AAM In Action
May 4, 2026 Legislative Update & Mixer
Hosted by AAM and Hylant
Benjamin Tobin (left) of Group Five Management, Representative Joe Aragona and AAM President Andrew Kuhn of Sunrise Communities.
Kevin Dillon (left) and Rick Brace of Berkadia with John Woods of Belfor.
A.J. Simon (left) of Hyland, Jeffrey Kaftan of Kaftan Enterprises, Inc. and Jay Brody of The Brody Companies.
2026 Multifamily Rental Market Outlook
Keynote Speaker Carl Whitaker of RealPage left); Patty Meadows-Smith of First Title (back row); Holly J. Tatman of Apartment Association of Michigan; Kevin Dillon of Berkadia; Andrew Kuhn, AAM President, of Sunrise Communities (front row); Cary Belovic of GREA; Karlene Lehman of Princeton Enterprises; Jay Brody of The Brody Companies; Benjamin Tobin of Group Five Management; Charlie Krisfalusi of Walker Dunlop and Forrest M. Wall, CEO of Apartment Association of Michigan.
AAM President Andrew Kuhn interview on Michigan’s Big Show
AAM President Andrew Kuhn Podcast
MIRS meets Andrew Kuhn, the board president of the Michigan Apartment Association to discuss the state of rental housing and housing reform.
2025 Multifamily Market Outlook – Berkadia
Panelists for the event Bobby Nicolls (left), COO of Monarch Investment and Management Group, Warren Rose, CEO of Edward Rose & Sons, John Woods, CIO of BELFOR Real Estate, LLC and Apartment Association of Michigan President Andrew Kuhn, Sunrise Properties.
Andrew Wakeland (left) of Giffels Webster and Vito Castellana of V.I.P. Homes & Development.
Robin Dillard-Russaw event hosted by AAM at Kaftan Enterprises on April 30, 2024
Jarrett Levine (left) of Swistak & Levine, Stuart Sherr of Sherr Development, Roger Sherr of Sherr Development, Robin Dillard-Russaw – Judicial candidate for 46th District Court Judge, Jeffrey Kaftan of Kaftan Properties, Kevin Dillon of Berkadia Group, Ben Tobin of Group Five Management and AAM President Andrew Kuhn of Sunrise Properties.
AAM President Andrew Kuhn Visits Key Legislators
To begin 2024, AAM President Andrew Kuhn initiated a series of meetings with legislators who sit on the House Housing Subcommittee. The Housing Subcommittee was established at the beginning of the 2023-2024 legislative session under the Economic Development and Small Business Committee. The subcommittee is chaired by Rep. Kristian Grant (D-Grand Rapids) and consists of 5 Democrats and 4 Republicans. Many of the anti-rental housing proposals introduced in the legislature last year were referred to this committee. Mr. Kuhn’s message in these meetings has focused on AAM’s support for initiatives which address housing supply and our concern with proposals which overregulate the industry and drive up the cost of rental housing. To date, Mr. Kuhn has met with:
- Rep. Kristian Grant (D-Grand Rapids) – Chair of the Housing Subcommittee
- Rep. Emily Dievendorf (D-Lansing) – Majority Vice Chair of the Housing Subcommittee
- Rep. Joseph Aragona (R-Clinton Twp) – Minority Vice Chair of the Housing Subcommittee
- Rep. Joey Andrews (D-St. Joseph) – Housing Subcommittee
- Rep. Andrew Fink (R-Osseo) – Housing Subcommittee
In addition to meetings with members of the House Housing Committee, Mr. Kuhn was joined by AAM Board Members Jay Brody, Jeffrey Kaftan, and Michael Tobin in a meeting with Rep. Jason Hoskins (D-Southfield). Rep. Hoskins is the chair of the Economic Development and Small Business Committee. Mr. Kuhn has also met with Sen. Rosemary Bayer (D-Keego Harbor), as well as Michigan State Housing Development Authority Director Amy Hovey.
Thank you to President Kuhn and our AAM leaders for carrying the message of the multifamily rental housing industry to our elected officials!
Rep. Kristian Grant (D-Grand Rapids) with AAM President Andrew Kuhn.