WINTER PARK, FLA. — Hillpointe LLC, a developer headquartered in the Orlando, Florida suburb of Winter Park, has appointed Will Bohn to the role of managing director, asset management. Prior to joining Hillpointe, Bohn served as senior vice president of asset management at Simply Self Storage. He began his career with National Storage Affiliates, a public REIT, where he held positions focused on data science, revenue management and acquisitions. Bohn secured a Master of Finance and a Bachelor of Arts in Finance and Legal Studies from Tulane University.
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NEW YORK CITY — Ofer Cohen of New York City-based brokerage firm TerraCRG, as well as Tucker Reed and Vivian Liao of Brooklyn-based developer Totem Brooklyn, have launched Ailanthus, a platform that aims to create 10,000 apartments in New York City over the next five years. The platform is named after the Ailanthus tree, a common street tree in New York City and a reference to Betty Smith’s 1943 novel “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.” As of May 13, Ailanthus has approximately 1,500 apartments in its pipeline, including a 456-unit mixed-income development at 1057 …
NEWPORT BEACH, CALIF. — Lument, a subsidiary of ORIX Corp. USA, has entered into an exclusive correspondent relationship with Newport Beach-based capital advisory firm Arcus Harbor Real Estate Capital. A correspondent relationship is when a company agrees to use one particular lender to process and close a particular product. Under the terms of the agreement, Arcus Harbor Real Estate Capital will refer all Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and FHA loans the firm originates to Lument for underwriting, processing and closing. Lument will also have the opportunity to provide balance sheet and other non-agency loans …
MACON, GA. — Argus Eyed Partners and Sierra Property Management have rebranded as AREY Group, a fully integrated real estate platform based in Macon, Georgia. The platform will be focused on development and acquisitions, and will also offer asset and property management services. AREY Group has completed over 2 million square feet of multifamily and commercial development on institutional campuses. The company has developed and manages over 2,000 units of conventional multifamily and student housing units across the Southeast.
MADISON AND MILWAUKEE, WIS. — A court-appointed receiver has retained Affordable Housing Investment Brokerage (AHIB) to secure new ownership for portions of Heartland Housing’s Wisconsin portfolio. Heartland Housing was an affordable housing developer and a subsidiary of Heartland Alliance. The non-profit developer went out of business in 2023. The portfolio comprises 166 affordable housing units across five properties in Madison and Milwaukee. Cinnaire Solutions acquired the two properties in Madison, Rethke Terrace and Tree Lane Apartments. Rethke Terrace was built in 2016 and comprises 60 units. Tree Lane Apartments is …
BIRMINGHAM, ALA. — Capstone Development Partners has hired Jordan Gaston to the new leadership role of vice president, head of workforce housing. In this role, Gaston will take part in the company’s efforts to expand its business into the financing, development and operation of workforce housing. He previously served as the Director of Finance within Capstone’s finance division from 2016 to 2021. Most recently, he held the position of vice president in Citigroup’s public finance department.
CHICAGO — Peak Realty, a Chicago-based firm that specializes in multifamily leasing and investment, has rebranded to Cross Street. The firm expanded to Denver last year with the opening of a second office. According to the company, the name “Cross Street” represents the important connections and intersecting parts of life and business. In five years, the Cross Street team has doubled, with more than 12,000 units leased and over $200 million in closed multifamily sales. Cross Street plans to expand to more markets, particularly urban areas.
CHICAGO — JLL Capital Markets has added Rasto Gallo and Mike Klaskin as senior directors with the firm’s national affordable housing investment sales advisory team. Gallo and Klaskin will be based out of the firm’s Chicago office. They will report to Senior Managing Directors Danny Kauffman and Jaime Fink, who co-lead the office, as well as Senior Managing Director Doug Childers, who serves as the affordable housing investment sales advisory group leader. Additionally, they will work alongside Managing Director Michael Fox and Director Melissa Bloem on the affordable housing investment sales …
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) has filed a petition to appeal the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Digital Discrimination Rule. The new rule includes property owners as a “covered entity,” which would hold housing providers liable under the FCC’s enforcement scheme if adequate broadband internet connectivity is not available to its renters. The rule is slated to go into effect on March 22, 2024. NMHC stated in a press release that while it supports the goal of ending digital discrimination, it feels the new rule is overly …
CHARLOTTE, N.C. AND ALEXANDRIA, VA. — FCA Management and Bonaventure have merged to create an enhanced third-party property management firm and platform. FCA Management is a third-party property management firm, which is based in Charlotte and serves clients in the southeast and mid-Atlantic. Bonaventure is an asset management firm with a focus on investment, development and construction in the southeast and mid-Atlantic. As part of the agreement, Bonaventure’s Property Management Services will become part of FCA Management, which will manage all current and future Bonaventure market-rate communities. The combined platform …