AUSTIN, TX—Coming from Cushman and Wakefield, Fidje will direct porfolio management in Central Texas.

NEW YORK CITY—Company CEO Elliot Vermes says the new capability was devised “to reduce the time that multifamily brokers and investors need to spend on non-value-add work.”

NEW YORK CITY—Standard & Poor's and Fitch weigh in on the wisdom of Equity Residential's massive portfolio sale to Starwood Capital, and conversely the buyer's $5.365-billion bet on multifamily outside core markets.

BOSTON—Skanska USA Commercial Development based here will be needing some new signage on some corporate office doors as several key executives have been promoted to top posts with the company or transferred to a key post with an affiliate.