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/.
Target Demographic: Active Adults
Fifty-five to 75-year-olds like many of the same things as the hipster generation…
Economy Watch: Fed Seems Determined to Taper QE3
The Federal Reserve released the minutes from the June 18-19 meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday, and while (as usual), they weren’t precisely a model of clarity, the minutes did seem to reinforce the idea that the central bank is indeed planning to “taper” its QE3 stimulus program.
Related Midwest Redesigns Luxury Chicago Condo Community
Related Midwest recently announced that it has completed the redesign of The Grant, a condo community that is part of the South Loop Luxury by Related collection in Chicago.
‘What Renters Want’ with Jessica Fiur: How to Keep Up with Changing Tastes in Amenities
Amenity fads are constantly changing. How can you keep up with what’s popular?
Holland Partners Group Develops $53M Mixed-Use L.A. Community
Holland Partners Group announced that its $53 million mixed-use community at 1111 Wilshire Blvd. in Downtown Los Angeles is open for leasing.
‘What Renters Want’ with Jessica Fiur: How to Keep Up with Changing Tastes in Amenities (Don’t Be Like ‘The Lone Ranger’)
Did you see The Lone Ranger last weekend? Of course not, no one did. Why? Many movie goers aren’t flocking to see a reboot of a TV western from the ’50s. And superhero movies are currently the movie genre du jour (see: Iron Man 3, Man of Steel, etc.). Plus Johnny Depp already did the somehow-sexy-while-wearing-too-much-makeup thing years ago in Pirates of the Caribbean. It goes to show, you can throw tons of money at something that was popular years ago, but that doesn’t guarantee success. Tastes change. Same goes with amenities. The New York Times recently ran an article about how some amenities…
Lower East Side Property on the Block
The mixed-use 174 Delancey St. property in Manhattan has been put on the market. It’s a two-building property including 22 apartments, two retail spaces, a courtyard and about 5,000 square feet of air rights.
Western National and Nor’wood to Develop Colorado Springs Community
In their fourth joint venture in Colorado Springs, Colo., Western National Group and Nor’wood Development Group are developing a multifamily community in the InterQuest Marketplace development.
Trammell Crow Company Selected as Development Company for Colo. TOD
Trammell Crow Company recently announced it has been selected as the preferred development company by the Executive Oversight Committee to begin negotiations on a transit-oriented community in the Arvada Olde Town site in Arvada, Colo.