School Conversions Breathe Life Into Affordable Housing
As public schools continue to close, developers more and more are converting them into affordable housing, giving the former landmarks a second shot at serving their communities. Read more
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. Read more
Hines Headlines a List of Newcomers to the Apartment Business
As their own sectors struggle, commercial developers such as Hines are eager to stake a claim on multifamily’s turf. Read more
Three Surprising Changes in Multifamily Trends
At least one of multifamilyís hottest design trends, aimed at Millennial-generation appeal as a cohort of 80 million people plows into household-formation mode, springs from a counterintuitive belief. Read more
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Code Blues
The cost of going green is going up for multifamily professionals and renters alike. Read more
In a deal that will create one of the largest commercial real estate lenders in the country, Bethesda, Md.–based Walker & Dunlop announced this morning that it has entered into an agreement to buy Needham, Mass. Read more
Is there enough demand in Las Vegas, ridden with single family foreclosures and multifamily defaults, to justify new development? Read more
Developers are building apartments again in Phoenix. And with no new supply for the last few years, there seems to be a market. But some people still remember the distress of just a few years ago. Read more
Three Lessons from the Archstone Chase
The battle over Denver-based Archstone effectively ended Friday, May 25 when Lehman Brothers Holdings paid $1.58 billion for Bank of America Corp. and Barclays Bank’s 26.5 percent stake in the company. But as the story unfolded, we learned a lot about all of the players involved. Read more
Development is starting to pick up in those markets that fell the hardest, such as the southern region of the Sunshine State. Read more