National Multi Housing Council News
NMHC and the National Apartment Association (NAA) have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), asking a federal judge to strike down HUD's recently issued Limited English Proficiency...
The newest RE sector: boat slips
Even in the boom of 2005, premier wet slips bucked appreciation trends of traditional single family homes. As the growing demand for boat slips fuels marina sales, investors and boaters are hopping on board for...
Making your own luck
He already had a taste for development, acquired during his first job after graduating from college in the early 1990s, when he worked with an environmentally conscious, single-family home developer involved with non-profits. Ansin grew...
No place like home
But, while Pollack Partners has been charging full-steam ahead with projects since the company was formed last summer, Chair-man and CEO Marc Pollack didn't jump into his own multifamily development, acquisition and investment business...
Coming out of the shadows
Today, they are paying attention to the shadow supply of for-sale product looming on the margins coast to coast. The return of busted condos and other for-sale product to the rental supply is a...
Easy come. Easy go.
While Bolton is seeing little change in pricing in Phoenix today, he is seeing a change in the way deals are structured. "The fact that condo converters are out of the equation hasn't really...
Branding in motion: AvalonBay
Imagine walking into a supermarket without a pre-determined list of brand choices. You could spend countless hours deciding between ten different laundry detergents or a dozen different paper towels. Instead, shopping is efficient and...
Still golden
We can hardly turn on the television or stand in a supermarket line without seeing his face on the screen or the cover of a magazine. But how much of Trump's success can be attributed...
Along for the ride
Some began converting their own properties and a few even built new for-sale product. The profits rolled in. While the condo craze may be over for now, most of these companies have no plans...
Taking in private
Because they are not traded on the national stock exchanges, private REITs do not have to answer to the SEC. They are not burdened by SEC regulations and the reporting and disclosure expense that...
Side by side
Since relocating its headquarters from Carlsbad, Calif., to San Juan Capistrano early this year, TPG bought an apartment property in San Diego and is progressing toward entitlements on a development in the Ontario sub-market...
Think like a brand
Campbell soup, Coca-Cola, Juicy Fruit gum, Aunt Jemima and Quaker Oats were among the first products to be branded. But the multifamily world didn't get into the trademark game until the latter part of...
Evolution demands re-branding
The country's fourth largest apartment REIT, known as United Dominion Realty Trust for the past 35 years, recently underwent such an image metamorphosis, shortening its name to UDR, Inc., and discarding its somewhat outdated...
The air up there
"Owners and developers are conditioned to think of development sites as flat surfaces and development lots are instinctively viewed as the two-dimensional surfaces of land visually representing a potential development parcel. Once a parcel...
And the winner is…
It's most uncommon for a project to gain an immediate clear majority of Pillars of the Industry judges' votes. Usually, winners are lined up and the judges pick their favorites, in this case the...