Apartment sales volume rose 6 percent year over year in April, according to commercial research firm Real Capital Analytics (RCA). The increase to $9.4 billion comes with a caveat. More than one-quarter of apartment transactions came from one…
Watchtower Security has been busy giving back. The company continues to stay involved and help the communities they partner with by working with several philanthropic organizations. In 2014, Watchtower Security helped establish the charity…
One of the few legal reasons why residents can break a lease on their apartments is the threat of danger or overall safety reasons. To promote resident safety onsite, Greystar Property Manager Brad Wiggins uses a roving patrol method at his…
Charlotte-based Marsh Properties makes a promise to their residents: “From Our Home to Yours,” they state boldly online. Margenia Love, Director of Property Management, says that Marsh Properties “holds a strong commitment to core values which…
There are steps that owners can take to make community takeovers less difficult. Taking over distressed communities can seem like an insurmountable challenge to most apartment management companies. Dominium, a Minneapolis-based owner, developer…
Castle Lanterra Properties announced four winners of the firm’s second annual academic scholarship program for residents and dependents living in the company’s properties throughout the East, South, Midwestern, and Western United States. “One of…
Q: My apartment building has washer and dryer hookups in each unit. A resident installed a new front-loading washing machine in one apartment and now the pipes bang. This did not happen with our regular top-loading machines. The noise is annoying…
The 2017 NAA Survey of Operating Income & Expenses in Rental Apartment Communities (IES) has been released. This valuable budgeting tool is the most comprehensive look at apartment housing operations data. With detailed local market and…
Hurricane Harvey Relief Worker Shares Her “Drop in the Bucket” Experience at Nob Hill Apartments in Houston. We walk through the rooms of a storm soaked apartment in Houston, as Mary, a twenty-plus-year resident of Nob Hill Apartments, points out…
Developers are increasingly confronted with irregularly shaped lots and those that must be assembled to complete a single project — this, along with the usual need to comply with environmental restrictions, makes development challenging.Because…