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/.
MHN TV: Micro Unit Trends: The Emerging Tenant
Kauri Investments Ltd. chairman James Potter and AREA Real Estate LLC principal David Adelman sat down at the ULI Spring Meeting to discuss the type of demand they’re seeing for micro unit apartments.
Costa Hollywood Breaks Ground Fla. Luxury Condos
Liberty Grand LLC has broken ground on the Costa Hollywood Condo Resort in Hollywood Beach, Fla. The community is already 50 percent sold.
Mortgage Applications Decrease as Rates Reach Two-year High in Latest MBA Weekly Survey
Mortgage applications decreased 11.7 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending June 28, 2013.
Yardi Acquires Pierce-Eislen
Yardi® announced today that it has acquired Pierce-Eislen®, a supplier of property- and market-level research and reporting for the multifamily industry in 58 markets throughout the U.S.
MHN Interview: Challenges and Trends in Affordable Housing
Pennrose, a development and property management company located in Philadelphia, recently hired a new vice president of operations, Lopa Kolluri, who previously worked at HUD. MHN talks to Kolluri about her new position and some challenges and trends affordable housing is seeing
Energy-Oriented Financing Complete for D.C. Apartments
Urban Energy Advisors has completed Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing for a 139-unit affordable apartment property in Washington, D.C., totaling $340,000.
Carroll Organization Acquires 256-Unit Houston Community
Carroll Organization and investment partner NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. have acquired a 256-unit community called Limestone Ranch in Houston.
Lennar Multifamily Awards Greystar Student Living Management of 343-Bed Student Community
Greystar Student Living, the student housing subsidiary of Greystar Real Estate Partners, will manage The Crest at Pearl, a student housing community in the West Campus area of Austin, Texas, according to Lennar Multifamily, a real estate investment program started by the Lennar Corporation.
MHN Interview: How Apartment Communities are Raising Money for Breast Cancer Research
The Cure Breast Cancer Foundation, a Clifton, N.J.-based organization, is now in the fourth year of its Lease for a Cure program. MHN talks to Andrew Abramson, treasurer and co-founder, and Lindsay Brook Weiss, director of events and special projects, about how apartment communities can help raise money for breast cancer research.
Lutz Real Estate Investments Acquires Student Housing at Baylor University
Lutz Real Estate Investments has partnered with Harrison Street Real Estate Capital on the purchase of Abbey Glenn Apartments, a student housing community that sits near Baylor University in Waco, Texas.