Multifamily

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DALLAS — Local developer StreetLights Residential has broken ground on a 20-story apartment building in Dallas. The site is located at the southeast corner of Park Lane and U.S. Highway 75, and the building will offer 365 units in studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans that will range in size from 505 to 1,707 square feet. Residences will be furnished with stainless steel appliances, custom cabinetry and keyless entry mechanisms, while select units will feature wine refrigerators and built-in desks. Amenities will include a pool, fitness center, game room, private dining room, coffee bar, pet wash station, lounge and outdoor grilling and dining stations. StreetLights is developing the project in partnership with Mitsui Fudosan America. Completion is slated for early 2029.

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Hudson-Crossing-Katy

KATY, TEXAS — A partnership between New York City-based Rockefeller Group and Pelican Builders has begun leasing Hudson Crossing, a 298-unit multifamily project in the western Houston suburb of Katy. Hudson Crossing offers one-, two- and three-bedroom residences that are furnished with stainless steel appliances, white quartz countertops, designer tile backsplashes, individual washers and dryers and private balconies. Select residences feature private yards. Amenities include a pool, fitness center, resident clubhouse with a coworking lounge and outdoor gathering areas with grills. Rents start at roughly $1,400 per month for a one-bedroom apartment.

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MCDONOUGH, GA. — ECI Group has sold The Corwyn South Point Apartments, a 260-unit community located at 1000 Columns Drive in McDonough, a southern suburb of Atlanta. Morgan Properties purchased the property for an undisclosed price. David Gutting of Newmark represented the seller in the transaction. The Corwyn South Point features one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments. Amenities include a 2,000-square-foot clubhouse with a kitchen, fitness center with a dedicated yoga/spin room and a gathering room featuring a lounge, fireplace, TV and media center with a gaming area. Outdoor amenities include a resort-style pool with sun shelf and deck, grilling and fire pit areas, landscaped courtyard with a bocce ball court and a dog park and pet wash station.

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COLUMBIA, MO. — Core Spaces has acquired The Collective at Columbia, a 972-bed student housing community near the University of Missouri in Columbia. Preiss and a real estate fund advised by Crow Holdings Capital sold the 318-unit property. Located at 3600 Aspen Heights Parkway, The Collective at Columbia offers a mix of two- to four-bedroom floor plans, all in cottage-style layouts. Amenities include a pool, clubhouse, fitness center, sand volleyball court, basketball court, dedicated study lounges and a private shuttle providing direct access to campus. The property is currently fully occupied. The acquisition marks Chicago-based Core’s first investment in Columbia.

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By Michael Poris, McIntosh Poris Architects Long defined by its industrial legacy, Detroit development currently combines ground-up construction with intelligent, innovative adaptive reuse. Brick-and-mortar manufacturing-era remnants include many buildings that originally served the automotive industry. As large-scale manufacturing relocated and Detroit’s population declined, several significant buildings were abandoned. Many are viable for second lives, ones that fulfill current commercial real estate market demands. Adaptive reuse makes sense I co-founded McIntosh Poris in 1994 to protect Detroit’s historic buildings from bulldozers and redesign them for a post-manufacturing economy. At that time, demolition was the most expedient option.  To address this, we focused as much on civic networking and preservation education as architectural design. Implementation involved organizing events with public officials and the local business community to meet leaders of other cities’ successful urban-renewal programs. To make Detroit more attractive to commercial real estate investment, we lobbied for zoning changes. Most relevant, commercial and historic districts were re-evaluated to permit mixed-use redevelopment. Historic preservation became viable, often making sense both financially and culturally. Well before sustainability became a commercial real estate consideration, we educated developers on available adaptive reuse incentives such as historic tax credits. Combined with the inherent efficiencies of reuse, …

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HOUSTON — Locally based developer Fein has begun leasing Echo Lake, a 326-unit apartment community in North Houston. The site spans 21.4 acres within the CityPlace mixed-use development, and the property is named after the 1.2-acre lake and trail system that serves as a focal point of the project. Designed by Steinberg Dickey Collaborative, built by Westchase Construction and financed by Comerica Bank, Echo Lake comprises two- and three-story buildings that house one-, two- and three-bedroom units and Class A amenities. About 40 percent of the units are townhouse-style residences with attached garages. Fein developed Echo Lake in partnership with Open House Group. The first move-ins are now underway, with rents starting at roughly $1,300 per month for a one-bedroom apartment. Construction began last spring.

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NEW YORK CITY — JLL has arranged the $129 million sale of Henry Hall, a 33-story multifamily building located at 515 W. 38th St. in Manhattan’s Hudson Yards district. Completed in 2017, Henry Hall houses 225 units in studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans, in addition to 12,500 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Amenities include a fitness center, landscaped terrace and a “jam room” with professional music recording equipment. Jeffrey Julien, Rob Hinckley, Steven Binswanger, Steven Rutman and Devon Warren of JLL represented the seller, a joint venture between Shorenstein Investment Advisers and Dreamscape Cos., in the transaction. Geoff Goldstein and Christopher Pratt, also with JLL, arranged a $71 million acquisition loan for the deal through U.S. Bank on behalf of the buyer, Amstar Group.

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BELLEVILLE, N.J. — Connecticut-based SYM Investments has purchased SilverLake Apartments, a 232-unit multifamily complex in Belleville, about 10 miles west of New York City, for $80 million. Completed in early 2022, SilverLake Apartments consists of two five-story buildings that feature studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans. Amenities include a fitness center, dog park, game room, entertainment lounge with a kitchen, rooftop terrace, business center and package lockers, as well as 17,024 square feet of commercial space that is fully leased. Mike Oliver, Steve Simonelli, Jose Cruz, Elizabeth DeVesty and Austin Pierce of JLL represented the seller, Baltimore-based developer Klein Enterprises, in the transaction. Michael Klein, Thomas Didio Jr., Gerard Quinn and Joseph Gruber, also with JLL, originated a $56 million Freddie Mac acquisition loan on behalf of SYM Investments.

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HOLYOKE, MASS. — WinnCos. has completed a $55.3 million seniors housing redevelopment in the western Massachusetts city of Holyoke. Residences at Appleton is an adaptive reuse of a former alpaca mill complex that has been vacant since the 1970s into an affordable housing complex for residents age 55 and older. Of the property’s 88 units, 12 are reserved for seniors earning 30 percent or less of the area median income (AMI); 63 are earmarked for renters earning 60 percent of AMI; and 13 are set aside for those earning 80 percent or less of AMI. The unit mix comprises four studios, 75 one-bedroom residences and nine two-bedroom units. Amenities include a fitness center, resident lounge and an outdoor recreation area. Keith Construction served as the general contractor for the project, which was designed by The Architectural Team. VHB provided civil engineering and permitting services. Local nonprofit OneHolyoke provided gap financing for the project, and Bank of America served as the construction lender and the investor in the project’s state and federal low-income housing tax credits. MassHousing also provided tax-exempt bond financing for the development.

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HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — A public-private partnership between the Town of Hilton Head Island, OneStreet Residential and RBC Community Investments has broken ground on Northpoint on Jarvis Creek, a 157-unit workforce housing development. CF Evans Construction is the general contractor for the development, which is recognized as Hilton Head Island’s first dedicated workforce housing project. As part of the public-private partnership, the Town of Hilton Head Island is providing a 65-year ground lease, $1 million to support eligible site work with contributions secured from the American Rescue Plan Fund, affordability covenants to maintain a workforce neighborhood in perpetuity, zoning entitlements and long-term programming support. OneStreet’s role involves design, permitting, financing, project management, construction, lease-up, long-term programming and property management. Situated on 11 acres, Northpoint on Jarvis Creek will offer one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments with rental rates attainable for households with incomes ranging from 60 to 150 percent of the area median income (AMI). At least 50 percent of the units will cater to households earning between 60 and 80 percent of the AMI. (Based on Beaufort County’s 2025 AMI, a family of three could earn between $59,520 and $148,800 to qualify to live at the community.) The development …

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