PHOENIX — PCCP has provided an $84 million senior loan to Los Angeles-based Pacific Development Partners for the refinancing of Montreux, a 335-unit community in Phoenix. The three-building property was developed in 2019 and is approximately 89 percent leased. The financing was arranged by James Bach of CBRE. Montreux’s units are offered in one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Amenities include two pools, a fitness center, a rooftop clubhouse, pickleball and tennis courts, a game room with a multi-sport simulator and parking.
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HOOVER, ALA. — Westside Capital Group is refinancing Skylar Ridge, a 140-unit property in Hoover, with a $21.8 million loan arranged by JLL. Crestline Investors was the lender. The owner has completed a renovation that updated the clubhouse with a new fitness center. Other improvements include a new pool deck and dog parks. Following the $2.5 million redevelopment, Westside Capital Group has increased rents by 21 percent on leases signed in the third quarter of 2025. The occupancy rate in May 2024 was 60 percent and had risen to 97 …
NEW YORK CITY — Gilbane Development and several project partners have closed on financing for Renova West at 860 Concourse Village East in the Morrisania neighborhood in the Bronx. The $193 million project encompasses a 19-story mixed-use affordable housing development along with a new 7,000-square-foot ICL Bronx Health Hub, which provides physical and behavioral health care. Development partners include the Institute for Community Living (ICL), Tredway, New York City’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) and Housing Development Corp. (HDC). The capital stack is comprised of debt and equity …
MIAMI — Focus, a Chicago-based developer, and Group Fox, an investment and property management company also out of Chicago, have received a $250 million construction loan to build Brickell Starlite in Miami. Affinius Capital was the lender. Cushman & Wakefield arranged the financing. Brickell Starlite is a to-be-built, 39-story, 517-unit luxury property in Miami’s Brickell submarket on the site of the former Starlite Motel. Units will be offered as studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts with 5 percent of the units designated for workforce housing. The development will feature amenities …
MURFREESBORO, TENN. — Denholtz has refinanced Overall Creek in Murfreesboro with a $76 million loan. PCCP was the lender, and Cushman & Wakefield arranged the financing. Red Bank, New Jersey-based Denholtz acquired Overall Creek in 2022. It was developed in 2020. The community, located at 5150 Jack Byrnes Drive, features resort-style amenities including a courtyard with a pool and grilling stations, fire pits, a dog park, a massage room, a tanning bed, business center and a fitness center. The property is currently 94 percent occupied and offers 384 one-, two- …
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged a $23 million loan through Manulife/John Hancock Life Insurance Co. to refinance 1008 Mass Ave, a 65-unit luxury community in Cambridge. The borrower was Boston Residential Group. The seven-story building, constructed in 1999, features 65 studios, one- and two-bedroom apartments along with ground-floor retail space currently occupied by Gibson Sotheby’s International Realty. The property is home to 67 covered parking spaces and amenities including 24-hour concierge services, a fitness center, a seventh-floor deck with panoramic city views and laundry facilities on every …
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Panepinto Properties and AJD Construction have secured $306 million in senior non-recourse construction financing and $78 million in preferred equity for the land purchase and vertical construction of Harborside 8, a 678-unit, luxury waterfront development along the Hudson River in Jersey City. JLL’s Capital Markets group arranged the floating-rate senior loan through Kennedy Wilson. JLL also arranged the preferred equity through Affinius Capital. The development partners plan to break ground in the first quarter of 2026 with stabilization estimated for the first quarter of 2030. The 65-story …
The nation’s housing crisis has reached a breaking point, pushing developers to rethink how and where new supply can be created. Among the most promising — and debated — solutions is the conversion of underutilized office buildings into much-needed affordable housing. On the surface, the concept seems straightforward: repurpose empty office space into homes in locations where demand is highest. In practice, however, these projects are anything but simple. Converting office buildings into livable, modern and affordable multifamily residences requires far more than reimagining floor plans. Success depends on choosing …
Solving the Balance Sheet Paradox: The Rise of Platform Investing in Multifamily Assets
Real estate “platform investments” have long been considered to be the purview of sophisticated financial players in the real estate world. These investments are typically made by institutional investors, pension plans or other private equity players. In platform investing, institutional capital is typically backing an “operator” — a development or investment firm responsible for sourcing, developing or managing multifamily assets. Platform investments provide a minority-stake ownership of the entity that employs key people making strategic investment decisions as well as the entity’s intellectual property. They also allow the investor the …
MidPen Housing Secures $132.8 Million in Grants for Three Central California Affordable Housing Developments
SAN JOSÉ, ALAMEDA, AND WATSONVILLE, CALIF. — The California Strategic Growth Council has awarded funding to existing MidPen Housing developments in San José, Alameda and Watsonville that include a total of 362 affordable units as well as transit improvements. Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) Capitol Station in San José was awarded $49.3 million. Located next to the Capitol Light rail station, this transit-oriented development will include 203 affordable rental homes, including 51 permanent supportive housing apartments for formerly homeless individuals. The project will replace an underutilized VTA parking lot with an …