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That was the consensus among the global real estate developers, investors, finance specialists and executives who spoke at the recent Emerging Markets Forum at Wharton. With the economy in a tailspin and demand drying...

Nobody likes drastic change when it comes to their careers. Americans, on average, spend 70 percent of their waking hours, Monday through Friday, on work-related activities. That being said, to change your job is...

Utility costs can take a big bite out of an apartment owner's bottom line and make up one of a property's largest expenses. In challenging economic times like these, when owners explore every avenue...

While many people these days, especially those who focus on recent influence-peddling scandals, may think lobbyists spend their days playing golf or drinking or throwing bags of cash at members of Congress, they are...

The company's vision for the traditional mixed-use project, where the 112-unit rental component broke ground last fall, is eventually to produce all the energy the residential, office and retail users at Stafford Park need...

Environmentally conscious builders dominate the finalist roster for the Pillars awards that many consider the multifamily industry's version of the Oscars. The judges favored transit-oriented, densely packaged communities that transformed underused, blighted urban sites...

It's not because he is a glass-half-full kind of a guy or someone who always looks for the silver lining. It's because analysis from Washington, D.C.-based NMHC, a national association representing the interests of...

The Philadelphia-based developer has one project underway and several more deep in the planning stages, ranging from new construction high-rises in Downtown Newark, N.J., to a $180 million transit-oriented, mixed-use development in the inner-ring...

He was so persistent in his efforts to stamp out second-hand smoke that he managed to get officials to enforce one of the country's strictest anti-smoking laws in his city of Belmont, California. Residents living...

With uncertainty about what the reform of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will bring, mandatory reductions in their portfolios scheduled for 2010, and questions about the capability of FHA to handle greatly expanded loan...

Over the years since George Lane founded the multifamily company in Atlanta, its platform has grown to include development, investment, asset and property management, renovation and construction of a wide variety of apartments, condos...

I shake my head in agreement because no one can win against the Irish drinking song argument. It's just one of those life-truths. In fact, I hear Irish drinking songs every time I open a...

SMART COMPANIES MINIMIZE THE NUMBER OF OLDER INDIVIDUALS IN THEIR WORKFORCE, ENCOURAGING EARLY RETIREMENT AND SEEKING YOUNG TALENT. WORKING IN CORPORATIONS TODAY MEANS HIGH PRESSURE AND LONG HOURS -- THAT'S JUST LIFE IN THE BIG...

Companies that offer a better customer experience, along with a strong customer orientation, enjoy a decisive competitive advantage. Over 150 senior executives from leading U.S. corporations were polled. Some key findings were: Among companies reporting high customer-experience...

Today's American high school students are far likelier than those in the 1970s to believe they'll make outstanding spouses, parents and workers, new research shows. They're also much more likely to claim they are "A"...