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National Real Estate Investor September 1, 2006 Stan Luxenberg |
Affordable Housing Shortage To overcome housing shortages, developers and nonprofit groups have been lobbying Congress for more tax credits or other subsidies that can support affordable construction. But faced with budget deficits, Washington has been reluctant to increase the amount of money spent on housing.  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Sep/Oct 2007 Carolyn Chapin |
Affordable-Housing Awareness Increasing demand and rising costs pose challenges in this specialized sector.  |
National Real Estate Investor March 1, 2003 H. Lee Murphy |
A New Era For Affordable Housing The competition for affordable housing tax credits and related incentives is as intense as ever among developers. Project sponsors are searching for ways to stand apart from the mainstream: The gray, boxy apartment towers of yesteryear are giving way to eye-catching mixed-use facilities  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Mar/Apr 2003 Roxanna Guilford-Blake |
A Maturing Market Seniors housing struggles to find balance before the boom.  |
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.  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Jan/Feb 2004 Sara Drummond |
The Affordability Question Commercial real estate pros find local answers to low-income housing challenges.  |
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.  |
National Real Estate Investor September 1, 2007 |
Viability of Affordable Housing Threatened Hundreds of affordable apartment communities built using Low Income Housing Tax Credits are now in financial jeopardy due to a combination of significantly increasing operating and utility costs and stagnant rents.  |
National Real Estate Investor May 1, 2008 Jane Adler |
Seniors Housing Sizzles In Southwest Opus West is making a major foray into the seniors housing market.  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Nov/Dec 2003 Christine Rombouts |
Promoting Preservation Financing incentives help brokers restore and reuse historic buildings.  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Jul/Aug 2003 Hunter L. Johnson |
New Funding for Affordable Housing Encourages Public/Private Partnerships Commercial real estate developers should stay abreast of affordable-housing activities in their markets as the number of opportunities for public/private partnerships for these projects continues to grow.  |
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.  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Mar/Apr 2008 |
Multifamily Resource Guide Links to articles of interest to multi-family investors.  |
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 September 1, 2005 Morris Newman |
In This Star-Studded City, Mixed-Use Shines Brightly Anyone seeking evidence of the runaway popularity of mixed-use development in Los Angeles need look no further than the $3 billion extravaganza downtown known as Grand Avenue.  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Jan/Feb 2014 Myers et al. |
Healthy Seniors Housing Investor demand revitalizes this niche sector.  |
National Real Estate Investor February 1, 2007 Beth Karlin |
A New Senior Class Takes Up Residence at Colleges A growing number of aging Americans are choosing to spend their senior years developing their minds and bodies at university-affiliated retirement communities.  |
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.  |
HBS Working Knowledge December 19, 2012 Restinas et al. |
Affordable Housing: Israel and the United States At a recent conference in Herzliya, Israel, Nicolas P. Retsinas, John H. Vogel, and Charles S. Laven joined residential developers, non-profits, national and local government officials, and academics to brainstorm approaches to affordable rental housing.  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Jul/Aug 2007 Matt Hudgins |
Degrees of Success Campus-related projects earn high marks from commercial real estate developers.  |
The Motley Fool May 9, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
This Housing Market Is On Fire! Instead of trying to guess when home prices might stop falling, some investors have turned elsewhere to look for gains -- and they're finding them in the red-hot market for residential rental properties.  |
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.  |
Real Estate Portfolio July 2000 Lynn Novelli |
Still Affordable? The affordable housing market could become too expensive for REITs and REOCs  |
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.  |
National Real Estate Investor November 1, 2005 Matt Hudgins |
Transparency at Last Market Area Profile (MAP) reports have put the seniors housing industry on the same level as office, industrial, retail, multifamily and hotels in terms of available data on supply and demand.  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Sep/Oct 2014 Byron Moger |
Student Housing Stats Demographic and economic trends point to continued growth in this niche sector.  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Jan/Feb 2015 Beth Burnham Mace |
Seniors Housing Stacks Up Last year's investment performance signals a strong 2015.  |
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 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 September 1, 2008 |
Introduction How the American Seniors Housing Association's (ASHA's) compiled their 15th annual list of the nation's largest seniors housing owners and managers.  |
InternetNews February 3, 2004 Roy Mark |
Coalition Targets Digital Divide A new group hopes tax credits will encourage developers to integrate high-speed Internet access into their housing plans.  |
National Real Estate Investor February 7, 2003 Parke Chapman |
Report: LA apartment market at full occupancy Apartment rents in the greater Los Angeles region are expected to rise by about 12%, based on a University of Southern California real estate economic forecast. With strong population growth and a relatively healthy economy, demand for rental units in the LA area has soared.  |
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 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.  |
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.  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate May/Jun 2004 J.R. Chantengco |
Affordable Money Nonprofit and private developers can take advantage of tax-exempt bonds.  |
Finance & Development September 1, 2001 Caroline Mascarell |
The Odessa Initiative An initiative that involved local residents in reforming Odessa's housing and water sectors demonstrates how popular participation can contribute to the success of development projects...  |
IDB America February 2003 Charo Quesada |
Housing for everyone? New approaches to low-income housing could help to solve the long-standing needs of the urban poor.  |
BusinessWeek October 27, 2003 Roger O. Crockett |
From Projects to Progress in Chicago A massive renewal effort that stresses new housing, community services, and commercial development is turning neighborhoods around.  |
U.S. Banker February 2006 |
Dwelling on the U.S.'s Affordable-Housing Crisis The housing boom of the last 13 years has lulled many people into a false sense of stability. Look past the numbers and one can easily find evidence of a housing crisis-and it increasingly involves the Everyman. The opportunity to address this crisis starts with banks.  |
National Real Estate Investor February 1, 2006 Dees Stribling |
Sale-Leaseback: The Next Frontier In the past, relatively few players in the seniors-housing industry have opted for the sale-leaseback. But now this model is reaching critical mass as publicly held companies become more prominent in the seniors-housing business, especially through consolidation.  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate May/Jun 2011 Adam Hird |
Old School, New Analysis Consider these factors before investing in student housing  |
Inc. April 2006 Darren Dahl |
Warehouse Rents Likely to Rise in '06 Industrial space in the U.S. is in demand. The hottest markets have links to China trade and the housing boom.  |
Real Estate Portfolio Jan/Feb 2003 Mark Rothschild |
Are Assisted-Living Facilities on the Mend? While government reimbursement issues remain, the health care REIT sector appears to be in stable condition. However, the diagnosis varies depending on which segment of the industry you examine.  |
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.  |
Salon.com July 14, 2000 Janelle Brown |
A dot-com call to art Tech companies are driving artists out of San Francisco, but tech millionaires could save them.  |
National Real Estate Investor September 1, 2006 Matt Hudgins |
HUD Raises Hackles on the Hill New rules slated to take effect on Oct. 1 will effectively reduce borrowers' leverage on most multifamily and health care loans backed by the FHA. Unless rescinded by HUD, the regulations will increase annual mortgage insurance premiums by 71%.  |
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...  |
National Real Estate Investor February 1, 2007 Jane Adler |
Private Equity Targets Seniors Housing In a blockbuster deal, private equity firm Fortress Investment Group agreed to purchase the 35,000-unit North American portfolio of one of the biggest owners and operators of retirement buildings in the country.  |
BusinessWeek June 19, 2006 Frederik Balfour |
China: The Starter Home Is A Nonstarter The middle class is getting squeezed out of the country's ever-pricier housing market.  |