Lender moves to foreclose on JDS affiliate’s Mercedes-Benz Miami project

The Real Deal By Katherine Kallergis Days after taking over the loan backing the Mercedes-Benz Places condo project, Cottonwood Group filed a foreclosure lawsuit against the developer, affiliates of Michael Stern’s JDS Development Group.  Maxim Credit Group provided the original $85 million loan in July 2015. It matured in late 2023, but Maxim repeatedly extended […]

Boston Housing Authority, Leggat McCall Properties, and Joseph J. Corcoran Company Secure Financing on Second Building of the Bunker Hill Housing Redevelopment, Start Construction on 266 Mixed-Income Homes

Bunker Hill Housing Development BOSTON (April 2, 2026) – The Boston Housing Authority (BHA), Leggat McCall Properties, and Joseph J. Corcoran Company are pleased to announce the closing on financing for the construction of the Bunker Hill Housing Redevelopment’s second apartment building (Building F), a 9-story, 266-unit mixed income building of 208 market-rate and 58 […]

Cottonwood Loans $122M for Charlestown Housing Redevelopment

Banker & Tradesman By James Sanna The next building in the redevelopment of Boston’s Bunker Hill public housing complex has been financed, including a $50 million contribution from the city of Boston. An affiliate of real estate private equity firm Cottonwood Group loaned $122.11 million to a corporation controlled by the Boston Housing Authority Thursday […]

Relaunching the St. Regis: How a luxury condo project in the Seaport hopes to boost sales

New investors aim to rev up sales by re-pricing its units Boston Globe By Catherine Carlock Despite an unparalleled location and a brand synonymous with luxury, sales at the St. Regis Residences in Boston’s Seaport District have been slow since construction wrapped on the waterside condominium tower nearly three years ago. The sluggish pace of transactions prompted […]

How Creative Financing Solutions Are Becoming the Norm

Multi-Housing News By Jeffrey Steele When the conventional market doesn’t cut it, multifamily investors explore new paths. Structuring capital solutions today requires resolving the gap between the asset values of the low-rate era and the point at which today’s capital markets are willing to lend. The solution in many instances? Creative financing. “It’s the art of […]

The Market Is Stabilizing, but That Doesn’t Mean It’s Easy

Mark Green, CIO and Managing Director of Cottonwood Group Commercial real estate was once defined by free-flowing capital and broad, cyclical tailwinds, but that is no longer the case. We are now at a moment of transition, where stability is returning, but ease is not. In the following article, Cottonwood’s Mark Green, CIO and Managing […]

Institutional capital returns to real estate, says Cottonwood Group CIO Mark Green

By Andrea Zander Institutional investors are re-entering the real estate market as denominator-effect pressures ease and portfolio allocations begin to normalize. According to Cottonwood Group CIO Mark Green, in an interview with IREI, the most meaningful capital today is gravitating toward structured and opportunistic strategies, where complexity is rewarded and underwriting is grounded in operational […]

The Return of Selective Conviction in Commercial Real Estate

Mark Green, CIO and Managing Director of Cottonwood Group After two years of dislocation and hesitation, the U.S. commercial real estate market has entered a new phase. It is neither exuberance nor distress, but rather a period of selective conviction. We are in, what I would call, a period of select conviction, where the paralysis […]

Fundraiser Feature: Tang Tang at Cottonwood Group

Juniper Square Raising $1 billion in today’s market is no small feat—especially when it’s double the original target. Cottonwood Group’s latest fundraising success shows how a disciplined credit strategy, paired with true operational depth, can capture LP confidence even in uncertain times. Tang Tang, Head of Capital Markets & Managing Director, shares how Cottonwood is […]