Apartment City

RIO DE JANEIRO ― Seven years ago, Vila Autódromo was little more than a tranquil fishing village on the edge of Jacarepagua Lagoon, next to the racetrack for which it was named. Like the hundreds of other favelas that dot Rio de Janeiro ’s landscape, it had long been neglected by the city government , and it lacked many basic public services that are standard in the fast- growing wealthier neighborhoods just across the water. But to the more than 600 families that lived there, it was home. “This was a paradise,” said Luiz Cláudio Silva, who lived in Autódromo for more than 20 years. “I thought that I would live here for the rest of my life.” By the time the Rio Olympics are over, just 20 of the families who lived in Autódromo in 2009, the year the International Olympic Committee chose the city to host the games, will remain. The community, which sits less than a mile away from Rio’s Olympic Park, was crushed so that the city could build new access roads to connect Olympic venues . ...

Ilene Waterstone says Park La Brea is "overpriced projects right now." Photo by Shane Lopes Ilene Waterstone, actor- comedian Steve Martin 's personal assistant, moved into a tower at the Park La Brea Apartments on April Fools' Day in 1992. She wasn't sure what to expect. "I used to think of Park La Brea as being the old people's complex," she recalls. It wasn't long before she fell in love with it. The grounds were lush and well-maintained, her neighbors respectful and neat. Then about two years ago, things went to hell. Elevators in her high- rise building repeatedly broke down, forcing Waterstone , 64 and saddled with chronic orthopedic problems , to trudge up and down floor after floor in a dimly lit stairwell to her eighth-floor apartment. She once made the climb wet and embarrassed after coming home from a water aerobics class to yet another grounded elevator . Rats and cockroaches infested what she says was an increasingly filthy buil...

Londoners are increasingly turning to the river to make commuting a great deal less stressful. As more developments spring up along the Thames and the river taxi route extends east and west along its banks, commuting by boat is becoming a serious option for many residents… Words: Fiona Brandhorst London’s newest river stop at Battersea Power Station Pier will be providing peak river services every 20 minutes to Blackfriars in 15 minutes and an express route to Canary Wharf for the thousands of new residents. Prices start from £1.33m for a two bedroom apartment in Prospect Place and Battersea Roof Gardens . ‘While many Londoners pile on to a hot, stuffy tube or wrestle with each other for a space on the bus, there are a growing number who take the Thames Clipper to work,’ comments Giles Barrett , Knight Frank Partner , Riverside. ‘As one client said he can even enjoy a G&T on his way home in the evenings.’ A growing number of people are taking the Thames Clipper to work. As ...

NEW ORLEANS , June 16, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- 365 Connect , a leading provider of award- winning marketing , leasing, and resident technology platforms for the multifamily housing industry announced today that the company will participate in the National Apartment Association Education Conference & Exposition ( NAA Conference ). The conference takes place on June 21 -23, 2017 in Atlanta, Georgia . Providing technology solutions for multifamily housing communities across the nation, 365 Connect will showcase its revolutionary Resident Lifecycle Platform during the event, which encompasses an entire spectrum of services including digital marketing automation , prospect management and conversion tools, and an integrated mix of content and communication for the next generation of renters to pay rent, request services , and renew leases. 365 Connect Founder and CEO, Kerry W. Kirby , stated, "The NAA Conference is by far one of the most important conferences of the year. T...

How the fight against displacement calls for New York City’s Asian immigrant communities to defect from the “ model minority ” narrative. Media Gallery When NYU sophomore Sam Kim attended a rally outside Manhattan’s City Hall in March, he didn’t think that he would be ushered into the spotlight. Kim had learned of the rally through the local housing organization CAAAV (Committee Against Anti-Asian Violence), which called on New Yorkers to oppose President Trump ’s proposed $6.2 billion cut to the 2018 budget of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). This cut would dramatically reduce federal funding for New York City public housing , which currently provides rent-subsidized homes to 600,000 New Yorkers. Along the City Hall steps , Kim and two fellow student organizers joined a rare gathering of tenants from otherwise disparate peripheries of the city. Asian immigrants from Chinatown and Queens stood alongside Black and Latino residents of Brooklyn and the Bronx...