Videos

Boston’s multifamily housing market is booming. ADD, Inc. President Frederick A. Kramer, AIA shares insights into the factors defining opportunity for apartment developers in the Boston area.

Robert Landis, SVP & director of asset management, Raymond James Tax Credit Funds, gives a rundown on his takeaways from the 2014 MHN Excellence Awards submissions. The affordable sector has elevated its design to the point where it is hard to tell the different from market rate without looking at rental terms. Also, Landis speaks on the maturing multifamily market and a changing perception of what apartments mean for a neighborhood.

The Manhattan real estate market is on fire and apartment properties in Chelsea near the High Line boast some of the highest occupancies in the city. MHN tours Ten23 Apartments, a 12-story residential tower adjacent to the High Line, designed by GKV Architects for Equity Residential.

Jonathan W. Cardello, AIA, director of ADD Inc.’s Miami Office, provides MHN with a snapshot of the Miami apartment market and the reasons the industry can expect a healthy forecast.

One of the hot topics at the NAA 2014 Conference in Denver was how apartment communities approach benchmarking.

Dr. Richard Barkham, group research director at Grosvenor Group, discusses the Resilient Cities Research Report released at the ULI Spring Meeting in Vancouver last week.

USAA Real Estate Company’s Bahram Motamedian gives insight on the company’s current investment strategy. Today the firm is a net seller of core assets, but is looking for value-add opportunities in secondary markets as well as BTS or speculative development opportunities in office. Speculative industrial is also looking hot, while multi-family is not.

John Manning, managing director, capital markets, at JLL, discusses the current apartment development cycle, the condominium market and apartment investment sales in San Francisco.

Video: Industry experts at the MBA’s CREF/Multifamily Housing Convention & Expo in Orlando project the origination of commercial and multifamily mortgages will grow seven percent to $300 billion in 2014.