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/.

Highrise Apartment Rising in Boston

Work is under way on 120 Kingston St. between the Chinatown neighborhood and Leather District of Boston, which will be a residential and retail building on the site of the former Dainty Dot building.

Steve Yoon Joins Wood Partners as Vice President of Development for Northwest Region

Steve Yoon, a Seattle real estate investment professional with over eight years of experience in the region, has been named vice president of development for Wood Partners’ Northwest Region.

MBA Promotes Ken Markison to Vice President and Regulatory Counsel

avid H. Stevens, president and CEO of the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), today announced the promotion of Kenneth A. Markison, Esq., formerly associate vice president and Regulatory Counsel, to vice president and regulatory counsel.

Groveton Green Maryland’s First Gold Certified LEED for Homes

Groveton Green Apartments, a 226-unit luxury apartment community in Owings Mills, Md., has been awarded LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.

Economy Watch: World’s Middle Class to Expand Mightily by 2030

The middle class in the developing world will indeed be developing quite rapidly in the next two decades, according to the United Nation’s Human Development Report 2013.

The Art of Screening

Proper procedures ensure safer communities and a lower vacancy rate.

Citi Provides $250M Financing for New York Affordable Housing

The Community Preservation Corp. has secured $250 million in financing from Citi for the construction, rehab and preservation of affordable housing in New York (state and city).

Monadnock Breaks Ground on Largest Affordable Community in Long Island City Development

The largest affordable housing community to be developed in New York City in more than 30 years has broken ground at Hunter’s Point South in Long Island City.

DAMAC Properties and Paramount Unveil $1B Luxury Hospitality Project in Dubai

Paramount Hotel & Resorts, the official licensee of legendary movie production studio Paramount Pictures, has partnered with real estate giant DAMAC Properties to develop a $1 billion four-tower mega project in the heart of downtown Dubai.

Lowe Enterprises Investors Names New SVP

Andrew I. Sands has joined Lowe Enterprises Investors (LEI) as senior vice president to lead the firm’s growing multifamily investment activities.