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Top multifamily operators band together, plan massive investment in real estate tech

The companies have invested $108 million in the fund, Real Estate Technology Ventures I, which will be used to invest in “disruptive real estate technology companies” in the multifamily industry. According to the companies, the...

Making hay while the sun shines

"The economy appears to be on a path of sustainable growth. U.S. businesses have healthy balance sheets and plenty of liquidity-consumer debt has declined to levels not seen since the early 90s," said AvalonBay...

The push for rent control

In November 2018, election ballots in California might include a question on rent control. Right now, California law restricts the spread of rent regulations on housing built after 1995, in addition to many older...
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Flexible leases form start-up

Investors are pumping money into real-estate startups that are pioneering flexible ways to rent apartments on the belief that remote working trends and new forms of housing demand will remain long after the pandemic...

Investor’s latest sweetheart: workforce housing

There is expected demand for an additional 4.5 million new apartments in the U.S. by 2030, according to data from the Workforce Housing Committee of the National Multifamily Housing Council, Washington. What’s more, deal activity...

Business as unusual

As cities, counties and states begin loosening lockdown orders and allowing non-essential businesses to open, apartment owners are weighing strategies to ride out the economic disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and finding slivers...

The changing face of rentals: single-family

Second quarter data for 2019 reveal that approximately 42,000 homes were constructed as single-family built-for-rent homes over the last year—equal to the prior four quarter starts total—representing about 5 percent of single-family construction. Although...

There’s an app for that

Today’s renters can shop for a new apartment from anywhere in the country, discover important details like local weather, demographics and statistics about cities and neighborhoods, as well as reviews of a specific community...

In the money

Apartment investors are taking out more loans than ever. In 2021, they rushed to get loans to buy new apartment properties and refinance the debt on existing properties. Investors spent more to buy apartment properties...
Toronto’s Cloverdale Square Shopping Mall rehab

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...

Class warfare and how the Vietnam war finally ends

“He got rid of the intellectual elites,” said my guide. “Brutal—but I think it saved our country. I mean, consider what happens to a place when workers are devalued...” I was dazed by his words....

Lead-to-leasing grows up

As the customer relationship management (CRM) revolution gathers velocity, apartment operators take a closer look at cloud-based solutions designed to manage the entire lifecycle of the renter. Opportunities to enhance revenue by providing a better...

The high cost of incivility

The nasty looks and belittling comments reached a point at law firm Bryan Cave, in Irvine, Calif., that the partners held a civility workshop. Managing partner Stuart Price says working together toward a common goal...

That upon which we focus, increases

The apartment industry isn’t known for being an early adopter of new technology, but a new wave of venture capital (VC) targeting new technology in the commercial real estate (CRE) sector may change that...

Apartment deals find equity investors in a changing environment

Apartment companies need more equity than ever to buy and build for a number of reasons: They are acquiring and developing apartments at record volumes The cost to complete these deals is growing as...
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