Great environmental strides forward have recently taken place in the fields of wastewater management and solar power.

Last year was a very good year for Long Island City, N.Y., which leveraged the rising rents in Manhattan and Brooklyn to attract many first-time residents.

Related Affordable is undertaking the renovation and preservation of 96 units of affordable housing in New Jersey.

N.J. governor Chris Christie vetoed controversial legislation that would require additional inspections of high-rise building facades and exteriors in New Jersey.

Apartment sale prices in Manhattan barely moved during the fourth quarter of 2011, according to the latest report by Brown Harris Stevens, a specialist in New York residential properties.

Love Lane Mews, a condominium building in Brooklyn Heights, New York, has received its Final Certificate of Occupancy.

In 2011, sales of New York City multifamily buildings jumped 33 percent above the previous year’s totals, and year-over-year dollar volume grew by 43 percent.

Rent-to-own programs have become popular among developers, and Pinnacle Companies is taking this idea to the next level by introducing two new purchase programs for The M at Englewood South in New Jersey.

Spirit Investment Partners LLC and The Bascom Group LLC have teamed up to form a joint venture, Spirit Bascom Ventures LLC, for the purpose of acquiring value-add multifamily properties in the eastern region of the country.

2011 proved to be a good year for multifamily, according to Marcus & Millichap’s 2012 National Apartment Report. And this is predicted to continue for 2012.