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: Trucking Downtick Points to Slightly Slower Economy
Two indirect barometers for the U.S. economy were released on Tuesday, both of which are transportation related, and one of which is of special interest to industrial and retail real estate.
What Renters Want with Jessica Fiur: 6 Ways to Encourage Healthy Living at an Apartment Community
Here are some suggestions for property managers to incorporate healthy living in apartment communities.
Apartment Community Sold in Recovering Multifamily Market
Stone Gables, an apartment community near Raeford, N.C., has traded hands for $20 million, or about $104,000 a unit.
Is the Gap Widening Between the Rich and Poor?
A new report by the Brookings Institution looks at the gap between the richest and poorest households.
Economy Watch: Will Millennials Continue to Rent?
The latest report about existing home sales were neither good nor very bad.
What Renters Want with Jessica Fiur: 6 Ways to Encourage Healthy Living at an Apartment Community
OK, so I know it doesn’t feel like it, especially to those of us on the East Coast who are still walking around in our puffy jackets and fur-lined boots, but it is almost swimsuit season. Already. I know, it’s been months of pasta and red wine and candy (though pasta has essential carbs and red wine has antioxidants and you can take the peanut butter M&Ms out of my cold, dead hands), but according to the calendar, it’s technically spring, which means summer is right around the corner. Time to shape up! (Of course, we know that there are…
Westchester County Workforce Housing Wins LEED Silver
22 Tarrytown Road recently received LEED for Homes Silver, the first property in the town to win the designation.
Social Awareness
Social media is ubiquitous, but not all apartment properties are making the most of it. MHN and Kingsley Associates ask renters to rate how their communities use social media.
MIPIM Special Series – Part One: Sharing Is Caring – And Also the Way Forward
One might unwittingly be an active participant of the sharing economy even if they aren’t yet familiar with the concept.