CHICAGO—The intense demand for rental apartments has also attracted a lot of investment capital to the multifamily sector. Buyers have even started to focus on value-add properties in the suburbs, and that in turn is forcing longtime players in that space to expand their own searches.
“We have done a temporary pivot in our investment strategy,” David Carlson, a partner at Redwood Capital Group, LLC, tells GlobeSt.com. The Chicago-based firm is a national leader in the acquisition and renovation of class B workforce housing in the suburbs, but all the new money in the space has pushed down cap rates, and recently it began buying up well-located new construction.
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