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Capital markets
The ugly had its way with the sub-prime mortgage market early this year, when many of that sector's loans began to go sour. The...
Village Greener
"You're already home," is the message Village Green Cos. hopes to convey as soon as prospective residents enter one of the company's rental communities,...
Apartment leasing to go
The recent release of the iPhone along with the increased availability of WiFi is beginning to press the acceptance of mobile marketing campaigns. The...
The wow factor
Welcome the next generation of apartment marketing and leasing where integrated, smart systems merge Internet technologies with telecommunications. Get ready, because our professions will...
Better to be lucky than good
The fund closed in February 2006 with $455 million of equity and an investment capacity of $1.3 billion on a leveraged basis and has...
Windows of opportunity
Windows, along with doors and skylights, are almost always the weak link in a building's envelope. They can account for 35 to 40 percent...
Whoops
See Multihousing Professional's July 2006 cover story, "Vision meets reality." A year later eBay bought Skype for $2.6 billion. At the time, Skype had...
And the beat goes on
Brad Pitt toured the construction site of a house in New Orleans that is based on the winning design in a competition he launched...
Playing favorites
The fact that favoritism in the workplace exists is not news, but in high-profile cases, it often makes the news. Two years ago, for...
The changing office
Management consultant and professor Peter Drucker once asked, "Why would any company pay (in salary and time) to transport a 190-pound body when all...
Agency borrowing: Why the multifamily industry relies on GSEs
First, there are the portfolio lenders including banks and insurance companies. These lenders retain loans "in their portfolio" by making loans using funds from...
Hold Everything
The keenly watched deal is the second largest real estate buyout in history, eclipsed only by the $39 billion acquisition of EOP by The...
Be Inspired
I know that our cover story, Newark Mayor Cory Booker was never a Girl Scout... but then again, what do I know? At Oxford,...
Rebuilding History
The builder that is famous for massive mixed-use redevelopment projects like Stapleton, the makeover of a 4,700-acre former airport site just outside Denver, and...
One For the Landlord
Just weeks ago, U.S. District Court Judge James Munley struck down a local Hazelton, Pa. ordinance that attempted to curb illegal immigrants into their...
