Sustainability

A Developer’s Forward-Thinking View on Wellness in Multifamily

NAVA Real Estate Development’s Brian Levitt makes the case for healthy communities at a time when safety and well-being is top of mind, citing one of his projects in Denver as an example.

Daun St. Amand

Senior Housing Design Trends Post-COVID-19

CallisonRTKL Senior Vice President Daun St. Amand discusses key aspects that have arisen during the pandemic, such as social distancing and isolation, and how senior living designers can tackle them in future projects.

Pairing Sustainability and Affordable Housing With Sadie McKeown

CPC Executive Vice President & Head of Construction Lending Sadie McKeown on energy efficiency and green initiatives in the affordable housing sector.

San Francisco Affordable Building Achieves LEED Platinum

BRIDGE Housing developed the 72-unit property as part of the HOPE SF Potrero Hill Master Plan.

Extended Deadline for the 2020 MHN Excellence Awards

We’re accepting submissions for our annual awards program honoring the best in the industry. We have decided to keep our early-bird prices for the whole submission process, and the deadline has been extended to July 15th.

Students don’t have to pay a premium to live in UC Irvine’s Net Zero energy LEED Platinum housing. Image courtesy of KTGY

Sustainable Housing Design Case Study

The University of California is known for its commitment to sustainability especially since launching its carbon neutral policy.

LEED Silver Affordable Housing Asset Puts on Rooftop Solar

The power capacity is estimated to reduce the cost of electricity by as much as 50 percent and will pay for itself in nine to 10 years.

California Community Lands $39M Fannie Mae Green Loan

Fannie Mae originated the funds in August, when Afton Properties acquired the asset from Klingbeil Capital Management.

Seattle Senior Project Targets a Green First

Scheduled for completion in spring 2021, Aegis Living Lake Union will be the first assisted living community to achieve an elite international green status certification.

A Project for the Next 100 Years: Clippership Wharf

Lendlease’s Nicholas Iselin takes us behind the scenes of Clippership Wharf, a project that challenged the norms of planning for the sake of sustainability and climate resilience.