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06-19-13
From the time it was completed on Earth Day in April 2012, Paisano Senior Housing, a 73-unit environmentally friendly community in El Paso, Texas, for the elderly and persons with disabilities, has been focused on green energy. Using power from a large photovoltaic array plus wind turbines, the complex produces as much energy over a calendar year as the occupants use.
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06-19-13
Rancho Mission Viejo is an emerging master-planned community in southern Orange County, California, that is beginning construction with an age-qualified enclave. But the project’s goal is to achieve what Paul Johnson, the community’s senior vice president of community development, terms an "ageless paradigm."
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06-19-13
Consumer demands are changing in a post-recession market. What is outside counts at least as much as what is inside the home itself. Car-free access to parks, cafés, and transit—it all adds up to time and money saved. Add edgy design—as well as affordability—and the result is a perfect housing match for millennials.
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06-03-13
Housing will be the biggest challenge for the coming wave of aging baby boomers, said speakers at a recent Atlantic forum in Washington, D.C.. With neither adequate zoning nor a sufficient stock of “age-appropriate” housing, America is not prepared for the predicted surge in the number of senior citizens, panelists said.
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05-20-13
While micro-units are coming soon to New York City, developers in Washington state and Texas are already betting on smaller units. These modern efficiencies appeal to those who value location and often don't own a car.
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05-15-13
Demand will continue to rise for infill residential development that is less car-dependent, while consumeers'desire could wane for isolated development in outlying suburbs, according to a new ULI report released at the ULI Spring Meeting in San Diego.
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05-07-13
Homes near public transit retained their value better during the recession than their counterparts in auto-dependent areas, according to a recent study. What’s impressive is the extent of it: In five metropolitan areas, residential property values performed 42 percent better on average.
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04-08-13
Multifamily commercial transactions vaulted last month, even as all other sectors declined, but buyer appetite showed overall strength. The stall in employment growth and decline in unemployment rate does raise questions.
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04-08-13
Multifamily commercial transactions vaulted last month, even as all other sectors declined, but buyer appetite showed overall strength. The stall in employment growth and decline in unemployment rate does raise questions.
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03-11-13
Industrial and retail property sectors gathered steam as absorption vaulted; retail rents reversed their 4.5-year slide. Commercial property transactions calmed down following an impressive end-of-year spike, but buyer appetite otherwise showed strength.