Diana Mosher is a contributing writer with Commercial Property Executive and Multi-Housing News. She writes about a range of real estate and design topics including development, architecture/design, marketing/business development and property management/operations/tech. Mosher joined MHN as editor in chief in 2005. She has been a contributing editor to the CPE-MHN team since 2016.
Clal US CEO Tamir Kazaz is Enthusiastic About Multifamily on New Jersey’s Gold Coast and Beyond
Clal US is a wholly owned subsidiary of Clal Insurance, a publicly traded insurance company, pension fund manager, and one of Israel’s largest financial institutions with over $40 billion in assets under management. Clal US opened its Manhattan office in May 2013 with several hundred million dollars in funding toward real estate acquisitions in the United States.
Vote Today! The 2014 Tech Choice Awards are Open Until June 30
The 10th Annual Technology Choice Awards will recognize the multifamily industry’s top technology product and service providers. The multi-housing industry supports hundreds of high-quality technology companies—supplying everything from screening systems to property management software to security products. But we want you, the readers of MHN, to tell us which of these firms truly stand apart from the rest and deserve to be celebrated as the very best. Here’s how the Technology Choice Awards program works: 1. The awards will be given to the top vote getters in the each of the following categories: Property Management Software Resident Screening Systems Internet…
Economy Watch: GDP Contracts in Q1
By Dees Stribling, Contributing Editor Real U.S. gross domestic product decreased at an annualized rate of 1 percent in the first quarter, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis’ second estimate on the metric, which was released on Thursday. In the fourth quarter of 2013, real GDP increased 2.6 percent. The second estimate is based on more complete source data than the “advance” estimate last month, which found that real GDP increased 0.1 percent. The new estimate reflected a downward revision in private inventory investment and an upward revision to imports (a subtraction from GDP) that were partly offset by…
Apartments Still a Landlords’ Market, Says NAR
By Dees Stribling, Contributing Editor Washington, DC—The forecast for rental apartments is still positive, according to the Q1 2014 Commercial Real Estate Outlook, which was released this week by the National Association of Realtors. In fact, according to the outlook, the apartment sector will remain the strongest kind of commercial real estate into 2015, as it has been for a number of years now. NAR predicts that apartment vacancies nationwide will edge up from 4 percent, as of the second quarter of 2014, to 4.1 percent in Q2 2015. Though that represents a small increase, it doesn’t mean a fundamental…
Carnegie Joins Permanent Collection at Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum
The family-owned textile manufacturer has been going strong since it opened its doors in the 1950s, and now the team has achieved another level of design excellence.
The ROI of LED: Why Marnie Abramson Fell in Love with Lighting
Marnie Abramson, M.B.A., M.S., LEED AP, the co-founder of NextGen LED, knows a thing or two about owning and operating green buildings that provide a return on investment. Her family owns The Tower Companies where she served for a number of years as a principal and communications director.
Call for Entries: 2014 Tech Choice Awards
Don’t miss this opportunity to enter the MHN 2014 Tech Choice Awards—recognizing the top technology product and service providers.
New CARVART Collection Glitters with Swarovski Crystal
As apartment footprints continue to shrink, residents will gravitate toward housing options that provide the illusion of more.
MHN Interview: Kelly Osburn, Market Leader of Multifamily at BSB Design
Kelly Osburn now directs all the business activities of the Multifamily Group within BSB Design for marketing, operations, financial performance and growth. His multifamily experience includes over 20 years of hands-on involvement with all levels of multifamily rental product, a detailed understanding of density and its impact on product design, rental community club facilities, government housing programs, and high density urban infill projects. Osburn’s extensive and varied experiences have provided him with strong knowledge in multifamily project development, site evaluation and the supervision and management of project management teams. Osburn spent more than 20 years at Humphreys and Partners Architects….
MARKET SNAPSHOT: Smooth Sailing in Florida as Apartment Prices Continue to Rise
Debt and equity sources, along with wealthy individuals, actively continue to seek deals for individual units and entire projects. Increased competition is pushing down yields, especially in Miami due to a rising number of foreign investors.