Apartment developers are taking notice of the movement of people from urban areas to the suburbs.
Steve Hallsey, executive vice president of operations for Wood Residential Service, says the pandemic has changed how the company works with residents to understand what they want.
"There have been so many residents in our high-rise buildings just wanting out at the end of their lease," Hallsey says. "They did not like being cooped up in a high rise and having to wait for elevators because there could only be two people in there. There were a lot of inconveniences that took place in high-rise properties."
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Leslie Shaver
Les Shaver has been covering commercial and residential real estate for almost 20 years. His work has appeared in Multifamily Executive, Builder, units, Arlington Magazine in addition to GlobeSt.com and Real Estate Forum.
