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Property Management: Rocking Resident Retention
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Peak Campus Management Tapped to Manage University Station in Cincinnati
Ackerman Group has announced that is has chosen Peak Campus Management as the property manager for the real estate company’s University Station community.
Aria Completes DC Apartment Renovation
Aria Development Group completed renovation on The Bond, making it into an 83-unit apartment community in Washington’s West End neighborhood.
QR Capital Acquires Atlanta Apartments
QR Capital has acquired Collier Ridge Apartments, a 300-unit property in Atlanta. Located at 2121 Defoors Ferry Rd. NW, the property is on 39 acres and comprises 49 residential buildings that are about 94 percent occupied. The community was originally built in 1980.
TODAY’S DEALS: Alliance Residential JV Completes $160M Apartment Acquisition
JLL arranges a 549-unit sale in Coronado, Calif.; Capstone Real Estate Services lands a 10-property management gig; and Grandbridge finances a $27.8 million construction/permanent loan for the development of a seniors housing property.
Obama Administration Expands Better Buildings Challenge to Multifamily Housing, Launches New Programs to Boost U.S. Energy Efficiency
Building on $2 billion in financing commitments from the private sector for energy efficiency updates to commercial buildings under the President’s Better Buildings Challenge, the U.S. Departments of Energy and Housing and Urban Development expanded the Challenge to multifamily housing and launched the Better Buildings Accelerators to support state- and local government-led efforts to cut energy waste and eliminate market and technical barriers to greater building efficiency.
The Towbes Group Property Garners SBCGB Certification
The Towbes Group has announced that its Goleta, Calif., community, Encina Meadows, has been awarded green business certification by the Santa Barbara County Green Business office for its efforts in reducing waste, as well as energy and water consumption in the community’s common areas.
NYSERDA Recognizes Six Engineering Firms for Doubling Energy Efficiency Savings in Multifamily Buildings
Multifamily buildings across New York State are maximizing building energy efficiency and reducing energy costs.
Carroll Organization Acquires East Orlando Apartment Community
In an attempt to expand its presence in the Orlando market, Atlanta-based Carroll Organization announced that it has purchased the 300-unit Falcon Pines Community in the East Orlando submarket, marking its second acquisition in the city this year.
‘What Renters Want’ with Jessica Fiur: How to [Not] Silence Negative Reviewers
A recent article on Businessweek.com defended threatening people who wrote false reviews about a company. Should property managers use the same tactics?