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/.
Couples Who Work Together: It’s Good for Business
Husband-and-wife team Steve and Randy Fifield find that the arm wrestling they do is actually very productive.
Texas Master-Planned Community to Get First Apartments
Allied Orion Group has broken ground on Harper’s Retreat, an apartment community in Conroe, Texas.
Greystar Completes $900M Purchase of High-End Student Housing Portfolio in London
In a deal worth approximately $900 million, Greystar Real Estate Partners has closed on the acquisition of three premium student accommodation properties from Nido London S.à r.l.
‘Economy Watch’ Podcast with Dees Stribling: Uncertainty in Other Parts of the World
Uncertainty in other parts of the world can impact real estate here.
Summer Launch Slated for Brooklyn Condos
Sales are scheduled to begin this summer at Forty2East, a new six-story, 53-unit condominium in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood.
Redevelopment of Dynamo Moscow Stadium Still Going as Developer Faces Difficulties of Russian Economy
Russian financial institution VTB Bank is continuing work on a large development project in the Russian capital, in spite of a number of changes brought to the specifics of the project, as well as recent sanctions on the country’s economy.
Facebook Adds More Space to Regent’s Place Campus in London
Tech giant Facebook Inc. is expanding its presence in London’s West End, adding 60,000 square feet of space to its existing 87,000-square-foot offices in British Land Co.’s Regent’s Place campus.
Former School Transformed into Affordable Senior Apartments
Community Preservation and Development Corp. will begin development of the Highland Park Senior Apartments, an adaptive reuse project that will provide 77 new affordable senior apartments in Richmond, Va.
Economy Watch: Economy Benefiting from Home Sales
What’s good in residential real estate is usually good for commercial real estate (eventually), and the best thing that can happen on the residential side these days are higher sales that don’t feed another bubble.
Brooklyn Apartment Market Bounced Back in a Big Way
While most New York City apartment markets have experienced a good run for landlords in recent years, the Brooklyn apartment has been especially strong, according to a new report by GFI Realty Services covering cap rates and gross rent multiplier trends.