Partner Diaries

Sandy Haithcock Celebrates 34 Years with EpiCity

We are so pleased to share yet another exciting EpiCity milestone. The Property Manager of Epic Gardens Apartments in Brookhaven, … Read More »

Warren Buffet: Single Family Homes Are Very Attractive Asset Class

A new video on CNBC.com shows a recent interview with Warren Buffet where he states that, if he had a … Read More »

Meet EpiCity’s 4th Generation Staff Member

Epic Gardens Apartments in Brookhaven, which EpiCity manages, has just named Kori Stokes a leasing agent for the community. Read More »

Good News on Employment

We’re excited to read the latest employment report forwarded by our friend Bret Hunsaker at Grubb & Ellis.  We like … Read More »

EpicDevelopment Ponders Latest Remodeling Trends

In this month’s issue of Atlanta Home Improvement magazine, you’ll find an Expert Q&A column featuring EpicDevelopment’s own Jim LaVallee. … Read More »

A Positive Step In the Recovery Process

Jim LaVallee offers some insight into the economic recovery process in today’s EpicDevelopment blog post. Citing the Wall Street Journal’s … Read More »

Housing Market Slowly Turns Positive

The latest figures form the National Association of Realtors indicate that existing-home sales rose year over year for the fourth … Read More »

The Helping Responsible Homeowners Act

Today, on the EpicDevelopment blog, Jim LaVallee urges our readers to support Senate Bill 170, The Helping Responsible Homeowners Act, … Read More »

EpiCity Office Leasing Surpasses Atlanta Average

According to recent reports, EpiCity’s office leasing results far exceed the Atlanta average. New data show the Atlanta office market … Read More »

Home Sales Stabilizing

In his daily Capital Markets Update, Chris Slusher of The Private Bank recently reported the following: “Sales of previously-owned homes … Read More »

Latest Trends: The New American Home

The real estate market is constantly in motion. Architectural trends are no different. In today’s EpicDevelopment blog post, Jim LaVallee … Read More »

Now May Be The Time

While I agree with my partner Jim LaVallee’s recent blog comments that it’s difficult to call the bottom of any … Read More »

EpicDevelopment Leader Discusses HARP 2.0

If you’re curious about the recently announced HARP 2.0 (Homeowner Assistance Refinance Program), Jim LaVallee is sharing his thoughts in … Read More »

The Winning OBIE Award Entries

  After a resounding victory at the OBIE Awards on Saturday night, the folks at EpicDevelopment and here at EpiCity … Read More »

The Lumberyard Is LEEDing the Way

Last week, Tom Stokes of EpiCity gathered with a group of individuals for an exploratory meeting at The Lumberyard, an … Read More »

EpicDevelopment Takes Home 4 OBIE Awards

EpiCity is proud to announce that EpicDevelopment, the residential construction arm of our business, took home 4 OBIE Awards (winning … Read More »

Report from the ULI Conference

Recently, members of the EpiCity team had the opportunity to attend the 2011 Urban Land Institute (ULI) Fall Conference in … Read More »

Cheering On EpicDevelopment at the OBIE Awards

This Saturday evening, members of the EpicDevelopment team will once again gather together with their peers at the Atlanta’s Home … Read More »

Epic Development Submits 4 Projects for OBIE Awards

Epic Development has entered four projects in this year’s Atlanta Home Builders Association OBIE Awards. Building on the company’s success in 2010, winning a total of five OBIEs, the company is entering several new and renovated homes and competing in a new category: Outdoor Hardscape Projects. Read More »

Atlanta Housing, Interest Rates and the Economy

Curious about what’s going on with housing, interest rates and the economy? The experts at Epicity and Epic Development weigh … Read More »

On the Bookshelf: Latest Reads by Jim LaValle

My recent reads include The Big Short by Michael Lewis, who wrote Liar’s Poker and The Blind Side; and Reckless Endangerment by Gretchen Morgenson and Joshua Rosner. These works lay the frame work for how we arrived at the brink of the second great depression in the fall of 2008. Read More »

Making the Simple Ranch Home Historic

Just the other day, we stumbled upon an interesting article in the weekend edition of the Wall Street Journal. In … Read More »