BOILING SPRINGS, S.C. — Berkadia has arranged the sale of Villas at Lawson Creek, a 202-unit, garden-style apartment community located at 9159 Asheville Highway in Boiling Springs, a northern suburb of Spartanburg, S.C. Charleston-based Matheson Capital purchased the property from Omaha, Neb.-based Momentum Housing for an undisclosed price. Caleb Troop, Thomas Colaiezzi, Matt Robertson and Drew Kwiatkowski of Berkadia’s Charlotte office represented the seller in the transaction. Built in 2009, Villas at Lawson Creek features one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments ranging in size from 652 to 1,444 square feet. Amenities include a swimming pool, fitness center, grilling and picnic areas, laundry facilities, car care center, movie lounge and additional storage units.
Multifamily
NEW YORK CITY — A partnership between local owner-operator Gilbane Development Co., Strada Development LLC and the Center for Urban Community Services (CUCS) has unveiled plans for a $170 million affordable and supportive housing project in The Bronx. Designed by Magnusson Architecture and Planning PC and known as 1920 Turnbull, the 22-story building will be located in the borough’s Castle Hill/Soundview submarket and will house 228 affordable housing units, including 137 permanent supportive housing units for formerly homeless individuals and families. CUCS will operate a 3,500-square-foot office within 1920 Turnbull to facilitate residents’ access to onsite social support services such as case management, behavioral health support, benefits assistance, employment services and connections to community resources. Additional amenities will include outdoor recreation space, a fitness room, community room and onsite laundry facilities. Site remediation and a groundbreaking are scheduled to take place in the coming weeks, with completion slated for 2029.
NEW YORK CITY — Developer Nasser Freres has received a $375 million construction loan for JFK Boulevard, an 840-unit apartment tower that will be located in the Journal Square area of Jersey City. The building will offer studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units, 10 percent of which will be designated as affordable housing. Amenities will include a spa, fitness center, multi-sport court, coworking and library lounges, game and screening rooms, an outdoor pool with sun decks, dog run, pet spa and a rooftop lounge. In addition, JFK Boulevard will feature 50,000 square feet of retail space that will be anchored by an organic grocer. Keith Kurland, Aaron Appel, Adam Schwartz, Jonathan Schwartz, Dustin Stolly, Sean Reimer, Jordan Casella, Christopher de Raet and Jack Krentzman of Walker & Dunlop arranged the floating-rate, interest-only loan through Madison Realty Capital. Completion is slated for early 2029.
PHOENIX — Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Alliance Residential has sold Broadstone Seventh Street, a 258-unit multifamily property in north central Phoenix, to a leading global investor for an undisclosed price. Asher Gunter, Matt Pesch and Austin Groen of CBRE represented the seller in the transaction. Completed in 2024, Broadstone Seventh Street features studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans with 9- and 10-foot ceilings, wood-style flooring, in-unit washers and dryers, quartz countertops, illuminated vanity mirrors and SmartRent Home technology. Community amenities include a residential clubhouse with an kitchen and billiards, a two-story fitness center, a resort-style pool and spa with private cabanas, barbecue grills and an outdoor ramada.
EVERETT, WASH. — Jackson Square Properties has sold Latitude, a 108-unit multifamily property in Everett’s Lake Stickney neighborhood, to Bridge Housing for approximately $25.4 million. Developed in 1986 on 4 acres, the property features one- and two-bedroom apartments spread across six residential buildings and a standalone clubhouse. Community amenities include a courtyard with a barbecue area and firepit, fitness center and a fenced-in dog park. Giovanni Napoli, Philip Assouad, Ryan Harmon, Nick Ruggiero and Anthony Palladino of Institutional Property Advisors, a division of Marcus & Millichap, represented the San Francisco-based seller and procured the buyer, also based in San Francisco.
SAVANNAH, GA. — Brook Farm Group and Manor Park Ventures will co-develop 675 Morgan, a 336-unit multifamily community located in the Savannah Highlands neighborhood. Upon completion, the project will feature 11 three-story buildings with one-, two- and three-bedroom floorplans. Amenities will include a resort-style swimming pool, clubhouse, 24-hour fitness center, walking trails, pickleball courts and a golf simulator. Ameris Bank, one of Brook Farm Group’s preferred lenders, provided construction financing for this transaction. The project team includes general contractor Summit Contracting Group.
Trilogy Investment Receives Construction Loan for 122-Unit Townhome Development in Emerson, Georgia
by Abby Cox
EMERSON, GA. — Trilogy Investment Co. has received a construction loan for the development of REV3 at Stars Way, a 122-unit build-to-rent (BTR) townhome community in Emerson, a city near the north Atlanta suburb of Cartersville. REV3 Homes, a division of Trilogy Investment Co., will serve as the general contractor for the project. Vertical construction is set to begin at the end of the month, while the first home deliveries are anticipated for late 2026. REV3 at Stars Way will feature modern townhomes with one-car garages and open-concept floorplans.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based intermediary HKS Real Estate Advisors has arranged a $37.5 million loan for the refinancing of 230 East 44th Street, a 164-unit apartment building in Midtown Manhattan. Known as The Centra, the 14-story building offers studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units, as well as 5,055 square feet of commercial space that was fully leased at the time of the loan closing to six tenants. Ayush Kapahi of HKS arranged the loan on behalf of the owner, Dalan Rentals. Infinity Funds provided the loan.
LYNNWOOD, WASH. — JLL Capital Markets has brokered the sale of Fairwinds Brighton Court, a 182-unit senior living community located in Lynnwood, roughly 16 miles north of Seattle. Residences at the community, which was built in 1988, include independent living and assisted living units in studio, one- and two-bedroom layouts. Amenities at the 4.4-acre property include a full-service restaurant, bistro, fitness center, salon, library, billiards room and courtyard. Leisure Care will continue to manage the community on behalf of the buyer, a publicly traded REIT. Jay Wagner, Rick Swartz, Aaron Rosenweig, Dan Baker and Dean Ferris of JLL represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.
Twenty-two apartment properties traded in metro Atlanta during the first quarter of 2026 for just over $1 billion, nearly double the $528 million that traded across 15 deals in first-quarter 2025. Our team’s current offerings are seeing tour volume of 30 to 40 prospects, which is up 20 percent from a couple years ago. We are also seeing 20 or more offers per property, and the quality of buyer has greatly improved — capital has stopped waiting for clarity and started competing for product. Liquidity rebounded in the Atlanta apartment market in 2025, and the supply-demand setup heading into 2027 is the reason institutional and private capital is moving now rather than later. Let’s start with the rebound. Across 2025, transaction count rose 31 percent, total dollar volume increased 18 percent and average cap rates tightened roughly 16 basis points. Buyers paid up for better-located, higher-quality assets and stayed disciplined on legacy unit-count metrics. The bid-ask gap that froze 2023 and most of 2024 finally closed, but on terms that rewarded specificity rather than just appetite. Sellers, for their part, have moved into a more pragmatic posture. A meaningful share of 2026 activity reflects fund-life timing decisions — sponsors that …