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MHN Interview: Michael Ytterberg of BLT Architects Takes on Cramped Apartments
Michael R. Ytterberg, principal, BLT Architects, speaks with MHN on the firm’s recent projects, and shares insight on maximizing space in an apartment.
Professor Greens Buildings With Lichens
There are many ways that a large building, including a multifamily structure, can go green. A Rutgers-Camden professor is at work on a new way to green buildings–both figuratively and quite literally–that involves lichen.
Washington, D.C., is Top Investor Choice Again as Tough 2011 Looms: PwC/ULI Survey
In football terms, 2012 promises yet another grinding year of “three yards and a cloud of dust,” according to the annual Emerging Trends forecast from PwC and the Urban Land Institute, which was released Wednesday morning.
A Look Ahead: Opportunities in a Changing World
Success in real estate requires optimism and the ability to identify opportunity under any circumstances. This year’s Urban Land Institute Fall Meeting opened with plenty of advice for tackling both short-term challenges and long-term market shifts.
Standard & Poor’s James Manzi Plots the Road Ahead
James M. Manzi, CFA, senior director, Structured Finance Research, at Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, explores the ratings agencys take on a range of subjects of interest to the multi-housing industry.
Editor’s Note: So Many Ways to Green Apartments
Editor-in-Chief Diana Mosher prepares to attend the U.S. Green Building Council’s GreenBuild.
High Rise Means Higher Profile for Windy City University
The new vertical campus of Chicago’s Roosevelt University promises to give the Loop-based institution higher visibility on the Windy City higher education scene.
Affordable Seniors Developer Launches New Website Targeting Its Market
Searching online for market-rate apartments to rent is the norm these days, and ANHC believes that seniors are also picking up on this trend.
REBS Selects Point2 to Power its Clarus PropertyManager Solution
Real Estate Business Services has chosen property management software company Point2 to power its Clarus PropertyManager, which provides property management solutions to real estate professionals.
PROFILE: Alchemy Properties Inc.
Some market observers may not think of this as much of a condominium market, but the 21-year-old Alchemy Properties Inc. is continuing to develop condos in the Manhattan market as usual.