SANTA ROSA BEACH, FLA. — Walker & Dunlop has arranged a $79 million refinancing loan for The Jewel at Santa Rosa Beach, a 408-unit property in Santa Rosa Beach. The borrower was Bristol Development Group. The Walker & Dunlop Capital Markets Real Estate Finance team led by Jeremy Pino, Livingston Hessam, Carl Passmore and Kyle Miller coordinated the transaction alongside Walker & Dunlop FHA Finance’s Keith Melton and David Strange to arrange the interest-only, non-recourse bridge loan with an institutional debt fund. The Jewel at Santa Rosa Beach includes one-, …
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You Built It. Your Kids Don’t Want to Run It: A Tax Strategy Most Investors Are Missing.
By Ben Roper and Hal Reinauer There’s a conversation happening in estate attorneys’ offices and around family dinner tables across the country, and it usually goes something like this: an owner of a multifamily property, often held for decades, begins to think seriously about what happens next. The asset has been good to them. It generates income. It carries emotional weight. And the plan, loosely held, is to pass it along the same way it arrived: intact, appreciated and relatively uncomplicated. What most owners never fully reckon with, and what is …
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Meridian Capital Group has arranged a $50 million loan through NewBridge Lending for Langston Views, a 671-unit community in Washington, D.C. The borrower is Chicago-based Clear Investment Group, which acquired the property from foreclosure in 2024 and has since completed renovations to units, amenities and building systems. Langston Views was constructed in 1966 and consists of two 12-story residential towers and multiple garden-style buildings.
DealPoint Merrill Secures $55M for First Phase of Mall Redevelopment in Metro Cleveland
RICHMOND HEIGHTS, OHIO — DealPoint Merrill has secured a $55 million construction loan for Phase I of Belle Oaks Marketplace in Richmond Heights, about 14 miles east of Cleveland. The Walker & Dunlop Capital Markets Real Estate Finance team led by Ryan Parker arranged a floating-rate, interest-only construction loan provided by Genesis Capital. The financing will be used for construction of Phase I of DealPoint Merrill’s redevelopment of the former Richmond Town Square Mall. This first phase includes 181 multifamily units across two buildings. Upon full completion, Belle Oaks Marketplace …
DENVER — JLL has arranged a floating-rate loan for Price Brothers to refinance Rye SoBo, a 353-unit property in Denver. The amount of the loan was not disclosed. RyeSoBo, located at 290 W. Alameda Ave. in the South Broadway area of Denver, was developed in 2021 and includes studios, one- and two-bedroom units and amenities such as a rooftop lounge with mountain and downtown views, a two-story fitness center, a two-story coworking lounge with conference rooms, a pool with a hot tub, a beer garden with outdoor games, a pet …
ATLANTA — Atlanta-based ECI Group and Houston-based ApexOne Investment Partners have formed a joint venture and a fund to acquire, redevelop and manage multifamily assets throughout the Sun Belt. ApexOne-ECI Multifamily Fund VI will seek total equity capitalization of $500 million. ECI and ApexOne have agreed to co-invest a combined total of approximately $100 million. New York City-based Almanac Realty Investors has committed $350 million. Fund acquisition criteria include existing assets rather than ground-up developments with an emphasis on newer-vintage communities and traditional assets, including workforce housing, all with investment …
Elm Real Estate Group Secures Construction Financing for The Westermark in Sugar Land, Texas
SUGAR LAND, TEXAS — Patterson Real Estate Advisory Group has arranged a construction loan for The Westermark, a 165-unit project in the southwestern Houston suburb of Sugar Land. The Westermark will consist of two five-story buildings containing studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units. Amenities will include a pool, fitness center, resident lounge and coworking space. Wintrust Commercial Real Estate provided the loan to the developer, Elm Real Estate Group, which is an affiliate of Indianapolis-based KCG Cos. Neither a construction timeline nor the loan amount was disclosed.
Trevato Development Group Lands $78 Million Refinancing for Jacksonville Development
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — Trevato Development Group has refinanced The Station at San Marco, a 345-unit project in the San Marco neighborhood of Jacksonville. An undisclosed insurance company funded the $78 million loan to take out construction debt. The property was completed in 2024 and is located at 1230 Hendricks Ave. Trevato is a sister company to Jacksonville-based multifamily developer Block One Ventures.
By Douglas Kelin and Bryan Pritchard Build-to-rent (BTR) has quickly become one of the most prominent strategies in residential real estate. In 2024 alone, the number of BTR homes delivered in the United States was approximately 10 times higher than it was a decade earlier. While that growth shows no signs of slowing, the version of build-to-rent that investors are pursuing today looks very different from the development-heavy model of just a few years ago. A combination of regulatory pressure, shifting market conditions and strategic refinement is pushing the sector …
LONG BEACH, CALIF. — JLL has arranged a $46.3 million refinancing for 200 W. Ocean, a 106-unit community in downtown Long Beach. The name of the sponsor was not disclosed. The property is an adaptive reuse of a former Class-B office building that was redeveloped into a multifamily property atop a three-story subterranean garage. The property, delivered in August 2022, features an amenity deck with a pool and fireplaces, a fitness center and smart-entry features. JLL Capital Market’s Debt Advisory team representing the borrower was led by Jeff Sause, Jacob …