Tag: Article
The tempest
It should be glorious to be Bill Gray, professor emeritus. He is often called the world's most famous hurricane expert. He's the guy who,...
Fire sale
"More properties are underway and unsold than at any time in history," says Jack McCabe of McCabe Research and Consulting in Deerfield Beach, Fla....
In the money
The website CondoFlip.com, launched as a listing site for flipping pre-construction and converted condos, boasts bubbles are for bathtubs. But today's condo market is...
Elements of surprise
Henry Shane will never forget the challenges he faced after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast last year. Shane, co-owner of Metairie-based 1st Lake Properties,...
The game of risk
The AIA, which represents approximately 400 major insurance companies that provide all lines of property and casualty insurance and write more than $120 billion...
What’s ahead for owners
Apartment fundamentals are improving, beginning in the leading coastal markets and moving inward to laggard markets like Denver, Charlotte, Atlanta, St. Louis and Chicago. The...
You have more power than you know
I heard Bill Clinton at the National Apartment Association convention in Denver last month. He's certainly one of the most charming, well-spoken, articulate ex-presidents...
Pay it forward
Florida-based developer, David Meunier rehabilitates properties that are neglected or abandoned into decent, respectable, even stylish residences. A self described "one-man show," Meunier builds...
Corporate convergence
High-tech firms usually take one of two paths to sustained growth: develop innovative solutions not available on the market or acquire firms who have...
Some of the people, some of the time.
For forty years, the multihousing industry has been a proactive agent of fair housing law. After all, it was charged with a lead roll...
Texas-size dreams
HOUSTON The Finger Cos. is planning to build a 37-story apartment tower on land crowning the city's new downtown park -- the first residential...
The compulsory renter
Multihousing professionals were relieved when a bill was recently defeated in the Southern California city of San Bernadino. The Illegal Immigration Relief Act Ordinance...
United we stand
While the 1,776-foot Freedom Tower seems to have grabbed all the headlines, the deal involving state and city agencies and developer Larry Silverstein, also...
Over the line
Illegal immigration into the United States has sparked heated debate in Congress, roiled the two main political parties, and prompted hundreds of thousands of...
Home page
Five years ago, the effectiveness of online versus print advertising in the multihousing industry was still unclear. Many renters' use of the Internet was...
