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/.
EdR Promotes Matt Fulton and Scott Jones
EdR announced the promotions of two tenured employees: Matt Fulton is promoted from vice president, operations to senior vice president, operations; and Scott Jones is promoted from director of information technology to vice president of information technology.
Non-Profit Partners Acquire Silver Springs Apartments
Housing Partnership Equity Trust and AHC Inc. have partnered to acquire Woodleaf Apartments in Silver Spring, a suburb of Washington, D.C., for $33.5 million.
What Renters Want with Jessica Fiur: Goodbye, 2014: Apartment Trends We’re So Over
In 2015, let’s make some apartment resolutions to see the end of these tired trends.
‘Economy Watch’ Podcast with Dees Stribling: A Positive End to the Year
The economy ends the year on a positive note.
Greentree Development Group Gives Condo as a Gift
Greentree Development Group and the Semper Fi Fund donated a condominium at Parkside at Wanaque, a community of 88 townhomes and condominiums in Haskell, N.J., to Matthew Todd, an injured veteran of the Iraq war.
Economy Watch: Home Price Increases Sluggish
The post-recession trajectory of U.S. residential prices has one of increases, but data since early 2014 has pointed to a slowing down of those increases.
What Renters Want with Jessica Fiur: Goodbye, 2014: Apartment Trends We’re So Over
As a real estate editor, I see my fair share of apartment trends. Some are pretty awesome—guest suites! package management systems! Frozen sing-alongs! [insert some pun here to ‘let it go.’ I’m not feeling creative]. But for some trends, well, can’t we just “let them go” already? (Yes! Nailed it!) I’m sure some people still love these things we see over (and over, and over) again at apartments, which is why we’re still seeing them. But, it’s almost 2015, and I personally am ready to see what the new year has in store for apartments. So, while we’re all making resolutions…
Waterton Acquires 2460 Peachtree in Atlanta
Waterton Associates has acquired 2460 Peachtree Apartments, a 236-unit high-rise rental tower in Atlanta’s Buckhead neighborhood, for an unspecified sum.
MHN Interview: Brice Leconte, Founder, iUnit
iUnit is a new modular housing project coming to Denver in 2015, blending smart energy use, wireless connectivity, green construction and the urban living preferences of American Millennials.
Berkshire Grabs 325-Unit M-F Asset in Dallas’ Medical District
Berkshire Group wraps up a busy year of buying with the acquisition of Aura Medical District, a 325-unit apartment community in Dallas’ booming Medical District.