Real Estate Blog
City looks to waive building permit fees to encourage more housing projects
Homeowners for DIY projects, as well as builders, contractors and landlords, are eligible to participate.
Abandoned motels of Colfax: Windows to the past and indicators of avenue’s potential
The vacant rooms of several dilapidated motels sitting on Denver’s historic Colfax Avenue won’t gather dust for much longer, as real estate developers and city officials hope to breathe new life into the neglected properties as apartments, affordable housing and more.
The question facing those projects is this: Can they revamp the rundown properties while also providing much-needed housing that serves the surrounding neighborhoods?
Colfax Avenue is an example of the duality of a modern-day American city. The 154-year-old street is dotted with both shuttered businesses – Pete’s Greek Town Cafe, Little Beast Street Food and Paradise Cleaners among them – and hot spots, including restaurants and bars. As cars zoom east and west, the sidewalks are filled with people: students, shoppers, encampments of people experiencing homelessness and more.
Colfax is the longest commercial street in the nation, as it runs through Aurora, Denver, Lakewood and Golden for nearly 27 miles and extends fur..
Mass. voters support responsible development practices, wage theft prevention, poll shows
80% of voters say they support responsible development practices like providing living wages and benefits. Voters also strongly support making wage theft a crime.
MetroNational tops out on Memorial City office tower
The office building at 9753 Katy Freeway is expected to be delivered in the second quarter of 2023.
Albany broker buys apartment building in Saratoga from Sonny Bonacio
It's the buyer's first multifamily purchase and she's interested in more deals.
NYC Housing Development Corp. signs 109,000-square-foot lease in lower Manhattan
The nation’s largest municipal housing finance agency will occupy the second and third floors of a lower Manhattan building.
Developer charts major industrial complex along I-85/40 corridor in Graham
Alamance County's interstate corridor continues to draw attention from developers, including this most recent plan for five buildings by a Texas company.
Kannapolis gears up for next phase of former mill town’s downtown remake
The $133 million makeover of downtown Kannapolis has drawn almost $240 million in private investment. But local leaders say that's just the first chapter.
American Landmark sells Hollywood apartments for $70M
The property is near a golf course.
Raleigh, Durham miss out as economic development incentives go elsewhere
2022 is proving to be a banner year for rural economic development – but what about Durham and Raleigh?