Member News

Tidwell Group is pleased to announce that Christopher Bailey, CPA, and Morgan Mahaffey, JD have been promoted to Partner.

MassHousing provided a total of $30.3 million in affordable housing financing to the Fenway Community Development Corporation for the refinancing, major renovation and preservation of affordability for mixed-income households at the 97-unit Newcastle Saranac in Boston’s South End.

Congratulations to the NH&RA members that received a New Markets Tax Credit award National Trust Community Investment Corporation, PNC Community Partners, Inc., RBC Community Development, LLC, The Rose Urban Green Fund and USBCDE, LLC.

NH&RA members BRIDGE Housing Corporation, Eden Housing, Inc., Jamboree Housing Corporation, Kingdom Development Inc., McCormack Baron Salazar, Inc., Meta Housing Corporation and Pacific West Communities, Inc. all received funding awards from CalHCD’s Multifamily Housing Program. Congratulations!

Pennrose has closed on financing for the 1.25-acre parcel and started construction on the 3-story 1920s era historic Mary D. Stone school building.  The redevelopment plan includes the renovation of the historic school, demolition of later built wings, and construction of a new addition.

Woda Cooper Companies, Inc. has closed financing and is commencing construction on its 20th  development in Pennsylvania. The new 56-unit townhome development called Kellinger Greene was awarded Low Income Housing Tax Credits by the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency (PHFA) in 2019 and is being financed with a construction loan from Park National Bank, permanent financing from PHFA and York County HOME Loan Program, and tax credit equity from CREA.

Mark Dean, Citi Community Capital’s national production manager has retired after a 36-year career in financial services, including 22 years with Citi Community Capital (CCC). Barry Krinsky, an affordable housing finance veteran, stepped into the national production manager’s role on June 1

One of NH&RA’s earliest members, Allen Lew, died in New York on June 23 from complications from COVID-19. Lew was a DC planning executive who built a generation of Washington landmarks and served under three mayors. In December of 2019, he started a new job as senior vice chancellor for facilities and planning for the City University of New York.

Mike Witt has joined Cinnaire as vice president, Asset Management, in the company’s Lansing office. In this position, Will will be responsible for overseeing investments made by Cinnaire in numerous multifamily housing developments across multiple business lines.

Cinnaire announced Ryan Robinson has been promoted to executive vice president, Operations and Corporate Risk Management. In this new role, Robinson will guide Cinnaire in the development of a clear focus on execution and accountability, drive organizational efficiency, proactively manage the organization’s risk profile and continue to oversee Asset Management.

Enterprise New York is managing Project Parachute, which will keep New York renters hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic safely in their homes.

Affordable Housing Finance released its annual ranking of the Top 50 Affordable Housing Developers and Owners of 2019. Twenty-three NH&RA members made the developers list and 29 made the owners list – congratulations!