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Nightlife inside Your Apartment

Ohm, the first large luxury apartment building in the growing West Chelsea submarket, could pass off as a nightclub on the nights that bands play in the swanky lobby.

Internet Listing Services Still a Valuable Marketing Tool

Internet listing services remain vital marketing tools for property management. The multifamily industry is increasingly focused on learning which ones bring the biggest bang for the buck.

Benefits of Community Gardens

Community gardening is one of 10 green elements selected by CTCAC as part of its 2011 list of sustainable items that developers can use to comply with the hotly contested tax credits.

Student Housing Is Not for Amateurs

There is opportunity aplenty in the student housing sector for firms willing to study hard and follow the lead of the seasoned pros.

AMCAL to Debut First LEED Silver Affordable Housing Project

Panorama City, Calif.–AMCAL Multi-Housing Inc. is taking its commitment to a new level with the Los Angeles-area Montecito Terraces senior workforce housing project.

Reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance Program

The NFIP expired in 2008 and has since been operating on a series of extensions. Efforts to reauthorize have been coupled with needed reforms to return the program to solvency.

Trophy Transactions Reflect a Healthy Investment Market

The largest multifamily transactions being completed today, from trophy to distressed, show an investment market that is running in high gear.

TODAY’S DEALS: Dezer Pays Off $265M Mortgage on Miami Beach Trump Towers

Dezer pays off a $265 million mortgage on two of the Trump Towers in Miami Beach, Fla.; Arbor closes six Fannie Mae deals totaling $23.6 million; and Walker & Dunlop closes a $4.2 million acquisition loan secured by a 50-unit property in Minnesota.

Historic Rhode Island Property Receives Financing for More Apartments

East Providence, R.I.–Rumford Center, the mixed-use redevelopment of a historic mill complex, has obtained $15.5 million to complete the residential aspect.

Graduate Student Housing Project to Lift Downtown Pomona

A new mixed-use graduate student housing development has the potential to help revitalize Pomona’s downtown business district.