EVANSTON, ILL. — Skender has broken ground on Mt. Pisgah Apartments, a 33-unit affordable housing development in Evanston. The project, led by Housing Opportunity Development Corp. (HODC) in partnership with Skender, Mt. Pisgah Ministries and the City of Evanston, will transform the current church site at 1813 Church St. The one-, two- and three-bedroom units will be reserved for households earning up to 60 percent of the area median income. The development will also include 2,250 square feet of ground-floor commercial space, shared community amenities and energy-efficient building features. Mt. Pisgah Apartments will remain under the long-term ownership and management of HODC. Cordogan, Clark & Associates Inc. is the architect. Financing partners include the Illinois Housing Development Authority, City of Evanston, Clocktower Tax Credits, Housing Authority of Cook County, National Equity Fund, Wintrust Village Bank & Trust and ComEd.
NEW PORT RICHEY, FLA. — Dobbins Group, alongside general contractor Capstone Building Corp., has broken ground on Charleston Ridge Apartments, a 230-unit community located at 9949 Elyton Loop in New Port Richey, a northwest suburb of Tampa in Pasco County. The property will comprise four four-story apartment buildings housing 224 units and six two-bedroom townhomes atop 10,000 square feet of commercial space. Amenities will include a fitness center, clubroom, lounge, tenant market, swimming pool, electric vehicle charging stations and smart vehicular and pedestrian access controls. Dobbins Group plans to deliver Charleston Ridge in 2027.
FAIRFAX, VA. — Insight Property Group has broken ground on the redevelopment of the Hunters Branch office property in Fairfax within Northern Virginia. Brian Crivella, Brian Gould, Patrick McGlohn, Bill Gribbin, Yalda Ghamarian, Hunter Wood, Patrick Cunningham and Natalie Hershey of Berkadia arranged equity and construction financing for the $174.6 million project. The lenders, CIBC and Citizens Bank, jointly provided a $107.7 million nonrecourse construction loan. In March, Insight sold a portion of the Hunters Branch property, consisting of two vacant office buildings totaling 400,000 square feet, to Toll Brothers for $17 million. The national homebuilder will develop 76 stacked townhomes on the parcel. Insight will develop the balance of the site into a 452-unit apartment community while preserving 656 parking spaces in the existing garage. Resident amenities will include a fitness center, clubroom, coworking library, private dining space, a pool, outdoor grilling areas, a pet spa and dog park, along with expanded outdoor recreation space tied to the adjacent Hunters Branch Park. The project site is situated a quarter-mile from the Vienna Metro Station. Acquired for $28.9 million in a direct REO (Real Estate-Owned) transaction in November 2024, the original office property was not zoned at the time and …
MANVEL, TEXAS — Malabar Hill Capital, a locally based developer, has broken ground on The Market at Meridiana, a 27,000-square-foot neighborhood shopping center that will be located in Manvel, roughly 25 miles south of Houston. Situated at the entrance of the Meridiana master-planned community, The Market at Meridiana is 54 percent preleased to tenants including La Dolce Nail Salon, Select Physical Therapy and Twisted Egg Shack. A tentative completion date was not announced.
HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIF. — JLL and HJ Sims have arranged $252.1 million in tax-exempt and taxable bond financing for the development of The Marisol, a seniors housing community in Huntington Beach. HJ Sims acted as lead book-running manager on the senior bonds and JLL Securities served as co-manager and led the process in securing the investor for the subordinate bonds. Issued through the California Public Finance Authority, the fixed- and floating-rate financing was structured into Series A senior bonds and subordinate Series B and C bonds. The bonds were divided into three tranches: a Series A $165.7 million tranche, a Series B $74.3 million tranche and a Series C $12.1 million tranche. Located at 2120 Main St., The Marisol is currently under construction and will deliver 214 seniors housing units and a full amenity package in 2028. JLL’s Senior Housing Capital Markets team served as real estate advisor on the project.
LOS ANGELES — Seachange Partners has received $15.6 million in nonrecourse construction financing for two affordable multifamily developments in Los Angeles. Keith Rosso and Jeremy Kanter of Berkadia arranged the financing through Genesis Capital, a private Los Angeles-based residential construction lender. Located at 1723 Corinth Ave. and 3751 Delmas Terrace, the two five-story properties will deliver a combined 79 units of deed-restricted affordable housing. Construction is underway, with completion slated for 2027. Seachange Partners was founded in 2024 by Kyle Jenkins and Cameron Whiting. To date, the firm has initiated four affordable housing development projects in the greater Los Angeles area. The Corinth Avenue and Delmas Terrace developments are Seachange’s inaugural projects.
CHICAGO — JLL Capital Markets has arranged a $141.8 million loan for the refinancing of Wolf Point West, a luxury multifamily property in Chicago’s River North neighborhood. JLL represented the borrower, Hines, in partnership with AFL-CIO Building Investment Trust (advised by DWS Group), Magellan Development Group and the Jospeh P Kennedy Trust. New York Life Insurance Co. provided the three-year, floating-rate loan. Located at 343 W. Wolf Point Plaza, the property sits on the Wolf Point peninsula at the confluence of the three branches of the Chicago River. Delivered in 2016, Wolf Point West rises 48 stories with 509 units across 379,264 square feet. Designed by bKL Architecture, the LEED Silver-certified building features amenities such as an outdoor pool, fitness center, game room with golf simulator, business center and indoor-outdoor dog lounge. Danny Kaufman, Medina Spiodic, Rebecca Brielmaier and Youngsoo Yang led the JLL team. Hines developed the building and serves as property manager.
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, ILL. — Bradford Allen has opened Arbor House, a luxury apartment community rising eight stories with 301 units in Arlington Heights. Arbor House offers studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units. Spanning 17,500 square feet, the amenity space features a fitness center, resident lounge with golf simulator, game tables and a kitchen. Additional amenities include coworking suites on the first and fourth floors, a concierge desk, covered parking and pet spaces such as an onsite dog run and washing station. Residents also have access to a private outdoor terrace with a pool, spa, fire pits, grills and seating. The property includes 26,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Abor House serves as the anchor of Bradford Allen’s 18-acre mixed-use district known as Arlington Gateway. The project reimagines the southeast entrance to Arlington Heights as a live-work-play community. The integrated master plan concept includes a full renovation of the former Daily Herald building, now branded as Arlington Med, placing Arbor House residents steps from a 150,000-square-foot wellness center.
CHICAGO — Joseph Nicholas Construction, in partnership with Jack Carter Auto Group, has broken ground on Carter Cadillac of Chicago, a new dealership at 1400 W. North Ave., part of the former Lincoln Yards site. The new facility will be the brand’s third flagship store in the world, after locations in Manhattan and Los Angeles. The dealership is expected to open in late 2027. The development will include a two-story showroom and parking for inventory and customers. Based in Calgary, Alberta, Jack Carter Auto Group is a large independent retail automotive dealership group that operates locations across Canada and the U.S.
CLEVELAND — The Community Builders (TCB) has completed Woodhill Station East, the third phase of the Buckeye-Woodhill Choice Transformation in Cleveland. The building delivers 54 affordable apartments and 10 market-rate units for residents in the Buckeye-Woodhill neighborhood and is situated immediately to the east of Woodhill Station West. Woodhill Station East is the third phase in the redevelopment of the former Woodhill Homes. A commercial space will host up to three tenants. Residents have access to amenities including a community room, lounges, a fitness center, landscaped greenspace and an outdoor patio. All units are pre-wired for high-speed internet service, including low-cost access provided by Digital-C. TCB will oversee a wide range of resource and programming partners and activities, including a team of TCB Community Life case managers, which will provide onsite supportive service programming. They will connect residents to opportunities in six areas: workforce development, asset building, community engagement, youth development, education and health and wellness. Financial partners included Lument, Ohio Capital Corp. for Housing, Ohio Housing Finance Agency, Citizen’s Bank, HUD Choice Neighborhoods program, TCB, Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA) and the City of Cleveland via ARPA HOME funds. In 2021, HUD awarded a $35 million Choice Neighborhoods Implementation …