Operations & Technology

Kudos from Multifamily Organizations for Administration’s Green Building Initiative

Washington, D.C.–The Obama administration’s Better Buildings Initiative is being welcomed by two multifamily industry organizations as well as the U.S. Green Building Council.

USD’s Coyote Village Becomes South Dakota’s First LEED Gold Residence Hall

Vermillion, S.D.–Coyote Village, a 550-bed student housing building at the University of South Dakota, has become the first residence hall in the state to earn LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.

Green Building Continues after the Bricks Are Stacked

Diverting construction waste from the landfill is good for both the environment and your bottom line.

WEB FEATURE: Compensation Trends in Multifamily

After a couple tough years of trimming budgets and tightening belts, the commercial real estate industry is seeing compensation and hiring return to pre-crash levels, with the multifamily sector showing exceptional stability.

Managing Fractured Condos

With the financial meltdown of 2008 came a plethora of condo-conversion failures and stalled sales, which forced developers, mezzanine lenders, banks, receivers and other parties to devise alternative methods to financially stabilize their assets.

PlanetRE Launches Mobile Platform for Paperless Transactions

San Jose, Calif.—Technology provider planetRE has launched Mobile Agent, a comprehensive transaction and communications management platform for agents.

365 Connect Integrates Media for MF

New Orleans–365 Connect has launched its social media integration, which provides the ability to make simultaneous posts to Twitter and Facebook.

$1B Sonoma Mountain Village Garners LEED-ND Certification

Rohnert Park, Calif.–Sonoma Mountain Village, a $1 billion mixed-use green community near San Francisco, will ultimately feature 951 apartments and condominiums and a bevy of commercial offerings.

Village Green: Multifamily Maverick

Farmington, Mich.–Village Green prides itself on going against the grain, finding progressive ways to provide diverse communities for the diverse array of renters.

Village Green: Multifamily Maverick

Farmington, Mich.–Village Green prides itself on going against the grain, finding progressive ways to provide a diverse array of communities for the diverse array of renters.