Operations & Technology
Editor’s Note: The Industry Steps Out to Celebrate the MHN Award Winners
Editor-in-Chief Diana Mosher discusses the winners of the 2011 MHN Excellence Awards.
InSinkErator Makes Environmental Impact at Midwest’s Near-Zero Waste Music Festival
InSinkErator, a manufacturer of food waste disposers, enabled more than 7,000 attendees at Milwaukee’s Rock the Green festival Sept. 18 to “give back” by sending approximately 1,200 pounds of food scraps to the local wastewater treatment plant to be converted to renewable energy and fertilizer.
New Luxury Minneapolis Apartment Lures Young Professionals
The Nicollet Building, a 33-story high-rise in Minneapolis, will offer amenities aimed at pleasing young professionals.
Florida-Based Bainbridge Expands Into Triangle Apartment Market
Wellington, Fla.-based Bainbridge Cos. has opened a new office in Cary, N.C., with a goal of expanding its operations in the Triangle apartment market (Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill and environs, also known as the Research Triangle).
Portland Pair Taps Thriving Employment Centers
Two new Portland-area apartment communities that broke ground last week are strategically sited to leverage burgeoning employment centers and heavily-used transportation hubs.
Energy-Efficiency Loans See Few Defaults, But Banks Still Mostly Not Interested
Washington, D.C.–A new report by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE), “What Have We Learned from Energy Efficiency Financing Programs?” finds that energy-efficiency loan programs for building upgrades have exceedingly low default rates, ranging from 0 percent to 3 percent. The report drew its conclusion from a review of 24 energy-efficiency loan programs.
Chicago’s Lake Shore Drive to Sprout 500-Unit Luxury Apartment Tower
A new residential high-rise will soon grace the skyline of Chicago, now that Related Midwest has kicked off construction of a 45-story luxury apartment building on a one-acre, block-long site at 500 Lake Shore Drive.
Regency Club Apartments Sale Closes
In a $44 million deal announced recently, Regency Club Apartments in Jackson, N.J. sold to Gaia Real Estate Investments, LLC, and partners Phoenix Realty Group and Harel Insurance.
Profile: Jonathan Rose Companies
New York–Here is an investment strategy with a difference: Jonathan Rose Companies is looking to purchase apartment properties–affordable apartment properties, that is.
MHN Interview: A Look at the Nation’s First Zero-Energy, Carbon Neutral Homes
An interview with the project manager of the innovative zHomes, a new zero-energy, carbon neutral apartment community.