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/.
Heitman Completes Acquisition of Two Dutch Residential Portfolios
Completing its first purchase in the Dutch residential market, global real estate investment management firm Heitman recently acquired two separate apartment portfolios.
Economy Watch: Service Industries Generally Enjoy Healthy Revenue Growth
The Census Bureau released its third-quarter revenue estimates for a number of U.S. service industries on Wednesday, adjusted for seasonal variation but not for price changes.
CVS Health Signs 20-Year Lease to Anchor NC Student Housing Community
CVS Health will serve as the anchor retail tenant for Stanhope, a new $78 million off-campus student housing community at North Carolina State University that Kane Realty Corporation is developing.
Flaherty & Collins Completes Apartments in Suburban Indy
The first phase of residential units has been completed at The Depot at Nickel Plate, a mixed-used development in Fishers, a suburb of Indianapolis.
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…