The financing package consisted of six new Freddie Mac Value Add Green Advantage loans, five loan assumptions from Fannie Mae and $40 million in equity over the entire portfolio.

The real estate executive and 2017 mayoral candidate talks about the interplay of the industry, civic issues and government.

Collete English-Dixon, executive director of Roosevelt University's Marshall Bennett Institute of Real Estate, takes a closer look at how being involved in other organizations outside of what you get paid for can be a strong enhancement to your day job.