OVERLAND PARK, KAN. — Block & Co. Inc Realtors has brokered the sale of a 12.8-acre site on the southwest corner of 135th Street and Antioch Road in Overland Park. David Block and Mark McConahay of Block & Co. represented the undisclosed seller. The buyer plans to develop an apartment complex on the site. Construction is expected to begin immediately, with completion slated for 2024. Block & Co. will market the remaining 4.2 acres of land that runs along the north edge of the property along 135th Street. Four pad …
COLUMBUS, OHIO — Columbus-based Woda Cooper Cos. has secured $67 million in low-income housing tax credits (LIHTC) to support the financing for five affordable housing communities in the Southeast and Midwest U.S. The North Carolina Housing Finance Agency allocated $1.2 million to Pender Crossing, a 48-unit development to be built in Wilson, North Carolina. Pender Crossing will offer one-, two- and three-bedroom units across three buildings. TightLines Designs, headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, is the architect for the development. Woda Cooper is partnering with the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community to …
INDIANAPOLIS — Milhaus, an Indianapolis-based national multifamily developer, has selected Andrejs Kancs to the newly created position of vice president of financial and asset management. In this role, Kancs will monitor project performance on behalf of investors and lenders, initiate measures to rectify concerns and analyze market and project data to prevent underperformance. Kancs most recently served as a director with Scannell Properties. Prior to this, he worked at Milhaus from 2017 to 2022, where he rose to the position of director of finance. Kancs earned his bachelor’s degree in …
CHICAGO — JLL Property Management has hired Lewis Taulbee as a managing director of asset resolutions. In this role, Taulbee will lead JLL’s Chicago-based receivership team in providing special servicers, lenders, bond holders, investors and others with a channel of interdisciplinary asset resolutions. He previously served as JLL’s director of business development for two years. Prior to joining JLL, he held positions with Starwood Capital, CompassRock Real Estate and Simon Property Group. He is a currently standing member of Innovative Commerce Serving Communities, Commercial Real Estate Finance Council and Building …
CHICAGO — Wells Fargo’s Multifamily Capital group has brokered $145 million in construction take-out financing for Porte Apartments, a 586-unit complex in Chicago’s West Loop. The loan features a five-year term at a fixed interest rate. Intercontinental Real Estate Corp. was the borrower. Porte Apartments was built in 2020 at 845 W. Madison St. The community offers units ranging from 557 to 1,396 square feet in size. Amenities include a pool, resident lounge, fitness center, work-from-home stations, dog wash areas and private gaming spaces. Ten percent of the units are …
CHICAGO — McHugh Construction has topped out 1000M, a 73-story tower at the western edge of Chicago’s Grant Park. 1000M will offer 738 apartments in studio to four-bedroom layouts. The community’s 80,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor amenity space will include an observation deck on the 73rd floor. The high-rise was designed by the late German Architect Helmut Jahn and his company, Jahn. McHugh Construction is the general contractor for the project. Kara Mann designed the unit and amenity interiors. Cullen Construction Management is the owner’s representative. The community’s first units …
— By Erick Hartzell, project director, Brinkmann Constructors — As the housing market generated uncertainty in a pandemic-driven economy, many individuals gravitated toward the stability and convenience of multifamily housing communities. Amid the rising demand, shifting consumer priorities urged developers and contractors to refocus on this subsector, allowing multifamily construction to boom. Regardless of the steady influx of multifamily developments, demand remains prominent. As contractors work to meet the demand, there are several significant challenges to be aware of, including a lack of qualified labor, a rise in material prices, …
ST. LOUIS — JLL Capital Markets arranged a $47 million loan to refinance Marlowe, a 205-unit asset in the Central West End neighborhood of St. Louis. Danny Kaufman, Philip Galligan, Mary Dooley and Rebecca Brielmaier worked on behalf of the borrower, Keeley Properties, to secure the four-year, fixed-rate loan through an insurance company. Sound Mark Partners provided preferred equity for the deal. Marlowe was completed in 2022. The community offers studio, one- and two-bedroom units. Amenities include a pool and sundeck, lawn with putting green, 1,600-square-foot pet park, flex workspaces and …
CHICAGO — Evergreen Real Estate Group has added Jewell Walton to the newly created position of vice president of public partnerships. In this role, Walton will focus on diversifying the firm’s affordable housing portfolio by partnering with public housing agencies to convert assistance for existing public housing communities to long-term, project-based Section 8 contracts under the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) program. Prior to joining Evergreen Real Estate Group, Walton served as deputy chief of RAD programming with the Chicago Housing Authority and as a project manager for S.B. Friedman & …
ADDISON, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered $1.1 million sale of a property located at 41 E. Blecke Ave. in the western Chicago suburb of Addison. Christopher Malay and Eric Bell represented the seller, a limited liability company. Ryan Engle and Andrean Angelov secured and represented the buyer, a private investor in a 1031 exchange. The property comprises 12 units in studio and one-bedroom floor plans.