Patty Utley, AATC President A New Horizon I want to welcome everyone to 2022 personally! Each year, AATC is busy planning all the upcoming events, education courses, and committee meetings. It is an arduous process that is difficult to imagine until you see it first-hand.... Continue Reading
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Greater Fort Worth Submarket Spotlight It has been a historic year for the multifamily industry, and Greater Fort Worth has certainly been no exception. An average occupancy increase of more than 3% through November combined with an average effective rent gain of more than 15% resulted in a net... Continue Reading
Gone The past two years have been a challenge for all of us. My hope is that in 2022 we get back to business as usual. But I did manage to learn a few things during the pandemic, SnowVid, and the Great Resignation. First, our industry is blessed with incredible professionals both onsite and... Continue Reading
Legendary football coach Vince Lombardi began the first practice of training camp each year by holding up a football and saying to his multiple championship-winning teams: “Gentlemen, this is a football.” Coach Lombardi took nothing for granted. He did not assume that past... Continue Reading
AATC PSC Advisory Sets 2022 Schedule For as long as there have been property owners and managers, there have been vendors and suppliers. It could be argued that one could not exist without the other. It’s a very symbiotic relationship, and one that proves that regardless of your AATC... Continue Reading
Bigger, Stronger, Better, Together – 2021 Year in Review Our AATC family overcame unprecedented challenges in 2021 and emerged bigger, stronger, better, and, most importantly, together. Last year brought unexpected volunteer and staff leadership changes; the AATC office sale; financial... Continue Reading
LSA Presenting Sponsor Kristen Vick, Stowe's and Nicole McQuarry, American Landmark 18 Award Categories. 402 Nominations Submitted. 135 Finalists. 54 Category Judges. 130 Hours of Judging. 18 Winners. We thought we had seen it all in 2020, and then life handed us 2021. A pandemic, eviction... Continue Reading
Retired AATC Executive Director John Mitchell received the National Apartment Association’s (NAA) Lifetime Achievement Award during the 2021 NAA Assembly of Delegates meeting held last month in Cincinnati. The NAA Lifetime Achievement Award is a very prestigious award that recognizes the... Continue Reading
This is the final article in our year-long series: Advocacy by the Numbers. Last month, we explored addition and subtraction (i.e., the Census impact on redistricting). This month we finish our in-depth look at quantitative advocacy by exploring political action committees (PAC). AATC’s... Continue Reading
Greater Fort Worth Demand Finally Cooled in October Apartment demand for Greater Forth Worth through October of 2021 has been substantially beyond anything seen in more than five years. For six straight months, from April through September, more than 1,000 net conventional units were absorbed... Continue Reading
AATC’s Annual Education Conference ACCELERATE2021 was a HUGE Success! We had over 200+ attendees, three local speakers, and two USA Olympians. WHAT COULD BE BETTER? The day was filled with lots of laughter, thought-provoking seminars, incredible networking, and a tremendous amount of HIGH... Continue Reading
We are excited to say that the AAGD/AATC Toys for Tots Christmas Reception returns next week! Join us Thursday, December 9th at the Renaissance Dallas Addison Hotel and all your DFW multifamily friends to showcase $85,000 in toys raised by AAGD and AATC members. What a feat! Another year where... Continue Reading