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Sweet Deal for Fast-Growing Fort Bend County, Texas

Responding to pent-up demand for housing in the county, Houston-based Buckhead Investment Partners Inc. has announced it will break ground soon on 196 new luxury apartments in the city of Rosenberg.

PROFILE: Harrison Street Real Estate Capital LLC

What sectors of the multifamily industry enjoy the most consumer demand and are the most resilient? Answer that question and you have named the strategy of Harrison Street Real Estate Capital LLC: Harrison Street believes that those two sectors are precisely student and seniors housing.

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.

Economy Watch: Temporary Greek Deal Struck, Investors Fret Over Italy

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou and opposition leader Antonis Samaras have apparently cobbled together a deal for a “unity government” that might let the bailout of Greece by the more affluent euro-zone nations go forward.

TODAY’S DEALS: TreeTop Development Enters Pennsylvania Market

TreeTop Development enters the Pennsylvania market with the purchase of a 70-unit asset; Ariel Property Advisors closes the sale of a development site in Manhattan; and KeyBank provides $28.6 million in Freddie Mac funding for assisted living refinances.

Kingsley Associates Reports Renters Are Hesitant to Renew

According to Kingsley Associates’ latest resident survey, apartment resident renewal intent is at its lowest point since 2008.

Condo Property in NW Sububan Chicago Tries Rent-to-Own

The Heritage of Palatine, a new condominium development in downtown Palatine, a northwestern suburb of Chicago, has started a rent-with-option-to-buy program on a handful of its remaining units.

MHN Interview: Steven Zimmer, Former Head of the Newhall Ranch Specific Plan

Real estate attorney Steven Zimmer, former head of the Newhall Ranch Specific Plan, talks about the controversial development project and the difficulties of being both an attorney and a real estate developer.

Azure Caters to Upper East Side’s Big Appetite

Size does matter, or that’s what buyers are intimating on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, and Azure is giving the people what they want.