The curious case of 600 Broadway
Less than a year after the Hollister flagship store at 600 Broadway in Soho shut down, the posters announcing the closure are covered in graffiti. On the other side of the through-block property, ripped signs on…
How Your Home Can Help With Your Resolution To Exercise
Let’s face it, you know you need to exercise, but getting to the gym doesn’t always fit your schedule. That doesn’t mean you can’t get in a good workout. Your home can be an important ally…
The Perils of Renovating if You Rent
A woodworker spent six years turning his apartment into ‘a delightful, strange, kooky space.’ Then his landlord nearly doubled the rent….
Loan data firm Actovia buys shuttered competitor CrediFi
Mortgage data firm Actovia has struck a deal to buy its former competitor CrediFi, the Tel Aviv-based startup that abruptly shut down last month. New Jersey-based Actovia closed on its purchase Friday, company founder and CEO…
Northern Virginia’s housing market is still feeling the “Amazon effect”
The housing market in northern Virginia took off as soon as Amazon announced it would be bringing half of its second headquarters to Crystal City, and that boom shows no signs of letting up more than…
Great deal or ecological disaster? A private “border wall” rises in Texas
A contractor who owns hundreds of miles of property along the U.S-Mexico border says he’s got a deal for President Donald Trump. Tommy Fisher says he’ll complete three miles of a border fence along the Rio…
This “living concrete” could revolutionize real estate on earth, and in space
Could this be the building block of real estate life on Mars? Researchers at the University of Colorado have turned light-eating bacteria into the world’s tiniest construction workers, utilizing their power to create “living concrete.” Their…
REIT Donates $500K To Help Address Homelessness
Latest philanthropic contribution by Hudson Pacific Properties channels resources to a rescue mission that saves lives. …
REIT Donates $500,000 To Help Address Homelessness In Los Angeles
Latest philanthropic contribution by Hudson Pacific Properties channels resources to a rescue mission that saves lives. …
This European city has the world’s fastest rising home price
In the elegant Hungarian capital of Budapest, it’s good news for home sellers and not so good news for buyers. No other city in the world saw prices climb higher than in Budapest in the third…
CBRE to open first Northeast co-working location in Philadelphia
It’s time to share a conference room in the City of Brotherly Love. CBRE’s first co-working location in the Northeast is set to open by the end of the year in Philadelphia. The 50,000-square-foot location at…
Hot Property: French Montana looks to double his money on Hidden Hills home
Rapper French Montana has listed his Hidden Hills home, once owned by Selena Gomez, for sale at $6.599 million. Also: Forest Whitaker has sold his Hollywood Hills compound, and 5 Seconds of Summer guitarist Michael Clifford…
Masa Son, the crown prince of Dubai and Tony Blair walk into a bar and decide to build a $34B city in Asia
How much would it cost to build a brand new, 445,000-acre capital city from scratch in the 21st century? Indonesia figures about $34 billion, and the world’s fourth-most populous nation has tapped a strange collection of…
Actress Bella Thorne has a thing for roses
In a house of themed spaces, Thorne created a wall of roses for her ultra pink dining room. A hot glue gun is a key tool in her arsenal. …
Home of the Week: King of the hill in Silver Lake
An estate in Silver Lake on about 4.5 acres is among the largest in that L.A. neighborhood. Asking price: $5.98 million. …
A Small Gem – Creating A Perfect Habitat
This small house in Sharon, CT is a perfect example of how small doesn’t mean cramped or uncomfortable. …
Renewed Confidence In Housing Market Forecasts Post-Election Sales Surge
The latest RICS Residential Market Survey for the month of December, coupled with strong results from leading agencies, alludes to a year of tremendous growth. Here’s what to expect in 2020. …
Pols take aim at private equity with new plan to tax mezz debt
A new bill seeks to raise money for public housing while bringing more transparency to the world of mezzanine financing. A new state bill introduced by State Senator Julia Salazar and Assemblymember Harvey Epstein would include…
Opportunity Zone investigation won’t derail developer investment, experts say
The Treasury Department’s investigation into the Opportunity Zones program will weed out the bad apples but won’t derail the federal tax incentive initiative, investors and developers say. Instead, the probe could provide a way for companies with…
Reflection, resentment and some remorse: Real estate’s mood at the REBNY gala
You almost had to feel sorry for the ushers wielding chimes and dimming the lights. At the Real Estate Board of New York’s 124th annual gala, the biggest names in real estate converged on the Hilton…
