Operations & Technology
The Apartment Market: Looking Better for 2010?
The health of the U.S. apartment market depends in many ways on the employment level which in turn could vary according to the state of the economy. Keat Foong, executive editor, MHN, surveys industry economists on their outlooks for 2010.
ON LOCATION: The Vistas of West Hills
Simply memorizing a face and equating it to an apartment number isn’t Julie O’Dell’s idea of exceptional service.
How to Submeter
ubmetering has taken a serious place in the discussion of how residents can conserve resources.
Managing Resident Needs Online
Keat Foong interviews Westdale Real Estate Investment and Management’s IT director Jaymz R. Yates
A Bumpy Road to Green Building
Federal legislation can sometimes pose significant cost challenges to multifamily operators
Paperless World
Technology has made green offices easier to achieve, but the industry’s paper obsession leaves it trailing
Apartments on the Hill
AvalonBay’s ambitious adaptive reuse project delivered 433 apartments to a Boston suburb while preserving the site of the historic Danvers Lunatic Asylum
Marching Forward
Pinnacle’s Rick Graf opines on rent growth, institutional capital and the economic recovery
ON LOCATION: 626 Dekalb, Atlanta
The location is just enough of a buffer from the heart of the city to lend the feel of a resident’s own personal oasis
Natural Inspiration
Biomimicry teaches us to build smarter by using the processes perfected in nature