NARANJA, FLA. — Housing Trust Group (HTG) and AM Affordable Housing have secured financing to begin construction of the first phase of Artisan Pointe, an affordable housing community in Naranja, 34 miles south of Miami. Located at 26115 S. Dixie Highway, Artisan Pointe will include 115 units in the first phase. Rents for the one- and two-bedroom units are restricted to 30, 60 and 70 percent of area median income (AMI). Monthly rents for qualifying residents will range from $766 for a one-bedroom apartment at the 30 percent AMI tier …
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Watt Capital Developers Secures Refinancing, HAP Contract Renewal for Los Angeles Affordable Housing
LOS ANGELES — Walker & Dunlop has arranged a $28.9 million loan to refinance Billy G. Mills Manor, an affordable housing community in Los Angeles. Walker & Dunlop’s Jeff Kearns and Laura Woltanski arranged the loan through HUD/FHA’s Section 223(f) loan program on behalf of Watt Capital Developers. The community features 102 units supported by a Project-Based Section 8 Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) contract covering 100 percent of the residences. The refinancing also supplies funding for approximately $30,000 per unit for planned renovations, including roof replacement, new windows and sliding …
GILBERT, ARIZ. — PCCP has provided a $51.8 million senior loan to a joint venture between Phoenix Capital Management and P.B. Bell for the refinancing of Everly at Morrison Ranch in Gilbert. Located at 4353 E. Elliot Road, Everly at Morrison Ranch was built in 2025. The 236-unit community is 97 percent leased and is within Morrison Ranch, a master-planned neighborhood in Gilbert. Units are offered as one-, two- or three-bedroom floor plans complemented by amenities such as a resort-style pool and hot tub, private workspaces, electric vehicle charging stations, …
NEW YORK CITY AND CHARLOTTE, N.C. — JLL has arranged $617 million in financing for Charlotte, North Carolina-based Grubb Properties, supporting the formation of a new real estate investment trust and the completion of a 64-story apartment tower in Manhattan’s Financial District. JLL’s mergers and acquisitions and corporate advisory group first advised on the merger of several legacy Grubb Properties funds and their rebranding as Link Apartments REIT. The approximately $1.9 billion Grubb Properties-managed REIT has a portfolio of 45 properties, including more than 5,600 multifamily units. In conjunction with …
CHICAGO — Tree Street Group, along with development partners Magellan Development Group and Mark Goodman & Associates, has closed on an undisclosed amount of construction financing obtained through Bank OZK, Beach Point Capital and Circle Property Partners for 410 N. Elizabeth, a 33-story high-rise in Chicago’s Fulton Market neighborhood. It will be the first phase of a two-tower, mixed-use development. 410 N. Elizabeth will include 383 units, with 77 apartments set aside as affordable. Rent restrictions were not disclosed. Upon completion of both phases, the development will comprise about 724 …
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — Dependable Equities has obtained a $54 million construction loan from CDK Capital, with Valley National Bank serving as a participating lender, to support the planning and pre-development of two luxury high-rise communities located at 101 SE 7th St. and 633 SE 3rd Ave. in Fort Lauderdale. Dependable Equities is the South Florida division of Sky Equity Group, a New York City-based real estate development firm. Together, the projects encompass approximately 2 million square feet featuring 1,460 condominium and multifamily residences and roughly 14,000 square feet of …
DALLAS — Endeavor Real Estate Group, in partnership with Canyon Partners Real Estate, has secured an undisclosed amount of construction financing for Lucille, a 22-story, 265-unit luxury tower located in Uptown Dallas at 2700 McKinney Ave. German commercial bank Helaba was the lender. Amenities will include a rooftop lounge with an infinity-edge pool, cabanas, a private dining room, outdoor dining areas, grilling stations and an observation deck. The building will also have 24-hour concierge services, parcel storage lockers, dry cleaning lockers, coworking space, a business center, private conference rooms, a …
Affinius Capital Provides Refinancing Loan for Marlowe Wellington in Fort Worth, Texas
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Affinius Capital has provided a loan to Greystar for the refinancing of Marlowe Wellington, a three-story property consisting of 594 units in Fort Worth. Walker Layne of Walker & Dunlop arranged the financing. Greystar opened the property in July 2025. Marlowe Wellington offers one- to four-bedroom apartments and townhomes. Amenities include two resort-style pools, a fitness center, lakeside walking trail, basketball court, dog park, grilling areas, cabanas and private coworking spaces. In May, Veris Residential was acquired by an Affinius Capital-led investor consortium for $3.4 billion.
CHICAGO — JLL has arranged a $275 million loan and $57 million in mezzanine financing for NEMA Chicago, a 76-story luxury tower at 1210 South Indiana Ave. in Chicago. The property was developed in 2019 by Miami-based Crescent Heights, which is the borrower. The five-year, fixed-rate loan was provided by New York Life Insurance Co., while the mezzanine loan was sourced through PGIM’s real estate business. NEMA Chicago features 70,000 square feet of amenities spanning indoor and outdoor pools, a full-size basketball court, squash court, boxing ring, golf simulator, movie …
Wheatland Investments Group Obtains $10.8M Loan for Affordable Housing Development in Lawrence, Kansas
LAWRENCE, KAN. — Merchants Capital has secured a $10.8 million Freddie Mac loan for Floret Hill, a 121-unit affordable housing development in Lawrence. The developer, Gardner, Kansas-based Wheatland Investments Group, also has obtained federal and state Low-Income Housing Tax Credit equity, while the City of Lawrence donated 12 acres of land and committed approximately $1 million to the project. Floret Hill will offer one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments across 11 residential buildings, with 37 units restricted to residents earning up to 40 percent of area median income (AMI) and 84 …