Multifamily Executive Magazine

Get in the Game

Knowing how your compensation and benefits packages compare to others in the business not only helps you compete for the most in-demand employees and reduce turnover in your corporate office and on-site, but it can also be of assistance in budgeting and goal-setting.

Salary Scale

Few tidbits are as interesting to people as how much money other people make. Whether it's the Wall Street Journal's annual list of the highest-paid CEOs or Parade magazine's "What People Earn" report, we're all curious about everyone else's compensation.

Costly Rebuilding

Larry Kraemer's job just keeps getting more and more difficult. Kraemer, the vice president of estimating for Harkins Builders in Marriottsville, Md., felt the pricing pain in 2004 and 2005 as construction prices went up by double digits. So when Hurricane Katrina recently devastated more than 200...

Boston Uncommon

Boston, home to the Super Bowl and–finally!–World Series champions, is on the road to economic recovery, which means good news for its multifamily market. Business demand and production growth are benefiting local employment, with job growth expected to have increased by 2 percent by the end of the...

Fierce Fighter

Her voice suggests a perky 15-year-old, and she stands barely five feet tall. But those who have seen Debra Cafaro in action know that she is anything but a pushover.
Details, Details

ING/Clarion and Gables. Colonial Properties Trust and Cornerstone. Camden and Summit Properties. With the smallest of these transactions valued at a cool $1.1 billion, these three easily qualify as the biggest multifamily deals completed this year. But "bigger" doesn't translate into "better" in a...

Follow the Opportunity

If you've ever met Randy Ell, you'll remember him. Tall and outgoing, he is committed to the multifamily industry and the property management people who keep those apartments running. Now he's dedicating that energy to Fifteen Group, a Miami-based firm that Ell joined in July as president...

Art Appeal

Las Vegas-based developer H.U.E. Lofts is out to prove that there's an art to developing high-rise condominiums–iterally. The developer paid $1.8 million for a half-acre of land that will become a 38-story, 278-condominium project in Las Vegas' redeveloping Art Central area.

Home Improvement

Ray Kingsbury knew one of his organization's affordable senior properties needed help–badly. At The Meadows, a 150-unit senior property in Springdale, Ohio, mortar was crumbling away between the bricks near the building's roofline. There was also no air-conditioning in some of the hallways, and the...

Standard Issue

Let's say you purchased software to help building staff streamline rent-check processing or let residents sign up online for cable. Perhaps you contracted with a service to handle the screening of prospective tenants. You may have had to struggle to incorporate these little islands of technology...

Natural Touch

With its natural blond color and sleek look, a bamboo floor looks much like traditional hardwood floors made from trees. But there is a crucial difference: Trees take 100-plus years to harvest, while bamboo can be harvested in as little as six years.

Villa Riviera

As you walk toward the Villa Riviera, you get a sense of its majestic Tudor Gothic and French Renaissance influence. Nine menacing gargoyles and one eagle-like statue are perched atop the 16-story landmark. And given the Villa Riviera's pointy steeple and pitched, green copper roof, it's easy to...

2005 MFE Awards (part II)
2005 Multifamily Executive Awards Winners

What's one of the greatest allures of living in an apartment or condo? Social activities and amenities–be it relaxing by an outdoor fireplace on a crisp fall night or meeting fellow canine-lovers in the dog park. This year's Multifamily Executive award winners capitalized on creating a sense of...

Table of Contents November 2005