More stories about Amenities

  • The Top 5 Most Underutilized Amenities

    Three multifamily property managers discuss which amenities are going out of style or have already been put on the fast-track to irrelevance.

  • Ancillary Income Can Boost Bottom Line

    Some ancillary services can enhance your residents' lives while increasing your bottom line. But the trick is finding the right services, and making them a selling point.

  • Emergency Shelters Go High-End

    Buried beneath the Kansas prairie, condos prepared to withstand nuclear attack are selling like hot cakes.

  • Designing Apartments for Gen Y, Inside and Out

    Developers are still focusing on the trend of small units with luxury amenities for Gen Y renters. Here's a look at some innovative approaches.

  • Catering to Gen Y's Tech Lifestyle

    In San Francisco, Avant Housing, MacFarlane Partners, and AvalonBay are drawing inspirtation from the social habits and work environments of the city's tech geeks in thier latest developments.

  • 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...

  • Concierge Service for Trash: A Multifamily Trend?

    Effective waste management and removal can be a challenge for any property. But with hesitant residents refusing to recycle and property managers fed up with additional messes around trash bins, a small number of luxury properties around the country are starting to hire private companies to remove...

  • Amenity Fees Rebuked in Massachusetts

    A recent Archstone case shows that landlords charging pool, gym and outdoor grill fees in Massachusetts is against the law.

  • Cool Grad-School Housing

    The Continuum houses University of Florida grad students in an atypical complex that incorporates a repurposed historic church, retail space, and multiple modern amenities.

  • Reining Cats and Dogs

    The pet-friendly apartment has arrived, as property managers welcome—and even cater to—residents’ four-legged friends.