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Starwood Asset Management's Barry Sternlicht and Miami's Little River neighborhood.
Multifamily · Investments & Sales
Florida

Barry Sternlicht’s Starwood Scoops Up More Miami-Dade Affordable Housing

By Julia Echikson
Wintercrest Village Apartments, a garden-style community at 12002 Wintercrest Drive in Lakeside, Calif.
Multifamily · Finance
California

Westphal Company Lands $56M Refi for San Diego Apartments

By Greg Cornfield
Heights Advisors' Rachel Foster and 945 White Plains Road, the Bronx.
Multifamily · Development
New York City

Heights Advisors Files Plans to Build 606 Affordable Units in the Bronx

By Amanda Schiavo
Pre vs Post-Pied-a-terre tax chart
Multifamily · Policy
New York City

Luxury Condo Sales in Manhattan Rise Post-Pied-à-Terre Rollout

By Amanda Schiavo
Everly Apartments in Naples, Fla. (top left), The Marc Apartments in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. (bottom left), and Vista Sur Apartments in Miami.
Multifamily · Finance
Florida

Richman Group Secures $225M Loan to Refinance Three South Florida Multifamily Assets

By Brian Pascus
ArrowMark Partners' Rob Brown (top left) and Evan Roukema (bottom left), Sequoia (top right) and Klein Huis projects in Heber City, Utah.
Multifamily · Finance
Utah

ArrowMark Partners Refis Utah Apartments With $58M Bridge Loan

By Andrew Coen
Once you move in there’s really no reason to ever leave Extell’s 50 West 66th Street.
Condo · Development
New York City

The Plan: Extell’s 70-Unit 50 West 66th Street Leans Into Luxury Via Hospitality

By Amanda Schiavo
New York Attorney General Letitia James.
Multifamily · Legal
New York City

SME Capital Forced to Hand Over Hudson Yards Condo Building to Residents

By Mark Hallum
Greystone Capital's Drew Fletcher (top), Bryan Grover (center), and Jesse Kopecky, Vantage at McKinney Falls, Austin, Texas (top right); Vantage at Fair Oaks, Boerne, Texas (bottom center); and Vantage at Hutto, Hutto, Texas.
Multifamily · Finance
Texas

Benefit Street Partners Provides $103M Bridge Debt for Texas Multifamily Portfolio

By Brian Pascus
Anthony Seijas, Principal of Coastland Residential, and a rendering of Vybe 75 at 4383 Southwest 75th Avenue, Miami.
Multifamily · Finance
Florida

Coastland Residential Lands $85M to Build Miami-Dade Rental

By Julia Echikson
Arden Group CEO Craig Spencer and 425 Summit Avenue, Jersey City, N.J.
Multifamily · Finance
New Jersey

Northwestern Mutual Provides $110M Perm Loan for Jersey City Multifamily Tower 

By Andrew Coen
Domain Companies' Matt Schwartz and a rendering of Elara residential project in Queens.
Multifamily · Finance
New York City

Wells Fargo Provides $175M Construction Loan for Queens Mixed-Use Development

By Brian Pascus
An apartment for rent sign.
Multifamily · Technology
National

ApartmentIQ Secures $25M Follow-On Funding Round

By Philip Russo
Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
Condo · Policy
New York City

NYC Pied-à-Terre Tax Rollout Temporarily Blocked  

By Andrew Coen
An illustration of an apartment building with a No Vacancy sign on it.
Multifamily · Policy
New York City

New York’s Rent Freeze Was Only An Aftershock. This 2019 Law Was The Quake.

By Larry Getlen
A pair of wedding bands.
Multifamily · Finance
National

Equity Residential and AvalonBay: Inside the $71B Mega Multifamily Merger

By Brian Pascus
Starwood Capital's Barry Sternlicht and El Portal and Little River in Miami.
Multifamily · Investments & Sales
Florida

Barry Sternlicht’s Starwood Buys Two Miami Affordable Housing Rentals

By Julia Echikson