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/.

What Renters in Their Late 20s to Mid 30s Are Looking For

Renters in their late 20s to mid 30s are different from their early 20s counterparts. Here is a list of what they are looking for in an apartment.

Los Angeles Student Housing Community Captures LEED Platinum

A new USC student housing community called West 27th Place has just realized a rare achievement among the nation’s student housing. It is one of only a few such housing developments to garner a LEED Platinum rating.

Economy Watch: Led by Multifamily, Residential Starts Spike in November

The U.S. Census Bureau reported that housing starts swung upward by 9.3 percent in November to an annualized rate of 685,000 units.

MiMA Condos Go Rental

The Related Cos. is putting 151 more residences at its development MiMA on the market as rental apartments, instead of the condos they were planned as under the name One MiMA Tower.

MHN Interview: Why the U.S. Multifamily Market Appeals to International Companies

Fabrizio Lucchese, CEO, Jaymor Group, discusses the benefits of his Canadian real estate company doing business in the United States.

940-Unit Apartment Portfolio Trades in Houston

The apartment market is bustling in metropolitan Houston, and investors recently came out in droves.

Premier 940-Unit Apartment Portfolio Trades in Houston

The apartment market is bustling in metropolitan Houston, and investors recently came out in droves to lasso a three-property, Class A apartment portfolio marketed by ARA on behalf of a tenant-in-common seller.

Camilo Padilla-Andrade Joins LYND as Vice President of Acquisitions

LYND, a national real estate investment, development and management firm, has hired Camilo Padilla-Andrade as vice president of acquisitions.

New Developer Proves Successful with 100 Percent Occupancy

In 2009, almost none of the condo units had been sold at The Mark, a 244-unit building. However, The RADCO Companies took over as developer and in one year sold 79 units. And now, the condos in the building are completely sold.

Work Under Way on New Seattle Apartments

Holland Partner Group, in partnership with Mesirow Financial Institutional Real Estate, had broken ground on 717 Dexter Ave. N. in Seattle.