Operations & Technology
7 Reasons D.C. Is Experiencing a Strong Multifamily Market
Multifamily investment in 2011 has been the golden child of commercial real estate. With strong economic and employment fundamentals, large metros such as Washington, D.C., have attracted investors.
Re-Keying Ordinances Spur Lock Hardware Innovation
The state of Texas has a code calling for locks to be re-keyed after apartment residents move out, and Illinois has enacted a new amendment to its Landlord and Tenant Act that will go into enforcement in several weeks on January 1.
Apartment Property Insurance Goes on the Upswing in 2011
A year can make quite a difference, and it has in the National Multi Housing Council’s annual Apartment Cost of Risk Survey. As per the study’s results, the cost to insure apartment properties increased from 2010 to 2011, going up 1 percent.
RentSentinel Launches New Social Product for Multifamily
RentSentinel, a provider of apartment marketing management software, recently launched Social. The new product gives leasing agents the ability to manage social media sites from the RentSentinel platform.
Increasing Risk Awareness
While the multi-housing industry is paying more attention to resident insurance, it’s still not enough.
Big Unit with a Small Footprint
Wisznia | Architecture + Development brings a creative approach to adaptive reuse in New Orleans.
On the Hill: The Post Construction Rule
The EPA is currently developing a proposal that would impose requirements on new developments, redevelopments and MS4s (municipal storm-sewer systems) to reduce the quantity of stormwater runoff.
New Online Calculator Estimates Carbon Benefits of Wood Buildings
Wood Works, a cooperative venture of major North American wood associations, launched an online tool that estimates the carbon benefits of wood buildings.