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.

Colliers Appoints Mindy Korth to Executive Vice President

Phoenix—Colliers International in Greater Phoenix has appointed Mindy Korth, a top commercial real estate executive with nearly 30 years of experience in the Phoenix market, to the position of executive vice president. Korth will drive Colliers’ investment property sales by pinpointing prime business opportunities for clients, developing business strategies and conducting comprehensive sales transactions. She will collaborate closely with other Colliers’ brokers. Korth’s well-rounded expertise includes a keen understanding of all aspects of commercial real estate transactions, location and market intelligence, and loan acquisitions. “Mindy is a team player with extensive transactional skills and outstanding relationships with national clients who…

Plan Ahead for 2014: Join Our Excellence Awards Mailing List

As the marketing team gets ready to plan next year’s marketing strategy, we hope you’ll keep the MHN Excellence Awards top of mind. Whether you’ve entered in the past or just thinking about entering for the first time, we’d like to keep in touch with you. If you’d like to be among the first to receive notifications from MHN regarding the 2014 Call for Entries, please contact Diana Mosher, Editorial Director at dmosher@multi-housingnews.com so that we can add your contact information to our list.

MHN Interview: Jill Pilaroscia on the Art and Science of Multifamily Color Choices

Colour Studio offers full service color consulting for exterior and interior color selection. An ‘art and science’ approach takes into consideration the architecture, site, geographic location and the demographic profile of the users.

Hell’s Kitchen Transformation Underway with Gotham West Opening

This month marks the highly anticipated opening of Gotham West, the 32-story, 554-unit luxury apartment community in Hell’s Kitchen. Surrounded by 10,000 square feet of landscaped outdoor space, Gotham West is located at 550 West 45th St. on the corner of 11th Ave., and was developed by Gotham Organization, Inc., a company no stranger to Hell’s Kitchen.

Economy Watch: Household Debt Continues to Drop

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York, in its latest Household Debt and Credit Report, reported on Wednesday that outstanding U.S. household debt declined by $78 billion from the previous quarter, due in large part to a decline in housing-related debt. In 2Q13 total household indebtedness fell to $11.15 trillion, a drop of 0.7 percent compared with the previous quarter, and 12 percent below the peak of $12.68 trillion in 3Q08. One way or another, Americans are still deleveraging.

BDG Architects and Urban Studio Architects Join Forces to Create New Design Firm

The firm’s name will be BDG Architects and the corporate headquarters office will be in Tampa. Chris Kirschner AIA, NCARB, LEED AP will be the president of the firm.

AMCAL Completes LA County Affordable Housing

Park Place Apartments, a part of the redevelopment of the Lynwood Gardens neighborhood in Lynwood, has opened. The 99-unit affordable housing project replaces an outdated commercial building and rundown market on the site.

American Campus Communities Offers Faster Internet Service to Callaway House Residents

The Callaway House Austin, a new off-campus community serving University of Texas at Austin students, will offer unprecedented Internet service of up to one Gigabit per second per resident.

Related Midwest Opens Dog Friendly Apartment Building in Chicago

Related Midwest has opened 500 Lake Shore Drive, a luxury apartment building in Chicago’s Streeterville neighborhood, which caters to dog owners and their pets. Residents can utilize the building’s Dog City, Related Midwest’s on-site pet care service that offers everything from dog walking and pet sitting to grooming services, routine vet visits and pet training.

Lease-Ups: Six Ways to Leverage Touch Technology

In the last five years, the touch screen interface has become almost omnipresent. One of the more recent innovations is the use of large touch panels and touch-surface tables to provide property information and virtual tours at multifamily communities.