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As cities grow ever more crowded, multifamily housing construction is more necessary than ever. Finding ways to compress housing into smaller spaces while still creating true homes calls for a complex blend of innovative design and engineering.

 

Cultural Facilities | Feb 5, 2015

5 developments selected as 'best in urban placemaking'

Falls Park on the Reedy in Greenville, S.C., and the Grand Rapids (Mich.) Downtown Market are among the finalists for the 2015 Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence.

Multifamily Housing | Feb 2, 2015

D.C. developer sees apartment project as catalyst for modeling neighborhood after N.Y.'s popular High Line district

It’s no accident that the word “Highline” is in this project’s name. The goal is for the building to be a kind of gateway into the larger redevelopment of the surrounding neighborhood to resemble New York’s City’s trendy downtown Meatpacking District, through which runs a portion the High Line elevated park.

Multifamily Housing | Jan 31, 2015

5 intriguing trends to track in the multifamily housing game

Demand for rental apartments and condos hasn’t been this strong in years, and our experts think the multifamily sector still has legs. But you have to know what developers, tenants, and buyers are looking for to have any hope of succeeding in this fast-changing market sector.

Multifamily Housing | Jan 31, 2015

20% down?!! Survey exposes how thin renters’ wallets are

A survey of more than 25,000 adults found the renters to be more burdened by debt than homeowners and severely short of emergency savings.

Multifamily Housing | Jan 31, 2015

Production builders are still shying away from rental housing

Toll Brothers, Lennar, and Trumark are among a small group of production builders to engage in construction for rental customers. 

Multifamily Housing | Jan 29, 2015

5 predictions for the multifamily sector in 2015

Brian Carlock of PwC expects more younger adults to get into the game, despite continuing affordability issues.

Multifamily Housing | Jan 27, 2015

Multifamily construction, focused on rentals, expected to slow in the coming years

New-home purchases, which recovered strongly in 2014, indicate that homeownership might finally be making a comeback.

Multifamily Housing | Jan 22, 2015

Sales of apartment buildings hit record high in 2014

Investors bet big time on demand for rental properties over homeownership in 2014, when sales of apartment buildings hit a record $110.1 billion, or nearly 15% higher than the previous year.

Modular Building | Jan 21, 2015

Chinese company 3D prints six-story multifamily building

The building components were prefabricated piece by piece using a printer that is 7 meters tall, 10 meters wide, and 40 meters long. 

Jan 19, 2015

Four Seasons tower will be Boston's tallest

On Jan. 14, 2015, developer Carpenter & Company and executives from the Four Seasons broke ground on the Four Seasons Hotel & Private Residences, which will become the tallest building in Boston at 699 feet.

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