SEATTLE — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged a $250 million refinancing for Museum House, an apartment community in Seattle. Dave Karson, Christopher Moyer, Alex Lapidus and Meredith Crawford of Cushman & Wakefield represented the sponsor, a pension trust, in arranging the financing, which was provided by Barging. Completed in 2025, Museum House features 506 studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom residences, including 404 market-rate apartments and 102 income-restricted affordable homes through Seattle’s Multifamily Tax Exemption program. The property consists of two residential towers connected by a glass-enclosed skybridge approximately 300 feet above ground. Community amenities include a rooftop pool and hot tub, an indoor/outdoor fitness center, coworking spaces, resident lounges, a creative kitchen, pet amenities and wellness programming. Additionally, the community offers 6,010 square feet of ground-floor retail space.
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Newmark Secures $45.9M in FHA Financing for Two Multifamily Communities in Grand Junction, Colorado
by Amy Works
GRAND JUNCTION, COLO. — Newmark has arranged $45.9 million in FHA-insured financing for two apartment communities in Grand Junction. Kelley Klobetanz of Newmark arranged the HUD Section 223(f) financings on behalf of the undisclosed borrowers. The properties include Nexus Apartments, a 122-unit asset completed in 2024, and The Eddy Apartments, a 96-unit property completed in 2022. Nexus Apartments features a mix of walk-up apartment buildings and townhome-style residences, a clubhouse, lounge, game room, community garden, barbecue area and outdoor gathering spaces. Located along the Colorado River, The Eddy offers riverfront trail access and amenities through a shared-use agreement with the adjacent Camp Eddy RV park.
RIVERSIDE, CALIF. — CBRE has facilitated the sale of Turtle Creek Apartments in Riverside. Turtle Creek Residential LLC sold the asset to SC El Camino LLC for $34.5 million in an off-market transaction. Eric Chen and Blake Torgerson of CBRE handled the deal. Located at 4826 Van Buren Blvd., Turtle Creek features 98 one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments with an average unit size of 916 square feet. Units offer stainless steel appliances, granite countertops, vinyl plank flooring, in-unit washers/dryers and walk-in closets. Community amenities include a swimming pool, spa, fitness center, bark park, tot lot, gated entry and professional on-site management. Completed in 2020, the 89,776-square-foot property is situated on a 179,032-square-foot site.
FLOWER MOUND, TEXAS — Associated Bank has provided a $50.1 million construction loan for Aura Brookview, a 300-unit multifamily project in Flower Mound, located in the northern-central part of the metroplex. The site spans 10 acres within the 240-acre Brookview master-planned community, and the development will consist of four four-story buildings. Floor plans were not disclosed. Residences will be furnished with stainless steel appliances, quartz countertops and in-unit washers and dryers. Amenities will include a pool, fitness center, coworking space, a dog park and outdoor grilling and dining stations. The borrower is Dallas-based Trinsic Residential Group. A tentative completion date was not announced.
SAN ANTONIO — CBRE has arranged a loan of an undisclosed amount for the refinancing of a Citadel Urban, a 181-unit apartment complex in San Antonio’s Westover Hills submarket. Citadel Urban was completed in 2024 and consists of two three-story buildings on a 5.5-acre site. Units come in one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans, and amenities include a pool, fitness center, coworking space, coffee bar, resident lounge and outdoor grilling and dining stations. John Fenoglio and Brock Hudson of CBRE arranged the loan on behalf of the owner, Houston-based Cambridge Development Group. The direct lender was not disclosed.
Portman, 908 Group Deliver 674-Bed Student Housing Community Near Florida State University
by Abby Cox
TALLAHASSEE, FLA. — Atlanta-based Portman and Tampa-based 908 Group, along with Canyon Partners Real Estate and PTM Partners, have opened The Hall, a 674-bed student housing community near Florida State University (FSU) in Tallahassee. Situated adjacent from Legacy Hall, the new home of the FSU College of Business, The Hall features 191 apartments across two mid-rise buildings. Amenities at the complex include two swimming pools, two fitness centers, property-wide Wi-Fi, 425 parking spaces and 7,689 square feet of ground-floor retail.
WEST ORANGE, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the $131 million sale of Edison Lofts, a 334-unit apartment building in West Orange, located in Northern New Jersey’s Essex County. Edison Lofts comprises two buildings: a 300-unit conversion of the historic Thomas Edison Battery Building and a 34-unit ground-up building known as The Mews at Edison Lofts. The property, which was 95 percent occupied at the time of sale, offers amenities such as a fitness center, indoor pool, resident lounges and outdoor gathering spaces, as well as 19,000 square feet of retail space. Niko Nicolaou, Ryan Dowd, J.P. Hohl, Michael Guerra, Kelly Kellett and Alexandria Russo Ebers of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, a partnership led by Prism Partners, in the transaction and procured the buyer, Sym Investments. John Alascio, Brad Domenico and Chuck Kohaut, also with Cushman & Wakefield, arranged a $91.7 million acquisition loan through New York Life in conjunction with the sale.
CHICAGO — First move-ins are expected to begin later this month or early September for The Bellwether, an office-to-residential conversion of the building at 79 W. Monroe in Chicago’s Loop. RMK Management Corp. has been hired to oversee leasing and property management for the 14-story, 117-unit community, which is currently 57 percent leased. Originally built in 1905, the property underwent a major expansion in 1924, serving as office space and a bank headquarters over the years. In 2025, R2 Cos. began redevelopment of the structure. The project marks the first office-to-residential conversion to be completed as part of the city’s LaSalle Street revitalization initiative, which provides private funding and tax-increment financing assistance for mixed-income residential projects and other neighborhood-oriented amenities in the corridor. The Bellwether features studio, one- and two-bedroom units measuring 425 to 1,178 square feet, with rents ranging from $1,996 to $4,887 per month. The property includes 41 Affordable Requirements Ordinance units. Amenities include a variety of remote workspaces on the 14th floor, a bar area, fitness center, two sauna rooms, a game room, dog spa and rooftop deck.
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS — Core Spaces has broken ground on Hub College Station, a 2,201-bed student housing project near the Texas A&M University campus in College Station’s Northgate District. The project will include two seven-story buildings that will house 570 units in various configurations upon completion, which is planned ahead of the 2028-2029 academic year. Shared amenities are set to include a rooftop pool and hot tub; 14,000-square-foot wellness center with indoor and outdoor training tracks, an indoor half-court basketball court, yoga studios, putt-putt course, golf simulator and dedicated spa; study lounges with private study spaces and collaboration rooms; and indoor and outdoor social spaces. The development team for the project includes Treehouse Construction and Antunovich Associates. Pacific Life provided construction financing.
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS — New York City-based Dwight Capital has provided two HUD-insured loans totaling $95.5 million for the refinancing of a pair of garden-style apartment complexes in Corpus Christi. In the first deal, Dwight originated a $48.2 million loan for La Joya by Azali, a waterfront property that consists of 336 units across 14 buildings. In the second transaction, Dwight funded a $47.3 million loan for Azali Heights, which features 312 units across 13 buildings. The properties, which were built in 2015 and 2024, respectively, both offer one-, two- and three-bedroom units with private patios and balconies and amenities such as pools, business centers, fitness centers, dog parks and playgrounds. Proceeds from both loans were used to retire existing debt, fund property enhancements, cover closing costs and establish replacement reserve accounts for future capital improvements. Andrew Tichy of Dwight originated both loans through HUD’s 223(f) program. The borrower was Azali Homes.
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