Development

Editor’s Note: Expect the Unexpected

Disaster planning gets dicey.

Weather-Resistant Technologies

Building communities to withstand extreme weather conditions.

Crescent Communities Offers Larger Apartments in $40M Multifamily Development

Crescent Communities of Charlotte has announced plans to develop Crescent Main Street, a $40 million multifamily community in Durham’s Ninth Street district.

BRA OKs New Multifamily Projects from Corcoran Jennison, Trinity Financial

The Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) approved this week several real estate projects that, combined, will bring around 1,200 housing units across Boston.

Builder Confidence Rises Six Points in July

Builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes rose six points to 57 on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) for July.

APARTMENT MARKET STATISTICS: July 2013

Multifamily housing starts averaged 325,000 in the first quarter—exceeding the annual average observed in any year since the 1980s, according to the National Association of Home Builders. Housing starts increased in March to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 392,000 units. Permits fell to seasonally adjusted rate of 283,000, however.

ON DEMAND WEBCAST: Legislative and Regulatory Trends in Utility and Energy Management

Laws mandating submetering and energy benchmarking are spreading across the country. This webcast outlines laws, regulations and legalities impacting utility and energy management, as well as legislative trends that ultimately can have implications for the bottom line of apartment owners and managers. View a recording of this webcast. Leading the panel is Michael Foote, NWP Services Corp.’s senior regulatory and corporate counsel. Foote is regarded as an industry expert in utility billing laws. Foote is joined by Mary Nitschke, director of ancillary services, at Prometheus Real Estate Group. At Promethues, Nitschke’s responsibilities include managing utility consumption, mining for rebates, determining…

Infographic: Movin’ On Up

Skyscrapers, ones the domain of businesses, are more and more becoming places to call home.

Art’s at the Heart

More developers embrace public art as part of residential projects.

Upcoming Webinar to Outline Legislative and Regulatory Trends in Submetering, Utility Management

Join us in a webinar that will address important legislative and regulatory trends that will impact submetering and other forms of utility and energy management.