Jessica Fiur is the editor-in-chief at Multi-Housing News and Commercial Property Executive and writes the award-winning blog What Renters Want.
Jessica has been with the company since 2011 and previously was with Weekly Reader and IQPC. Contact Jessica at jessica.fiur@cpe-mhn.com, on Twitter @jfiur or on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicafiur/.
CHW Finishes Redevelopment of LA County Affordable Housing
Community HousingWorks has completed work on the redevelopment of the 88-unit Azusa Apartments.
The Community Development Trust Announces New Leadership Hire
The Community Development Trust (CDT) announced the hiring of a new member to its team: Matt Zarlengo, vice president – debt and equity investments.
AIM Conference Special Report: Five AIM Takeaways
Here’s a few of the industry lessons that AIM 2015 brought into the spotlight.
CPC Helps Keep NYC Community Affordable
With funding through Freddie Mac, Community Preservation Corporation has closed on a $40 million loan for the refinancing of Cathedral Parkway Towers. Refinancing helps prevent otherwise unavoidable rent increases that would have resulted from escalating operating costs at the 309-unit Mitchell-Lama project on West 110th Street in New York City.
Economy Watch: Will the Economy’s Continuing Slow Growth Affect Real Estate Development?
Now that a crummy first quarter, at least in terms of U.S. economic growth, has been verified by the preliminary GDP numbers (up a meager 0.2 percent), attention turns to the second quarter.
AIM Conference Special Report: Puppy-Powered Lease Up
In a competitive Washington, D.C., multifamily market, WC Smith released a secret weapon to lease up its 2M property in NoMa: an adorable, social media-savvy English bulldog puppy.
Student Apartments in Historic Chicago Structure Trades Hands
JMG Realty Inc. and Empire Square Group have acquired the 482-bed Automatic Loft Apartments in Chicago, a student housing property in the West Loop neighborhood just west of downtown.
‘Economy Watch’ Podcast with Dees Stribling: Minuscule Economic Growth
Minuscule economic growth for Q1 2015.
Community Wins Award for Use of Modular Construction
Guerdon Modular Buildings has won best-in-show in the Modular Building Institute’s 2015 Awards of Distinction for its Domain Apartments, a five-story, 444-unit luxury townhouse-style community in north San Jose, Calif.
AIM Conference Special Report: Smart Tech Has Arrived
You may not yet use a self-flown drone to showcase the latest drought-tolerant landscaping installed at your apartment community, or add a Nest thermostat to a renter’s monthly invoice as an ancillary service. But according to the future-focused multifamily industry experts at the annual Apartment Internet Marketing conference, the day when you will is just around the corner.