Fort Worth, Texas-based company Williams-Pyro offers an automatic stovetop fire suppressor, StoveTop FireStop, that could help in preventing many kitchen fires.

Dallas–Panelists at a session titled Lead Management at NMHC’s Apartment Operations and Technology Conference discussed what infrastructure and tools their companies use and the impact of lead management since its inception.

Dallas–It is estimated that, worldwide, possession and use of mobile phones is almost four times higher than the ownership of personal computers.

Houston–Gramercy Park Condominiums, a mid-rise multifamily property in the Medical Center submarket of Houston, has been sold out of bankruptcy.

Washington, D.C.–It’s all systems go for Garfield Park, a 149-unit luxury mixed-use apartment project just outside of Washington, D.C., in Arlington, Va.

Newark, N.J.–Financing to purchase the first home of the first phase of Newark’s redevelopment of 90 affordable housing sites, which is called Fairmount Heights, will probably be finalized this week, according to the public/private partnership undertaking the project.

Essex County, N.J.–A verdict was reached recently in a dispute of the sale of the largest multifamily portfolio in New Jersey in which East Coast Residential Associates claimed it was entitled to receive a $25 million escrow.

Charles Gormally of Brach Eichler, the trial counsel for Westminster Management, talks to MHN about Westminster Management’s case against Eastern Consolidated and the verdict.

Meridian, Miss.–The Meridian Housing Authority (MHA) recently held a well-attended ceremony to kick off the rehabilitation of Frank Berry Courts, a 113-unit affordable housing property in Meridian, Miss.