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Extreme Urban Development
The first market-rate apartments created in Downtown Newark, N.J., in more than 40 years are nearly complete. Since pre-leasing began last August, the 317...
The War Within: Newark
Newark, the third-oldest major city in America behind Boston and New York, was founded as a farming community on the banks of the Passaic...
The Sound Of Silence
Luxury amenities and finishes like ceramic tile, high ceilings, wireless Internet connection and state-of-the-art appliances, business centers, and fitness rooms that once provided multifamily...
Secondhand Sound
Acoustics experts and healthcare professionals agree that unwanted sound, which is the basic definition of noise, can be a whole lot more than simply...
Southwest Bound
During his 23-year career in the multifamily industry, the Southern California native served as partner for some of the nation's largest multifamily developers, including...
Taking Back the City
"I want to be a part of the greatest urban story America has to tell and I think it's going to happen in Newark,'...
Bucking the Opposition
Second only to construction costs, the highest hurdle such developers must overcome is opposition from local decision makers and the project's potential neighbors. NIMBY,...
Driving Force
With gasoline prices averaging close to $3 per gallon nationally and not likely to drop substantially in the near future, more people are searching...
Canaries in a Coalmine
Like the avian alarm systems that once warned miners of dangerous levels of methane and carbon monoxide, turnover and move-out trends are highly sensitive...
Lease up or ship out
AIM, a national marketing and incentives company, offers cruise certificates to multifamily properties as a tool for leasing and retention. Long a standard in...
Community opposition to multifamily
Overcoming community resistance to multifamily development Community opposition to multifamily has become one of the top barriers to construction of accessible, sustainable housing in America....
The big deal
The price excludes transaction costs but includes the assumption of more than $8 billion of debt and $60.75 per share in cash to shareholders,...
Be fearless.
NAA and NMHC are just around the corner. Deals are sprouting up everywhere and companies are changing, evolving and thriving in the world of...
Crisis mode
Every organization is vulnerable to crises. The days of playing ostrich are gone. You can play, but your stakeholders will not be understanding or...
National Multi Housing Council News
NMHC and the National Apartment Association (NAA) have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), asking a federal...