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MHN TV: Millennials Want Customized Apartments
KTGY Principal Manny Gonzalez, AIA LEED AP, shares insights about unit customization. In order to stay competitive, apartment owners and operators will need to steer away from the one-size-fits all approach by allowing renters to customize their spaces with movable walls, accent walls in a variety of colors and other options.
Six Amenities You Need (And Two You Don't) For Vacation Rentals
Apartments used for vacation often have different amenities than everyday apartments. Here is a list of amenities that would work well in a vacation apartment, as well as two that might not be necessary.
City Goes Green with Food Waste Disposal Pilot Program
A new program called “Clean Kitchen, Green Community” was recently launched in Philadelphia to assess how food waste disposers could help the city become greener.
Maryland Affordable Housing Completes Redevelopment
The redevelopment of the 100-unit Harper House in Columbia, Md., has been completed, according to Enterprise Home, which held a grand re-opening ceremony recently to mark the occasion.
Museum-Quality Sculpture to Grace NYC Apartment Property
Equity Residential reports it developed Ten23 Apartments with an eye toward redefining luxury residential living.
Mission Palms Apartments, Tucson, Az.
Against the desolate backdrop of suburban Tucson lie 30 acres of crisp green lawns marked with citrus and magnolia trees that provide shade for this one-time ranch for the stars turned multifamily community.
Should Smoking be Banned in Apartments?
Should landlords make it illegal to smoke in apartments, or would that alienate too many renters?
Appealing to Millennials: Must-Haves for New Apartments
A recent webinar titled “Top 12 Must-Haves in Your 2012 Apartment Project” described important features to consider for new apartment community projects to appeal to renters, particularly Generation Y.