Stimulus Funds Help Kick Off Affordable Senior Housing Project
Waukegan, Ill.–The assistance of federal stimulus funds allowed Banner Apartments to begin constructing The Residences at Fountain Square outside Chicago.
Campus Apartments Wins Race to Launch First Student Housing App
With smartphones becoming more prevalent by the minute, Campus Apartments’ SmartClick Mobile became the first student housing app.
Apartment Life Expands Resident Retention Program
Euless, Tex.–Apartment Life has just brought in two industry veterans, Bobby Page and Colette Strange, to help expand its successful CARES onsite resident-retention program across the country.
Pioneering Green Mixed-Income Project Underway in St. Louis
St. Louis–Construction has commenced on Arlington Grove in St. Louis, and the 112-unit mixed-income residential redevelopment may spark a green trend in the creation of properties that unite low-income and market-rate units under one roof.
Manhattanites Flock to Yorkville’s Family-Friendly Condos
New York, N.Y.–Yorkville is in the midst of change, with new luxury residential developments spearheading its evolution into a community tailored to family life.
ACH to Usher Student Housing into the iPhone Realm
Houston–Asset Campus Housing is breaking new ground in the student housing world by introducing the very first student housing iPhone application, which will revolutionize the leasing process for those searching for and living in student apartment properties.
Housing Industry Awaits Answers on GSE Reform
GSEs continue to struggle with financial issues as they await promised reform–reform that is unlikely to move any faster as Republicans take control of the House of Representatives when the 112th Congress meets in January.
Shadow Inventory Experiences 10 Percent Year-over-Year Increase
Santa Ana, Calif.–Residential shadow inventory rose 10 percent from August 2009 to August 2010, according to new statistics released by property information services provider CoreLogic.
USGBC Kicks Off GIS-Based Technology Applications
The U.S. Green Building Council has debuted the initial phase of the GIS-based Green Building Information Gateway.
Construction Commences on $33M Green Affordable Housing Development
Davie, Fla.–Ground has just broken on East Village, a 155-unit affordable housing townhome community in Davie, Fla., that will bring much-needed housing to very low-income families.