Another great moment in history: NAHB Multifamily Pillar’s awards
It doesn’t get bigger than this. The National Association of Home Builders, one of the largest and most influential trade associations in the country, has grown alongside the nation and its housing providers for...
Empty offices, troubled malls become new “15-Minute Cities”
At ULI’s Spring Meeting apartment experts found new solutions and opportunities to build—even in uncertain times.
A questionable economy and high-interest rates are not stopping apartment developers from making new plans to transform communities.
“We keep...
Excellence in multifamily housing
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) has sponsored the Pillars of the Industry awards for more than 20 years.
The awards recognize excellence in all areas of multifamily home design, development, building, management and...
The camel that had no hump
This especially irritates Rob Pressman, the principal of Burbank, Calif.-based TGP, Inc. Landscape Architecture, who believes that aesthetics do not have to be discarded for the sake of sustainability.
Multifamily developers employ landscape architects like...
Rent control renaissance
Failed attempts to implement rent control remind us there is really only one way to lower housing prices when there is a shortage: build more housing.
If one needed any more proof that rent control...
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...
Paradigm shift
The partners, who come from family-owned multifamily businesses with a combined 150 years of experience, plan to redefine the future of urban rental living by developing and managing apartment communities based on five principles:...
What happened in 1971?
Something huge happened in 1971. And both Edward Snowden and Jack Dorsey are asking the same question.
In mid-August, Twitter Founder and CEO Jack Dorsey tweeted a strange hashtag: #WTFHappenedin1971.
A few weeks later, Edward Snowden,...
Making it to morning
“Tell us about the American miracle,” someone yelled breaking the crowd’s silence.
It was 1981. The event was an international economic summit in Canada, and America was firing on all cylinders. The country was entering...
The front line in affordable housing
In 2012, Congress authorized RAD which allows PHAs and owners of other properties financed by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to convert units from their original sources of HUD financing to...
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...
The great setting of expectations
Good customer service begins with onboarding. Studies have shown that residents who are satisfied at move-in tend to remain satisfied through renewal and those who are unsatisfied tend not to renew.
But resident onboarding is...
Hope and uncertainty
Better times might be just around the corner for apartment investors stressed by the highest interest rates in years.
Or interest rates could easily keep rising as federal officials try to smother price inflation.
The uncertainty...
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...
Best cities for multifamily, 2022
National multifamily occupancy rates are at record levels, with markets across the country seeing a strong increase in rents. According to RealPage, nationwide effective rents have increased 8.3 percent, the greatest gain since 2010....
