PHOTOS: East Sacramento house seen in ‘Lady Bird’ hits the market
If the new East Sacramento home listing by real estate broker Kim Pacini-Hauch looks familiar, you were paying close attention to a certain Oscar-nominated film.
The opening scenes of 2017’s “Lady Bird,” set in director Greta Gerwig’s hometown of Sacramento, feature the brick house on 1445 45th St. Pacini-Hauch of Re/Max Gold is listing the 6,600-square-foot home for $3.895 million.
“This is one of those situations where there hasn’t been a home for sale on this street in many years,”…
Back to the future: Latest CodeNext developments include suggestion to scrap it
One land-use commission has had enough of CodeNext while another wants to hear more from the public. And Austin City Council wants staff to review an alternate plan offered by opponents of the land-use development code rewrite. In other words, just another typical week for CodeNext.
Patti Payne’s Cool Pads: Waterfront Medina home with private tram hits market for $8.5M
A unique property with 125 feet of Lake Washington waterfront in Medina is on the market for $8.5 million.
The home belongs to Alan and Jeannie McGinnis, who first bought the property in 1997.
Brokers Moya Skillman and Tere Foster with Team Foster at Avenue Properties have the listing.
Alan McGinnis is an entrepreneur who has started several companies including Enthrall Sports, and who worked at Microsoft for seven years as the director of MSN International.
Jeannie McGinnis founded and managed…
Winn Communities, Ridge Capital teaming on mixed-use housing project in El Dorado Hills
About 200 acres of undeveloped land that was to be part of the El Dorado Hills Business Park is now likely to be the site of a mixed-use development instead.
After park property owners voted last month to de-annex 240 acres from the park, Winn Communities and Ridge Capital Inc. are in talks to acquire the land and sketch out a plan for it.
Winn vice president George Carpenter said the early concept is a variety of housing types, meant to be more affordable than much of what’s typically built…
Austin-area residential builder Scott Felder Homes acquired by investment firm
A volume homebuilder based in Austin has been acquired by a private equity firm that has more than $1.1 billion in assets under management.
Platform Ventures of Kansas announced Thursday it had purchased Scott Felder Homes LLC for an undisclosed amount.
Scott Felder Homes is active in 28 communities from Austin to San Antonio and controls more than 1,000 homesites, according to the announcement. That includes Belterra in Dripping Springs, Oaks at San Gabriel in Georgetown, Santa Rita Ranch near…
Here’s the latest on a planned new 2,558-acre community near Lake Nona
Here's what the huge planned Starwood development wants to do next.
Project Slugger developer says deadlines most important in parking deck selection
The reopened discussions between Roy Carroll and the city of Greensboro about a private-public partnership to build a $30 million downtown parking deck hasn't alleviated any of the concerns of developer Robin Team, whose six-story office building next to First National Bank Field was the catalyst for the plan.
Team told Triad Business Journal on Friday afternoon that he has two priority deadlines for a parking deck built on or very near the intersection of Bellemeade and Eugene streets.
Having…
Stephen Starr readies his next D.C. act — and Pastis may follow
Philadelphia restaurateur Stephen Starr has a thing for New York’s formerly gritty meatpacking district — his first restaurants in that city, Buddakan and Morimoto, are there — and he was drawn to Union Market's similar vibe for his next D.C. project, a location of Brooklyn restaurant St. Anselm with fellow restaurateur Joe Carroll.
But Starr is also looking to bring another piece of Manhattan history to D.C.: The restaurateur said Friday he’s looking for a space to open a location of…
Amy’s Ice Creams to open first East Austin store as it closes in on finding new CEO
Amy's Ice Creams owner Amy Simmons discusses the ice cream chain's plans for expanding into East Austin and renovating another location, as well as the search for its next CEO.
Cowboy Jack’s owner buys former Brine’s restaurant in Stillwater
After Midnight Group, the Minneapolis company behind Cowboy Jack’s and several other Twin Cities bars, has purchased the former Brine’s Restaurant & Bar.
The restaurant will re-open, following a minor facelift, hopefully by June 1, said After Midnight co-owner Anne Loff. A name is to still to be determined, but it won’t be a Cowboy Jack’s, Loff said.
Brine’s, at 219 S. Main St., closed in February after 60 years, not because of slow business but because no one from the family wanted…