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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...

Every organization is vulnerable to crises. The days of playing ostrich are gone. You can play, but your stakeholders will not be understanding or forgiving because they have watched what happened with Bridgestone-Firestone, Bill...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...