Developer targeting a new customer … Fort Lauderdale:

Recently in doing some market research and due-diligence in Fort Lauderdale for a new development site, I had the pleasure of visiting Amaray Las Olas in downtown Fort Lauderdale. The property was just finishing a ni...

It is unbelievable, how employee healthcare cost has escalated over the past 5 years for the apartment industry. For a small to medium size apartment operating company note the actual premium comparison below:

Think about it … with continued increases like this with the...

Cybersecurity and the Apartment Industry

The world can be a scary place—for your data. We don’t have to look any further than the spate of recent attacks against Target and Sony to accept the realty of today. With future cybersecurity breaches a certainty, the big quest...

Link to article from Miami Herald

The answer is probably not. However, the developer, if he delivers the product, it will rent. It is all about affordability. The affordability crunch is a significant issue in many of the nation’s urban centers. Conventional apartment r...

Do you wonder if the new urban core apartment construction is out of sync with the target customer? 

If you look a look the number of permits that have been granted in these primary markets in the last 12 months, there is a lot of new product coming on line. Develo...