Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. engages in the acquisition and operation of multifamily properties in select targeted markets throughout the United States. It operates through the following segments: Multifamily Communities, Financing, New Market Properties, and Office Buildings. The Multifamily Communities segment consists of residential multifamily communities portfolio including student housing community and the Lenox Portfolio. The Financing segment refers to the portfolio of real estate loans bridge loans, and other instruments deployed to to partially finance the development, construction, and prestabilization carrying costs of new multifamily communities and other real estate and real estate related assets. The New Market Properties segment covers portfolio of grocery-anchored shopping centers, as well as the financial results from the retail real estate loans. The Office Buildings segment relates to the three office buildings located in Atlanta, Georgia and Birmingham, Alabama. The company was founded by Leonard A. Silverstein and John A. Williams on September 18, 2009 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.