Cheap talk
According to David Schwehm of Time Warner Connect, information technology continues to impact multifamily buildings. "Owners are embracing new information technologies like never before and they are future-proofing their buildings, examining all the products...
Big deal in the Big Apple
The bidding war for the largest apartment complex in Manhattan is over. The winner of Stuyvestant Town and Peter Cooper Village, built by Metropolitan Life Insurance in the 1940s, is a JV of Tishman...
Hand spun capital: tax credit alternatives
One conventional source is a ground lease, which offers developers long-term possession of a site without the up-front costs associated with purchase. Abode Communities is in pre-construction planning on two joint-use projects slated to...
The Power of Networks
It's a truism that we live in a networked age: computers connected to each other; phone systems connected to computers; customer data linked to inventory; inventory linked to analytic tools. We have the ability...
Social media 2018
A new Pew Research Center survey of U.S. adults finds that the social media landscape in early 2018 is defined by a mix of long-standing trends and newly emerging narratives.
Facebook and YouTube dominate this...
Apartment owners leap at an opportunity to refinance loans
With coronavirus concerns fueling interest rate cuts, multifamily borrowers are attempting to capitalize.
Long-term interest rates are lower than they have ever been—and owners of apartment properties are rushing to take advantage by refinancing into...
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...
Product placement finds an apartment
Many students arriving at their new student apartments this fall are being greeted by corporate promotions ranging from concert invitations to discounts on Uber rides.
The deals typically are structured with little money exchanged between...
There’s no business like multifamily business
According to JLL’s preliminary research, the total volume of apartment sales in 2015 not only exceeded last year’s record-breaking number—it crushed it.
Investors poured nearly $139 billion into multifamily product, trumping 2014’s $106 billion by...
Rocky Mountain High (and low)
The Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2010 by PricewaterhouseCoopers lists Colorado's capital as one of the top 10 national cities to watch—the third year in a row the report has highlighted Denver among top-tier...
From Ground Zero of the housing bust
The home next to it just went up for sale, too. So did the house two units down on the other side and the sign says "For Sale by Owner."
Is that all? Hardly. Two...
Developing Expertise
Multifamily professionals who are interested in keeping up with the latest trends in the industry are undoubtedly familiar with NAA’s Apartmentalize and NMHC’s OPTECH shows. However, they may not be aware of another event...
The art of balance
In a recent survey of 483 executives, managers, and professionals, we found that 60 percent of those who carry smartphones for work are connected to their jobs 13.5 or more hours a day on...
Lease up and ship out
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...
Too much of a good thing
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"...
