Tag: Apartment
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Apartment conversion projects surge | Construction Dive
Dive Brief: Apartment conversion projects “accelerated at an unprecedented pace” across the U.S. in 2024, according to a new RentCafe report. Last year, nearly 25,000 apartments were completed via adaptive reuse, up 50% compared to 2023 and double the amount of such conversions in 2022. Currently, a record-breaking 180,585 apartments from adaptive reuse projects are…
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Average apartment construction time fell in 2024
Dive Brief: The time it took to build the average apartment property in 2024 was 19.6 months, about 0.3 months less than the year before, according to the National Association of Home Builders’ analysis of the 2024 Survey of Construction from the Census Bureau. The Northeast posted the longest construction timeline at 23.4 months. The…
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Final Autumn Prep: Is Your Apartment Building’s Boiler Ready for the Cold?
As the crisp chill of autumn begins to settle in, landlords and property managers face a familiar seasonal challenge: ensuring their apartment building’s boiler system is fully prepared to handle the months of cold weather ahead. A properly maintained boiler isn’t just a comfort issue; it’s a critical component of tenant satisfaction, energy efficiency, and…
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Apartment starts rise 16% YOY in August
Dive Brief: Starts for buildings with five or more units fell 11% month over month in August and rose 15.8% year over year to a seasonally adjusted rate of 403,000 apartments, according to the monthly report from HUD and the U.S. Census Bureau. Apartment developers pulled permits for a seasonally adjusted rate of 403,000 apartments…
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Apartment Living: Checklist of What to Look for on Tours
When you go to see an apartment, you do not just go and have a look. You are on the lookout for a new home that fits your life. You will be using this checklist to make sure that you do not miss out on what really matters. Not what looks nice, but what fits…
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Balfour Beatty breaks ground on $260M DC apartment building
Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. The U.S. arm of London-based Balfour Beatty broke ground on Portals IV, also known as 1301, a $260 million residential project in Washington, D.C., that will overlook the city’s Tidal Basin and national monuments, the builder announced…
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Apartment developers gear up for tariffs
Listen to the article 8 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. As executives at Houston-based Camden Property Trust underwrite their apartment developments with tariffs on the horizon, they’re only figuring in a 2% to 3% increase in construction costs. With the ever-changing threat of tariffs from President Donald…
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Revisiting A 2013 Project, DesignLoveFest’s Apartment (+ What I Think About It Now)
In our grown-up pursuit of “timelessness” (which gets more intense as we get older), it sure is fun to see a time capsule of our youth. The year was clearly 2013, and two “internet famous” bloggers collabbed on what now feels like OG vintage influencer content. When I stumbled on Bri Emery’s apartment from 2013,…
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THE UPDATE WE’VE WANTED: Lea Downsized To An Apartment And This Is How She’s Turning Their Rental Into Their Urban Oasis
Hey friends, it’s been a while since I last updated you with our downsizing journey. If you missed it, no worries, you can catch up here. We are going on a year probably by the time this is published, and I have to say, it’s been less challenging than expected, and we are loving it…
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How DOGE will impact Washington, DC-area apartment owners
Listen to the article 10 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. While many apartment markets around the country, like Phoenix or Las Vegas, have gone through boom and bust cycles as supply and job growth ebbs and flows, the Washington, D.C., metro area has stood as a safe…