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Oakbrook Investments LLC Sells 272 Shares of Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. (MAA)

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America Apartment Communities logo" title="Mid- America Apartment Communities logo" class="companylogo" /> Oakbrook Investments LLC decreased its position in shares of Mid- America Apartment Communities , Inc. (NYSE:MAA) by 5.6% during the second quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 4 ,551 shares of the real estate investment trust ’s stock after selling 272 shares during the period. Oakbrook Investments LLC ’s holdings in Mid- America Apartment Communities were worth $480,000 at the end of the most recent quarter. Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in MAA. Roanoke Asset Management Corp NY increased its position in Mid- America Apartment Communities by 48.0% in the second quarter. Roanoke Asset Management Corp NY now owns 3,625 shares of the real estate investment trust ’s stock worth $3...

Milestone Apartments REIT Completes US$74.0 Million Acquisition of Shadow Creek Apartments in Houston

TORONTO / DALLAS, TX, Oct. 30, 2014 (Canada NewsWire via COMTEX) -- Milestone Apartments Real Estate Investment Trust (MST.UN) ("Milestone" or the "REIT") today announced that it has completed the purchase of Villas at Shadow Creek ("Shadow Creek" or the "Property"), a 560- unit multifamily apartment community located in the Pearland submarket of Houston, Texas, for a purchase price of US$74.0 million. This acquisition was previously announced by the REIT on September 15, 2014. Shadow Creek was built in two phases in 2006 (296 units) and 2007 (264 units) and is currently approximately 95% occupied, with average monthly rents of approximately US$1,200 per unit. The Property's average in-place rents are higher than the REIT's portfolio average in part due to a higher proportion of two and three- bedroom apartment suites . Shadow Creek has the potential for a value- add program relating to unit interior upgrades . The Property features ...

Lehman to sell apartment owner Archstone for $6.5 billion

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc agreed to sell property group Archstone to two real estate investment trusts for about $6.5 billion, taking advantage of a strong market for apartments and marking an end to a 2007 gamble that helped push the investment bank into bankruptcy. The buyers, Equity Residential ( EQR.N ) and AvalonBay Communities Inc ( AVB.N ), will split the assets 60-40 and will also take on Archstone's debt, for a total transaction value of $16 billion. Lehman collapsed at the height of the financial crisis in 2008, in part because of soured real estate bets , including the $23. 7 billion leveraged buyout of Archstone. The firm filed for bankruptcy and has been liquidating assets to pay back creditors , who are still owed more than $30 billion. Archstone, one of the largest owners of U.S. apartments, has a large portfolio of properties in metropolitan areas, where apartment buildings have been pricey and difficult to come by. The acquisition would...

Investor buys Buena Park apartments

A wealthy Orange County investor has acquired Brookstone Apartment Homes in Buena Park for $38 million. Patrick Cadigan , the former chief executive of Electronic Engineering Co. of California, bought the 184-unit community at 7400 Artesia Blvd. from L&B Realty Advisors , a Dallas- based investment firm with real estate holdings across the country. Built in 1977, Brookstone consists of 112 one-bedroom and 72 two-bedroom units across 17 two-story buildings. The property features a pool and spa, a fitness center and covered parking. Carl Greenwood , general partner of real estate investment firm Greenwood & McKenzie, said Cadigan liked the quality of the recently renovated complex . “There’s a shortage of supply of good apartment complexes for sale,” he said. Cadigan, who made headlines last year when he pledged to donate $27 million to a pair of schools in Boston, is one of the county’s largest real estate investors . He owns nearly 1, 800 apartment units across 11 comple...

New Jersey firm to finish Allentown apartments after developer charged in Ponzi scheme

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Summit Ridge luxury apartment development on River Road in Allentown" alt="Construction has resumed at the Summit Ridge luxury apartment development on River Road in Allentown" /> Construction has resumed at the Summit Ridge luxury apartment development … (MICHAEL KUBEL, THE MORNING…) April 30, 2013 | By Peter Hall, Of The Morning Call Nearly three years after construction stalled at the Summit Ridge Apartments on Allentown's east side, a New Jersey real estate firm has picked up where the project's bankrupt developer left off. After foreclosing on the property and winning an $8.3 million verdict in Lehigh County Court , Diversified Realty Associates of Summit, N.J., aims to complete the luxury apartment buildings by the end of the year. The project's hiatus, which left some residents living amid an abandoned construction site , was the result of former developer David Connolly 's financial meltdown that led federal prosecutors to charge him l...

Greystone Closes $35.5 Million Deal for Delaware Multifamily Acquisition

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NEW YORK, Aug. 15, 2017 ( GLOBE NEWSWIRE ) — Greystone, a real estate lending , investment and advisory company, today announced it has provided a $26.65 million Fannie Mae DUS ® loan in combination with $5.35 million in preferred equity from New York Mortgage Trust , Inc., for the acquisition of Autumn Park, a 358- unit multifamily property in Newark, Delaware. The transaction was originated by Keith Hires of Greystone’s Atlanta office with Ryan Ade and Neil Campbell of HFF as correspondents on the deal. The Fannie Mae DUS loan includes a 7 / 6 adjustable rate at 3 years of interest-only and a 30-year amortization. Autumn Park is a garden- style community comprising 1 -, 2-, and 3-bedroom apartments with a pool, located within easy access to I-95 and downtown amenities. During the underwriting process of the loan for Autumn Park, Greystone overcame a number of unique environmental challenges , including issues with an unprecedented number of underground storage tanks . Greystone wo...

Can Connecting Rent To Income, Not Market Rates, Change The Affordability Of Cities?

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When Bill de Blasio became mayor of New York City in 2014, he made no secret of his intent to place affordable housing at the center of his term. Not long after his election, he rolled out his Housing New York plan–a 10-year strategy to build or preserve around 200,000 affordable units across the city’s five boroughs. advertisement Affordable, when it comes to housing in New York, is a slippery term. Critics of de Blasio’s plan have pointed out that the majority of the units built or converted under Housing New York remain out of reach of low-income New Yorkers–those earning less than $43,000 per year. And while the plan has succeeded making a nearly 100,000 unit dent in the city’s 550,000 affordable-unit shortfall, the terms of the new unit’s affordability are ephemeral: The majority of the units created and preserved under the mayor’s plan are only regulated temporarily, often for as little as two decades. There is no guarantee that a unit designated as affordable today will remain...