Adapt and reuse
Adaptive reuse has gained favor as Americans continue to migrate from the suburbs to redeveloped city downtowns and close-in townships along mass transit lines that offer easy access to work centers.
And, in an age...
Multifamily’s great reno invasion
Among those speakers was Chip Gaines, who recounted his experience doing facelifts on single-family homes in Waco, Texas, during his presentation at the conference. Chip, who shares the spotlight with his wife Joanna on...
Sell smarter
One look at the apartment industry today quickly tells you this is not your father's business. Aided by widespread adoption of technology and driven by new standards of accountability, performance, and professionalism, the industry...
The American Dream loses its luster
In fact, the percentage of departing renters opting for homeownership also reached some historic lows in Q4 2011 and multifamily REITS like Camden Property Trust are reaping the rewards.
"We continue to benefit from incredibly...
Transit-oriented development (TOD) takes the stage
And a number of finalists in 22nd annual National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Multifamily Pillars of the Industry competition have responded to the end of the romance with the automobile by building communities...
Goodbye 2024, hello New Year
With 2024 soon in the rearview mirror, developers, operators and managers of apartments anticipate brighter days ahead for the multihousing industry. In hindsight, 2024 may be seen as the most challenging year for rental...
Mass deportations loom for apartments
In the week after President Donald Trump took the oath of office for the second time, the news was full of reports of raids on workplaces by federal agents, arrests of illegal immigrants, and...
Absolute zero
Decades of underinvestment and underbuilding continue to deepen a national housing shortage decoupled from demand since the 1980s. This was recently underscored by a report released in June by the National Association of Realtors...
Landlords rule
"We are riding a monster wave that has a long way to go before getting to shore," said Camden Property Trust CEO Ric Campo in his introduction to the apartment REIT's Q1 2012 conference...
Game changer
With Greystar Real Estate Partners' acquisition of Riverstone Residential in June, the nation's two largest privately owned apartment management companies are now one mega-firm with almost double the number of managed units than that...
NAHB Pillars of the Industry finalists 2022
As part of its mission to promote excellence in multifamily home building, the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) has sponsored the Pillars of the Industry awards for more than 20 years. These awards...
Pillars 2020: Stepping it up
The national obsession with counting steps in the pursuit of physical fitness has spawned a plethora of pedometers in the marketplace and a trend toward pedestrian-oriented neighborhoods in the multifamily world.
More than half of...
NAHB Pillars of the Industry multifamily winners 2022
“Through the pursuit of beauty we shape the world as a home and in doing so we both amplify our joys and find consolation for our sorrows,” said Sir Roger Scruton in his 2009...
Multifamily faces antitrust litigation
With national elections around the corner, some of the nation’s largest apartment companies are facing antitrust litigation over usage of a product that has become increasingly important to the industry since the first multifamily...
