Tag: Article
Pod primer
For this reason alone, it is important to know what it means to podcast, blog or video chat. But just knowing the vernacular is...
NAHB Multifamily starts spreadin’ the news
The multifamily industry has been an important part of the 65-year- old National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB) for decades. Since 1981, NAHB Multifamily has...
Midwest exodus
The REIT still has around 20 squares to go before crossing the finish line. The Lexford sale that included mostly single-story garden-style communities with...
Bullish on the Sunbelt
Much of the recent activity occurred in the Sunbelt, where considerable job growth is taking place, but Berwind Property Group (BPG) recently took down...
The bottom line on revenue management
Two automated price optimization systems -- Revolution LRO and M/PF YieldStar -- lead the pack. Other such systems are being used exclusively or are...
Texas boom
With concessions rapidly burning off, asking rents are expected to increase this year 3.2 percent in Austin and Houston, 3 percent in San Antonio...
The next generation developer
Edgy clubhouses, outdoor spaces, state-of-the-art fitness centers, the latest in technology and a range of floor plans all are signatures of the Houston-based luxury...
Lane widens the market
Lane has hired a seasoned veteran to head up the new subsidiary that will focus on acquisitions, while expanding the Atlanta-based company's footprint into...
There’s no place like home-conference
The Apartment Internet Marketing (AIM) conference was held last October and hosted over 100 multihousing executives from REITs and private companies across the country....
Water smart
Brookside Properties, Klingbeil Capital Management, Southeastern Property Management (SPM) and the Bascom Group are seeing water savings of as much as 39 percent thanks...
True Internet value
The Internet continues to penetrate the infrastructure of multihousing business by changing the way Americans search for a place to live, according to a...
The dawn of an era: NAHB Multifamily
Ron Terwilliger and Leonard Wood, two titans of the multifamily industry and the former and current chairmen of the NAHB Multifamily Leadership Board, will...
REIT relief
The good tidings may come in the form of legislative approval of the REIT Investment Diversification and Empowerment Act (RIDEA) by the 110th U.S....
Jumping from planes
I know this because he told us at the recent Mortgage Bankers Association conference in San Diego. He had just had his second hip...
Gen Y buy in
Not long ago apartment living was an accepted rite of passage -- a years-long holding station between dormitory living and home-ownership. But with today's...