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NMHC TECH SPECIAL REPORT: Futurist Urges Apartment Industry to Adopt ‘Storytelling’ and ‘Customization’

“How are our residents changing and how do we need to change the way we design and market our communities?” asks author Jack Uldrich during the 2011 NMHC Apartment Operations and Technology Conference & Exposition.

Telecommunications Launch for Multifamily Properties

Riverstone Residential Group, a privately owned, third-party multifamily property management company, recently launched a new telecommunications initiative.

LG Hausys Reaches New Green Ground for Solid Surfaces

LG Hausys Surfaces has made a big step forward for sustainable interior design with the release of Eden Plus, a surface with up to a 41 percent pre-consumer recycled material content.

Affordable Housing Drawing Garners Interest for Developer

How do you handle the high demand for affordable housing units while remaining fair to the interested residents? Atlanta BeltLine Inc. has a solution–hold a drawing.

New Multifamily Risk Management Solution

Assurant Specialty Property, a provider of renters insurance, and SureDeposit, a provider of security-deposit alternatives through surety bonds, are offering a new risk-management solution to the multifamily housing industry.

Designers Create Model Units at Marquis Residence

The 67-story Marquis Residences, a late–2000s Miami condo development, has undertaken a novel twist on standard apartment staging by forming partnerships with design firms to help sell the property’s remaining residences–and it seems to be working.

GotNoVacancy.com Now ILoveLeasing.com

Spherexx.com, developer of GotNoVacancy.com Apartment CRM, announced that they are renaming and rebranding their five-year-old prospect engagement and advertising analysis application to keep up with the software’s expanded functionality.

RentSentinel Integration Approved By Yardi Systems Inc.

RentSentinel, a provider of apartment marketing management software, is now available on Yardi’s standardized interface listing.

Tax Reform Ahead

What will the repercussions be for the apartment industry?

Coming Home to High Tech

Property managers must respond to renters’ growing tech expectations.