Wall*nut Brings the Functional Beauty a Bathroom Deserves

Brooklyn-based design studio Think Fabricate has unveiled a line of vanities that build off the well-received Wall*nut Medicine Cabinet. The texture, warmth and elegance of wood can heighten room aesthetics without creating a feeling of clutter.

Online Marketing Tools for Every Real Estate Agent

Point2 Agent is a web-based solution that helps real estate agents boost their exposure and bring in more leads with easy-to-use tools including stunning agent websites, listing syndication and automated prospecting functionalities.

Avoiding Digital Doomsday

Maryland Management Co.’s Bill Szczytko weighs in on doing business online.

American Standard Adds Decorative Style to High Efficiency Toilet Line

American Standard has added two new decorative tanks to its Chamption high-efficiency toilet line that achieve 1.28 gallons per flush.

Brookline Investment Group Acquires 236-Unit Multifamily Community in Durham for $23.6M; Investcorp Pays $84M for RTP’s Meridian Business Campus

Brookline Investment Group of Aliso Viejo, California is now the new owner of the newly renovated Yorktown Club apartment community in Durham.

AUM Predicts Higher Natural Gas Prices will Impact Multifamily

A report published last week by AUM, prepared by that company’s chief energy office Dimitris Kapsis, notes that natural gas prices have been creeping up recently—atypical for the late summer—and posits that now is the time for major users of natural gas (such as owners of multifamily portfolio) to lock in prices.

Local Content is Key, According to New Guide Released by For Rent Media Solutions and Homes.com

For Rent Media Solutions™ and Homes.com® have released the “Rise to the Top: Be the Local Expert” guide to help real estate and multifamily professionals better understand what being a “local expert” in their communities entails.

TODAY’S DEALS: Capital One Multifamily Provides Intercontinental with Acquisition Loans

Capital One Multifamily provides Intercontinental Real Estate with acquisition financing; a partnership between The Dolben Company and Klein Enterprises buys a Maryland asset and begins construction on its second phase; and HFF closes the $38.9 million sale of a property in Miami.

Brookfield Multiplex to Complete Final Stage of Mixed-Use Upper West Side Apartment Project in Melbourne

Global contractor Brookfield Multiplex has been appointed by Far East Consortium to design and build the fourth and final stage of the massive Upper West Side residential and retail development in Melbourne’s CBD.

Duravit USA Announces Second Annual Designer Dream Bath Competition

Following a successful launch in 2013, Duravit USA, Inc. has announced its second annual Designer Dream Bath Competition.