NEW ORLEANS, LA – 365 Connect, a leading provider of award-winning marketing, leasing, and resident technology platforms for the multifamily housing industry, announced today the integration of its Marketing Syndication Platform with uCribs, the largest search site dedicated to apartments near universities. In teaming up with uCribs, 365 Connect will distribute rental listings to uCribs’ nationwide rental housing platform.

The 365 Connect’s Marketing Syndication Platform emphasizes the shift from obsolete marketing strategies towards more economical and effective marketing technology that can be successfully utilized in the apartment industry. Research has repeatedly demonstrated that today’s renters want more efficient, user-friendly sites like uCribs when seeking an apartment home in a focused location. Through the distribution of 365 Connect’s client property listings across uCribs’ unique apartment search engine, this powerful alliance delivers high market penetration.

uCribs enables millennial renters to search for rentals based on the location of their university instead of an arbitrary location. With students and young renters primarily in mind, uCribs curates its own property listings and works directly with landlords and selected live data partners to provide a one-stop-shop for young renters and their parents, who are seeking to know the rental market around their chosen college. uCribs is committed to measuring and sharing rental trends across college markets within the United States to its growing audience of renters and potential landlords.

uCribs Vice President of Strategic Partnerships, Colin Kish, clarified, “As we continue to scale our platform across the nation, it is critical that we deliver apartments that are currently available for lease to our site users. 365 Connect’s award-winning technology directly delivers trusted source listings with real-time pricing and availability to uCribs. This integration will help uCribs succeed in its goal of making an exceptional user experience by providing accurate data to our site users searching for rental listings.”

Founder and CEO of 365 Connect, Kerry W. Kirby, responded, “We are excited to extend our Marketing Syndication Network to include uCribs. uCribs has made a unique marketplace for millennial renters that enables them to easily search and learn real-time inventory of apartments. uCribs’ focus on delivering leading-edge technology and mobile applications aligns perfectly with 365 Connect’s responsive platform, which allows renters on-the-go to find apartments, access neighborhood details, and share listings. This integration will allow us to dramatically increase the number of leads, eliminate redundant marketing efforts, and reduce operating expenses for our clients.”

To date, 365 Connect has received a total of 37 technology awards including an array of international awards for its leading-edge Marketing Syndication Platform. The 365 Connect Technology Platform is highly recognized by its peers for its unique ability to market communities across the Internet on high traffic sites, automate social media postings, and deliver desktop and mobile platforms for prospects to transact business. Today, 365 Connect’s innovative technology platforms are utilized across the nation by the most respected national, regional, and local multifamily housing operators in the country.

uCribs is an apartment search engine designed for renters who are looking to live near college campuses throughout the country. uCribs fills the college apartment niche actively sought by millennial renters in providing a comfortable interface, a clean design, and a focus in the student-housing market, which eliminate the friction of finding places near universities. Started in 2013 at one university with 50 properties, uCribs has expanded nationally to become the largest search site dedicated to rentals near universities.

365 Connect is a leading provider of award-winning marketing, leasing and resident technology platforms for the multifamily housing industry. Delivering a fully-integrated solution that eliminates redundant marketing efforts, simplifies transactions and delivers services after the lease is signed, the 365 Connect Platform interfaces with a variety of third-party applications to streamline operations and enhance user experiences. Powering the resident lifecycle since 2003, 365 Connect delivers game-changing results for its clients and the residents they serve, by remaining laser focused on connecting people with where they live.

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LONG BEACH, CA – LINC Housing continues to expand its portfolio of affordable housing as construction starts on Mosaic Gardens at Pomona. The new 46-home apartment complex is expected to welcome its first residents in late 2017. 

Located at 1680 S. Garey Ave. in Pomona, Calif., Mosaic Gardens at Pomona will feature one-, two- and three-bedroom homes for low-income families, with half of the apartments designated for formerly homeless households who are being served by the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services.

“Mosaic Gardens at Pomona is part of LINC’s initiative to integrate affordable housing with health resources and other services,” said Rebecca Clark, LINC Housing’s president and CEO. “We know that combining housing with health services increases positive outcomes for residents and strengthens neighborhoods overall. Even months before construction started, we were meeting with local service agencies, city officials and other advocates so we’re sure to develop the best set of services possible.”

During predevelopment of Mosaic Gardens at Pomona, LINC Housing sought input from local government officials, city staff, and community advocates. In addition, LINC staff participated in meetings of the Pomona Continuum of Care Coalition, a group focused on working together to address issues surrounding homelessness. The Coalition includes more than 40 agencies including service providers, advocates, faith-based organizations, local government representatives, and county departments, as well as, homeless and formerly homeless people and concerned citizens.

A variety of resident services will be offered through LINC Cares, LINC’s resident services department, and Ocean Park Community Center (OPCC), which has a contract with the county to provide intensive case management services to the 23 formerly homeless households that will call Mosaic Gardens at Pomona their home.

Funding for the $19.7-million development comes from a number of sources including the Los Angeles County Affordable Housing Funds, a construction to permanent loan from Citi, a Citi subordinate loan, and tax credit equity from Raymond James Tax Credit Funds Inc. The 23 homeless units, which include one, two, and three bedrooms, will receive rental subsidies from the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services as administered by Brilliant Corners. Funding for predevelopment of the site was made possible by generous support from The California Endowment, the JPMorgan Chase Foundation, and Partners in Progress.

Residents of the new apartment community will benefit from convenient parking, a community room, and a spacious courtyard with tot lot. The courtyard will be on a deck above subterranean parking and will serve as a gathering space for families to talk, children to play, and all residents to get to know each other. The community room will include a large living room-type area, computers for resident use, and ample space for resident services programs and events. Three offices in the community building will provide space for private meetings with case managers, therapists or other visiting service providers.

The new complex will have a number of sustainability features including 35 kW of solar photovoltaic to offset common and resident use, high-efficiency mechanical systems, and a foam roof for added insulation. The building also has high-performance windows and building envelope, and both the HVAC and water heating systems are very high efficiency. Other environmental features include low-flow plumbing fixtures, LED lighting, drought tolerant landscape, on-site recapture of rainwater, permeable paving surfaces, and healthy building materials throughout. Southern California Edison provided support for the project’s energy efficiency features through its Emerging Technologies program. Mosaic Gardens at Pomona has been registered with the U.S. Green Building Council and intends to pursue a LEED Platinum certification. 

The community was designed by D33 Design and Plotting, and the contractor is Walton Construction Services.

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