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/.
Bringing Urban Amenities to a Canadian Lakefront Property
LJM Developments, a developer based in Burlington, Ontario, plans to begin construction soon on a luxury housing and retail development project called Waterview Condominiums.
Economy Watch: ULI Predicts Healthy Real Estate Markets Through ’17
With its weakened job growth, sluggish GDP expansion, and uncertainty about interest rates, the first quarter produced some jitters about the economy, and thus the potential for further real estate growth.
What Renters Want with Jessica Fiur: Looking Beyond the Resume: 8 Traits to Look For in a Multifamily Employee
Resumes can reveal a lot about a potential property management candidate—relevant experience, education and ability to write a resume, to name a few things. But they don’t tell anything about the personality of the candidate (unless, of course, they submitted the resume in crayon, which says they have a wonderful, childlike spirit, or are a serial killer. It could really go either way). You’re going to spend a lot of time with the people on your team, more than you do with your family. Plus, this person will be interacting with residents, so you want to make sure that he…
Attracting Residents with Bike Sharing
JMF Properties has tapped Zagster, a major provider in bike-sharing programs for the real estate industry, to offer bike sharing to the residents of Estling Village in Denville, N.J.
Vail Resorts Expands Overseas with $136M Acquisition of Australia’s Largest Mountain Resort
U.S. ski resort operator Vail Resorts has agreed to expand its portfolio with the purchase of the Perisher Ski Resort in New South Wales, Australia for US $136 million (AU $176.6 million).
AMF Fastigheter AB Adds Skanska-Built Office Space to Urban Escape District in Stockholm
Skanska Sweden recently inked an agreement to rebuild and expand an office component of the Urban Escape district in the Swedish capital.
Sustainable City Hall Designed by Foster + Partners Debuts in Buenos Aires
Foster + Partners has recently unveiled its first civic project in Argentina, a sustainable new city hall in the city of Buenos Aires.
Asset Campus Housing Hires Senior Vice President
Asset Campus Housing announced that it has hired student housing industry veteran Stacey Lecocke as a senior vice president.
Adding Value to University-Adjacent Apartments
Greenzang Properties has acquired the Rosamond Apartments and Chester Arms Apartments, two apartment buildings totaling 92 units located on Chester Ave. in Philadelphia, for $6.275 million.
Economy Watch: When Will Interest Rates Rise?
The monetary policy question of the year is: When are interest rates, so low now, going to be a little higher?