Court holds landlords and owners of pit bulls liable
Under the new ruling by the Appeals Court, merely showing that the owner of the dog or the landlord of the property knew the dog is at least part pit bull is sufficient to...
The value of a road
A growing movement of local governments and communities across the United States is beginning to grapple with an unfortunate realization: The highway boom of the 1950s and ‘60s produced a massive amount of infrastructure...
Pets on planes: Change ahead
Just five months after the US Department of Transportation released a final statement regarding service animals on flights, the agency has proposed yet another modification to its emotional support animal policy. This one would...
Teeing up qualified prospects
The marketplace also is hesitantly trying out new customer relationship management (CRM) technologies for life-cycle consumer management in the hopes they will increase profitability and competitiveness. These all-encompassing communications management suites offer both single...
Artful amenities
While dog parks, pool decks, community-wide WiFi, granite countertops, bike storage and repair areas and package delivery centers are becoming commonplace, apartment and condominium developers are challenged to add ever more innovative amenities to...
How to handle stress in the moment
What the experts say
Eighty percent of Americans are stressed at work, according to a recent study by Nielsen for Everest College. Low pay, unreasonable workloads, and hectic commutes were the top sources of tension,...
Pillars of the Industry Awards
It's official: the basic box is dead. That holdover from the fifties, the flat-roofed, flat-walled rectangular building that passed for multifamily housing for so long is nowhere to be found among the finalists of...
Lemons to lemonade
Such value-added plays spell success for KWMF, even in these turbulent times. A case in point is Summer House, a rental community in Alameda, CA. The following explores the process by which KWMF turned...
The state of being
I certainly have.
Even as someone who believes this is but a touchstone for something much grander, it's still hard to think of not being here. Not having a voice in the lives of my...
Multifamily embraces tech in the time of COVID
As the pandemic continues to impact everyday life, Americans increasingly encounter the phrases unprecedented, new normal, and flatten the curve.
The innovation adoption curve—which includes early adopters, those who wait and see, laggards and even...
Supreme Court urged to step in on NYC’s rent-control laws
The Supreme Court is considering a petition to hear a case that challenges New York City’s rent stabilization law as pressure builds from stakeholders who say the law infringes on the rights of property...
Senior housing adopts robots, telehealth to protect residents
“The newly-pioneered technologies will be essential in providing the best care—medical, cognitive and emotional—to the upcoming wave of seniors.”
The way we live our lives and conduct business has drastically changed in 2020—a trend that...
Getting inside multifamily’s utility management operation
“In many states we’re seeing an increase in the trend to mandate submetering for any residential and commercial new building construction. Around eight states already have the law in place, up from around three...
Millennials and retirees drawn to luxury rentals, and developers respond
Much of the new rental apartment stock that hit the market last year was of the high-end, luxury variety—and that trend doesn’t appear to be slowing down, according to a new report.
In 2015, 75...
Picking up the pieces
They've been called opportunity funds, distressed funds and, in less polite terms, vulture funds, but no matter what you call them, today there are plenty. For the past two years, domestic and foreign investors...
