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Labor Pains
Passage of the card check bill is unlikely, but employee classification is picking up steam
An Early Start for GSE Reform
Multifamily trade groups mobilize to keep apartment lending on track
Fundamental Growth
Unlike most markets, Washington, D.C.’s current conditions favor the apartment owner looking to sell
Pushing Paperless Rent Payment
Residents are slow to adopt, but new options continue to be rolled out as education efforts are stepped up
Risky Business
Winning insurance strategies depend on the details, but don’t just rely on cutting costs
Staying in San Francisco
A public-private partnership results in affordable LEED-certified condos
Student Housing: Catch the Wave
Developers, investors and managers can win at the student housing game—if they play at the varsity level
New TOD Comes Opens in Anaheim
Irvine, Calif.–The Crossing, a new luxury, transit-oriented apartment community in Anaheim, Calif. recently opened 100 of its 312 units. Developed by SARES•REGIS Group and designed by KTGY Group, Inc., Architecture and Planning, The Crossing is an amenity-rich, pet and eco-friendly community adjacent to the Metrolink Anaheim Canyon Station. While the remaining units will be ready this July, people have already moved into units that have been completed. Demand has been positive, according to the developer, even though, rents Saris•Regis did have to reduce the rents by 10 percent in keeping up with the downturn in the economy. Located at 3530…
Apartment Property Set to be First LEED for Homes Gold in Alabama
The newly completed Phelan Flats apartment complex in Birmingham, Ala., has applied
Forum Explores Ways to Preserve Green Rental Homes
Representatives from a wide array of government agencies, housing providers and housing preservation groups convened