Dwight Mortgage Trust Provides $70M Loan for Newark Multifamily
Why this matters
Multifamily has been the most actively underwritten sector through the rate cycle, with cap rate compression resuming in Sun Belt and gateway markets as 2024-2025 deliveries roll off and refinance demand on 2021-vintage bridge loans clears. Transaction velocity is up modestly, concentrated in stabilized Class A and grocery-adjacent garden assets. Allocators continue to favor residential for its income durability and its insulation from secular demand questions that still hang over commercial sectors.
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- Disclosed multifamily deal value tracked in August 2026: $16.4B across 160 reported transactions. All Multifamily coverage →
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Dwight Mortgage Trust, the REIT affiliate of Dwight Capital, has provided a $70 million loan for Cosmo 440, a recently renovated, 216-unit multifamily tower in the Weequahic neighborhood of Newark, NJ. The borrower is…
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