contracts under the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) program. Prior to joining Evergreen Real Estate Group, Walton served as deputy chief of RAD programming with the Chicago Housing Authority and as a project manager for S.B. Friedman & …
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) has selected Bernard Fulton as vice president for housing policy and regulation, Latoya Lovick as vice president of membership and Ryan Hecker as a Research Assistant. Fulton comes to NMHC from the Housing Policy Council, where he served as Vice President for Government Relations. Prior to joining the Housing Policy Council, he served as legislative director for Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, legislative representative for the City of New York and head of Congressional relations for HUD Secretaries Shaun Donovan and Julián Castro. As vice …
BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Canyon Partners Real Estate LLC, Tavros and Charney Cos. have formed a joint venture to develop 251 Douglass Street, a mixed-use development in the Gowanus neighborhood of Brooklyn. The project is being capitalized with $64.4 million in equity and a $119.9 million senior construction loan through Barings. Jordan Roeschlaub, Dustin Stolly and Chris Kramer of Newmark led the team that arranged the financing. The development will comprise 260 units across 15 stories, as well as ground floor retail space and parking. The project is also planned to offer …
LOS ANGELES — BH Properties has begun an investment initiation into affordable housing with the goal of building a $1 billion portfolio of assets. The new platform will focus on low-income housing tax credit, Section 8 and age-restricted housing throughout the United States. The initiative will be led by William Stoll, who BH Properties hired as a managing director. Prior to joining BH Properties, Stoll worked at Steadfast Companies for 14 years. He joined the firm in 2009 as the manager of a Southern California portfolio of 10 LIHTC properties …
MIAMI, FLA. — Lest Group and Opportunity Fundo de Investimento Imobiliário (Opportunity) have formed a new real estate development company, LORE Development Group (LORE). Leste Group is a global independent alternative investment manager. Opportunity is a private investment firm based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The first property to be developed by LORE is a 500-unit community trendy Brickell district. The $500 million project will comprise 442,000 square feet, including 2,000 square feet of ground floor retail. The firm plans to construct more than $1 billion in multifamily projects over …
DALLAS — Croft Young, a senior investment banker, will join Dallas-based CBRE in July as the company’s Chief Investment Officer. Young will join CBRE’s global executive committee and will report directly to Bob Sulentic, CBRE’s president and CEO. Previously, Young served as managing director of Morgan Stanley’s real estate investment banking group. He received a BA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an MBA from UNC’s Kenan-Flagler Business School. Prior to joining the workforce, Young served in the United States Marine Corps for 13 years. He …