The BLVD Group, a developer and owner of affordable housing, announced its $57 million acquisition and planned renovation of Rock Ridge Apartments, a 152‑unit community in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. The company said it would create 30 new affordable units at the site....
The Goizueta Business School at Emory University in Atlanta has received a $5 million gift from Billy Harbert, chairman and CEO of the construction company BL Harbert International, to establish a center focused on real estate education. The newly announced BL Harbert...
The National Association of Realtors (NAR) has recruited Elizabeth Ranno as its new senior vice president of education and events. Ranno joins NAR from property management software provider RealPage, where she served as vice president of product management. Earlier in...
The superintendent of a Louisiana school board has proposed turning one of its schools into affordable housing for teachers. WAFB reports East Baton Rouge Superintendent LaMont Cole floated the idea of renovating Westminster Elementary School into housing specifically...
Letitia James accused of mortgage fraud, the Sun Belt loses its charm, and a tribute to a lodging sector leader. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of April 14-18 Miss: Not Practicing What She Preaches. New York...
A federal judge has temporarily blocked efforts by the Trump administration to terminate 90% of the workforce of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The Hill reports US District Judge Amy Berman Jackson has stopped the agency from today’s plan to...
