Development

• Moody’s 2012 Multifamily Construction Predictions 'Overly Optimistic,' NAHB says.

  Moody's predicts 310,000 apartments and townhomes starts in 2012. Is it too much? A lot of people say so.

   

• Cool Grad-School Housing

  The Continuum houses University of Florida grad students in an atypical complex that incorporates a repurposed historic church, retail...

   

• Due Diligence Disasters

  A lot of unexpected findings can come up during the project vetting process. Here's a sample of some of the more intriguing ones.

   

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Infill

• The Recycled Guest Cottage

  What do you do with leftover construction materials on an infill lot? Build a mini house.

   

• Recession? What Recession?

  A boutique infill project defies the odds.

   

• Megacommunities Continue to Attract, Stymie Apartment Owners and Developers

  Multifamily apartment owners and developers weigh placemaking and economies of scale against the increasingly complex operations and vocal...

   

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Mixed-Use Development

• It Takes a (Small) Condo

  New York’s Lower East Side, once home to tenement buildings, is slowly being gentrified. The changes include a slew of small, stylish...

   

• Mixed-Use Property Revitalizes Buffalo

  A former electric showroom turned corn exchange helps revive rebounding Buffalo as a multi-use apartment/commercial space.

   

• Marina City: A Chicago Icon

  Marina City includes the unmistakable "Corn Cob," aka Marina, Towers, the beloved residential component of this much-admired mixed-use...

   

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Projects

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  Architects See More Projects Cross the Finish Line, Start Hiring

  A year or two ago, at the height of the recession, Alfred Wojciechowski, a principal at CBT Architects in Boston, says he would get a project from a developer that would lead to a quick feasibility diagram on a site. But it hardly ever led to anything more substantial. That's changed this year.

   

• Four Lessons Learned From The Bust

  It’s said that developers have short memories. That’s probably true. But coming out of this downturn, some developers (who are actually getting projects in the ground) are changing their strategies after suffering through 2008 and 2009. Here are four of the lessons they've learned.

   
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  Military Housing Awards Wind Down Amid BRAC Concerns

  Since the mid-1990s, the Military Housing Privatization Initiative (MHPI) has provided the engine for a number of prominent multifamily firms to keep their pipelines busy during good and bad times. Once the Air Force awards its Northern Region group of six installations later this summer, the major...

   
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  Third Party Contractors with Specialties had an Advantage in 2010

  In the multifamily business, if you’re a third-party apartment builder, you generally make that your bread and butter.

   

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