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June 15, 2023

Finding the Silver Bullets in Multifamily Development Technology

RangeWater’s Maverick community in Atlanta contains 325 apartments and 110 townhouses that range in size from studios up to four-bedroom, multi-level residences. The Class A rental project was designed to appeal to potential residents from graduate students and young professionals to families and empty nesters. Image Courtesy

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June 10, 2023

Sands Companies Generates Significant Leasing Activity at Its Seaglass and Swells Build-to-Rent Communities in Myrtle Beach

March 7, 2023 | Read On MultifamilyBiz: Full Article MYRTLE BEACH, SC – Sands Companies, a full-service, vertically integrated multifamily development and construction firm, continues to experience intense demand for its innovative build-to-rent concept in the firm’s home base of Myrtle Beach. For instance, the Sands-developed 253-unit

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January 20, 2023

Multifamily Influencers: Sands Selected As A Top Company

Here are our picks for the top individuals, teams and companies in the multifamily sector. By Erika Morphy | October 07, 2022 at 07:00 AM Up until a few months ago, it appeared that multifamily had entered a golden age. Rents were rising, deals were closing and

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January 13, 2023

MHN Excellence Awards 2022 – Seaglass Win Best Design & Development For SFR

December 2, 2022 By The Editors of Multi-Housing News The MHN team is honored to present the awardees for Lifetime Achievement, Executive of the Year and much more. View our coverage of the event! Multi-Housing News held its 16th-annual Excellence Awards ceremony, hosted at Resource Furniture in

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January 13, 2023

Real Estate Weekly – Sands Begins Construction On Seaglass Phase II

Sands Companies, a full-service, vertically integrated multifamily development and construction firm, began construction on the second phase of Seaglass Cottage Apartment Homes in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. This phase of the horizontal cottage-style apartment homes brings 99 additional units to the already completed 349-unit first phase

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January 13, 2023

Sands Companies Expands Into Florida Market New 212 Build-to-Rent Cottage-Style Apartment Home Development in Gainesville

NOVEMBER 23, 2022 MYRTLE BEACH, SC – Sands Companies, a full-service, vertically integrated multifamily development and construction firm based in South Carolina, is expanding into the Florida market with a new build-to-rent (BTR) development in Gainesville. The firm has acquired a 22-acre site in a Gainesville suburb

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September 2, 2022

Best Bosses in CRE

JOE MORRISON & DAVID WILKES Myrtle Beach-based Sands Cos. was founded in 2014 by industry veterans Joe Morrison and David Wilkes with a focus on the horizontal apartment segment of the multifamily industry. The firm, which was among the first to introduce the development concept of building

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May 24, 2022

Sands Companies Adds Five New Team Members

Larson Baldwin, Roger Barnes, Melanie McIntosh, Rivers Singleton and Chris Waterman Myrtle Beach, SC (May 2022) – Sands Companies, a full-service, vertically integrated multifamily development and construction firm, continues to add new talent to its team to progress its expansion into additional markets in the Southeast U.S.

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March 23, 2022

Sands Companies Continues Growth with Addition of Four New Team Members

From Left: Chandler Davidson, George Nicholson, Joseph Wells and Rachel Young View Release on MULTIFAMILY PRESS March 23, 2022, Myrtle Beach, SC – Sands Companies, a full-service, vertically integrated multifamily development and construction firm, keeps adding talented new team members to support its significant portfolio expansion. The

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February 16, 2022

Sands Companies Adds Two Key Team Members in South Carolina

From Left: John Reise and Michael Hensley from Sands Companies View Release on MULTIFAMILY PRESS 16 February 2022, Myrtle Beach, SC – Sands Companies, a full-service, vertically integrated multifamily development and construction firm, welcomed two important new additions to its South Carolina-based team. The firm has more

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November 4, 2021

Sands Companies Closes $26M Million Sale of Cottage Community in Myrtle Beach

Connect Atlanta & Southeast Posted On: November 02, 2021 By Lisa McDuffie Sands Companies has completed the sale of ISLE Cottage Apartment Homes in Myrtle Beach, SC. The community was 95% occupied at closing. An Atlanta-based real estate investment company focused on multifamily acquisitions in the Southeast

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November 4, 2021

Multifamily Firms Cope With Workforce Challenges

Multifamily Executive Posted On: November 02, 2021 By Joe Bousquin Almost two years into the pandemic, attracting and retaining front-line talent in the apartment industry has become a full-time job. It’s been a long pandemic. For Julie Smith, chief administrative officer at Greenbelt, Maryland–based Bozzuto, which manages

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May 27, 2021

Swells Cottage Apartment Homes Ready for Lease in Late Fall 2021

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C., May 25, 2021–Sands Companies of Myrtle Beach is proud to announce the development of their latest single family rental (SFR) neighborhood: Swells Cottage Apartment Homes. Cottages will be ready for lease in late fall 2021. Swells Cottage Apartment Homes will be coming soon to

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May 12, 2021

Sands Companies Opens Seaglass Cottage Apartment Homes

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C., May 12, 2021–Sands Companies of Myrtle Beach recently held a ribbon cutting April 26 for their latest cottage apartment home community, Seaglass Cottage Apartment Homes. In attendance at the event were North Myrtle Beach business owners and Mayor Marilyn Hatley. The new SRF(Single Family Rentals)

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March 20, 2021

Sands Building Group Wins Best of Myrtle Beach Award

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C., March 20, 2021–The Myrtle Beach Award Program recently selected Sands Building Group as winner of the 2021 Best of Myrtle Beach Awards in the Real Estate Developer category. The Myrtle Beach Award Program was created to honor and generate public recognition of the achievements

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January 28, 2021

Sands Companies welcomes Holly Casper, Director of Asset Management

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C., January 28, 2021–Sands Companies of Myrtle Beach would like to introduce one of its newest members to the team: Holly Casper, director of asset management, who was hired in January 2021. Casper comes to Sands with more than 19 years of industry experience. As

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May 1, 2019

Sands Building Group Welcomes VP Hal Funderburk

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C., May 01, 2019–Sands Building Group (SBG) of Myrtle Beach would like to introduce Hal Funderburk, vice president of construction, who was hired in May 2019. Here at Sands, Funderburk plans and oversees the construction and development of single-family and multi-family projects throughout the southeastern

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