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The builder that is famous for massive mixed-use redevelopment projects like Stapleton, the makeover of a 4,700-acre former airport site just outside Denver, and the gigantic Atlantic Yards in Brooklyn and won the title...

Just weeks ago, U.S. District Court Judge James Munley struck down a local Hazelton, Pa. ordinance that attempted to curb illegal immigrants into their city. The ruling is a perceived win for multifamily owners...

The first market-rate apartments created in Downtown Newark, N.J., in more than 40 years are nearly complete. Since pre-leasing began last August, the 317 units at Eleven80 have rented at an impressive rate of...

Newark, the third-oldest major city in America behind Boston and New York, was founded as a farming community on the banks of the Passaic River by a band of Puritans in 1666. During Colonial...

Luxury amenities and finishes like ceramic tile, high ceilings, wireless Internet connection and state-of-the-art appliances, business centers, and fitness rooms that once provided multifamily builders the opportunity to differentiate their products from run-of-the-mill communities...

Acoustics experts and healthcare professionals agree that unwanted sound, which is the basic definition of noise, can be a whole lot more than simply annoying. Depending on its loudness, frequency and other qualities, noise...

During his 23-year career in the multifamily industry, the Southern California native served as partner for some of the nation's largest multifamily developers, including the Hanover Company, Trammell Crow Residential, Western National Group and...

"I want to be a part of the greatest urban story America has to tell and I think it's going to happen in Newark,' he said in June. Amidst vows to cure Newark's daunting...

Second only to construction costs, the highest hurdle such developers must overcome is opposition from local decision makers and the project's potential neighbors. NIMBY, the acronym for the "not in my backyard" attitude of...

With gasoline prices averaging close to $3 per gallon nationally and not likely to drop substantially in the near future, more people are searching for places to live that will allow them to avoid...

Like the avian alarm systems that once warned miners of dangerous levels of methane and carbon monoxide, turnover and move-out trends are highly sensitive to changes in market atmosphere, so apartment REITs monitor them...

AIM, a national marketing and incentives company, offers cruise certificates to multifamily properties as a tool for leasing and retention. Long a standard in other industries, prospective residents are offered a 5-day/4-night cruise certificate...

Overcoming community resistance to multifamily development Community opposition to multifamily has become one of the top barriers to construction of accessible, sustainable housing in America. But there are strategies developers can use to build political...

The price excludes transaction costs but includes the assumption of more than $8 billion of debt and $60.75 per share in cash to shareholders, which represents a 22.7 percent premium to the closing price...

NAA and NMHC are just around the corner. Deals are sprouting up everywhere and companies are changing, evolving and thriving in the world of apartments. And within the hustle and bustle of this crazy wonderful...