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Elme Communities Agrees to Sell Portfolio to Cortland for $1.6 Billion as Part of Liquidation Plan

by Lynn Peisner

BETHESDA, MD. AND ATLANTA — Elme Communities (NYSE: ELME), a Maryland-based multifamily owner-operator that previously operated as WashREIT, has entered into a purchase and sale agreement with an affiliate of Cortland Partners, an Atlanta-based multifamily investment and management firm. Under the terms of the transaction, Elme would sell 19 apartment communities to Cortland for $1.6 billion in an all-cash deal. “We are pleased to have reached an agreement with Cortland that recognizes the greater value of these 19 Elme communities and their long-term potential when coupled with Cortland’s economies of …

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Miami-Dade County Approves $880 Million Affordable Housing Development

by Lynn Peisner

MIAMI — Miami-Dade County has approved plans for The HueHub, an $880 million, 12-acre development in the West Little River neighborhood that will include 4,032 units of affordable housing. Developers Pablo Castro and Laura Tauber will break ground later this year with completion slated for the second quarter of 2028. The project was approved under the Live Local Act, which is state legislation passed in 2023 to encourage affordable housing projects by granting developers tax incentives and flexibility with permits related to density, height, parking and other building regulations. In …

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JLL Arranges Sale, Loan for Silicon Valley Deal

by Lynn Peisner

SUNNYVALE, CALIF. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged the sale of and acquisition financing for Citra, a 147-unit community in Sunnyvale. JLL represented the undisclosed seller. The buyer was Prime Residential, a San Francisco-based multifamily owner and operator. JLL Real Estate Capital, a Freddie Mac Optigo lender, also provided a $44.2 million loan for Prime Residential. Citra, located at 745 S. Bernardo Ave., was developed in 1968 and renovated in 2019. The garden-style property is comprised of one- and two-bedroom units and includes such amenities as a half-acre, landscaped terrace …

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Barings Sells Manhattan High-Rise for $243.5 Million 

by Lynn Peisner

NEW YORK CITY — JLL Capital Markets has arranged the $243.5 million sale of Riverbank, a 44-story community at 560 West 43rd St. in Manhattan’s Midtown West submarket. JLL represented the seller, Barings, and procured the buyer, an unnamed institutional investor for whom JLL also arranged a $128.3 million acquisition loan. Originally developed in the late 1980s as a condominium project, Riverbank’s 418 units are comprised of 43 studios, 270 one-bedrooms, 62 two-bedrooms and 43 three-bedrooms. The property features a parking garage and about 18,000 square feet of retail that …

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Sky Equity Group Secures $340 Million Loan to Complete Brooklyn Project

by Lynn Peisner

NEW YORK CITY — Affinius Capital has funded a $340 million loan for Sky Equity Group. The financing will be used to retire existing debt, complete construction and to pay expenses related to leasing 313 Bond in the Gowanus neighborhood of Brooklyn. The loan was arranged by Henry Bodek of Galaxy Capital. The 603-unit, two-building property, still under construction, also has 51,600 square feet of retail space. The developer broke ground in 2023. Full completion is expected before the end of this year. 313 Bond will offer 149 studios, 313 …

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Historic Former Hilton Hotel Building Changes Ownership in Abilene, Texas

by Lynn Peisner

ABILENE, TEXAS — Franklin Street has arranged the sale of The Windsor Hotel Apartments at 401 Pine Street in Abilene. Franklin Street represented the seller, North Management LLC, in the sale of the property to Studio 168 Productions. The 10-story, 110,000-square-foot building was originally a Hilton Hotel built in 1926 and was among the first Hilton-branded hotels in the country. North Management spent approximately $4.7 million to renovate the property in 2023. Renovations included adding amenities like a fitness center with a sauna, coworking spaces, a resident lounge and ground-floor …

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Merchants Bank Provides $60 Million for Queens Affordable Housing Preservation, Redevelopment

by Lynn Peisner

NEW YORK CITY — Merchants Bank has provided a loan totaling approximately $60 million for Tredway, a Manhattan-based affordable housing investment and development firm, to renovate and to preserve affordability at Ocean Park Apartments in the Queens’ neighborhood of Far Rockaway. Merchants Capital arranged the financing. Tredway acquired the asset earlier this year, at which time the company entered into a new regulatory agreement with New York’s Department of Housing Preservation & Development to rent stabilize the property and set rent caps for tenants earning no more than 60 to …

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Dominium Acquires Land for LIHTC Development in Metro Phoenix

by Lynn Peisner

SURPRISE, ARIZ. — Dominium has closed on land in Surprise, a Phoenix suburb about 22 miles northwest of downtown. The developer is planning to build Allasso Ranch on the site. The project will comprise 304 affordable homes supported by low-income housing tax credits. While specific area-median-income caps were not disclosed, the developer says a three-bedroom unit will rent for $1,597 per month, and a four-bedroom will rent for $1,770. According to RentCafe, average monthly asking rents for a three-bedroom in Surprise are about $2,054. Amenities will include a leasing center, …

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Buckingham Cos. Lands $330 Million Loan for Seven-Property Portfolio

by Lynn Peisner

INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis-based investor Buckingham Cos. has received a $330 million loan to refinance seven properties in five states. The New York-based CBRE Debt & Structured Finance team of Shawn Rosenthal, Jason Gaccione, Tom Traynor, Tom Rugg, Jake Salkovitz, Henry Fenmore, Lauren Weinstein and Justin Helbling arranged the floating-rate loan funded by Goldman Sachs and Atlas SP Partners. Buckingham’s portfolio comprises 2,381 units. The firm began acquiring the properties, which were constructed between 1982 to 2021, seven years ago and has invested approximately $45 million in capital improvements since then, …

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SCALE Lending Provides $305 Million Loan to Beitel Group for Bronx Development

by Lynn Peisner

NEW YORK CITY — SCALE Lending, the debt financing arm of Slate Property Group, has provided Beitel Group a $305 million construction loan for an unnamed development at 355 Exterior St. in the Mott Haven neighborhood of South Bronx. Landstone Capital Group arranged the financing. The community will consist of two connected 40-story and 26-story residential towers totaling 515,000 square feet with 755 units. The Beitel Group demolished the existing buildings and completed excavation work after entering a contract to purchase the site in October 2024. Construction began in December …

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