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: Home Builders Perking Up
Better times ahead for developing single-family homes? Those in the industry seem to think so.
MHN TV: Modern Suburbia–Where It All Began
Author Steve Bergsman talks about America’s very first modern suburban development called Levittown and how it changed suburbia as we know it.
Harlem Condos Successfully Selling
APEX Condominiums, a new luxury building in Harlem, N.Y., is 70 percent sold, according to RCG Longview, a real estate operating and investment management firm, and The Marketing Directors Inc., the marketing firm for the building.
First Westchester County Affordable Assisted Living Facility Opens
The Westchester Center for Independent & Assisted Living has opened in Yonkers as the first facility in Westchester County, N.Y., to offer an Medicaid-funded assisted living model of care to seniors, regardless of their income level.
Yardi Signs on as an IREM Industry Partner
The Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM) announced that Santa Barbara-based Yardi Systems Inc., has become a 2012 IREM “Industry Partner.”
Award-winning 40 Park Helping Transform Downtown Morristown
Four years ago, the former Epstein’s Department Store in downtown Morristown, N.J., was given new life as 40 Park, an upscale, mixed-use development featuring more than 200 luxury condominiums and rental residences.
MHN TV: The Year of the Big Rental Pop 2011
John Manning, managing director, real estate investment banking, Jones Lang LaSalle, discusses the year of the big rental pop.
Economy Watch: Retail Sales See January Increase
The U.S. Department of Commerce reported on Tuesday that retail sales were up by 0.4 percent month-over-month in January, which is more than in recent months, but not as much as economists had expected.
Brookdale Senior Living Grabs Nine Properties for $121.3M
Brookdale Senior Living continues to expand its holdings by adding over a thousand units in one fell swoop.
Joint Venture to Develop Two Student Housing Communities
Sterling University Housing and Specialized Real Estate Group have partnered to build two student housing developments in walking distance of the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Ark.