Saturday, May 4, 2024

International

Articles with a International focus

 

The youthification of America

High-density urban redevelopment is also associated with a younger population. This process of ‘youthification’ is driven by young people’s desire for smaller households and closer proximity to amenities, as well as higher housing costs...

International students are major source of demand for student housing

“More and more international students are coming in—we have seen that grow and grow,” says Brian Veith, director of student housing with the National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC). Despite the highest education costs in the...

Marcus & Millichap expands into Montreal by acquiring McGill Commercial

Marcus & Millichap, a leading commercial real estate investment services firm with offices throughout the United States and Canada, has announced the expansion of its Canadian presence with the acquisition of McGill Commercial, an...

CA Ventures plans $500 million investment in European housing

Chicago-based CA Ventures today announced plans to invest $500 million over the next five years in the European housing market, specifically across the purpose-built student housing and multifamily apartment sectors. A vertically integrated owner, developer and operator of apartments spanning all adult life stages, CA Ventures has a $6.7 billion portfolio...

Can’t fight that feeling

But the apartment industry is catching on with the help of partners like software provider Yardi, which tapped the hotel sector for cutting edge solutions to repeat business and extended leases during its 2017...

Climate forecast: muting the alarm

The 2007 report was riddled with errors about Himalayan glaciers, the Amazon rain forest, African agriculture, water shortages and other matters, all of which erred in the direction of alarm. This led to a...

CA Ventures grows London-based European division with new executive hire

CA Ventures, a U.S. real estate investment holding company, today announced an executive appointment in the firm’s new European headquarters, located in London’s Marylebone neighborhood. Christian Davis will serve as vice president of acquisitions,...

Tech wars

Commercial and multifamily real estate firms, once laggards in the tech field, are catching on and up with rapid adoption, even as the field of emerging leaders in the provider space narrows through a...

Portugal scraps rent control

But Portugal is scrapping its long-standing rent controls in one of the government's most radical economic and social reforms since the ailing country needed a $99 billion bailout last year, when it was engulfed...

Cool heads prevail

I recently stood in front of an executive team, allowing their unproductive to-ing and fro-ing to continue a little longer. It was a gold mine of examples I could use to teach them how...

The laws of human nature

Andy, a ‘Bama boy, lost his mother to cancer and his father in a car wreck shortly thereafter at the age of 19. He spent the next months homeless and wandering. Certainly, early and profound...

I’m afraid to blink.

Never before has the world been safer, freer, wealthier, or healthier. In 2014, 54 percent of the nation’s counties had zero murders and more than half of last year’s murders occurred in only two percent...

Latest failed test of rent control: Berlin

Rent control may be making a comeback in the U.S., but the controversial policy had an unceremonious ending in Berlin barely a year after going into effect. “A controversial rent cap to control soaring rents...

How to handle a colleague who’s a jerk when the boss isn’t around

You may be tempted to call out the inconsistent behavior, but before you do anything, take the time to understand why the person behaves the way they do and what can you do about...

Morgan Newfield says PBOC could raise interest rates this month

China’s central bank will likely need to react to an anticipated increase in US interest rates later in March. Analysts at Taipei, Taiwan based investment house, Morgan Newfield, say that it is widely expected the...
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