Property Types  Multi-Family
ING Clarion Lands $51M Financing for Maryland M-F
Jun 18, 2009

ING Clarion Partners has secured $51.4 million in first mortgage financing for Columbia Town Center, a 531-unit multi-family complex in Columbia, Md. The 10-year loan includes a four-year interest-only period and was arranged by NorthMarq Capital’s Washington, D.C., regional office. Northmarq vice president Frank Relihan and senior vice president & managing director Gary McGlynn secured the loan through the firm’s AmeriSphere Multifamily Finance affiliate, a Fannie Mae DUS lender.



 
Recent Multi-Family Headlines
Multi-family Mortgage Originations Down 54 Percent from Same Time Last Year
Commercial and multi-family mortgage originations haven’t escaped the trickle down of the recession and the credit crunch, with volumes 54 percent below last year's second quarter and 83 percent below the peak seen in the second quarter of 2007, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association's Quarterly Survey of Commercial/Multifamily Mortgage Bankers Originations.
LoopNet Poll: Industry Expects Continued Price Declines, Eyes M-F as Top Sector
Confidence has waned about a near-term recovery in the commercial real estate industry, according to a new poll by commercial property listing service LoopNet Inc.
$1B HUD Infusion Could Give Jump to Stalled Affordable Housing Projects
When the credit markets froze, so did the development of much-needed affordable housing across the nation, but the U.S. Housing & Urban Development is making strides in tackling the issue. The agency, acting through its new $2.25 billion Tax Credit Assistance Program, which is funded via the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, has just approved the second dispensation of approximately $1.2 billion to state housing finance agencies in 26 states to finance the resurrection of various affordable rental housing programs.
New Firm Banks on NYC Multi-Family Market
The current economic climate is certainly putting a drag on many in the commercial property business. But Kevin Salmon is betting that now is a time of opportunity. To that end, Salmon has launched Salmon and Marshall Real Estate Investments, a new firm that will provide investment sales and consultation services in Manhattan’s apartment and condominium markets.
Post Sells Atlanta, Fairfax Properties for $100 Million
Post Properties Inc. sold Post Ridge in Atlanta to a locally based entity affiliated with Centennial Holding Company L.L.C. for $44.8 million following Monday's sale of Post Forest in Fairfax, Va., to an entity affiliated with Pantzer Properties Inc. for $57.5 million. CB Richard Ellis Inc. brokered the most recent transaction, while the Post Forest deal was brokered by Holliday Fenoglio Fowler L.P. The REIT expects to report net gains of approximately $54 million relating to the sales.