Operations & Technology
Achieving LEED Silver with Metal Frame Construction
By Diana Mosher, Editor-in-Chief Mission Walk is a development by Berry Street LLC—an affiliate of BRIDGE Housing Corporation—and the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency (SFRA). “This workforce housing is for folks who earn too much to qualify for low income housing but not enough to buy market rate housing in San Francisco,” says Richard Stacy, FAIA, Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects (LMSA), the San Francisco-based firm that designed Mission Walk. [Mission Walk was featured in MHN Magazine’s May issue. Click here to read “Development & Design: Staying in San Francisco.”] Mission Walk is on track to being certified LEED Silver. The paperwork…
Going Mobile: Is Your Property Doing What It Takes?
Statistics show that mobile Internet search is more than a trend.
Web Feature: Implementing Creative Ideas at Your Community
Property managers find new ways to facilitate interaction among residents.
Maximize Efficiencies for Student Housing Turns
It’s nearly that time of year—when student housing owners and operators are preparing for the busiest season and the dreaded turnover. While conventional apartments have the luxury of spacing out turnovers throughout the year, student housing turns occur in a span of about two weeks.
Labor Pains
Passage of the card check bill is unlikely, but employee classification is picking up steam
Pushing Paperless Rent Payment
Residents are slow to adopt, but new options continue to be rolled out as education efforts are stepped up
Risky Business
Winning insurance strategies depend on the details, but don’t just rely on cutting costs
Student Housing: Catch the Wave
Developers, investors and managers can win at the student housing game—if they play at the varsity level
The Resident Portal: Are You Leveraging All Its Features?
A growing number of renters are seeking the efficiency and ease of the Internet