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The HOPE VI program's focus on mixing incomes and reducing density resulted in the loss of more than 100,000 units of affordable housing, a lesson HUD has taken to heart.
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The Chicago Housing Authority's ambitous Plan for Transformation is now in its 13th year, and the agency hopes to correct some mistakes in the second coming of the Plan.
Lennar Homes, a single-family, top five–ranked home builder and real estate investor, has begun to bring its recently crafted multifamily play from blueprint to reality. Lennar plans to unwind its single-family, for-sale operations in the beleaguered Chicago market, and, at the same time, it's...
Meet five multifamily firms that know how to make the most of their very specific markets.
Last week’s announcement by Chicago-based Equity Residential (EQR) that it entered into an agreement to spend $1.325 billion in cash for a 26.5 percent ownership interest in Denver-based Archstone, which owns 48,922 units and has 1,332 units under construction, took some people by surprise.
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Chicago-based RentSentinel launches an application to give leasing agents the ability to manage an entire portfolio’s worth of social media sites directly from a single platform.
Who says the high barrier to entry acquisition market is all dried up? If recent deals by Dallas, Tex.-based Behringer Harvard, the Irvine, Calif.-based Bascom Group, and Chicago’s Waterton Residential and Equity Residential are any indication, A-class assets in first tier metro markets are still...
These markets are likely to see the biggest increases in multifamily construction in 2011, based on 2010 permit data.
In this follow-up to the Healthiest Markets story, we present a collection of 22 intriguing markets.
The Builder Market Health Index points to much better prospects for 2011.
How can you turn your kitchen from drab to fab? Carve out a little wall section and have some fun with colors, textures, and materials.
Four unconventional homes offer elements of the unexpected.
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More than 2.5 million boomers will turn 65 this year. Are their houses ready for them?
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John McLinden's small town infill project, School Street Homes, was already on track to sell out in short order. That was before Sarah Susanka signed on to design a show house there -- one meant to be a replicable prototype for production building.
Chicago-based Equity Residential was the multifamily industry's largest apartment buyer in 2010. If the REIT has its way, we'll see more of the same in 2011.
Choosing this construction method offers builders a variety of sustainable opportunities.
Stability returns to Cleveland’s Class A apartment market.
Jeffrey I. Friedman re-engineers Associated Estates Realty Corp. to survive tough times--and it's even tougher midwest markets.
A 1904 office building-turned-condo brings upscale living and views to downtown Cleveland.
Traditional demand drivers, including job growth and consumer sentiment, are expected to help boost Chicago fundamentals in 2010 for both suburban and city neighborhoods.