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 …
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PORT CHESTER, N.Y. — KABR Group has acquired 1 North Main Street in Port Chester for $30.7 million. The seller was an entity affiliated with G&S Investors and Robert Martin Co., which developed the 209-unit property between 2020 and 2022. The JLL Capital Markets team representing the seller was led by Jose Cruz, Jeffrey Julien, Steve Simonelli and Austin Pierce. The asset features five stories of market-rate apartments and 7,630 square feet of ground-floor retail. The new owners will be party to a PILOT (Payment In Lieu Of Taxes) agreement …
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 Habitat Co. to Break Ground in Spring on $600 Million Redevelopment of Buffalo Waterfront
BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Habitat Co. has closed on financing for Marine Drive Apartments in downtown Buffalo. The project will mark the start of a three-phase, $600 million redevelopment of the historic waterfront site, which will include infrastructure work, that will be led by Habitat in partnership with Duvernay + Brooks and Bridges Development, an affiliate of the Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority (BMHA). The Phase I project cost is approximately $208 million. It is financed through public-private partnerships between Enterprise Community Partners, Buffalo-based M&T Bank and New York State Homes …
HYM, Cathexis Break Ground on Second Residential Project in Boston’s Suffolk Downs Redevelopment
REVERE, MASS. — The HYM Investment Group, along with project partners Cathexis Holdings, the City of Revere, Related Fund Management and Suffolk, have broken ground on Portico, the second residential building at the 161-acre Suffolk Downs, a redevelopment of a former horse racing track. HYM and Cathexis bought the site in 2017 with a plan to redevelop the property into a mixed-use district. The first project, Amaya, was completed in 2024. Portico is slated for a February 2028 completion. Additional partners on the 473-unit project include Prellwitz Chilinski Architects, MEP …
JLL Arranges $47.5 Million Refinancing for Kaplan’s Camelot West at Townelake Project in New Jersey
SAYREVILLE, N.J. — JLL has arranged a $47.5 million refinancing loan through a regional bank secured by Camelot West at Townelake. The newly delivered 176-unit luxury property was developed by sponsor Kaplan Cos. and consists of seven residential buildings. The luxury mid-rise community offers 166 market-rate units and 10 units reserved for tenants earning up to 80 percent of area median income. Floor plans are offered in one-, two- or three-bedroom options. Amenities include a fitness center, a pool, lounge area with a coffee bar, a parcel room, a barbecue …
Skillful players are leveraging a bevy of public and private funding sources to get projects across the finish line. By Jack Rogers As costs of affordable housing projects continue to rise, developers are meeting the challenge by pulling together a resilient capital stack with a growing range of sources for gap financing, bridge loans and grants. They’re also diversifying the range of projects they undertake and mitigating their costs by redeveloping underutilized publicly owned property, acquiring leases for sites that are being rezoned to housing from other uses and with …
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — JLL has arranged a $72 million loan through Truist Bank on behalf of Alpine Residential and Fields Grade for the refinancing of The Hazel, a 201-unit luxury community in Jersey City. The Hazel was developed in two phases. The 114-unit first phase was completed in late 2024, and the 87-unit second phase wrapped in late 2024. The seven-story mid-rise community features 190 market-rate and 11 affordable units in a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom layouts. Tenants must earn more than 50 percent of area median …
HYATTSVILLE, MD. — EJF Capital has completed construction of The Bellevue, a 361-unit community in Hyattsville, about 7 miles northwest of Washington, D.C. The Opportunity Zone project was developed in partnership with The NRP Group. The Bellevue features studios, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Amenities include a fitness center, a coworking lounge, landscaped courtyards and structured parking.
ARLINGTON, VA. — True Ground Housing Partners, formerly known as APAH, has opened Wholey Legacy Homes in the Washington, D.C., metro city of Arlington. The project was a redevelopment of a 1-acre portion of the Marbella Apartments site, formerly home to 31 units. The new Wholey Legacy Homes replaces that property and includes 234 units throughout a new 12-story building. The community is located in Arlington’s Rosslyn neighborhood. Wholey Legacy Homes houses 84 one-bedroom, 100 two-bedroom and 50 three-bedroom apartments. The 148,500-square-foot building also features 110 underground parking spaces, an …