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Study Links Troubled NYC Multifamily Housing and Risk of Deterioration of Nearby Buildings

A new study reveals that over-mortgaged and foreclosed multifamily buildings increase the risk of deterioration of nearby buildings and raise costs to New York City private owners.

New Affordable Community Offers Environmental Benefits

KTGY Group Inc., Architecture + Planning, has announced the opening of a green affordable community called The Crossings on 29th Street in South Los Angeles.

When Affordable Housing Isn't Really Affordable

Families living in affordable housing know their housing costs cannot exceed 30 percent of their incomes. But that affordability can be nullified if the housing is not located in areas with comparatively affordable transportation costs.

TODAY'S DEALS: American Campus Communities Begins Drexel University Project

American Campus Communities begins a $97.6 million mixed-use development at Drexel University; Marcus & Millichap lists a 137-unit asset in the Bay Area; and KeyBank provides $44 million in Freddie Mac funding for three communities.

Former Boston Herald Building Gets New Life as Mixed-Use Complex

By Veronica Grecu, Associate Editor
Newton-based National Development revealed new details of the redevelopment project that will transform the former Boston Herald headquarters at the corner of Herald Street and Harrison Avenue in the South End into a 6.2-acre mixed-use complex. […]

On Track: Construction of Charlotte Transit-Oriented Development

Construction is now underway on the Fountains at New Bern Station, a 208-unit luxury rental community in Charlotte, N.C.’s historic South End.

Students Given Opportunity to Pay Rent Through Facebook

Campus Apartments now allows residents to pay rent on its online account portal SmartClick via Facebook Connect.

Florida Master Planned Communities Doing Well Despite Headwinds

Despite the difficult residential market in Florida, the top-selling U.S. master planned community in 2011 is in that state, according to a new study by John Burns Real Estate Consulting, as is the number-nine seller.

Village Green 'City' Brand Coming to Downtown Ann Arbor

The first market rent luxury apartment building to come to downtown Ann Arbor in the past quarter century will be built by Village Green.

Hunt Companies Selects Grace Hill Inc. as Provider of Learning Management System

Grace Hill Inc., a provider of online education and learning management systems for the multifamily housing industry, announced that Hunt Companies Inc. has selected the company as its provider of online education courseware for their military housing property management associates.