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/.
NJAA Hires Nichole F. LoPresti as Senior Vice President of Government Affairs and Special Events
The New Jersey Apartment Association has announced that Nichole F. LoPresti of Marlton, N.J., has joined the organization as senior vice-president of government affairs and special events.
Contegra Construction’s Trailblazer Commons Phase I Opens in Illinois
Phase I of Trailblazer Commons, serving Godfrey, Ill.-based Lewis and Clark Community College, has opened to students.
‘The Accidental Economist’ with Jack Kern: Oil Prices Slip Sliding Away
I think in many respects being an economist means you look at things the same way an urban planner does but with a much longer time horizon. A planner thinks about what initiatives make the city better today. An economist thinks about what is happening now that will affect what the city will look like, but much further into the future.
Economy Watch: Holiday Retail Sales Strong This Year
Holiday retail sales between Thanksgiving and Christmas—except for car sales— increased 5.5 percent this year compared to the same period last year, according to MasterCard’s SpendingPulse report.
West Village Proerty on the Block
8 Charles Lane, a Manhattan property with an 88-foot by 103-foot footprint, has been put on the market. The property is unusual, according to the seller’s representatives, in that few other sites in the West Village neighborhood offer the possibility of ground-up multifamily development.
Delivering Design
One of the top names in multifamily, RDJA got its start in hotels.
HTG Begins Development of Pinellas County Apartments
Housing Trust Group has started work on Whispering Palms Apartments, a 63-unit affordable housing development targeting families in Largo and Pinellas County, Fla. The community will also include four units specifically for special needs families.
GLCF Announces Senior Vice President for Business Development
Great Lakes Capital Fund recently announced the promotion of Fred Hash, a leader for the past 15 years in GLCF’s business development, to senior vice president of business development.
Metroffice Development in Breaks Ground in Bucharest’s Iride City Master Plan
Site work has recently started on the Metroffice, a new office development project in the heart of the Romanian capital.