KTGY Architecture + Planning garners top honors at 2018 BIA Bay Area Excellence in...
The Oakland office of KTGY Architecture + Planning was honored at the 2018 Building Industry Association (BIA) of the Bay Area’s Excellence in Home Building Awards program held on Friday evening, April 20, 2018,...
WASH upgrades common-area laundry rooms with PayRange Mobile Payment
PayRange Inc., maker of the leading in-app mobile payment service for automated retail, announces that WASH Multifamily Laundry Systems (WASH)—which has more than 7 million people doing their laundry in a WASH laundry room every week...
Jamie Gorski to join RENTCafé on stage at AIM Conference
RENTCafé will lead a sponsored session focused on marketing automation for property management at the Apartment Internet Marketing Conference (AIM Conference®) in Huntington Beach this May. Esther Bonardi, vice president of marketing at Yardi®,...
Yardi acquires coworking technology firm Phoenix Broadband Ltd.
Yardi announced today the acquisition of Phoenix Broadband Ltd., an innovative business technology firm specializing in infrastructure and hardware solutions for shared workspaces. Based in Stirling, Scotland, Phoenix Broadband is known for its Medusabusiness brand....
Levin Johnston directs rare multifamily trade in highly-coveted Palo Alto market
Levin Johnston, one of the top ten multifamily brokerage teams in the U.S., has directed the sale of Villa Sierra Apartments, a multifamily community located in the ultra-exclusive Palo Alto market.
Levin Johnston represented both...
Wag! and Greystar bring on-demand dog walking and sitting to six Los Angeles apartment...
Wag!, the country’s largest on-demand mobile dog walking and dog care app, today announced that it will provide its services and custom amenities to residents of six Los Angeles apartment communities managed by Greystar.
This alliance...
What Friday’s U.S. jobs report means: Interest rates, GDP, and labor force participation
Two economists from California made the following comments regarding this coming Friday’s U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ non-farm payrolls employment report for March:
Robert Eyler, Board Member of Redwood Credit Union and Economist at Sonoma...
Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp.’s proprietary lending partnerships deliver over $850 million
Marcus & Millichap today announced that its financing subsidiary, Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. (MMCC), completed over 160 agency financing transactions valued at more than $850 million, between September 2016 and March 2018, through...
Seattle’s first in time law struck down
On March 30, a King County Superior Court judge ruled that Seattle's law requiring that landlords take on tenants on a first in time, first in line (FIT) basis violates the Washington State constitution.
Seattle's...
Homelessness in LA
Homelessness is a problem in major cities across the country, but it is especially so in large cities like Los Angeles. The City and County of Los Angeles, and their voters, have taken steps...
First Sound Bank appoints Christopher Green as vice president, private banker and cash management...
First Sound Bank announced the appointment of Christopher Green as Vice President, Private Banker and Cash Management Officer. Green brings more than 15 years of experience in the financial services industry, most recently serving...
Banks must get serious about technology to capitalize on potential home equity boom, J.D....
With the number of American consumers expected to take out a home equity line of credit (HELOC) projected to double to 10 million over the next five years, lenders need to improve their digital offerings...
JEMCOR Development Partners begins construction on 171 new mixed-income, transit-oriented apartments in Livermore
JEMCOR Development Partners today announces the groundbreaking for Ageno Apartments, a 171-unit, mixed-income, transit-oriented development located at South Vasco Road and Brisa Street in Livermore, Calif. Ageno Apartments marks the final construction phase in...
JLL Spark acquires SaaS-based real estate asset management company Stessa
JLL Spark, a division of JLL, today announced its acquisition of Stessa, a software-as-a-service (SaaS)-based real estate technology platform that allows investors in income properties to easily and cost-effectively track, manage and communicate the...
Utility billing compliance expert, Michael Foote, joins PayLease’s legal team
PayLease, a leading payments and billing provider for the property management and HOA industry, today announced that Michael Foote has been hired as the Company’s Senior Director of Legal and Compliance. Foote is one...
