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In terms of bang for your buck, Texas lawns are still relatively affordable, in large part because there are fewer limits on new housing development here than there are in many other states.

Two other office buildings that were earmarked for sale this year received unsatisfactory offers.

Development interest along Edgewood Avenue has increased over the past five years. It’s partially — if not entirely — responding to demand for housing and commercial properties near the BeltLine’s Eastside Trail.

The Town and Country Square retail center in Issaquah offers “significant potential for mixed-use redevelopment,” the lender says.

After three decades of working on major projects in Colorado, the design firm ZGF has opened an office in Denver.

The firm, which started 70 years ago in Portland, Oregon, worked on the master plan for the Central Platte Valley neighborhood; Children’s Hospital Colorado and its East Tower addition; and the RMI Innovation Center in Basalt, a net-zero building designed to produce as much energy as it consumes.

In partnership with Anderson Mason Dale, ZGF designed the Anschutz Health Sciences Building at the University of Colorado’s Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora.

The firm is now working on the master plan for the redevelopment of 55 acres, including parking lots, around Ball Arena, where the Denver Nuggets and Colorado Avalanche play. Stan Kroenke, owner of the teams and the property, also plans the nearby River Mile, a neighborhood to be built on the current site of the Elitch Gardens amusement park.

“We’ve been doing work in Denver for 30 years,” said Ryan Velasco, a ZGF designe..

Exec for suburban Washington, D.C., buyer calls the Strip District-Lawrenceville apartment market “one of the best submarkets in any major city located along the East Coast.”

Only six other cities among the nation’s 50 largest markets saw larger monthly price drops than Phoenix’s, with most of them in pricey West Coast markets. But Phoenix's home prices are still higher than they were last year.

While Michaels is set to remain in the building, the property is zoned for mixed-use or multifamily development.

With necessary approvals in hand, the university could begin construction on the two projects — one of which is a partial replacement for Evans Hall — by next year.

The broadcast company's impending move from downtown Cleveland comes as some real estate agents see stagnation and struggle in the city's office real estate market.