Tag: multifamily

Existing-Home Sales Wane 17.8% in April

Each of the four major regions reported a dip in sales, with the West suffering the largest decrease, but home prices remain strong.

Mill Creek Announces Groundbreaking of 292-Unit Mixed-Use Community in Orlando’s Emerging Creative Village District

ORLANDO, FL – Mill Creek Residential, a leading multifamily developer and operator specializing in premier apartment communities across the U.S., announced the groundbreaking of Modera Creative Village, a contemporary mixed-use apartment community in the emerging Creative Village district of Downtown Orlando. The eight-story midrise, which will feature 292 apartment homes and approximately 10,000 feet of…
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3 Reasons Multifamily Needs to Prepare for September 1

During these first few months of the COVID-19 crisis, the two things that multifamily operators are most concerned about are rent collections and leasing volumes. So far the results have been more than a little bit interesting (and to many people counter-intuitive). On the leasing side, we saw a massive drop in demand in the first three…
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Multifamily Construction Starts Feel COVID-19 Effect with Sharp Drop in April According to Latest Dodge Data Report

HAMILTON, NJ – Total construction starts declined 25% from March to April to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $572.2 billion as COVID-19 and economic recession hit the construction sector. In April, nonresidential building starts fell 37% from March, while residential dropped 25%. The decline in nonbuilding construction starts was more tepid, falling just 5%…
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Renters Will Typically Need Five Years and Homeowners One Year to Pay Forbearance Period Debt

Time Needed by Renters and Homeowners to Repay… Forbearance does not mean forgiveness, and homeowners and renters still need to pay off the missed mortgage and rental payments. By:  Scholastica (Gay) Cororaton Coronavirus

4 Ways Property Managers Can Use Reports

Reports are an important function that businesses can use at every level of the hierarchy – boards, executives, middle management, and even administration. When reports are run on a regular basis companies can tap into the multitude of data available to them. Reports can give organizations easy to interpret summaries that make it easy to…
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Four Mile Capital Enters New Market with Acquisition of 141-Unit Avalon Springs Apartments in Louisville, Kentucky

LOUISVILLE, KY – Four Mile Capital, a privately-held real estate investment firm based in Louisville, CO, has acquired the Avalon Springs Apartments, a 141-unit multifamily community in Louisville, KY. Avalon Springs, built in 2018 and currently 99% leased, sits on almost 18 acres of land. The property consists of 125 two-bedroom townhome units, each with…
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Leadership by Transparency

We hear you loud and clear, multifamily employees: you want your leaders to be loud and clear! Over the past 6 weeks, more than 2,600 rental housing employees have responded to the Swift Bunny Covid-19 Employee Check-In Survey.  In that span of time, we’ve seen a significant increase in employees expressing that they Agree or…
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Turner Impact Capital Helps Address Dallas-Area Affordability Crisis with Acquisition of 312-Unit Workforce Housing Community

IRVING, TX – Turner Impact Capital, one of the nation’s largest real estate investment firms dedicated to social impact, has acquired a multifamily housing community near Dallas – bringing the firm’s total acquired housing units to more than 10,000 and current portfolio to 9,363 units. The 312-unit Bridgeport Apartments in Irving, TX was acquired in…
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Hunt Real Estate Capital Provides $71.3 Million Loan to Refinance 356-Unit Multifamily Community in North Miami Beach, Florida

MIAMI, FL – Hunt Real Estate Capital announced that it has provided a $71.3 million Freddie Mac conventional loan via the pre-stabilization program to refinance a multifamily property located in North Miami Beach, Florida. Lazul Apartments is a 356-unit, Class-A, fully-amenitized, mid-rise apartment community situated on 2.57-acres of land. The property is comprised of an…
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