Amy Wolff Sorteris a contributor to Real Estate Southern California,from which this article was excerpted.
The condo market had its boom time before a slump took hold dueto overbuilding and a general housing crunch. Now, apartment ownersare primed to take advantage. With their new leverage in tow,owners are looking at various ways to keep renters for the longhaul by offering modern amenitites more often found in upscalehomes or office buildings.
Trends are creeping in to increase more value to new, high-endcomplexes. Two trends generating some buzz are environment-friendlybuilding methods and "intelligent buildings," buildings that arewired to take advantage of Internet, WiFi and othertechnologies.
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