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/.

What Renters Want with Jessica Fiur: The Importance of Package Management

Package management is one of residents’ top amenities choices. Who knew?

Hyatt Sells Regency Hotel in Canada, Builds New One in Japan

In early December, Hyatt Hotels Corporation announced the sale of Hyatt Regency Vancouver and the plans to develop a new Regency-branded hotel in Naha, Japan.

WNC Provides Funds for New Affordable Housing Near Seattle

The Villas at Lakewood, a new 240-unit affordable housing community in Marysville, a suburb of Seattle, has opened. WNC provided $9.5 million in low-income housing tax credit equity to fund the development.

Economy Watch: Job Openings Edge Up in October

There were 4.8 million U.S. job openings on the last business day of October, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics in its Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey.

What Renters Want with Jessica Fiur: The Importance of Package Management

Packages. They’re not something we normally think about, until we’re waiting to get one. (And, since it’s the holiday season now, it seems like all the time.) It doesn’t seem like that sexy of an amenity. I mean, give me a virtual golf simulator, a concierge that can get me restaurant reservations, hell, even a standard pool sounds sexier than “package storage area,” amiright, folks? But, no. Packages are the thing. This was a huge topic at the recent NMHC OpTech conference (read the transcript from our recent Twitter chat that addressed some of these topics). Rick Haughey, vice president, industry…

Crescent Opens Durham Apartment Development

Crescent Communities has opened Crescent Main Street, a 208-unit apartment property in Durham’s Ninth Street district.

Inside the December 2014 Issue

Read the articles from the latest digital issue of Multi-Housing News.

Weighty Issues

Do your fitness centers stack up?

Performance is Paramount

Executives from top third-party property management companies discuss the realities of the fee management business today.

Surfaces and Finishes

As apartment units get smaller, larger doses of creativity are being devoted to amenity areas.