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Fairstead Completes Financing on 905 Affordable Units

Fairstead has completed the financing of a 905-unit portfolio of subsidized housing across nine properties totaling 49 buildings in New York City. Over the past six months, in nine distinct transactions, Fairstead restructured the $430-million portfolio with $310 million in HUD-insured financing.

The portfolio, located throughout Brooklyn and Manhattan, had been on the verge of conversion to market-rate housing. Instead, Fairstead collaborated with NYC Council Members, the city’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to rehabilitate and preserve it as affordable housing.

The most recent transaction, which closed Dec. 30, was a $46.4-million loan provided by Capital One and HUD for 680 St. Nicholas Ave. in Northern Manhattan’s Hamilton Heights neighborhood. Fairstead completed a comprehensive renovation of the property last year, and introduced a social services platform along with amenities.

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Paul Bubny serves as Senior Content Director for Connect Commercial Real Estate, a role to which he brings 16-plus years’ experience covering the commercial real estate industry and 30-plus years in business-to-business journalism. In this capacity, he oversees daily operations while also reporting on both local/regional markets and national trends, covering individual transactions across all property types, as well as delving into broader subject matter. He produces 7-10 daily news stories per day and works with the Connect team and clients to develop longer-form content, ranging from Q&As to thought-leadership pieces. Prior to joining Connect, Paul was Managing Editor for both Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com at American Lawyer Media, where he oversaw operations at both publications while also producing daily news and feature-length articles. His tenure in B2B publishing stretches back into the print era, and he has served as Editor in Chief on four national trade publications. Since 1999, Paul has volunteered as the newsletter editor of passenger rail advocacy groups (one national, one local).

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