MultifamilyExecutive: Fitness Center

Resident Fitness

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:25:00 EST

Apartment operators seeking to outfit their properties' fitness centers have a vast selection of equipment from which to choose, from basic free weights to technologically sophisticated exercisers.

Maintain Healthy Fitness Centers

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:31:06 EST

Prevent the spread of germs at your properties’ fitness centers.

Residents Flock To Fitness Centers During Recessions

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 05:18:43 EST

Apartment firms beef up fitness centers despite economic slowdown.

Better Safe...

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:24:33 EST

Smart owners and managers reduce their financial liabilities by choosing fitness equipment that is safe for all users—regardless of age, height, fitness level, or mobility.

Living It Up

Thu, 1 Oct 2009 05:34:40 EST

The Clare brings assisted living to the Windy City in an ultra-modern setting; and news about other new developments.

Aging in Style: Cantabria Senior Apartments

Thu, 1 Oct 2009 04:14:33 EST

The latest affordable senior apartment project from Los Angeles-based Meta Housing is the 81-unit Cantabria Senior Apartments in Panorama City, Calif. When the property opens in the spring of 2009, the developer's hope is that residents will want to

Encouraging Exercise: Fitness Equipment

Thu, 1 Oct 2009 04:30:48 EST

Fitness equipment designers and manufacturers are focusing their efforts on both groups and creating fitness equipment that maximizes users' efforts and minimizes confusion, while making exercise fun, entertaining, and engaging.

Product Studio: Encouraging Exercise

Thu, 1 Oct 2009 04:32:22 EST

Developing South Central: Bethany Square in Los Angeles

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 04:33:06 EST

For as long as Scott A. Chaplan can remember, South Central Los Angeles has been the land of broken promises.

Life Line: Avenue in Charlotte, N.C.

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 04:14:02 EST

Avenue, a 36-story multifamily housing project in the Fourth Ward of Charlotte, N.C., has to please the living and fit in with the dead. Developer Novare Group and general contractor R. J. Griffin & Co., both in Atlanta, partnered with Charlotte-based architects Smallwood, Reynolds, Stewart, Stewart and Associates to produce a modern-looking building that would complement an adjacent historic cemetery where many of Charlotte's famous leaders were buried. “The aesthetics of the building were important to the area because of the cemetery, which is really gorgeous,” says Kristen Kepner-Coleman, project architect.

Exercising Room

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 04:24:23 EST

When The Bascom Group bought the 170-unit Park Wilshire in Los Angeles several years ago, the eight-story apartment building lacked a fitness center. But, the Irvine, Calif.-based owner identified vacant space that could be turned into a fitness center—1,000 square feet in a basement that was a speakeasy in the 1920s.

Wired for Wellness

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 04:18:12 EST

Remember when a fitness center was just a handful of stationary bikes and a collection of free weights? How times have changed. Today's multifamily fitness facilities can be anything from medical clinics to cardio theaters, where residents can find a host of technology—glucose detectors, heart and blood pressure monitors, sensors that track movement and climate controls—that they and their family members and doctors can use to track their health and fitness.

Waterfront Life

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 04:18:06 EST

“This is an exciting time for Wilmington,” says Rob Buccini, cofounder of developer Buccini/Pollin Group, whose roots are in the city. “Never before in the history of Delaware has so much construction taken place.”

Q & A

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:09:33 EST

How do you choose the right size, equipment, and services for your fitness centers?

History Renewed

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 04:09:03 EST

It's the kind of response a developer dreams of: The Weldon, a 17-unit condominium complex under construction in Wilmington, N.C., saw its pre-sells snapped up fast and for about $100,000 more per unit than expected.

Family Style

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 03:28:01 EST

Even with its unusual challenges–namely, building a part-rental, part-for-sale housing development for both seniors and foster children on 47 acres of wetlands–Pam Goodman, president of Boston-based Beacon Communities Development, just couldn't say no.

A Legend Uprooted

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 04:56:10 EST

When architect David J. Minno agreed to design a housing and retail project on a 23-acre parking lot in South Amboy, N.J., he didn't realize it would become a history lesson. But when the grave of a woman named Mary Ellis was discovered underneath a parking space on the future site of the Raritan Heights development, Minno, a principal with Minno & Wasko Architects and Planners of Lambertville, N.J., found himself researching Ellis' life.

Special Renovations Issue – Total Package

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 05:25:26 EST

Not quite sure it's time to freshen up your clubhouse? Take a hint from your residents. All of last year, only one resident at the 351-unit Village Park of Auburn Hills rented out the property's drab, 1980s country-style clubhouse for a social event.

High Demand

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:33:22 EST

It takes a lot to build affordable, energy-efficient apartments on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, but Mary Spink, the executive director of the Lower East Side People's Mutual Housing Association, knows it's worth the effort.

Work It!

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 04:52:52 EST

When Robert Montagne and his colleagues at Walnut Street Development in Fairfax, Va., first contemplated building Clarendon 1021, a 420-unit condominium building in Arlington, Va., deciding whether a fitness center would be included wasn't up for discussion. "With a building of that size, a fitness center was an absolute necessity," says Montagne, company president. "It was a no-brainer. With all the competition at that level you need those kinds of amenities."