RICHMOND, Va. — Enterprise Community Development has completed construction at Baker Senior Apartments in Richmond’s North Jackson Ward neighborhood. The project was a redevelopment projects that transformed the former Baker School, originally built in 1939, into 50 units of seniors housing. Development estimates were $15.8 million. Project partners include Virginia Housing and Richmond Redevelopment & Housing Authority (RRHA). Enterprise worked with RRHA to acquire the property and leveraged Low-Income Housing Tax Credits; state and federal Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credits; tax credit equity provided by Enterprise Housing Community Investments and Sugar …
Greystone Provides $17.6M Fannie Mae Financing for Affordable Portfolio Acquisition in New York City
NEW YORK CITY — Greystone has provided $17.6 million in Fannie Mae Delegated Underwriting and Servicing (DUS) loans for the acquisition of two multifamily properties totaling 151 units in New York City. Dan Sacks and Ilan Bassali in Greystone’s New York office originated the loans on behalf of Heritage Affordable Communities LLC. Greystone provided a $12.5 million non-recourse loan to acquire Highland Avenue Senior Apartments, an 88-unit midrise seniors housing apartment property in Yonkers, which was constructed in 2008. The fixed-rate loan carries a 12-year term with a 30-year amortization …
MINNEAPOLIS — Ecumen has broken ground on The Hillock, a 100-unit affordable housing community for seniors in the Longfellow neighborhood of Minneapolis. The project will include 11 units for homeless veterans. The $24 million development is scheduled to open in fall 2022. The site is adjacent to public transit and rents are expected to range from $816 to $1,339 per month. Units are reserved for seniors earning between 30 percent and 60 percent of the area median income. Phase II of the development will add an 89-unit affordable housing building …
COVINGTON, Ga. — McShane Construction Co. has completed work at Covington Crossings, a 198-unit affordable seniors housing community in Covington, approximately 35 miles east of Atlanta. Units are available in one- to three-bedroom options. Additionally, the property contains a surface-level parking lot with 208 spaces. Situated on a 13-acre site, the four-story building features wood frame construction with brick and cement siding. Martin Riley Associates provided architectural services for Covington Crossings.
DALLAS — Lument has provided $25 million in short-term bonds and a $22.1 million Freddie Mac unfunded forward loan for The Oaks, a mixed-income seniors housing development in Dallas The borrowers are co-developers DHA Housing Solutions for North Texas and the Volunteers of America National Services (VOANS). Tracy Peters, senior managing director, and Dale Giffey, associate director, led the transaction for Lument. The Oaks is being co-developed by DHA and VOANS, the latter of which is also the sponsor and guarantor. DHA is the tenth largest housing authority in the …
PITTSBURGH — New Jersey-based Tryko Partners has announced plans for Cedarwood Homes, an age-restricted affordable housing project that will be located at the site of the former Fairywood School in Pittsburgh. The majority (39) of the units will be reserved for renters earning 60 percent or less of the area median income. The Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency has awarded a 9 percent Low-Income Housing Tax Credit to fund the project. Completion is slated for late 2023.
GOSHEN, Ind. — Evergreen Real Estate Group has secured financing and started preliminary site work for Green Oaks of Goshen, a four-story, 120-unit assisted living community for low-income seniors in Goshen. Evergreen Construction Company, a division of Evergreen Real Estate Group, is serving as general contractor on the development and plans to officially break ground on Oct. 28. Completion is scheduled for early 2023. The $30 million project will replace a vacant three-acre lot on the city’s north side, near an existing Salvation Army building and retail along Main Street. …
BOSTON — Nuestra Comunidad and Preservation of Affordable Housing (POAH) have broken ground on The Kenzi at Bartlett Station, a 50-unit affordable seniors housing community in Boston. The $27 million project is part of a five-phase redevelopment at a vacant bus yard, which Nuestra Comunidad and Windale Developers now own, in Nubian Square, located in the Roxbury neighborhood. The Kenzi will feature 41 affordable one-bedroom units, and three affordable two-bedroom apartments in a 57,576-square-foot building. The housing includes 44 units restricted to Bostonians over the age of 55 who earn …
UNION CITY, N.J. — Berkadia has provided a $26 million permanent loan for the refinancing of an affordable seniors housing property in the Northern New Jersey community of Union City. Bella Vista Senior Apartments consists of 231 Section 8 housing units in a 24-story building. Laura Smith of Berkadia originated the 35-year loan through HUD’s 223(f) program on behalf of the borrower, Orlando Partners LLC.
CAMARILLO, Calif. — Kennedy Wilson (NYSE: KW) has signed a long-term ground lease for a 32-acre parcel in Camarillo owned by California State University Channel Islands (CSUCI) with plans to build a new residential community. The master-planned project will include 310 market-rate apartments, 109 for-sale townhomes and 170 income-restricted apartments for seniors. It will also feature community-serving amenities. The project site is adjacent to the university and at the western edge of the Santa Monica Mountains. Camarillo is about 60 miles northwest of Los Angeles. The soon-to-be-named development contributes to …