multifamily

American  

[muhl-tee-fam-uh-lee, -fam-lee, muhl-tahy-] / ˌmʌl tiˈfæm ə li, -ˈfæm li, ˌmʌl taɪ- /

adjective

1. designed or suitable for the use of several or many families.

   multifamily apartment buildings.

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Etymology

Origin of multifamily

multi- + family

Example Sentences

The shortfall in earnings per share was driven by a delay in completing the sale of roughly half of Toll Brothers’ multifamily business, not its home-building activities, KBW analyst Jade Rahmani wrote Monday evening.

From Barron's

She began snapping up a host of multifamily homes in the greater Boston area in December 2023, property records reveal, just a few months after she was first seen spending time with Belichick, 73, although they are reported to have met around 18 months earlier.

From MarketWatch

According to mortgage documents seen by Realtor.com, Hudson purchased three multifamily dwellings at the end of 2023, all of which were purchased through separate LLCs, but with the former cheerleader’s name listed as the “borrower” for each.

From MarketWatch

Greystar, which is based in Charleston, S.C., manages about 333 multifamily rental properties in California that use RealPage’s pricing software, the attorney general said.

From Los Angeles Times

These rent caps apply to about three quarters of the city’s multifamily housing units.

From The Wall Street Journal