Record office-to-resi conversion nabs May’s largest loan

June 27, 2025 / no comments

As the office-to-resi boom continues apace, Nathan Berman and David Warner’s massive Midtown conversion scored the city’s biggest real estate loan last month, representing record financing both in terms of the type of project in New York and for the lender itself.    Lenders doled out dollars across asset classes, including Durst Organization’s office tower […]

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Cottonwood Communities, RealSource Reach $2.8B Merger Deal

June 27, 2025 / no comments

Cottonwood Communities has entered into a deal with a private owner to take over its largely Sun Belt apartment portfolio.
The Salt Lake City-based nontraded REIT signed a merger agreement with RealSource Properties, the companies announced. The deal would make RealSource a subsidiary of Cottonwood, and the combined company would have $2.8B in assets. 
“We believe this merger strengthens our platform through increased scale and diversification, positioning us to realize cost efficiencies and drive incremental revenue growth, as well as creating a pipeline of meaningful value-add opportunities,” Cottonwood CEO Daniel Shaeffer said in a statement.
As of March, Cottonwood owned 37 properties totaling 9,329 units across 11 states….

Cards on the table: New York clinches casino bids

June 27, 2025 / no comments

For the last three years, development teams have tried to sell their casino proposals to New Yorkers, touting the scores of jobs that would be created and, in some cases, transformative visions for long-vacant sites. Much has changed since teams expressed initial interest in vying for a state casino license. Some developers have added housing […]

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Developer plots 1,500-unit rezoning in Gravesend

June 27, 2025 / no comments

A quiet neighborhood in South Brooklyn could soon see an explosion of development as a rezoning effort gets underway. Westshore Views LLC filed an application with the Department of City Planning to rezone the land at 4302 Westshore Avenue in Gravesend, Crain’s reported. The site is being used as car storage today. The 737,000-square-foot waterfront […]

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