FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — JLL has arranged a $28 million loan, provided by Goldman Sachs, for the development of URBANIA Flagler 1 Ave in Fort Lauderdale. The borrower and developer is Hollywood, Florida-based Continua Developments, a development company that was active in Colombia before doing business in the United States starting in 2021. JLL Capital Market’s Debt Advisory team was led by Max La Cava, Jimmy Calvo and Kenny Cutler. Continua is partnering with SP Developments, a Miami-based residential developer, on the URBANIA project. Construction started earlier this year, and …
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Fairstead Buys, Plans Redevelopment of Hampton Roads-Area Affordable Housing Community
CHESAPEAKE, VA. — Fairstead has acquired MacDonald Manor, an affordable housing property in Chesapeake, and will redevelop it using $26 million of rental assistance demonstration (RAD) Section 18 funding. RAD Section 18 is a HUD program designed to preserve and improve affordable housing. The entire acquisition and rehab cost is $55 million. Chesapeake Redevelopment and Housing Authority, Virginia Housing and Hudson Housing Capital are project partners. The redevelopment work will begin this fall and is estimated to be complete in fall 2027. Located at 1331 MacDonald Road, MacDonald Manor is …
FAIRHOPE, ALA. — Birmingham, Alabama-based investment and development firm Oakley Group has acquired Flats at East Bay in Fairhope for $49.8 million. Stoa Group was the seller. Craig Hey of Cushman & Wakefield arranged the sale. Oakley has appointed Arlington Properties to manage the asset. The 240-unit community is located at 9376 Twin Beech Road on the eastern shoreline of Mobile Bay, about 26 miles south of Mobile. Flats at East Bay was completed in 2024 and features 10 three-story buildings with one-, two- and three-bedroom units and amenities such …
ORLANDO, FLA. — CGI+ Real Estate Investment Strategies has sold Park Place in Orlando to RMR Residential. A sales price was not disclosed. CGI acquired the 275-unit asset in 2021 for approximately $69 million. At that time, the seller was facing costly insurance and construction issues following a lightning strike that sparked a fire and destroyed two buildings housing about 15 percent of the community’s rental units and two amenity spaces. CGI refers to these acquisition opportunities as “special situation real estate.” CGI, along with property manager Fogelman, rebuilt 33 …
MIAMI — Developer Housing Trust Group (HTG) and construction firm ANF, both locally based, have topped out the Rhapsody at Rainbow Village project in Miami’s Overtown neighborhood. The development team broke ground in June, and completion is slated for early 2027. Units will be reserved for income-qualifying residents who earn at or below 30, 50, 60, 70 and 80 percent of the area median income. Monthly rents for the one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments will range from $793 to $2,634. HTG reports Miami median rents range from $1,875 to $9,070 …
BOCA RATON, FLA. — Eastham Capital has hired Anthony Librot as chief financial officer. In the new role, Librot will be responsible for accounting, compliance and risk management for the private equity multifamily investment firm. With more than 30 years of accounting and financial experience, Librot spent the past seven years as the chief operating and financial officer at AAM 15 Management LLC, a Massachusetts real estate investment company, where he oversaw day-to-day operating and financial activities for a real estate portfolio of $500 million.
GALLATIN, TENN. — Embrey has sold Statler McCain’s Station, a 297-unit community the San Antonio-based developer built in Gallatin, 30 miles northeast of Nashville. Embrey acquired land for the community in 2021 and completed the project in 2024. Russ Oldham of Walker & Dunlop represented Embrey in the deal. The buyer and sales price was not disclosed. The community is part of McCain’s Station, a 131-acre, long-range mixed-use development that includes approximately 684 residential units in the form of single-family homes, apartments, townhomes and condos. Statler McCain’s Station features a …
ATLANTA — CIM Group and Centennial Yards Co. have opened The Mitchell, a 19-story luxury high-rise, which is also the first ground-up building completed within the $5 billion Centennial Yards mixed-use development in Atlanta. An earlier project, The Lofts at Centennial Yards South, was built above an existing brewery. The Mitchell, located at 250 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive SW, offers studios and one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Some units feature floor-to-ceiling windows with views of the city. Amenities include a pool, a fitness center, coworking spaces, outdoor gathering …
RIVIERA BEACH, FLA. — The Estate Cos., a Miami-based developer known for its Soleste brand of communities, has secured a $60 million construction loan to build Soleste on the Trail in Riviera Beach. Located approximately five miles north of West Palm Beach and situated aside a lake, the community will be comprised of 255 one- and two-bedroom units. A completion date was not disclosed. Amenities will include a clubhouse, a resort-style pool with cabanas, outdoor barbecue areas, a fitness center with on-demand classes and a yoga studio, a full-service spa, …
RIVIERA BEACH, FLA. — Berkadia has arranged a $15.7 million Freddie Mac loan for Rental Asset Management (RAM). Oakland Park, Florida-based RAM will use the funds to refinance Spinnaker Landing Apartments, a 123-unit workforce housing community in Riviera Beach, five miles north of West Palm Beach. Built in 1990 and located at 1931 W. 16th Court, Spinnaker Landing offers one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom units up to 1,420 square feet. The pet-friendly community includes a pool. Matthew Robbins, Hugo Hernandez, Mitch Sinberg, Scott Wadler and Brad Williamson led the Berkadia …