Multifamily Minute

As one of the largest third-party property management companies across the US, we have unique insights into what residents think of their apartments, why they are staying, why they may leave, and how those trends are evolving. On this episode, Kevin Charcut, a Cushman & Wakefield Executive Managing Director for Multifamily Asset Services, interviews Sam Tenenbaum, Head of Multifamily Insights...

Erinn Cassidy and Greg Mark discuss how apartment property management is different in the west and eastern regions they respectively oversee. While both agree that their teams are best in class, they talk about the differences in population, building, and amenity trends in their regions and the regulatory and financial differences they both encounter. Sam Tenenbaum also asks about how they see the...

A special summer issue of Cushman & Wakefield's Multifamily Minute featuring a video filmed at our annual meeting of multifamily property managers. In this episode, Katya Watson and Mark Degraff, both Managing Directors on our Asset Services team, talk with Sam Tenenbaum. They discuss the role onsite property managers play in the lives of residents and the success of apartment buildings, as we...

In the conclusion of Season 1, Cushman & Wakefield's Chief Economist, Kevin Thorpe, sits down with Sam Tenenbaum, Head of Multifamily Insights for Cushman & Wakefield, to discuss how hot topics in the news could impact the multifamily commercial real estate market. They analyze the impact of tariffs, proposed and enacted, as well as how changing immigration rates, and increased enforcement...

With frequent changes in the strength of the stock market and federal interest rates, the debt markets have been in similar flux. Blake Okland and Alex Basile break down what the acronym EDSF stands for, how clients are navigating these changing markets, and what might be on the horizon this year. 

On this episode of the Multifamily Minute, Michele Kauffman, Chief Growth Officer for Cushman & Wakefield's Valuation and Advisory team, speaks with Zach Bowyer. Zach is the head of C&W's Living Sectors for Valuations and Advisory, covering conventional multifamily, affordable housing, student accommodations, build-to-rent and senior living. Zach and Michele discuss the latest trends in mu...

Student Housing is a relatively new type of multifamily commercial real estate, but an increasingly vital one. Providing housing for students in college and university is different than typical apartment rentals; students have unique needs. Travis Prince and Adam Loftin of Cushman & Wakefield's Student Housing Capital Markets team join Sam Tenenbaum, Head of Multifamily Insights, on this discu...

A discussion on the emergence of Build-to-Rent (BTR) and Single-Family-Rentals (SFR) within the multifamily commercial real estate space. Jeremy Edmiston shares insights from his 25 years of experience in this niche asset type and explains his current role of U.S. Lead BTR/SFR for Cushman & Wakefield’s Multifamily Asset Services platform. He and Sam Tenenbaum, head of Multifamily Insights, hav...

On the inaugural episode of Multifamily Minute, Sam Tenenbaum, Cushman & Wakefield’s Head of Multifamily Insights, is interviewed by Abby Corbett, Senior Economist and Head of Investor Insights. They discuss how the multifamily commercial real estate sector performed at the end of 2024 and where they expect things to go in 2025 and beyond.