Partnership Awarded State Funding to Redevelop Needham Seniors Housing
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Commercial real estate continues to digest a multi-year reset in cost of capital. Transaction velocity is below the 2019-2021 trend but improving, cap rates have stabilized across most stabilized property types, and the bid-ask gap has narrowed materially in the past two quarters. Sponsors with permanent capital and operating platforms have an advantage in the current execution environment. The next twelve months will continue to reward underwriting discipline and operational sophistication over balance-sheet aggression.
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Affordable Housing and Services Collaborative, Inc. (AHSC) and The Peabody Companies have been awarded funding from the state to redevelop the Linden Street Community in Needham. Built in the 1960s and 1970s and curre…
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