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Architecture Q&A: Social Style

For more than 40 years, Killefer Flammang Architects has been at the leading edge of multifamily design, contributing to the never-ending evolution of the Los Angeles landscape.

The Cost of Green: Is the Price Right?

By some measures, sustainable practices are rapidly becoming the norm in the multifamily sector. Although sizing up the true costs of sustainability can be challenging, investors and managers have a variety of best practices and analytical tools to work with.

Embracing Efficiency

Since the Great Recession, the U.S. has increasingly become a renter nation. Renters encompass more than one-third of total U.S. households, with 18.7 million households residing in buildings with five or more units, according to National Multifamily Housing Council data.

Transactions: April 2017

The following is a list of transactions that were announced between Jan. 25, 2017 and Feb. 21, 2017.

Group Effort

Submetering has long been a great tool, enabling multifamily property owners to shift utility expenses to residents based on their consumption.

The April Digital Issue of MHN Is Now Available!

The issue offers a special focus on Sustainability (achieving efficiencies, costs vs. benefits, retrofitting and getting residents to go green), the 2017 Real Estate Education Programs list, and a Q&A with two Killefer Flammang architects about evolving design trends.

Mission: Success—Steve Heimler

This repositioning whiz is making waves, using his local touch to build on a portfolio already valued at $2.5 billion and totaling 8,000 units across nine states.

Niche Markets: Covering the Bases

The private firms that operate 95 percent of the housing on the nation’s military installations face a paradox.

Niche Markets: Joining the Crowd

Crowdfunding has come a long way in a short time in the multifamily sector.

People on the Move: March 2017

New Western Leadership For WinnResidential Fresno, Calif.—WinnResidential, the property management arm of multifamily developer and manager WinnCompanies, has announced the appointment of Kevin Grani as senior vice president of its western region. The former JCM Commercial Properties executive will be in charge of the firm’s Arizona and California properties and will direct a management portfolio that includes 93 properties with approximately 9,300 units run by more than 280 team members. “Kevin is uniquely qualified to join the WinnResidential leadership team and manage our western operations. His dynamic background includes extensive regional knowledge and a track record of managing highly engaged…