Tag: September October 2017
Home smarts
And, if speed of lease-up and the ability to charge higher rents at the newly built 70-unit Excelsior Park apartments in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.,...
History repeats itself
It’s happening again. Once, knowledge was sequestered away on manuscripts in Monasteries only to be set free by the printing press. Suddenly, the Renaissance. The...
Cool new lockers hit the market
Refrigerated package lockers have recently been introduced to the market, spurred by the increase in deliveries of meals from companies like Blue Apron and...
Investor’s latest sweetheart: workforce housing
There is expected demand for an additional 4.5 million new apartments in the U.S. by 2030, according to data from the Workforce Housing Committee...
Three-comma deal
Willy Walker, Walker & Dunlop Chairman and CEO, commented, “It is a true honor to have been selected by Greystar to finance the largest...
Why shuttered hospitals are hot property
Then she heard the rumors that the old Linda Vista Community Hospital building was haunted. “I was a little scared,” said Monroy, 60. But she...
After effect
Complexes that stayed dry in heavily flooded areas like west Houston, Kingwood and Spring have been slammed with new tenants. Landlords there are finding...
On the horizon
Here are a few of the top worries for today’s multifamily investors: Wave of new luxury apartments Luxury apartment building owners worry about competition from new...
Making procurement pay
Cutting costs never loses appeal, even in a robust industry and a thriving economy. Inescapable expenses such as insurance and taxes, along with competitive...
Room to chill
Luxer One has been in the locker-based delivery business since 2005 and introduced its electronic smart lockers in 2013. The company created the Luxer...
Is rising rent a myth? For many, incomes seem to be keeping up.
Most people paying attention to the cost of renting an apartment in the U.S. would tell you that prices have gotten out of hand. That’s...
A new blueprint for America’s construction trades
It’s been weeks since Hurricane Harvey devastated the city of Houston and Southeast Texas. Damage estimates go up to $190 billion. The cleanup has...
Affordable housing developers face new challenges
Affordable housing developers are facing more obstacles to building new projects, even though the need for affordable housing seems to grow stronger every year. “We...
Moving forward
NAA's mission is to both increase the professionalism of the industry through education and to represent its interests in legislative and regulatory matters at...
Mental illness is real, but we can’t talk about it
I was stymied by a bubbling major depression, which would have been my third since November, so I consulted with my psychiatrist about switching...
