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/.
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.
Economy Watch: CRE Benefits from Easier Money
Among all the other metrics the Federal Reserve tracks, each quarter it publishes the “Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank Lending Practices.” In the case of the April 2015 survey for Q1, the central bank summarized responses from 76 domestic banks and 23 U.S. branches and agencies of foreign banks.
Successful Structures
CBRE’s Trehubenko favors transparency, patience and clarity when structuring complex affordable housing financing.
Dewberry Capital Starts Work on Charleston-Area Apartments
Work has strarted on Oyster Park Apartments, a $28.5 million residential development in Mt. Pleasant, S.C., in metro Charleston.