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Houston Landlords Fend Off Economic Challenges

by Channing Hamilton October 30, 2023

Houston apartment owners are still navigating through stormy weather, not just because hurricane season has kicked off. A surge in new supply, strains on net operating income (NOI) and capital markets pressures are testing the mettle of Houston developers and investors. “Without a doubt, the big story is all the challenges hitting from every direction: a very tight lending market, stubbornly high construction costs, interest rates and insurance costs,” says Dennis (D.J.) Blanchard, vice president of development and legal affairs with Sueba USA Corp. “Firms have to be well-positioned to …

October 30, 2023

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Development Wave in Jacksonville Reaches Crescendo

by Channing Hamilton October 23, 2023

The City of Jacksonville’s pro-development plans have apartment developers feeling confident amid soft market conditions challenging many cities today. Downtown Jacksonville is a 3.9-square-mile area that straddles about six miles of the St. Johns River. It’s made up of eight districts or neighborhoods along the river’s north and south banks. The Downtown Investment Authority (DIA) has identified these eight districts as sites for future development for residential, hotel, retail and office projects. Within these districts, developers are expected in 2024 to complete 31 multifamily projects, which include 8,402 units, according …

October 23, 2023

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Philadelphia’s Development Fever Starts to Break

by Channing Hamilton October 5, 2023

New residential towers and half-built high-rises crowd the Philadelphia skyline. Developers are building more apartments here than at any other time since real estate research firms started keeping track. It’s a big change for Philadelphia, which is not known for building booms, particularly within the city limits. Leading developers say they would break ground on even more apartments if they could, even as the number of vacant units creeps higher. However, hesitant banks and high interest rates have halted many development plans for now. High construction costs and the loss …

October 5, 2023

The Berkley Riverfront sites in Kansas City

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Buyers Retreat, Development Peaks in Kansas City

by Channing Hamilton September 20, 2023

While investment sales activity has slowed in the Kansas City apartment market due to the spike in interest rates, development is continuing at a brisk pace. RealPage reports that 8,582 units were under construction in metro Kansas City as of the second quarter. This number is on par with the second quarter of 2022 when 8,422 units were under construction, and significantly higher than the second quarter of 2021 (6,889 units) and the second quarter of 2020 (7,354 units). Total deliveries in 2023 are expected to rank as the second …

September 20, 2023

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Resilience of Las Vegas Market Is Tested

by Channing Hamilton August 28, 2023

Sometimes Las Vegas’ reputation precedes it — and that can be a good or bad attribute. “Everyone remembers 2008,” says Taylor Sims, executive director of the Multifamily Advisory Group at Cushman & Wakefield. Home prices in Las Vegas plunged by 60 percent during the Great Recession, nearly twice the national rate, according to news affiliate KTNV. The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) notes the unemployment rate peaked at 14.5 percent in October 2010. Like Sims, Michael Albanese, a multifamily specialist at NAI Vegas, knows the rest of the world …

August 28, 2023

Albion Music Row in Nashville, Tennessee

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Renters Gain Upper Hand in Nashville

by Channing Hamilton August 14, 2023

In downtown Nashville, supply is overtaking demand, leaving renters in a position of power. Developers brought 8,175 units to the market in 2022, up 40 percent from 2021’s deliveries, according to Northmarq. But only about half of the units delivered last year — 4,200 — were absorbed. Owners, however, have a surprisingly glass-half-full perspective about excess supply and rising vacancies. Not only do they say this market condition is temporary. They also believe it provides an opportunity in disguise. It’s a chance to fine-tune the customer service side of the …

August 14, 2023

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Why Developers in NYC Are Turning to the Suburbs

by Channing Hamilton August 2, 2023

In the New York metropolitan area, more apartments are under construction, more renters are looking for apartments and renters are paying higher rents than almost any other apartment market in the U.S. But the cost to build a new apartment or renovate an old one is also higher, development sites are more expensive and regulations like rent stabilization are tougher than almost anywhere else. And New York City has some of the highest property taxes in the U.S. In June 2022, the Affordable Housing NY Program — also known as …

August 2, 2023

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Indianapolis Emerges As ‘Star of the Midwest’

by Channing Hamilton July 17, 2023

CBRE has dubbed the Indianapolis apartment market “The Star of the Midwest” due to a combination of factors: its business-friendly climate, bustling life sciences and technology sectors, and exceptional rent growth. The giant real estate services firm points out in its 2023 Indianapolis Multifamily Market Overview that Indianapolis led the nation in year-over-year effective rent growth in October, November and December 2022 based on data from Yardi Matrix. In December, Indy posted an 11.4 percent increase in effective rents on an annual basis, the only metroplex to produce double-digit year-over-year growth. Despite …

July 17, 2023

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Why Apartment Investors Remain So Bullish On Boston

by Channing Hamilton May 24, 2023

Commercial developers don’t receive the same sunny embrace in Boston compared with other booming multifamily markets to the south. NIMBYism exists everywhere, but developers face a litany of objections and roadblocks to new construction in Beantown. Labor unions, antiquated zoning practices and a scarcity of development sites are some of the barrier-to-entry culprits. In this challenging climate, Boston multifamily is typically summarized by one word: undersupplied. A modest amount of new development combined with strong renter demand ensures most properties will achieve rent growth and occupancy levels that investors like …

May 24, 2023

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Reinvention of Detroit Accelerates

by Lynn Peisner May 8, 2023

The auto industry is pivoting from the mass production of internal combustion engine vehicles to electric vehicles (EVs), and the Motor City is at the forefront of this transformation. While it’s unclear how long it will take to complete the transition and at what cost, the expected job growth stemming from the billions of dollars flowing into EV investments in Michigan bodes well for metro Detroit’s economy and the multifamily market, say commercial real estate experts. In January 2022, General Motors unveiled plans to invest $6.5 billion and create up …

May 8, 2023