OUR BACKGROUND

Over the past decade, many real estate markets have seen a proliferation of new, “garden” apartment homes featuring decorative accents, beautifully landscaped grounds, and a full range of resident services and amenities designed to create a comfortable, community-oriented lifestyle. Virtually every city and town in the metropolitan area is dotted with fresh-looking, immaculately-kept properties with relatively similar offerings – so in most cases, upscale consumers who can afford to pay market prices for this higher standard of living generally have numerous options available to them.

For the less affluent households, however, finding affordable rental property in any market can be a frustrating experience.  With rents averaging $900 to $1,100 for a typical two-bedroom unit, the newer garden style apartments – with the associated amenities and security – are out of reach for most middle- to lower-income families.  On the other hand, older properties with more moderate rents often appear to be unsafe and unkempt, and typically feature only bare-bones amenities such as a laundry room and swimming pool.  These complexes certainly don’t offer the kind of residential, healthy lifestyle that most people are seeking, and serve to be little more than a place to live until the household can afford something better.

In 1996, Signature Management Corporation was founded to fill the gap that existed between affordable housing and higher-scale living in these metropolitan rental housing markets.  Our mission has been to develop and manage upscale-caliber apartment homes that cater to a mixed range of incomes.  Our current portfolio includes 35 properties with over 7,400 units – 62% of which are tax credit units.

OUR PHILOSOPHY

At Signature Management, we take a team approach to managing and maintaining communities under our supervision, and we never sacrifice the quality that today’s resident demands.  We are staffed with talented and experienced real estate professionals, each contributing a specific area of expertise to the team.

Our success originates with our Associates.  We actively solicit feedback from team members and utilize the results to promote professional training and personal growth.  The result is an environment where managers are knowledgeable, confident and aggressive, seeking the highest return on investment for our clients and our residents.

Our business model is based on the Fish Philosophy.  We thrive on our energy and commitment to what we do.  It is something that resonates throughout our workplace and reflects on our successful results.