Business Specialties

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.

Should You Outsource?

While the use of call centers is pervasive across many industries, the apartment sector appears to be at least one industry that is resistant to this current-day corporate trend.

First Smoke-Free Residential Building on Manhattan’s West Side

Residents of Manhattan’s West Side can now breathe a little easier. Equity Residential recently announced that Ten23, Chelsea’s first smoke-free apartment, is open for leasing.

Cutting Costs: What’s the Next Layer of Opportunity for Rent Increases?

Now is the time to leverage conditions to enact a paradigm shift in how the industry underwrites risk. Simply stated, having the “upper hand” in the market for the next cycle creates a perfect opportunity to put a mandatory renter’s insurance plan into effect.

San Diego Project Goes from LEED Silver to Gold

The use of structural concrete on the University of California, San Diego’s new Rita Atkinson Residences appears to have done wonders in complementing the design and structure of this 450-bed apartment building.

Loosening Standards

Capital is pouring back into the most active commercial real estate investment markets as lenders are responding to improving property values and rising expectations of future income growth.

Market Issues Sideline CMBS Financing

Even as commercial mortgage-backed securities financing was slowly starting to make a comeback as a source of multifamily financing, U.S. and global macroeconomic issues, as well as micro-level CMBS-related issues, have come together to stall the CMBS sector.

Is Multi-Housing Construction Business Growth on Cloud 9?

Multi-housing construction companies and contractors that have made investments in website and e-mail marketing now have the opportunity to close the marketing loop and truly promote their products and services leveraging cloud technology

Ads Aimed at Young Renters Highlight Pitfalls of Living with Parents

New ad campaign aims at young renters by showing pitfalls of moving back in with mom and dad.