Archive for ‘July, 2008’

Multifamily Property Prices Show Signs of Decline

Multifamily Property Prices Show Signs of Decline

By Anuradha Kher, Online News EditorNew York–Multifamily property prices, while down 2.3 percent for the March/April period, reported the highest value change at 5.7 percent compared to a year ago, according to Standard and Poor’s April results for the S&P/GRA Commercial Real Estate Indices.“There has been a 5.7 percent gain in multifamily property prices in [...]

Q&A with Douglas Pope: The Future of Multi-Housing Marketing is Online

Q&A with Douglas Pope: The Future of Multi-Housing Marketing is Online

Douglas Pope is the co-founder of hotpads.com, a Web site that offers a map-based search for buying, selling or renting homes. Recently, PC magazine named hotpads one of the top real estate websites. Twenty-six-year-old Pope (pictured), who founded the company with his college friends, talks to MHN Online News Editor, Anuradha Kher about his site, [...]

21-Unit Brooklyn Property Rededicated as Part of $20M Plan to Preserve Affordable Housing

21-Unit Brooklyn Property Rededicated as Part of $20M Plan to Preserve Affordable Housing

By Anuradha Kher, Online News EditorNew York–The first building to benefit from the Inclusionary Zoning Provision of the historic Greenpoint-Williamsburg Land Use and Waterfront Plan, approved by city officials in 2005, was recently rededicated as part of a $20 million plan to preserve affordable housing in North Brooklyn for more than 600 low-income New York [...]

DEAL OF THE DAY: 322-Unit Rental Community Recapitalized at $100M

DEAL OF THE DAY: 322-Unit Rental Community Recapitalized at $100M

By Anuradha Kher, Online News EditorLos Angeles–The Pegasus Apartments, a 322-unit luxury apartment community was recently recapitalized at a value of approximately $100 million with Buchanan Street Partners.The Kor Group purchased this 425,000-sq.-ft. former General Petroleum Headquarters building in 2001 and converted it into luxury rental apartments with modern amenities.The Pegasus Apartments features ground floor [...]

Finalists Selected for the Second Annual Design Excellence Awards Presented by Multi-Housing News

Finalists Selected for the Second Annual Design Excellence Awards Presented by Multi-Housing News

By Erika Schnitzer, Associate EditorThe finalists have been chosen for MHN’s Second Annual Design Excellence Awards. Projects were chosen based on a number of criteria, including overall composition, functionality, aesthetics, special attributes and sustainable elements, if applicable.The panel was comprised of five industry professionals, including Darin Schoolmeester, AIA, LEED AP and principal at MVE & [...]

Guardian Management to Become Largest  Franchise Owner of Sperry Van Ness Intl.

Guardian Management to Become Largest  Franchise Owner of Sperry Van Ness Intl.

By Anuradha Kher, Online  News Editor Irvine, Calif.–Guardian Management LLC, through a  newly formed corporation will acquire the southern  California and Arizona offices of Sperry Van Ness. With this acquisition,  Guardian will hold the development and franchise rights for Sperry Van Ness in  Southern California, Arizona and Oregon. Guardian’s president, Tom Brenneke,  will become a member [...]

Landmark Housing Bill Is Confidence Builder, Not Cure-All

Landmark Housing Bill Is Confidence Builder, Not Cure-All

By Anuradha Kher, Online News EditorWashington, D.C.–President George W. Bush signed into law today a comprehensive package of housing legislation including broad authority for the Treasury Department to safeguard Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and a plan to help hundreds of thousands facing the possibility of foreclosure.Bush signed the legislation, which Congress approved last week, [...]

PlaceBV Student Housing Fund  Announces Investments Valued at $38M

PlaceBV Student Housing Fund  Announces Investments Valued at $38M

By Anuradha Kher, Online  News EditorAtlanta–The Place/BV Student Housing Fund LLC recently  invested $38 million in First Street Place and Maverick Place (pictured), two student  housing properties located in Greenville, N.C. and Arlington, Texas, respectively. When complete, First Street  Place will serve the students of East Carolina University (ECU) and Maverick  Place will serve the students [...]

Pool Safety Act to Go into Effect In December; New Drain Covers Required

Pool Safety Act to Go into Effect In December; New Drain Covers Required

By Erika Schnitzer, Associate Editor Washington, D.C.–In response to the rising number of injuries and deaths caused by the suction of swimming pool drains, President George W. Bush has signed into law the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Safety Act. This Act will affect all public pools and spas, including those in apartment and condominium communities. Suction [...]

DEAL OF THE DAY: ARA Negotiates Largest Multifamily Sale in Utah State History for $120M

DEAL OF THE DAY: ARA Negotiates Largest Multifamily Sale in Utah State History for $120M

By Anuradha Kher, Online News Editor Salt Lake City–Apartment Realty Advisors (ARA) recently arranged the sale of four multifamily properties including Foothill Place, Park Capitol, Somerset Village and Southwillow, all located in Salt Lake City, for more than $120 million. The four properties together comprise 1,511 units. This exceeds last October’s record-breaking sale in Utah of 1,215 [...]

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