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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Integra Land Company Breaks Ground on $17M Florida Community
Integra Land Company is developing Integra Village at Lake Forest, a $17.375 million, five-building apartment community of village-style homes in Sanford, Fla.
CDT Elects Nicolas Retsinas as New Chair of the Board
The Community Development Trust announced that Nicolas P. Retsinas has been elected as the new chairman of the company’s board of directors.
KW PROPERTY MANAGEMENT & CONSULTING Hires District Manager to Its Growing Team
KW PROPERTY MANAGEMENT & CONSULTING announced that Jeffrey Cohen has joined its growing New York City regional office as district manager.
‘Economy Watch’ Podcast with Dees Stribling: Retail Sales Flat
Retail sales flat, but at least the weather’s good.
Economy Watch: E-Commerce Retail Continues to Expand
The Census Bureau reported that U.S. e-commerce retail sales for the first quarter of 2014, adjusted for seasonal variation, but not for price changes, was $71.2 billion, an increase of 2.8 percent compared with the fourth quarter of 2013.
Seagate Buys Denver Apartment Tower for $20M
Seagate Properties has acquired the 107-unit Wellshire, an apartment property at 2499 S. Colorado Blvd. in the University Park neighborhood in Denver from Pathfinder Partners for $20.7 million.
Carnegie and Creation Baumann Celebrate 40 Year Partnership
Textile manufacturer Carnegie and Swiss textile innovator Creation Baumann celebrate 40 years of design excellence.
Bellwether Enterprise Expands East Coast Presence with New Hire and New Office in Boston
Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital, the commercial and multifamily mortgage banking subsidiary of Enterprise Community Investment, announced the hiring of Paul E. Donahue as senior vice president.
Johnson-Crapo Housing Finance Reform Legislation Advances
The National Multifamily Housing Council and National Apartment Association have issued a joint statement from NMHC senior vice president of government affairs Cindy Chetti, hailing the Senate Banking Committee’s passage of housing finance reform legislation.
Economy Watch: Housing Starts Gain Ground in April
The Census Bureau reported that private housing starts came in at an annualized rate of 1.072 million units in April, a sizable 13.2 percent upswing from March, when starts were an annualized 947,000 units.