Development

Development

• Trammell Crow Re-enters the Development Mix

  In 2010, when Dallas-based Mill Creek Residential spun out from Dallas-based Trammell Crow Residential (TCR), questions were raised about whether TCR?a once vaunted name in multifamily development?would get back in the development business. Now, with more than 2,000 units in the pipeline, that...

   

• Economists See Bifurcated Markets All Around

  The idea of the bifurcated market came up at lot at the Apartment Finance Today Conference in Las Vegas. Despite a robust national recovery, from an equity

   

• The Overdevelopment Watch: Three Cities That Could See an Apartment Glut

  Cranes are suddenly appearing in a lot more markets around the country than just Washington, D.C. As local media sees signs of life in apartments, stories begin circulate about new projects and ultimately, about supply coming online. And in some places, oversupply concerns are already starting to...

   

• Construction Debt Market Slowly Improving

  After the credit rating downgrade and debt ceiling crisis late last summer, construction slowed around the country. But as 2012 moves into the second quarter, panelists at the Apartment Finance Today Conference are seeing conditions improve.

   

• 6 Lessons for Developers

  In his keynote speech at the Apartment Finance Today Conference this week, former Trammell Crow Residential CEO Ron Terwilliger shared six lessons that developers must remember as they start breaking ground again.

   

• Oversupply Fears Go Mainstream

  It's not just developers, lenders, and analysts weighing in on potential overdevelopment in apartments. The Orlando Sentinel and Atlantic Cities have gotten into the mix as well.

   

• More Development Comes Through the Pipeline in March

  It was an eventful week of proposed projects for the multifamily industry, perhaps because of the unusually warm weather for the first days of spring. But whatever the reason, since last Wednesday’s development update, over 40 new projects have come across our Google alerts.

   

• Student Firms Mobilize

  Mobile apps, iPads revolutionize apartment marketing and resident communication.

   

• Reception Is Served

  As residents become more cell phone and smart phone dependent, progressive apartment owners and developers are looking for ways to deliver reception-haven properties.

   

• A Roundup of Proposed Projects Around the Country

  As development begins to reemerge in many areas of the country, we’ll scour Google Alerts to tell you what is going on.