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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Commonwealth Cooperative Buys DC Apartments, Plans Rehab
South Cathedral Mansions, an apartment building in the Woodley Park district on Connecticut Ave. in Washington, D.C., has changed hands for only the fourth time since Harry Wardman and Mihran Mesrobian developed it in 1922.
Atlanta Property Acquired by Winn Companies, Roseview Group
Roseview Winn Residential Fund 1 has acquired Carroll at Bethesda Park, a 222-unit luxury apartment community in the desirable Lawrenceville submarket of Atlanta’s Gwinnett County.
Thomas O’Brien Named President of LCOR
LCOR, a fully integrated real estate company specializing in property development, investment and management, announced that its chief operating officer, Thomas O’Brien, a 30-year veteran of the company, will succeed Peter DiLullo as president of LCOR, effective July 1.
IREM® and its International Chapter Network to Spotlight Organization’s Deep Ethical Roots During Upcoming, Month-Long Observance
The Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM®) and its 93 chapters across the U.S. and abroad will mark, throughout the month of September, the annual observance of “IREM® Ethics Awareness Month.”
Williamsburg Adaptive Reuse Near Completion
The Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn has been a residential hotspot for some time now—ever since Brooklyn was discovered by hipsters and people tired of paying Manhattan rents—and the latest of a swarm of recent residential developments, 172 North 10th St., is nearly finished. The project is an adaptive reuse.
Economy Watch: Home Prices Rises Slowing Down
According to the latest S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices the 10-city and 20-city composite indexes were up 10.8 percent year-over-year in April.
Corvias Opens Unique On-Post Army Apartments at Fort Meade
Corvias Military Living has opened Reece Crossings, the Army’s first-ever on-post apartments for junior unaccompanied service members in Fort Meade, Md.
Berkshire Communities Property Manager Bradley Roschyk Named Apartment Manager of the Year by National Apartment Association
Berkshire Communities, the property management division of Berkshire Group, announced that Bradley Roschyk, property manager of the Verandas at Timberglen in Dallas has been named the 2014 National Apartment Association’s PARAGON Certified Apartment Manager of the Year.
Yardi Joins BOMA International as a Cornerstone Partner
Yardi, a leading developer of real estate investment management and property management software, announced that it has joined the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International’s Partnership Program.
‘Economy Watch’ Podcast with Dees Stribling: The Fed’s Optimistic About the Economy
The Fed’s more optimistic about the economy.