Operations & Technology
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
Nurturing the Talent Pipeline
NAAEI’s certification programs supply the apartment industry with a skilled workforce
Figuring out Social Media
As management companies and residents alike flock to Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter, their use as marketing tools can be both intriguing and inconclusive
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…