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Prudential Preferred Properties and Rubloff Residential Properties Merge
Prudential Preferred Properties and Rubloff Residential Properties have merged to form Prudential Rubloff Properties, an independently owned and operated firm with 17 offices and nearly 900 sales professionals and staff.
Developing an Energy Management Plan
“Every penny counts” may sound like a tired cliché, but in the new economic order this mantra has more resonance than ever. By happy coincidence, energy management presents apartment community owners with an opportunity to improve their financial performance while addressing another area of growing significance: their properties’ environmental performance, particularly as it relates to energy consumption.
Developing an Energy Management Plan
“Every penny counts” may sound like a tired cliché, but in the new economic order this mantra has more resonance than ever. By happy coincidence, energy management presents apartment community owners with an opportunity to improve their financial performance while addressing another area of growing significance: their properties’ environmental performance, particularly as it relates to energy consumption.
Green 101: Maximize Green Construction and Renovation with Energy-Saving Glass and LEED
To get the most out of green construction or renovation, developers need to think about a project as an integrated whole whose value can far exceed the sum of its parts. That’s the promise of green design as exemplified in the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification process of the United States Green Building Council. LEED is quite effective at delivering energy-saving performance within budgets comparable to those for traditional construction.
Expert: U.S. Falling Behind Europe in the Green Race
While America’s green building market will likely continue its rapid growth over the coming years, architects, developers and contractors in the U.S. could still learn a lot from their European counterparts, according to engineer Jerry Yudelson, a green building proponent.
EDITOR’S NOTE: 1,000 Green Supers in One Year
Does it matter how green your buildings are if the people responsible for their daily operations don’t know how to properly maintain their sustainable lifestyle?
Finding the Silver Lining: General Liability Coverage For FHA/ADA Claims
Over the past several years, developers and owners of multifamily housing have been the targets of numerous lawsuits filed by government enforcement agencies, including the United States Department of Justice, private disability rights organizations, and individuals alleging violations of the Fair Housing Act (the “FHA”) and Americans with Disabilities Act (the “ADA”). The “damages” and attorneys’ fees claimed by plaintiffs in these lawsuits, including the cost to modify existing buildings to comply with applicable accessibility guidelines, as well as the enormous costs in defending such lawsuits, have created significant financial exposure to the multifamily housing industry.
Housing Conference Examines Global and Local Impact of Credit Crunch
The far-reaching impact of the global credit crunch was discussed by academics and experts at the recent “Housing Assets, Housing People” conference at the University of Glasgow. The four-day event was hosted by the International Sociological Association’s Research Committee 43—a group of academics from various disciplines who study aspects of housing—as well as the University of Glasgow.
The Global Forecast
If MHN’s global market report was a weather forecast, it might begin with gloomy clouds settling in over most of the multifamily world, with the possible exception of Washington, D.C. and Houston in the United States. The forecast would then call for steadily brightening skies, especially over a number of coastal California cities and high-growth regions in the American South. Sun might also be expected to peek through clouds earlier than later in France, while in China, a downpour of easy credit has for-sale residential prices already on the rise. Longer-term projections would trumpet the imminent arrival of cheerful, sunny…
Community Living
When one traditionally thinks of garden apartments, sprawling suburban communities with plenty of open green space often come to mind. But with suburban sprawl quickly becoming a thing of the past, and with an emerging demographic of Generation Y renters who tend to desire closer proximity to the city, the new garden apartment communities are more urban than ever before.