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April/May 2010 - FEATURES

COVER FEATURE >> The AHF 50

AFFORDABLE HOUSING FINANCE reveals its annual Top 50 developers and owners. Plus, Paul Sween and Armand Brachman, principals of Dominium Development & Acquisition, share what’s keeping this company among the top fi rms. (Cover photo by Jonathan Chapman)

• • • Top 10 Companies Completing Acquisitions
  • • Top 50 Affordable Housing Owners
  • • Top 50 Affordable Housing Developers
• Declining Numbers
  Affordable housing starts were way below prior years in 2009, according to AFFORDABLE HOUSING FINANCE’s survey of developers.
• Growing a Company
  At a time when many affordable housing developers have had to scale back or even shutter their doors because of the downturn in the financial markets, Dominium is putting up impressive numbers.
• Top Public Housing Authorities
  With more than 180,000 public housing units, the New York City Housing Authority is by far the nation’s largest public housing authority (PHA).
• National Church Residences — NO.3: Affordable Housing Owner
• Pennrose Properties, LLC — NO.19: Affordable Housing Owner
• Conifer Realty, LLC — NO. 13: Affordable Housing Developer
• Carlisle Development Group, LLC — NO. 19: Affordable Housing Developer
• Common Ground — NO. 49: Affordable Housing Developer

Also in this Issue

• New Directions
• Massive NYC Public Housing Deal Receives Financing
• Centerline Sells Debt Fund Business, Keeps LIHTC Operations
• Grapevine
• Reading Between the Numbers
• The Buzz
• Exchange Program Could Spur 155 California Projects
• CHA Touts Work Requirement Results
• The Multiplier Effect of AHP
• People
• Pop Quiz Q&A with Lowell Barron II, president of The Vantage Group, LLC *Web Extra
• Housing Policy
• Frank Introduces Preservation Bill
• Finance
• AHIC Leader on the Year Ahead
• Holding Credits, Spreading Debt
• End of An Era?
• Regional Report: Midwest
• Michigan’s Bold Plan
• Getting Housing Back on Track *Web Extra
• Green Scene
• Seniors Housing Rises from Floods