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D.C. dysfunction
While AvalonBay Communities' portfolio in the nation's capital achieved positive revenue growth and rent growth in Q3, revenue growth from the company's D.C. Metro...
Pillars: building community
The Galaxy Apartments, which was completed at the end of March 2012, is a key player in the revitalization of a derelict city block...
Glory days of opportunity
It's good to note that no matter how intellectual a person, the irony is that most decisions are ultimately made by intuition. In the...
Polly wolly doodle all the day
Rather than being frowned upon, doodling should be actively encouraged in meetings because it improves our ability to pay attention, a British psychologist claims. A...
City slicker future shock
Educated and higher income people of all ages are choosing to live and work in cities, businesses and R&D hubs are driving innovation, and...
Energy efficiency, value not values
For a more current perspective on value in the controversial realm of energy efficiency, Wharton professor Howard Kunreuther, Wharton postdoctoral researcher Dena M. Gromet...
Easy as a handshake. Solid as granite.
Then why do so many owners and operators reduce it to simply "signing" a piece of paper rather than a critical gateway to an...
Older Americans on the move
More than 7 million Americans moved between states in 2012, the highest number of long-distance moves in four years, according to new data from...
HUD’s racial agenda
Poor people who live in government housing projects tend to find their broader neighborhoods are poor, too. Many of their neighborhoods are segregated. Their...
Transit-oriented development (TOD) takes the stage
And a number of finalists in 22nd annual National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Multifamily Pillars of the Industry competition have responded to the...
A human being is a deciding being
Like those before me and, perhaps, those beyond my view, I want the whole field advantage. It's a view that assures the tension of...
Change is coming
Coal formed the foundation of American industrialization in the 19th century. Between 1850 and 1900, coal's consumption in America rose from 10 percent to...
Beat the market performance
Consider what ROI you need to initiate retrofits. With banks paying 1 to 3 percent, and stocks showing 8 percent to 10 percent, what...
The world of smart electric grids and meters: What’s in it for you?
What is smart infrastructure? Electric smart meters and smart grids have critical features not present in typical distribution systems today, which can be put to...
Winning the big data game
Tech insiders whisper about big data as if it is the pandora's box of the future, and everyone wants to be prepared to take...
