July 13, 2004 | Vol. 2 No. 13

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Volume 2 - Number 13 | July 13, 2004

TOP STORY: TRIA "Make-Available" Extension Could Help Multifamily Lending Liquidity
The extension of a key provision of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act will have a positive impact on the multifamily CMBS market as well as the multifamily lending market in general, according to CMBS and multifamily experts.

Multifamily Execs Ponder Rate Increase Effect
Rising interest rates are starting to cause single-family homebuilders to break a sweat, but it’s generally nothing but good news for those active in the multifamily residential market.

Apartment Investors Remain Undeterred
Despite the stagnancy in apartment fundamentals, investors have yet to shy away from the multifamily sector. In the month of May alone, $2.9 billion of significant apartment properties changed hands, according to a June 2004 report by Real Capital Analytics.

INSIDER Case Study: The Toy Factory Lofts
A development team that has converted an old 1920s toy factory in New York City—where a popular post-WWII toy called Electric Football was once manufactured—into residential condominiums aims to spark the redevelopment of one of the city’s major commercial hubs: Downtown Brooklyn.

Short Takes: Post Properties; Australian JV; WaMu Earnings

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