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ULC Opens Its First Ground-Up Affordable Housing Development in Denver

by Lynn Peisner

DENVER — Urban Land Conservancy (ULC), a Denver-based affordable housing nonprofit, has completed construction and opened The Irving at Mile High Vista in Denver’s West Colfax neighborhood. Located at 3.270 W. Colfax Ave., the 102-unit community serves households earning up to 20 to 80 percent of area median income. With ULC’s ownership of the land through a community land trust, affordability is guaranteed for 99 years. The Irving is adjacent to the Denver Public Library’s Corky Gonzales branch. The architect was Studio Completiva, and the general contractor was Pinkard Construction. …

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Affordable Housing Providers Have a Legal Responsibility to Know How Their AI Tech Works

by Lynn Peisner

Artificial intelligence use cases are increasing across many sectors, including housing. Potential deployment of AI can involve a wide range of uses, including AI-enabled customer service, rental analytics and internal operations efficiency, among others. As adoption continues, and regulators and legislators focus their attention on AI, the regulatory landscape involving privacy and housing-related issues is becoming increasingly complex. AI tools can raise a wide range of privacy and security concerns. Multifamily owners who have a working knowledge of AI-related federal and state policy issues will be set up for success, …

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Rose Associates Tapped to Manage Bridge on Race in Philadelphia

by Lynn Peisner

PHILADELPHIA — Brown Hill Development has hired Rose Associates to lease and manage Bridge on Race in Philadelphia. This deal marks the New York City-based development and property management company’s first third-party management assignment in Philadelphia. The LEED Gold-certified, 145-unit building opened in 2017. Located in the Old City area of Center City, Bridge on Race is comprised of studios, one- and two-bedroom units as well as four street-level retail spaces, an 8,000-square-foot landscaped terrace with private grilling and dining areas, a fitness center, resident lounge with billiards, a pet …

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Why Renter Demand Is Surging Across the San Francisco Bay Area

by Lynn Peisner

After several years of uncertainty, the San Francisco metro area multifamily housing market is showing clear signs of recovery. The first half of 2025 brought the largest expansion in multifamily demand in years. The 12-month trailing absorption surged to 3,700 units as of the third quarter, one of the highest levels in a decade. Vacancy rates have dropped to 5.1 percent, the lowest since 2014, and apartment rents are up 5.6 percent, placing San Francisco among the top metros in the nation for rent growth. Although sale prices had remained …

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Will Strong Net Absorption Continue in 2026?

by Lynn Peisner

As 2025 ended, net absorption of multifamily units was on track for its third strongest year since 2000. More than 102,000 units were absorbed in the third quarter, marking the third straight quarter of more than 100,000 net units absorbed. Fourth quarter estimates are coming in around 55,000 units. Multifamily absorption measures the net change in occupied apartment units over a given period, indicating whether demand is keeping pace with new supply. As experts review the final numbers of how many apartment units were newly occupied or leased in 2025 …

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Thinking Outside the Box to Solve Package Delivery Issues

by Lynn Peisner

By Nellie Day It started as a convenience, but now it’s an expectation. Yes, we’re talking about online shopping — or more accurately, the mound of heavy, oddly shaped and ever-delivered boxes that unite multifamily residents with their latest e-commerce obsession. Once considered a tedious operational task, package management has become a daily — sometimes hourly — balancing act between service, space and sanity. Residents expect the same fast, efficient experience they get from Amazon, while owners and managers are left to pick up the pieces, or rather the packages, …

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InterFace Panel: AI Has Infiltrated Multifamily Management Without Compromising The Human Touch

by Lynn Peisner

By Taylor Williams DALLAS — Technological innovation has long been a cornerstone of managing and leasing multifamily properties, and that feature of the business has only been augmented in the era of artificial intelligence (AI). But for all the operational conveniences and efficiencies that AI potentially brings to the table, multifamily management has not yet reached the point of phasing out the human element. Almost immediately after the members of the leasing and management panel at the annual InterFace Multifamily Texas conference had introduced themselves, this fundamental premise of multifamily …

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The Technology Gap That’s Costing You Residents

by Lynn Peisner

The multifamily housing market is growing increasingly competitive. Newer and older properties must vie for renters, and key decisionmakers are looking toward meaningful ways of differentiating their communities. To meet this demand, multifamily properties are increasingly offering smart technology amenities to their residents including a wide variety of technologies such as in-unit smart device amenity packages, access control and smart safety and security solutions, and, increasingly, they are offering bulk internet and managed Wi-Fi. Yet our recent study, conducted jointly by myQ Community, EliseAI and RPM Living, surveyed 2,300 Class A …

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Ability Housing Opens $31 Million Affordable Community in Jacksonville

by Lynn Peisner

JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — Ability Housing has completed Village at Cedar Hills, an affordable housing community in Jacsksonville’s Westside neighborhood. Rent restrictions for the property’s 90 units vary, ranging from 30 to 60 percent of area median income (AMI). Monthly rents are based on household size and income and range from approximately $500 for a one-bedroom unit for a household earning 30 percent or less of AMI to approximately $1,380 for a three-bedroom unit for a household earning up to 60 percent of AMI. Six units are reserved for individuals or …

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EJF Capital Completes The Bellevue in Hyattsville, Maryland

by Lynn Peisner

HYATTSVILLE, MD. — EJF Capital has completed construction of The Bellevue, a 361-unit community in Hyattsville, about 7 miles northwest of Washington, D.C. The Opportunity Zone project was developed in partnership with The NRP Group. The Bellevue features studios, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Amenities include a fitness center, a coworking lounge, landscaped courtyards and structured parking.

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