FREDERICK, MD. — Newmark has arranged a fixed-rate, Fannie Mae loan for The Goldstar Group to refinance EDE in Frederick. The loan was provided through Fannie Mae’s Near Stabilization Program, which allows the borrower to pay off a construction loan prior to stabilization. Qualifications depend on several factors, including the company’s financial health and development track record. The amount of the loan was not disclosed. Newmark’s team was led by Adam Randall, John Westby-Gibson and Drake Blodgett. Bethesda, Maryland-based The Goldstar Group developed EDE in 2024. JAG Management Co. is …
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NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — Russo Development has secured permanent financing for The Raye by Vermella, a 534-unit community in New Brunswick. JLL Capital Markets arranged the $162 million loan, which was funded by Wells Fargo. The first phase of construction includes 262 units and is 65 percent leased, with full stabilization expected by the fourth quarter of this year. In Phase II, the developer will build 262 additional units. A construction timeline wasn’t disclosed, but Russo expects Phase II will be stabilized by the third quarter of 2027. JLL Capital …
NEW YORK CITY — Foxy Development and Selfhelp Realty Group have closed on financing and begun construction of The Perennial, a 145-unit, multi-generational affordable housing property that also will be the future home of the Forest Hils Jewish Center. The project is a redevelopment of a former Parkway Hospital building that is located at 70-35 113th St. in the Forest Hills section of Queens. The building has been vacant since the hospital closed down in 2008. The building was constructed in the 1960s. Once complete, by approximately the end of …
BALTIMORE — Benefit Street Partners sold a two-property portfolio in Baltimore to FPA Multifamily for $73 million on Sept. 11. The combined occupancy rate on that date was 95 percent. Berkadia DC Metro and Berkadia Richmond represented the seller with a team led by Drew White, Brian Crivella, Carter Wood, Bill Gribbin, Yalda Ghamarian and Cole Carns. The seller is based in New York, and the buyer, which assumed a HUD loan in the acquisition, is headquartered in San Francisco. The portfolio consists of The Lofts, built in 2012, and …
FORT WASHINGTON, PA. — Toll Brothers (NYSE: TOL) has agreed to sell its portfolio of stabilized and in-development apartment and student housing properties to Kennedy Wilson (NYSE: KW) for $347 million. The transaction is expected to close in October. As part of the transaction, Kennedy Wilson will acquire Toll Brothers’ general partner interests in 18 apartment and student housing properties with a combined total asset value of $2.2 billion. Kennedy Wilson also will acquire a pipeline of 29 sites in various stages of development which, if completed, would total approximately …
EVERETT, MASS. — MassDevelopment has issued a $34.3 million tax-exempt bond to Impact Residential Development and The Neighborhood Developers as part of the funding for an affordable housing project in Everett, six miles north of Boston. The development will include 107 units rented to households earning up to 60 percent of area median income (AMI), 17 units rented to households earning up to 30 percent of AMI and one property-manager unit. Construction is underway and is expected to be completed in May 2027. The tax-exempt bond was purchased by First …
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Namdar Group has secured a $220 million bridge loan to refinance 626 Newark Avenue, a 576-unit, mixed-use project under development in Jersey City. The developer secured construction financing back in January 2024. Completion is slated for 2026. Walker & Dunlop arranged the financing with a team led by Aaron Appel, Keith Kurland, Jonathan Schwartz, Adam Schwartz, Dustin Stolly, Sean Reimer, Jordan Casella, Christopher de Raet and Edward Leboyer. TYKO provided the capital.
MOORESTOWN, N.J. — Pennrose has opened Residences at Harper, a 76-unit affordable housing property in Moorestown, 14 miles east of Philadelphia. Units are reserved for tenants earning no more than 30 and 60 percent of area median income. The four-story building includes a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments. Five units will be set aside for formerly homeless individuals and families, four units will be accessible to residents with physical disabilities, and two units will be outfitted for residents with hearing and vision impairments. Amenities include a community room, …
NEW YORK CITY — Berkadia has hired Gordon Reynolds and Brian Myers, both with the title of senior managing director, and Vice President Conner Adkins. The three new hires will establish the Berkadia Strategic Capital Group, an international advisory team that will serve clients across multiple asset classes. The group will focus on asset-level equity financing and recapitalizations, portfolio-level equity financing and recapitalizations, and programmatic joint ventures. Reynolds, Myers and Conner will collaborate with Jeffries, a New York-based investment banking and capital markets firm, and Knight Frank, a property consultancy …
GREENWICH, CONN. — A Greenwich mixed-use development, which is an adaptive reuse of an 1880s-era mill site, has been sold for $97.5 million. CBRE’s Jeffrey Dunne, Eric Apfel, Stuart MacKenzie and Travis Langer represented the seller, The Mill Owners Co. LLC, which owned the asset for more than 40 years. The Mill is situated along the banks of the Byram River and was redeveloped in 2020 through 2021 by converting two office buildings — one dating back to 1881 and the other to 1981 — into apartments. Today, The Mill …