The downtown Minneapolis apartment market continues to rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic’s lingering effects and the civil unrest that occurred following the murder of George Floyd in May 2020. A growing number of residents who fled to the suburbs during that tumultuous year have returned to the city. More broadly speaking, apartment rental demand is up across the metro area, rents have hit an all-time high, and occupancy rates have remained steady in the mid-90s percentagewise. Perhaps best of all for investors is that cap rates in the Minneapolis market …
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WICHITA, KAN. — Post Road Management has acquired a portfolio totaling 1,002 units across 11 properties in Wichita for an undisclosed price. Alex Blagojevich, Brett Meinzer, Colton Howell and Richard Redding of MMG Real Estate Advisors represented the seller and procured the buyer. The communities in the portfolio include Kingston Cove, Cimarron Apartments, Stratford East, Park Meadows, The Willows, Willows South, Stratford West, Danish Village, Pine Creek, Edgemoor Townhomes and Cottonwood Crossing. The firm plans to invest an average of $12,000 per unit in renovations. About 21 percent of the units …
SCHAUMBURG, ILL. — RMK Management Corp. has been named property manager of Fieldpointe of Schaumburg, a 396-unit community in Schaumburg, Ill., a northwest suburb of Chicago. Fieldpointe comprises 12 three-story buildings and features studio, one- and two-bedroom layouts measuring 548 to 948 square feet. Rents range from $1,382 to $1,950. The property is pet-friendly and offers a pool, covered or garage parking, bike storage and package services. Capital improvement projects are scheduled at Fieldpointe in the coming months, including a roof replacement and cosmetic updates to shared corridors. Chicago-based …
MERRILLVILLE, IND. — Draper and Kramer has arranged a $54 million loan on behalf of Weiss Entities to refinance Prairie Point and The Reserve at Prairie Point apartments in Merrillville, which is about 43 miles south of Chicago. The five-year, fixed-rate loan was funded by a life insurance company lender. Prairie Point and The Reserve comprises 440 townhome-style units and was built between 2002 and 2015, with most recent renovations taking place in 2018. Amenities include a clubhouse, fitness center, resort-style heated pool, a playground and a regulation-sized sand volleyball …
— By Adam Wolfson, CEO and CIO, Wolfson Development Co. — The nation’s decades-long housing shortage and the recent rise of the build-to-rent (BTR) sector are inextricably linked. Although some may debate that one is caused by the other — or at least made worse — the important point is that the BTR industry was born out of the housing crisis. The socioeconomic implication of homebuying versus renting may inspire an interesting debate, but it’s not germane to the essential fact that the United States does not have enough housing to …
McHugh Construction, Brown & Momen Complete Near South Side Chicago Mixed-Income Project
CHICAGO — Locally based McHugh Construction and its partner Brown & Momen, a general contractor also based in Chicago, have completed construction of the $24.3 million 508 Pershing at Oakwood Shores in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood. The 53-unit mixed-use, mixed-income project was developed by The Community Builders (TCB). Construction began in April 2021. The project is part of a larger Oakwood Shores revitalization plan. Oakwood Shores is about 3.5 miles south of downtown Chicago and part of an area called Near South Side. TCB’s partners in the project include Granite Development, …
COLUMBUS, OHIO — Coastal Ridge Real Estate has appointed Mark Yale as chief financial officer (CFO). Yale will work at Coastal Ridge’s headquarters in Columbus and will be responsible for guiding the overall financial performance of the company. Yale previously served as Washington Prime Group’s Executive Vice President and CFO. In this role, he was responsible for financial management and oversaw accounting, finance, investor relations, treasury, tax and information services. Yale additionally served as the CFO of Glimcher Realty Trust prior to its acquisition by Washington Prime Group in 2015.
KANSAS CITY, MO. — The Cordish Cos., along with JE Dunn Construction Co., has placed the final support beam in the Three Light Luxury Apartments development, a $140 million complex in Kansas City’s Power & Light District. The building rises 25 stories with 288 units. Twenty percent of units are already leased. Three Light offers a seven-story parking garage with 472 spaces, as well as 7,600 square feet of ground level retail space. Twenty percent of units will be set aside for residents earning at or below 80 percent of …
MINNEAPOLIS — Anne Olson will replace Mark Decker as chief executive officer of Centerspace (NYSE:CSR). Decker has been CEO since 2017. The board of directors appointed Olson, who is the company’s executive vice president, chief operating officer and general counsel. With Olson’s title change, she will also become a member of the Centerspace board. Decker will continue to serve on the board through the end of his current term in May and will remain an advisor to the company. Olson’s position will become official on March 31. Olson joined Centerspace …
CHICAGO —Transwestern Real Estate Services has been selected to lead the multi-phase South Side Chicago Woodlawn Central development project. J.C. Griffin of Transwestern will act as developer, doing business as Woodlawn Central LLC, throughout the project, which has been in various planning phases since at least 2009. Woodlawn Central is an eight-acre, $895 million development project in the Woodlawn neighborhood. Plans for Woodlawn Central call for 870 residential units, ranging from affordable to market-rate, luxury and seniors housing. Requirements for the affordable housing component were not disclosed. The development will …