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Northern star rising
Between September 2006 and May 2007, the fifth largest multifamily REIT in the country purchased nine tired apartment communities that housed 2,184 units in...
River rising
The addition of 63,985 units last year propelled the nation's largest apartment management services company to the number three spot in the National Multi...
X factor
The generation gap has always existed, although western culture predominantly used this phrase that references behavioral differences between generations during the 1960s. It was...
Picking up the pieces
They've been called opportunity funds, distressed funds and, in less polite terms, vulture funds, but no matter what you call them, today there are...
Housing Bill deemed most significant in a generation
Significantly, the measure represents a balanced approach to housing policy by trimming home-ownership incentives, and balancing single- family incentives with expanded rental housing incentives. Here...
The envelope please.
The dynamic, edgy look with lots of steel and glass, concrete and brick, variations of color and texture and dramatic features like bays of...
You da man, Sam
Multifamily, after all, is the complete package: We have the bling (Pillars). We have the style (Luxury). And we're not only good looking, we're smart...
Pick one, then keep it to yourself.
At her previous job, Samantha Smith, was the lone conservative in a 10-person office--something her more liberal co-workers were happy to tease her about...
Regional apartment players hunt deals
Hellman is president of Cincinnati-based Berkshire Realty Group LLC, an owner and operator of rental-apartment buildings. With 5,500 units in Ohio and Kentucky and...
Apartment market going strong
"The apartment industry has historically been dominated by smaller local and regional firms, particularly in the area of property management," noted Doug Bibby, National...
The $700,000 late fee: when time is not on your side
In early 2006, Houston, Texas-based Alliance Residential Management, LLC. (not to be confused with other firms by similar names in Phoenix and Chicago) managed...
Leveraging your greatest asset
Kimberly Andreadis, an industry veteran with more than two decades of experience in the multifamily industry and strategist, trainer and founder of Marketing Path...
The smell of success
But the idea that came to him in 1976, while savoring the rich sensory experience in a lush redwood forest, prompting him to investigate...
Something in the air
"Smells are surer than sounds or sights to make your heartstrings crack," wrote Rudyard Kipling in his 1903 poem "Lichtenberg", capturing in verse what...
Tiptoe through the tulips
"There's no finer ambassador of quality than the tulip," Todd Tibbitts, senior VP of property services at Post Properties, said recently, adding that the...
