SBS Tower highlights office-condo trends [South Florida]

SBS Tower highlights office-condo trends [South Florida] Apartment rental buildings are being turned into condominiums at breakneck speed, but offices are being converted as well. A Coconut Grove office building may be the biggest office-condo conversion yet. A high-rise in Coconut Grove is slated to be turned into office-condominiums, in a deal that appears to …

$39M Financing Deal Closes for Multifamily Complex [Maryland]

$39M Financing Deal Closes for Multifamily Complex [Maryland] The 495-unit Loch Raven Village apartment community will get a new owner and a facelift with the assistance of a $38.5-million joint venture equity and debt financing deal that has just closed. Located at 1711 Edgewood Rd. just off the Baltimore Beltway, The residences are contained within …

Team turns ‘distressed’ homes into sales

Team turns ‘distressed’ homes into sales SDV Real Estate Holdings has worked out a system for turning dumps into marketable delights. Some might think buying deeply distressed homes and condominiums in a sputtering realty market is a recipe for a financial hemorrhage. Others, like the partners of SDV Real Estate Holdings LLC, see gold. SDV …

Baiting a hook for condo buyers

Baiting a hook for condo buyers [South Florida] In South Florida’s slowing real estate market, single-family home sellers aren’t the only ones getting nervous. Developers of new condominiums are antsy and trying to come up with creative ways to distinguish themselves from the competition. Free closing costs, purchase price discounts and appliance upgrades are just …