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Marlowe in St. Louis

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 …

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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 & …

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2027-29 Harbor Blvd. in Costa Mesa, Calif.

COSTA MESA, CALIF. — CBRE brokered the sale of a mixed-use property at 2027-29 Harbor Blvd. in Costa Mesa. A local private investor acquired the asset for $3.2 million. Dan Blackwell and Mike O’Neill represented the seller, a private Orange County, California-based partnership. The asset offers 12 rental units across three buildings, as well as a 1,942-square-foot commercial building occupied by an auto trim business. Units come in studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans. The first building was built in 1949, with subsequent building additions made in 1952, 1954 and 1962. 

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2111 Firestone in Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES — KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment (CDLI) has provided $46.4 million in financing for the construction of 2111 Firestone, an affordable community in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles. KeyBank CDLI provided $19.7 million in federal and state Low Income Housing Tax Credit equity, a $21.4 million construction loan and a $5.3 million permanent loan to finance the project. Kortney Brown and Ted Witt structured the financing. Sam Adams of KeyBanc Capital Markets Public Finance Group provided the bond underwriting.  2111 Firestone comprises 85 apartments across six …

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PLAINSBORO, N.J. — Colony Hills Capital has acquired Addison at Princeton Meadows, a 440-unit community in the Central New Jersey community of Plainsboro. The Massachusetts-based investment firm purchased the asset from Kushner Real Estate Group for $115 million. Allan Szlafrok, Eli Maryl, Ohad Babo, and Michael Weiser of GFI Realty Services represented Colony Hills Capital in the transaction. Addison at Princeton Meadows is a garden-style community that offers studio, one- and two-bedroom units. Amenities include a pool, fitness center, tennis court, basketball court, dog park and outdoor grilling and dining …

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An unnamed BTR community Parkland Homebuilders is developing in Centerville, Ga.

CENTERVILLE, GA. — Forman Capital has provided a $22.5 million lot acquisition and construction loan to Parkland Homebuilders to develop a build-to-rent community in the Warner Robins suburb of Centerville. Parkland Homebuilders is an affiliate of Alpharetta-based Parkland Communities. The developer plans to construct the community in four phases. The first phase of the project will deliver 109 rental homes in two-, three- and four-bedroom layouts. At full build-out, the community will comprise a total of 317 units. A timeline for the project was not disclosed.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) has selected Bernard Fulton as vice president for housing policy and regulation, Latoya Lovick as vice president of membership and Ryan Hecker as a Research Assistant. Fulton comes to NMHC from the Housing Policy Council, where he served as Vice President for Government Relations. Prior to joining the Housing Policy Council, he served as legislative director for Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, legislative representative for the City of New York and head of Congressional relations for HUD Secretaries Shaun Donovan and Julián Castro. As vice …

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New Amsterdam Apartments in Amsterdam, New York

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has announced that the State of New York will provide $406 million in financing to deliver approximately 800 new affordable housing units across the state. The financing will be awarded through bonds and subsidies. The New York Division of Homes and Community Renewal (HCR) provided financing for the five developments, which comprised $286 million in tax-exempt housing bonds and $120 million in subsidies. The awarded projects are as follows: Income restrictions for these five developments were not disclosed. Hochul’s announcement came during …

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Cabana Encanto in Goodyear, Arizona

GOODYEAR, ARIZ. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA) has arranged the sale of Cabana Encanto, a 286-unit asset in Goodyear. A partnership between Sunrise Multifamily and Ascent Equity Group acquired the property from Greenlight Communities for $61 million. Steve Gebing and Cliff David represented the seller and procured the buyer. Cabana Encanto was built in 2022 on an 8.8-acre site. Amenities include a clubhouse with social and co-working spaces, pool, barbecue grilling stations, an event lawn, and green spaces.

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CELINA, TEXAS — Mill Creek Residential has completed the construction of Amavi Celina, a 45-acre build-to-rent development in Celina, about 40 miles north of downtown Dallas. The property offers 271 cottage, townhome and single-family detached homes. Units come in one-, two-, three-and four-bedroom layouts. Amenities include a clubhouse with a fitness center, pool, dog park, playground, green space and 1.1 miles of on-site walking trails. Pre-leasing has begun for the community, with the first move-ins expected for late August.

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