Mayor Michelle Wu and City of Boston celebrate the groundbreaking of the second building of Bunker Hill Housing Redevelopment
The building is a part of the first phase of a large-scale master plan that will redevelop the entire Bunker Hill public housing community over the next decade, creating a total of 2,699 units of housing Mayor Michelle Wu today joined the Charlestown Resident Alliance, the Boston Housing Authority (BHA), Leggat McCall Properties, and Joseph […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Cottonwood Group Funds BillionToOne’s Growth with $105M Loan
Los Angeles Times Los Angeles-based Cottonwood Group, a private equity real estate investment firm, has announced the closing of a $105-million senior construction loan for a 223,500-square-foot life sciences project within EastVillage, a 425-acre mixed-use community in northeast Austin, Texas. Reger Holdings and Tarlton Properties, a leading life sciences developer and operator based in the […]
Charting a Tectonic Shift: Inside the $1B Cottonwood Group Special Situations Strategy
Alexander Shing is founder and CEO of Cottonwood Group, a private equity real estate firm with offices in Los Angeles, Boston and New York that has served as a trusted investment partner to global institutions, pension funds and family offices for 13 years. For more information, email originations@cottonwoodmgmt.com. By Alexander Shing There’s an oft-cited story […]
Cottonwood Closes $1 Billion Special Situations Fund
By John Gittelsohn Private real estate investment firm Cottonwood Group closed a $1 billion fund for special situations, including properties needing financial restructuring, new development or other potentially high-yielding opportunities. The fund has already invested about $300 million, mostly through loans that have options to acquire title to properties in the event of a default, […]
Cottonwood Group Receives $1.0 Billion In Commitments For U.S. Real Estate Special Situations Investment Strategy
Cottonwood Group PR The strategy targets credit and event-driven opportunities in commercial real estate located in high-growth markets across the U.S. LOS ANGELES (Sept. 9, 2025)—Cottonwood Group (Cottonwood), a private equity real estateinvestment firm with offices in Los Angeles, Boston and New York, has exceeded its originalfundraising goal for the Cottonwood Real Estate Special Situations […]