Jessica Fiur is the editor-in-chief at Multi-Housing News and Commercial Property Executive and writes the award-winning blog What Renters Want.

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Fort Point Channel Apartments in Boston Bags LEED Gold

315 on A, an apartment community completed this year in the Fort Point Channel neighborhood—which is a hive of multifamily development these days—has won LEED Gold.

Hunt Mortgage Group Hires Fortunat Semadeni as Director and Chief FHA MAP Underwriter

Hunt Mortgage Group, a commercial real estate lender, announced today that Fortunat (Forty) Semadeni has joined the firm as director and chief FHA MAP underwriter to help expand the firm’s FHA lending platform.

Performance Partners Acquires Linda Vista Apartments in Dallas

A Performance Properties-headed partnership has purchased the 370-unit Linda Vista Apartments in North Dallas.

Economy Watch: Home Price Appreciation Even Slower

CoreLogic reported that home prices nationwide, including distressed sales, increased 5.6 percent in September compared to the same month last year.

Work Begins on Downtown Houston Apartments

Ground has been broken for Catalyst Houston, a high-rise apartment building in the Houston CBD. Altogether, the 28-story property will include 361 units, and is slated for completion in the summer of 2016.

Insights on the Transformation of Detroit

For many American cities, the end of 2007 marked the bitter start of what now experts call “The Great Recession.” Among them, Detroit. But the ghost-like Detroit turned out to be a tremendous opportunity for real estate investors, and one of them has become a sort of local superhero.

Opus Develops 26-Story Luxury MF in Downtown Minneapolis

The Opus Group has completed development of The Nic on Fifth, a 26-story, luxury high-rise apartment community in downtown Minneapolis, designed to meet LEED certification.

Grace Hill Acquires Education Division of LeaseHawk and Announces Best-of-Breed Partnership for Multifamily Housing Industry

Grace Hill, a provider of online education and learning management solutions for the multifamily housing industry, and LeaseHawk jointly announced the acquisition of LeaseHawk’s education division.

Economy Watch: Construction Spending Drops in September

The Census Bureau reported that construction spending during September 2014 came in at an annualized rate of $950.9 billion, a drop of 0.4 percent compared with August.