Real Estate Blog
Amid Bay Area exodus, high-growth companies are courted by Texas, Idaho, others
One VC says the only thing keeping entrepreneurs and investors in California are the kids.
First look: 600-foot tower will rise from tiny Seattle lot
Planned for next to an Amazon-leased building, the 53-story building will have office space on the lower floors and 568 residences above.
Disgruntled investors push for changes at Pope Resources
With two members of the founding family still in control, the 167-year-old Poulsbo-based timber company has resisted calls to restructure or sell. But one investor says, 'I’m not going to take it any longer.'
Mahi Pono plants first crop of potatoes on former A&B Maui sugar cane land
Mahi Pono held a blessing on Friday to mark the start of planting red and yellow potatoes on about 40 acres of the more than 41,000 acres of former sugar cane land on Maui that the company bought from Alexander & Baldwin for $262 million last year.
The crop is expected to be ready for harvest in three months.
“Today marks Mahi Pono’s first major step in returning the land to active agriculture production, increasing local food production and helping to achieve food security for Maui, and our…
Former head of Hawaii electrical workers union indicted on federal conspiracy, wire fraud charges
Federal prosecutors have indicted the former manager of Hawaii’s International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union 1260, along with his wife and sister-in-law, on 70 counts of criminal conspiracy, wire fraud, money laundering and embezzlement for allegedly using union funds for personal use and rigging an election to increase dues, resulting in members paying an additional $3.7 million in dues.
Brian Ahakuelo, 58, his wife, Marilyn Ahakuelo, 55, and sister-in-law, Jennifer Estencion,…
Vestcor foundation buys city property slated for charter school
The Vestcor Family Foundation has closed on the purchase of two vacant parcels in the Mixon Town neighborhood, adjacent to Brooklyn.
The land is slated to be the site of the Jacksonville Classical Academy, a charter school affiliated with Hillsdale College.
The foundation paid $1.4 million for 2039 Forest St. and 2100 Forest St. in a sale that closed Thursday.
The City Council approved the sale of the property in March and rezoned it it May.
The property had been the site of a trash incinerator…
Melvin Mark, Becker team up on the 10-building Pacific Foods campus
The $24.8 million deal is the first industrial acquisition for the partners.
Vestcor amends downtown townhome plans
After being picked to buy and develop land the city owns in LaVilla, the Vestcor Cos. has changed its plan to be more similar to one of the losing proposals.
Two weeks ago, the Jacksonville company won a three-way contest to buy three parcels between Forsyth and Adams streets
The land was in play because Vestcor had submitted an unsolicited bid to the Downtown Investment Authority in May to build 70 townhomes on the site.
After the city asked for other interested parties, Johnson Commons LLC and…
Form-D Friday: Dallas-based firm raises $17.4M for $200M fund
Welcome back to Form D Friday, where we take a look at regulatory filings in North Texas to see which businesses and firms are raising capital for a new project, investment idea or for something else.
Once Atlanta’s largest prison, it’s got a loan and a new life
GlenCastle, the former city stockade, stables and farm, will be turned into 70,000 square feet of office space focused on attracting creative class companies.