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Real Estate Portfolio Jul/Aug 2001 Michael Fickes |
Boom Times The first of 72 million Echo Boomers are already in the market for apartments. A number of apartment REITs find themselves well-positioned to earn the business of the Echo generation...  |
National Real Estate Investor January 18, 2003 Jessica Miller |
'Big niches' can offer big returns for multifamily investors Niche markets will offer increasing rewards for multifamily investors over the next decade, according to Leanne Lachman, principal at Atlanta-based Lend Lease Real Estate Investments Inc. and author of a recent report entitled "A Nation of Niches: Real Estate's Demand Demographics."  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Mar/Apr 2005 Christine Rombouts |
Indulging in Luxury Investments Multifamily developers invest in this upscale market. Increased demand is also attracting developers from other real estate markets.  |
National Real Estate Investor December 1, 2002 Parke Chapman |
Apartments: Recovery After the Storm Excess supply collides with weak demand, growing unemployment and low interest rates that turn renters into homeowners. Still, despite falling occupancy rates and rising concessions, investors continue to chase apartment deals. Why?  |
National Real Estate Investor October 1, 2002 Matt Gove |
Fewer Renters, More Concessions Four months free rent, free health club memberships and waived application fees. These are just some of the lures that owners are using to fill their apartments these days. But occupancy rates are still down sharply and managers may have to keep throwing money at tenants for another year.  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Mar/Apr 2009 Linwood C. Thompson |
Maintaing Value The economy slows the multifamily sector's progress, but strong properties hold firm.  |
National Real Estate Investor April 1, 2005 Walter Woods |
Post Properties Makes Move into Condo Market Having seen low interest rates and demographic shifts empty many of its rental units, the Atlanta-based REIT that made a name for itself leasing garden apartments is going condo.  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Jul/Aug 2013 Rich Rosfelder |
Development Deja Vu Multifamily construction revisits secondary and tertiary markets.  |
National Real Estate Investor August 1, 2004 Jennifer LeClaire |
Q&A Steve Molasky, chairman and chief executive of Pacific Properties, talks about the risks and rewards of developing adaptive-reuse multifamily projects.  |
National Real Estate Investor January 1, 2006 Christine Perez |
University Appeal Developers and owners in the fiercely competitive multifamily arena are mining for gold by segueing into student housing. Three real estate investment trusts have been formed in the last 18 months alone to focus on the emerging sector.  |
National Real Estate Investor January 17, 2003 Jessica Miller |
Linneman: Excess supply may prolong multifamily industry's woes The multifamily sector will return to "normal levels of demand" by December, but vacancies will continue to creep up as new supply comes on line. That's the mixed forecast Economist Peter Linneman gave industry professionals Thursday at the National Multi Housing Council's annual meeting.  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Jul/Aug 2003 Cassidy & Ausburn |
Cities Provide Incentives to Increase Urban Multifamily Development Demographic, social, and economic changes are creating long-term opportunities for multifamily developers and investors to acquire, build, and redevelop properties in urban cores.  |
National Real Estate Investor February 1, 2005 Stan Luxenberg |
Is Senior Housing the Next Comeback Kid? Erickson, who is CEO of Baltimore-based Erickson Retirement Communities, has big plans. Currently operating 13 projects, he expects to go on a building spree in the next five years that will raise his total number of developments to 40.  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Mar/Apr 2007 David Baird |
Moving Into Multifamily Economic indicators look good for apartment performance and will tempt investors throughout the year. Opportunities for strong returns exist in several markets.  |
National Real Estate Investor May 1, 2005 Walter Woods |
Atlanta's Mixed-Use Message A change in the way Atlantans think about long commutes from suburbia has forced multifamily developers and financial institutions to change their notions of development. And these trends have led to a bumper crop of mixed-use projects throughout the metro area.  |
National Real Estate Investor July 1, 2004 David J. Adelman |
New Course of Direction for Student Housing There is an underserved luxury-apartment niche near college campuses, and savvy developers are seizing the opportunity.  |
The Motley Fool January 18, 2011 Dan Dzombak |
5 Stocks to Profit From the Boom in Rentals Rising rents pay dividends to apartment REITs.  |
National Real Estate Investor March 1, 2005 Doug Bibby |
Why Apartment Owners Should Be Optimistic Fed up with long commutes and bedroom towns with no sense of place, the new American families want more vibrant communities where housing, jobs, retail and entertainment are all interwoven.  |
Real Estate Portfolio Nov/Dec 2008 Jennifer D. Duell |
California Dreaming Property management company BRE Properties Inc. aims for strength through development.  |
National Real Estate Investor July 1, 2005 Stan Luxenberg |
Apartments Tailor-Made for Generation Y More building owners are focusing on young people and designing units to their tastes. Besides the growing number of young tenants, the country is attracting an increasing number of immigrants, who are traditionally long-term renters.  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Mar/Apr 2006 John Cobb |
Seniors Housing Blossoms The outlook is rosy for this perennial investment: long-term care facilities and seniors housing.  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Nov/Dec 2002 Hoffman & Allen |
Homing in on Manufactured Housing Look to these communities to find investment opportunities.  |
National Real Estate Investor December 1, 2004 Steve McLinden |
Investors Undaunted by Excess Supply Apartments were a strategic investment target in 2004 and should remain so in 2005, even as occupancy and rental rates remain relatively flat in the shadow of a still-resilient single-family housing market.  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Mar/Apr 2014 Richard Close |
Manufactured Homes Interest increases in this niche.  |
National Real Estate Investor May 1, 2007 Doug Bibby |
A Stubborn Affordable Housing Problem While there has never been a better time to be an apartment professional or investor, there has never been a more important time to be an advocate for the creation of more affordable housing.  |
National Real Estate Investor March 12, 2003 Parke Chapman |
AIMCO to sell 12-property apartment portfolio Multifamily REIT Apartment Investment & Management Co. (AIMCO) has put a 12-property portfolio worth $150 million on the block. The offering includes nearly 3,000 units, which will be marketed by Secured Capital.  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Mar/Apr 2008 Larry Harwood |
Manufactured Success Today's land-lease communities provide an alternative niche for investment dollars.  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Nov/Dec 2012 Rich Rosfelder |
Apartment Hunters Multifamily investors have yield in the crosshairs. Apartment investors are on the hunt. And they're moving beyond trophy properties into unfamiliar territory in hopes of a rare catch.  |
National Real Estate Investor January 1, 2003 Margy Sweeney |
Better than New? In the 1970s, apartment developers built projects as fast as they could to cater to the baby boomers just graduating from college. Many of these complexes are now outdated and rundown, but they can offer prime opportunities to investors.  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Sep/Oct 2014 Byron Moger |
Student Housing Stats Demographic and economic trends point to continued growth in this niche sector.  |
Real Estate Portfolio Jan/Feb 2003 Steve Bergsman |
Seeing the Big Picture REITs have outperformed over the past 20 years, but will broader market, demographic and economic factors allow those results to hold over the next two decades?  |
Real Estate Portfolio Jan/Feb 2001 Deidre Darsa |
Catch The Edge Investors are often confused by the different phases of senior living services that different facilities provide. The following is an attempt to break down each phase from active seniors to those folks who require constant care...  |
Information Today August 2, 2012 |
Census Bureau API Lets Developers Create Custom Apps The U.S. Census Bureau launched a new online service that makes key demographic, socioeconomic, and housing statistics more accessible than ever before.  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Nov/Dec 2013 Beth Mattson-Teig |
Magnetic Attraction Investors remain drawn to multifamily assets.  |
The Motley Fool April 27, 2007 Emil Lee |
AvalonBay's Soft Landing The REIT grows at a decelerating pace. The current housing slump has been both a positive and a negative for the company.  |
Real Estate Portfolio Nov/Dec 2006 Allison Landa |
Building Outside the Box The apartment REIT AvalonBay strives to diversify its portfolio and expand clientele in competitive markets.  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Jul/Aug 2007 Matt Hudgins |
Degrees of Success Campus-related projects earn high marks from commercial real estate developers.  |
National Real Estate Investor August 1, 2004 Matt Hudgins |
It's Showtime for Amenities Owners are adding Internet cafes, state-of-the-art fitness centers and time-saving services along with interior upgrades that rival the finish of custom homes, in an attempt to lure consumers to choose apartment living over single-family alternatives.  |
National Real Estate Investor September 1, 2007 |
NAHB's Multifamily Market Snapshot A record number of empty residential rental units on the market, accompanied by sluggish job growth, dampens the outlook for the rental apartment sector through the end of this year.  |
Real Estate Portfolio Jan/Feb 2004 Michele Lerner |
Diversify and Multiply Colonial Properties Trust's live-work-shop strategy keeps the company on course.  |
Food Processing July 2005 Diane Toops |
Toops Scoops: Hear that echo? America's 75 million 'Echo Boomers' -- children of the 'Baby Boomers' -- are coming of age. Are you prepared to market to them? Here's what they want.  |
National Real Estate Investor October 1, 2006 Steve McLinden |
Space Crunch In a city facing one of the most profound real estate challenges in modern history, the opportunities and impasses seem to square off against one another in almost every neighborhood, and the New Orleans-area multifamily sector is no exception.  |
The Motley Fool January 5, 2007 Billy Fisher |
Not Your Typical College Dorm Four concrete walls and a floor? Not hardly. Investors, check out some of the amenities this REIT offers.  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Jan/Feb 2008 Sara Drummond |
Market Trends Studying Student Renters... Top Investment Cities Lack Business Activity... First and Last Business MSAs... etc.  |
Job Journal November 19, 2006 |
Career Snapshot: Property Manager The pace of construction for new offices and apartment buildings may be slowing, but the need for property managers remains steady.  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Nov/Dec 2015 Beth Mattson-Teig |
Multifamily Investment This bull market continues to charge ahead.  |
National Real Estate Investor September 1, 2007 |
Condo Market Still Searching for a Bottom Annual starts of multifamily buildings containing five or more units have not fallen significantly below 300,000 for a decade, but that will change this year.  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Mar/Apr 2008 Stephanie Bell |
Rebuilding Multifamily New Orleans keeps this sector alive as brokers piece together the city.  |
National Real Estate Investor September 1, 2005 Parke Chapman |
Condo Converters' Surprising Impact The pace at which developers are converting apartments into condominiums is having a positive effect on apartment fundamentals in the short term. Yet, in the long run apartment owners may be forced to make significant capital expenditures to compete with luxury condos.  |
National Real Estate Investor January 1, 2005 Joe Gose |
Why Rehab Activity is Intensifying Starpoint is one of a growing number of investors who seek enhanced returns by rehabbing rundown properties to command higher rents.  |