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MFE Top 50

The MFE Top 50 rankings are an annual industry benchmark. Check out the current year's rankings for the country's largest Owners, Managers and Builders. And find out how to submit your company for consideration.

 
 

2009 MFE Top 50

 
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Top 50 Multifamily Builders Look for the Bottom

MULTIFAMILY EXECUTIVE 05/19/2009

For the country's largest builders of multifamily units, 2008 was a bad year, and 2009 will likely be worse.

 
 
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Top 50 Third-Party Managers Add Units in 2008

MULTIFAMILY EXECUTIVE 05/19/2009

Large third-party managers get a boost in business as owners focus on strengthening operating fundamentals.

 
 
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2008 Top 50 Owners Shed Units

MULTIFAMILY EXECUTIVE 05/19/2009

Large institutional players rid themselves of excess fat.

 
 

2008 MFE Top 50 Lists

 
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Lap of Luxury: Multifamily Builders Fare Well in High-End Product

MULTIFAMILY EXECUTIVE 05/19/2008

Despite the credit crunch and broad economic woes, top multifamily builders are standing tall.

 
 
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Top Tier: Property Managers Promote Quality Assets

MULTIFAMILY EXECUTIVE 05/19/2008

Property managers go large, emphasizing asset management at the associate level.

 
 
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Select Deals: Multifamily Owners Make Careful Deal Decisions

MULTIFAMILY EXECUTIVE 05/19/2008

With only a few big transactions, multifamily owners aim to stay the course.

 
 

2007 MFE Top 50 Lists

 
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2007 MFE Top 50: Builders - The Ground Breakers

MULTIFAMILY EXECUTIVE 05/22/2007

It's good to be an apartment developer again. Rental builders across the country breathed a collective sigh of relief last year as the once red-hot condo market began to cool. They took advantage of the long-awaited marketplace shift and broke ground on a large number of rental units in 2006.

 
 
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2007 MFE Top 50: Managers - The Rainmakers

MULTIFAMILY EXECUTIVE 05/22/2007

In the world of multifamily deal-making, everyone in the industry focuses on the owners, as they sell this property and buy that one.

 
 
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2007 MFE Top 50: Owners - The Capitalists

MULTIFAMILY EXECUTIVE 05/22/2007

Moving, shaking, and dominating. That was Morgan Stanley Real Estate in '06. The company has had a multifamily presence for some time, but after acquiring platforms and portfolios with fervor, it vaulted to near the top of this year's owners list.

 
 

2007 MFE Top 50: Tax Syndicators - Watching and Waiting

05/22/2007

After a topsy-turvy 2006, syndicators of low-income housing tax credits want some balance. “The market will have to find an equilibrium,” says Andrew Weil, executive managing director of Centerline Capital Group's (formerly CharterMac) Affordable Housing Group. “Going into 2007, there is...

 
 

2006 MFE Top 50 Lists

 

2006 MFE Top 50: Builders

MULTIFAMILY EXECUTIVE 05/12/2006

Without a doubt, 2005 was the year to be a condo developer. Just look at the Novare Group's year-end performance. The Atlanta-based condo developer set a company record with 1,486 starts, breaking ground on four significant properties. "In 2005, we were in ramp-up mode, working on a lot more...

 
 
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2006 MFE Top 50: Managers

MULTIFAMILY EXECUTIVE 05/12/2006

Nothing compares to the sweet taste of victory. Just ask MFE's Top 50 multifamily managers. After several years of negative market conditions, operating fundamentals finally began to favor the apartment industry in 2005 as the economy slowly improved and the condo boom led to a healthy business...

 
 
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2006 MFE Top 50: Owners

MULTIFAMILY EXECUTIVE 05/12/2006

Equity Residential went on a major shopping spree last year. Its biggest purchase: the $809 million acquisition of Trump Place, a collection of three high-rise apartment towers on Manhattan's Upper West Side. "It's fun to be in the multifamily business again," says David Neithercut, president of...

 
 
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2006 MFE Top 50: Tax Syndicators

MULTIFAMILY EXECUTIVE 05/12/2006

There were a lot of tax credit syndication deals that Todd Crow, senior vice president at PNC Multifamily Capital, simply had to walk away from in 2005. With tax credit pricing eclipsing the watershed mark of a dollar per credit for the first time last year, and yields slipping down into the 5...

 
 

2005 MFE Top 50 Lists