Design Revolution Returns Apartments to Nature
What’s an apartment owner to do in today’s tough rental market, hurt by
overbuilding and low mortgage rates? The answer--make your property stand
out from the crowd. This is just what Jeffrey Abramson has done. But he’s
not your average developer. He’s at the leading edge of a change in the
high-stakes world of commercial real estate.
Agitating for a Change: Investor Activism Gains Momentum in Enron’s Wake
Patricia Wolf is a veteran activist. But you won’t find her waving signs or
chanting slogans in the streets. Instead she demands action in the board rooms
and at the annual meetings of the world’s largest corporations. As the executive
director of the Interfaith Center for Corporate Responsibility, she unites a
coalition of 275 religious investors--churches, hospitals, foundations--with
combined portfolios valued at an estimated $100 billion. Her group is one of
the oldest, and most respected, in the ever widening world of shareholder activism.
