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MassHousing Provides $66M in Affordable Housing Financing for South Boston MF Project

MassHousing provided $66.1 million in affordable housing financing to Beacon Communities LLC, for the redevelopment of public housing at the Anne M. Lynch Homes at Old Colony in South Boston.

Originally constructed in 1940, Old Colony is one of the oldest federal public housing developments in the country. Beacon Communities and the Boston Housing Authority (BHA) are redeveloping the 845-unit Old Colony development in multiple phases.

MassHousing is providing Beacon Communities with a total of $14.9 million in tax-exempt permanent financing, $13.6 million in tax-exempt bridge financing, $33.2 million in construction financing, and a $4.5 million taxable construction and permanent loan. Additional funding sources include a total of $32.8 million in federal and state Low-Income Housing Tax Credit equity, and $8.8 million in funding from the BHA.

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About David Cohen

David Cohen is Southeast Editorial Director at Connect Commercial Real Estate. David is a media veteran with more than 10 years of experience in journalism, copywriting and communications across a variety of roles. He is responsible for covering commercial real estate news and trends in the Southeast, Florida, Washington D.C. and Boston at Connect CRE as well as specializing in the Student Housing sector. Prior to joining Connect, David was the editor of Northeast Real Estate Business magazine and Student Housing Business magazine at France Media as well as spending time freelancing for ESPN and the Associated Press in the fast-paced field of live sports event production. He is also an owner and investor in multifamily real estate in Atlanta, GA. David currently resides in Atlanta and graduated from the College of Communication & Information at the University of Tennessee Knoxville.

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