MISHAWAKA, IND. — Eastern Union has secured $15.9 million in financing toward the condo conversion of River Rock Apartments, an 82-unit property in Mishawaka. The five-story asset is located at 116 W. Mishawaka Ave., six miles east of South Bend. Built in 2015 and 2016, the property features eight commercial units spanning 4,385 square feet that will remain after conversion. The site also includes a 31,027-square-foot parking garage. Joe Siegfried of Eastern Union arranged the three-year loan, which features an 8 percent interest rate, a 75 percent loan-to-value ratio and interest-only payments. Republic Bank provided the loan on behalf of the undisclosed borrower.
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AUSTIN, TEXAS — ParkProperty Capital, an investment firm with offices in Atlanta and Germany, has refinanced The Albright, a 261-unit apartment building in North Austin. Developed in partnership with another Atlanta-based firm, Wood Partners, and completed last summer, The Albright offers studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units with an average size of 876 square feet. Amenities include a pool, fitness center, coworking lounge, clubroom, gaming area, pet park and a rooftop lounge. Elliott Throne, Josh Odessky and Jayme Nelson of JLL arranged the floating-rate loan through global private equity firm ACRE on behalf of ownership.
NEW YORK CITY — Westhab Inc., a nonprofit provider of housing and human services, has opened Fort Greene Family Center, a $73 million transitional housing complex in Brooklyn. Aufgang Architects designed the 11-story building, which houses 105 units and was developed in partnership with Slate Property Group. The building also features 1,405 square feet of community facility space and recreational areas for children. In addition, residents have access to a range of onsite social services: job training programs, financial literacy training, youth services and educational support, healthcare coordination and wellness programming.
NEWARK, N.J. — CBRE has negotiated the sale of a portfolio of two multifamily buildings totaling 43 units in Newark. The building at 66-68 Garside St. consists of 20 gut-renovated units and 3,000 square feet of commercial space. The building at 536-540 Central Ave. is being redeveloped to house 23 loft-style units in addition to 4,000 square feet of retail space. Richard Gatto, Fahri Ozturk, and Zach McHale of CBRE represented the seller, locally based alternative asset management company Napier Park Global Capital, in the deal.
Gilbane Underway on 484-Bed Student Housing Project Near University of California, Berkeley
by Amy Works
BERKELEY, CALIF. — Construction is underway on Pique, a 484-bed student housing project by Gilbane Development located at 2587 Telegraph Ave. near the University of California, Berkeley campus. The developer recently opened a leasing office for the community at 2430 Bancroft Way. The project is scheduled for completion in summer 2026. Pique will offer units in four-, five- and six-bedroom configurations. Shared amenities will include an indoor-outdoor yoga and fitness center with an outdoor sauna; outdoor study spaces; two rooftop decks separated by an indoor-outdoor club room; community terrace space; a ground floor coworking lounge; smart food lockers; and private study rooms on each floor. The community will also feature 2,900 square feet of ground-floor retail space.
PHOENIX — Chicago-based multifamily investment firm 29th Street Capital has acquired Urban 148 in Phoenix. The 148-unit property will be rebranded as Agave Ridge Apartments, and 29th Street Living will handle property management. According to Apartments.com, the community offers two- and three-bedroom floor plans at monthly asking rents ranging from $1,425 to $1,655 and amenities such as a pool, playground, courtyard and dog park. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
COMPTON, CALIF. — KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment has provided a $25.9 million loan to finance construction of an affordable housing development at 1434 W. Compton Blvd. in the metro Los Angeles city of Compton. The Coalition for Responsible Community Development (CRCD) has partnered with LandSpire Group to develop the 75-unit community. The project will be a three-story development consisting of studios and one- and two-bedroom units, all of which will be rent restricted at or below 50 percent of the area median income. Additional low-income housing tax credit equity and Freddie Mac permanent financing were secured from Walker & Dunlop. The total project cost was not disclosed, but a California Tax Credit Allocation Committee report from October 2024 lists the valuation at $56.8 million. Amenities will include laundry facilities, a community room, playground, landscaped courtyard, amphitheater-style seating area, sports court, onsite parking and a resident manager. Social services will be provided by CRCD and other community partners. Completion is slated for May 2027. CRCD and LandSpire Group have forged a partnership to create more than 1,000 permanent supportive and affordable housing units across the greater Los Angeles area over the next decade.
EUGENE, ORE. — Senior living brokerage firm The Zett Group has arranged the $18.5 million sale of a community located in Eugene. Built in 1979, the property — Churchill Estates — comprises 241 independent living, assisted living and memory care units. A joint venture acquired the community from the sellers, Ron and Joyce Knutson.
MINNEAPOLIS — Lupe Development Partners has completed Lakefield Apartments, a 110-unit affordable housing community in the Lyn-Lake area of Minneapolis. The project marks a collaboration between Lupe and the city to address affordable housing needs. The development was originally planned to include 95 units before the developer acquired an additional parcel and expanded the project to 110 family-sized units, including more three- and four-bedroom layouts. As of September, the project was 70 percent leased. The development concludes the third phase of Lupe’s mixed-income campus on Lake Street near the Lyndale Avenue intersection. In total, the campus has brought 353 units of affordable and market-rate housing along Lake Street in the past five years. The $41 million project was made possible through collaboration with the city, Multifamily Housing Revenue Bonds, Hennepin County, Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development and housing tax credit equity. Frana Cos. served as general contractor.
By Mitch Faccio, senior vice president, MLG Capital Texas’ multifamily market is at a unique inflection point. After several years of historic levels of new construction and softening fundamentals, conditions are shifting in ways that may benefit current owners and new investors. Slowing development, sustained population growth and the widening affordability gap between renting and owning are creating conditions that seem to favor existing assets. A Market Reset After Record Construction Over the last several years, multifamily development surged in Texas. Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio and other metros all experienced a wave of new supply that outpaced demand. By 2023 and 2024, this boom in development had led to softer occupancies, higher concessions and flat or even declining rents. Net operating income (NOI) growth slowed as the market absorbed this record wave of deliveries, according to data from CoStar Group and RealPage. Now, that dynamic seems to be shifting. Construction costs have risen faster than achievable rents, making new developments financially difficult to justify, according to data from RealPage and the 2024 Turner Construction Index. In fact, multifamily starts in many Texas metros are down significantly from recent peaks. As a result, many planned projects have stalled, and the supply …