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/.
‘Economy Watch’ Podcast with Dees Stribling: The Economy and Weathering the Shutdown
The economy might have weathered the shutdown better than expected.
Investors Buy Value-Add Apartments in SW D.C.
An investor group that includes Urban Investment Partners, PRP and Perseus Realty has acquired the 289-unit Capitol Park Towers apartment community at 301 G Street, SW, in Washington, D.C. The property is just south of I-395 in the Southwest Waterfront district.
What Renters Want: The Amenity Arms Race
A panel of multifamily experts recently delivered an overview of “What Renters Want: Development + Design Trends that Drive Occupancy,” at an AIA continuing education event held in Los Angeles and sponsored by Multi-Housing News, Interface and Universal Fibers.
Don Atchison Joins Greysteel Capital Markets
Greysteel Capital Markets, a Washington, D.C.-based real estate capital markets and investment banking firm, announced that Don H. Atchison has joined the firm as director.
The Spot Experience Branches Out to Boston
The Spot Experience, which provides dog service amenities to Millennium buildings located on the Upper West Side in NYC, will be expanding North to the Millennium Place, a 15-story luxury residential property located on the corner of Avery and Washington Streets in Boston.
Economy Watch: Homebuilders Still Confident
Builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes was unchanged in November from a downwardly revised level of 54 in October, according to the National Association of Home Builders.
Vesper Acquires Student Housing Near JMU for $19M
Vesper Holdings, a privately held real estate investment firm based in New York City, has acquired University Fields in Harrisonburg, Va.
Heidi Burkhart to Receive Affordable Housing Finance Young Leader Award
Heidi Burkhart of Dane Professional Consulting Group, an affordable housing brokerage based in New York City, will be receiving the Affordable Housing Finance Young Leader Award during the 2013 Affordable Housing Developers’ Summit in Chicago.
Builder Confidence Holds Steady in November, According to NAHB
Builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes was unchanged in November from a downwardly revised level of 54 on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index.
Chicago’s Lincoln Park Builders Annual Forum Marks Milestone
Cautious optimism was the order of the evening at last week’s 2013 Real Estate Forum presented by Lincoln Park Builders of Chicago, an honorary society of builders, developers, managers and principals in the city’s real estate community.