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Affordable HousingDevelopmentFloridaNewsSoutheast

Wendover Housing Partners Opens Affordable Housing Development in Metro Orlando

by Lynn Peisner

APOPKA, FLA. — Wendover Housing Partners has opened Southwick Commons, a 192-unit affordable housing community at 520 Brighton Ave. in Apopka, a northwest suburb of Orlando. Monthly asking rents at Southwick Commons start at approximately $1,103 for one-bedrooms, $1,440 for two-bedrooms and $1,647 for three-bedroom units. Amenities include a pool, activity room, business center, playground, community garden and a picnic pavilion and grills. Southwick Commons was designed by Slocum Platts Architects, and VCC was the general contractor.

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DevelopmentNewsSoutheastVirginia

Bonaventure Breaks Ground on $93.3M Attain at Swift Creek in Virginia

by Lynn Peisner

CHESTER, VA. — Bonaventure has broken ground on Attain at Swift Creek, a 344-unit community in Chester, about 19 miles south of Richmond. Walker & Dunlop arranged a $93.3 million HUD loan that includes both construction and permanent debt. KBS is the general contractor, RBA is the architect, and Timmons Group is the civil engineer. A property management partner will be announced ahead of lease-up. Attain at Swift Creek will include one-, two- and three-bedroom units. Completion is slated for 2028. Alexandria, Virginia-based investment firm Bonaventure’s Attain pipeline is concentrated …

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DevelopmentFloridaNewsSoutheast

FRP, Woodfield Start Construction of Mixed-Use Village of Estero

by Lynn Peisner

ESTERO, FLA. — FRP Development Corp. and Woodfield Development have begun construction of a multi-phase project in Estero, about 20 miles south of Fort Myers, Florida. Santander Bank provided an $81 million construction loan for the first phase of development, which will include 286 apartments and 30,000 square feet of retail space. Completion is slated for 2027. Brooks & Freund is the general contractor, and ID & Design International is leading interior design. Dover, Kohl & Partners served as master planner for the overall mixed-use development, while Humphreys & Partners …

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Affordable HousingDevelopmentNewsNorth CarolinaSoutheast

Standard Communities Breaks Ground on 141 Units of Affordable Housing in Charlotte’s Camp North End

by Lynn Peisner

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Standard Communities has broken ground on Joyfield Rise at Woodward, a 141-unit affordable housing redevelopment project in Charlotte’s North End. Apartments will be reserved for renters earning between 30 and 80 percent of area median income. Completion is slated for 2028. The community is located within Camp North End, a 76-acre redevelopment of a former industrial site first occupied by the Ford Motor Co. in 1924 and later, in the Cold War era, by the U.S. government for missile manufacturing. Jamestown, which is the owner and operator …

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Build-to-RentDevelopmentGeorgiaNewsSoutheast

Capstone Communities Developing $60 Million BTR Project in Southeast Georgia

by Lynn Peisner

BLOOMINGDALE, GA. — Alabama-based Capstone Communities has broken ground on The Villas at Bloomingdale, a $60 million build-to-rent project in Bloomingdale, 17 miles west of Savannah. The project is situated on an approximately 33-acre site and will feature 263 units as well as such amenities as a resort-style pool, pickleball court, grills and a dog park. CBI Construction is the general contractor, and Nequette Architecture & Design is the architect. Completion is slated for February 2027.

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Build-to-RentDevelopmentFloridaNewsSoutheast

JCCG, AREY Group Break Ground on BTR Development in Gainesville, Florida

by Lynn Peisner

GAINESVILLE, FLA. — AREY Group and Jim Chapman Construction Group (JCCG), a general contractor specializing in build-to-rent (BTR) projects, has broken ground on Enclave at Marston in Gainesville. The BTR community will consist of 75 single-family attached homes, eight garage buildings, a maintenance building, clubhouse and a resort-style pool. Completion is slated for the third quarter of 2027.

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Affordable HousingDevelopmentNewsNortheastRhode Island

Pennrose Completes Tandem, a Rhode Island Mixed-Income Community

by Lynn Peisner

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Pennrose has completed and opened Tandem, the second of a two-phase project in the Fox Point neighborhood of Providence. Along with its sister property, Tempo, which opened in 2025, Tandem completes Pennrose’s redevelopment of Parcel 9, one of the sites created when a stretch of Interstate 195 was relocated in 2009 and former highway land was opened for redevelopment in Providence. Partners on the 9 percent Low-Income Housing Tax Credit project included 195 District, a redevelopment agency; the City of Providence; Webster Bank; RIHousing and several more. …

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DevelopmentIllinoisLeasing & MarketingMidwestNews

Cross Street, Mavrek Launch Leasing at Chicago’s Belmora

by Lynn Peisner

CHICAGO — Cross Street and Mavrek have begun preleasing at Belmora, a 46-unit community at 919 W. Belmont Ave. in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood that includes 5,700 square feet of ground-floor retail space anchored by Studio Three, a locally based fitness company. A second building at 917 W. Belmont Ave., will be completed later this year and will include an additional 46 apartments and 5,3000 square feet of ground-floor retail space, anchored by Foxtrot Café & Market. The community offers studios through two-bedrooms with monthly asking rents ranging from $2,095 to $4,875. …

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Webinar: Better Bathroom Decisions in Affordable Housing — Balancing Investor Returns and Resident Needs

by Sarah Daniels

On August 20, Multifamily & Affordable Housing Business hosted the webinar “Better Bathroom Decisions in Affordable Housing — Balancing Investor Returns and Resident Needs.” The discussion covered how bathroom design and specification decisions can influence maintenance costs, resident satisfaction, accessibility and long-term asset performance in affordable housing communities. Panelists reviewed why bathrooms deserve more strategic attention during the design and specification process. They also covered strategies for approaching affordable housing, where repairability matters and where repairs often must be completed in occupied units. Key Takeaways: Click here to access the …

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Affordable HousingDevelopmentNewsNortheast

WinnCos. Completes $86M Affordable Housing Redevelopment in Upstate New York

by Lynn Peisner

FAIRPORT, N.Y. — WinnCos. has completed the $86 million redevelopment of Evergreen East, a 508-unit affordable housing community in Fairport. Originally constructed between 1972 and 1976 by the New York State Urban Development Corp. (UDC), the property, formerly known as the Pines of Perinton Apartments, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in January 2023. It was noted as an example of UDC’s suburban housing program, which sought to address post-World War II housing shortages with low-density, mixed-income apartments outside urban centers. The property is about 10 miles …

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