Finance

Newmark Arranges $64M Refinancing of D.C. Adaptive Reuse Project

by Lynn Peisner February 19, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Newmark has arranged a $64 million refinancing loan for Elle, a newly developed office-to-residential conversion project in Washington, D.C. The 11-story multifamily community, which formerly served as the Peace Corps headquarters, opened in 2024 and was developed by Willco. The building is located in the Golden Triangle Business Improvement District (BID), a 44-square-block area that stretches from Dupont Circle to Pennsylvania Avenue. The Golden Triangle BID is a nonprofit that encourages economic development through capital improvement projects. Elle is comprised of 163 units, 8,000 square feet of …

February 19, 2026

Finance New Jersey News Northeast

JLL Capital Markets Arranges $296M Loan for New Jersey Portfolio

by Lynn Peisner February 18, 2026

MORRISTOWN, N.J. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged a $296 million Freddie Mac Loan for an undisclosed borrower to refinance a 13-property, 1,880-unit portfolio across New Jersey. The garden style assets feature market-rate units at properties located in five New Jersey counties: Middlesex, Somerset, Union, Monmouth and Morris. The properties were developed between 1959 to 1999. JLL Capital Market’s debt advisory team representing the borrower was led by Michael Klein, Thomas Didio Jr., Michael Mataras and Joseph Gruber.

February 18, 2026

Development Finance New York News Northeast

Affinius Capital Originates $90 Million Loan for Luxury Brooklyn Property

by Lynn Peisner February 18, 2026

NEW YORK CITY — Locally based developer Mordechai Pillar, owner of One Nine Rockwell in Brooklyn’s Fort Greene neighborhood, has obtained a $90 million refinancing loan. Affinius Capital was the lender. David Bollag of Meridian Capital Group arranged the financing. The proceeds of the loan will be used to complete lease-up and stabilization at One Nine Rockwell, a 27-story, 174-unit property with 1,200 square feet of ground-floor retail. The luxury building is comprised of 35 studios, 103 one-bedrooms and 36 two-bedrooms. The sky lounge on the 27th floor offers a …

February 18, 2026

Affordable Housing Development Finance News Utah Western

Salt Lake Housing Authority Breaks Ground on Book Cliffs Lodge

by Lynn Peisner February 16, 2026

SALT LAKE CITY — The Housing Authority of Salt Lake has obtained a HUD loan for approximately $10.2 million for the development of Book Cliffs Lodge, a 55-unit affordable housing community that has been in the planning phases for several years. Construction has begun. A completion date has not been disclosed. JLL Capital Market’s Anson Snyder and Chris Gandy arranged the financing. Book Cliffs Lodge will be a four-story building with one-bedroom units in various sizes that will serve tenants earning between 30 and 80 percent of area median income. …

February 16, 2026

Affordable Housing Berkadia Features Finance

Can Loan Originations Sustain Momentum in 2026?

by Lynn Peisner February 13, 2026

By Joe Gose Lenders and mortgage bankers entered 2025 unsure how busy they would be. From President Trump’s seesawing tariff messages that ramped up market volatility to weak fundamentals in oversupplied Sun Belt markets, their misgivings were well-founded. A sluggish start to the year cast a shadow over whether the government sponsored agencies (GSEs) of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would hit their multifamily loan purchase caps of $73 billion each. But financings eventually gained momentum among the GSEs as well as life insurance companies, commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) lenders …

February 13, 2026

Arizona Build-to-Rent Finance News Western

JLL Arranges $64.3M Refinancing for JV Owners of Two Phoenix BTR Projects

by Lynn Peisner February 13, 2026

PHOENIX — JLL Capital Markets has arranged two refinancing loans totaling approximately $64.3 million on behalf of Chicago-based Blue Vista Capital Management and Palm Desert, California-based Family Development. The partners own Villas Litchfield (153 units) and Villas Goodyear (151 units), two newly constructed build-to-rent communities in Phoenix’s West Valley. ORIX Corp. was the lender. The loans — $33.1 million for the Litchfield property and $31.3 million for the Goodyear community — will serve as construction takeout financing for the two assets, which both opened in 2025. Greystar is the property manager at …

February 13, 2026

Development Finance Investment Sales New York News Northeast

Tavros Acquires Undeveloped Full-Block Manhattan Site for 600-Unit Project

by Lynn Peisner February 12, 2026

NEW YORK CITY — Tavros, a locally based private investor and developer, has acquired 250 Water Street, a 1-acre site in Manhattan’s Seaport neighborhood for $143 million. Tavros is planning to build a ground-up, 600-unit multifamily project on the land. Twenty-five percent of the units will be offered at to-be-announced affordable monthly rents. The community will be anchored by four floors of retail. Fogarty Finger is the architect. A construction timeline was not disclosed. JLL represented the undisclosed seller in the deal and advised Tavros on a pre-development loan provided …

February 12, 2026

Development Finance New York News Northeast

Developers of High-Rise in Manhattan’s Murray Hill Secure $115M Refinancing

by Lynn Peisner February 11, 2026

NEW YORK CITY — Affinius Capital has provided a $115 million refinancing loan to Ranco Capital and the Gilardian Family, the developers of a 22-story multifamily project in Manhattan’s Murray Hill neighborhood. The borrower will use the financing to complete construction and stabilize occupancy. Henry Bodek of Galaxy Capital arranged the loan. The building is located at 162 East 36th St. and is comprised of 160 studio, one- and two-bedroom units and 3,700 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Amenities feature a rooftop lounge, a fitness center and sauna, coworking …

February 11, 2026

Affordable Housing Finance News Northeast Washington, D.C.

Fannie Mae Multifamily Loan Volume Rose 34 Percent in 2025

by Lynn Peisner February 10, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Fannie Mae closed 2025 with a 34 percent year-over-year increase in multifamily loan volume. The agency provided approximately $74 billion in financing last year (compared with $55 billion in 2024), the highest figure since 2020. More than $8.3 billion funded affordable housing transactions, a 31 percent increase from 2024. Forty percent of all deals in 2025 were executed under Fannie Mae’s delegated underwriting model. The top-five DUS lenders last year were Walker & Dunlop ($8.95 billion); Wells Fargo ($7.75 billion); CBRE ($7.47 billion); Berkadia ($7.04 billion); and …

February 10, 2026

Development Finance New York News Northeast

GFP Receives $192M Loan for Lower Manhattan Conversion Project

by Lynn Peisner February 9, 2026

NEW YORK CITY — GFP Real Estate has obtained a $191.5 million construction loan for the office-to-residential conversion of 40 Exchange Place, a historic 300,000-square-foot, 20-story building in Lower Manhattan’s Financial District. 40 Exchange Place was completed in 1893 and served as the headquarters for the New York Stock Exchange from 1856 to 1865. Derby Lane was the lender, and Newmark’s Jordan Roeschlaub, Chris Kramer and Tim Polglase arranged the financing. Upon completion, the building will include 382 multifamily units in a mix of affordable and market-rate rents as well …

February 9, 2026

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