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  • 10 States Where Demand for Student Housing is Surging

    Although more students than ever are pursuing a higher education, only five states have been able to provide enough dorm beds to maintain residency levels against growing enrollments, according to a new report from the NSHC.

  • Bozzuto Designs Latest Developments With Gen Y in Mind

    The Bozzuto Group is focusing on Baltimore and Washington, D.C’s Northeast Brookland neighborhood as some of the hotspots for Gen Y renters in upcoming years.

  • Riverstone to Report Resident Rental Payment History to Experian

    Dallas-based Riverstone Residential Group announced Wednesday that all of its properties will now report resident payments to Experian RentBureau, a company that collects updated rental histories from property management companies every 24 hours and makes its rental history data available to other...

  • Alliance Targets Gen Y Tech Geeks, Sports Fans with New Properties

    Young, professional, competitive and male. That’s who Andy Clay, managing director of development for Alliance Residential, envisions living in Denver’s new Broadstone Blake Street property, being built directly across the street from Coors Field. And in Seattle, Alliance is also thinking about Gen...

  • The 12 Must-Haves for Any Gen Y–Friendly Apartment

    With almost 80 million potential Gen Y renters due to the market, developers have been creative over the past 12- to 24-month cycle to meet their demands. And this tech-savvy, massive demographic is not always easy to please. But Rohit Anand, a design principal at KTGY, and Jeff Kayce, vice...

  • Four Surprises from the NMHC Apartment Strategies/Finance Conference

    The panelists at yesterday’s NMHC Apartment Strategies/Finance Conference overwhelmingly remained steadfast in their belief in that the apartment industry is due for a nice run over the next few years. But they said it may be difficult to keep pushing rent increases as a number of markets push past...

  • Post Reports Strong Earnings Across Markets

    Atlanta-based REIT Post Properties reported some of the strongest first quarter earnings for the industry on Tuesday.

  • Alliance hires full time director of sustainability

    The multifamily industry is all about going green these days. But Phoenix-based Alliance Residential is taking the idea two steps further by not only putting seven “Focus Green” initiatives into place, but by making Kelly Vickers the company’s full-time national director of sustainability.

  • Multifamily Demand Up in Top 10 U.S. Cities for Education and Healthcare Jobs

    The education and healthcare sectors are not only shaping the U.S. job market, but are creating a housing boom in cities with high numbers of hospitals and universities. And multifamily owners are starting to feed the need.

  • Pushing NOI to New Heights Is Easy, Cohen-Esrey’s Harris Explains

    Want to maximize your NOI? It can be done in just a few simple steps, according to Lee Harris,president and CEO of Overland Park, Kan.–based Cohen-Esrey Real Estate Services. Harris, along with a panel of industry experts speaking at the annual Apartment Finance Today Conference this week in Las...