Real Estate Blog
Kroger pitches robot-focused expansion so its Delaware hub won’t ‘become obsolete’
Kroger Co. is looking to add 130,000 square feet to its Great Lakes Distribution Center in Delaware, already one of the Cincinnati-based retailers largest such facilities.
But there's more: the company plans to outfit the distribution center with an automated storage retrieval system – a series of computer-controlled robots that can place and retrieve goods.
Located at 2000 Nutter Farms Lane, the logistics hub currently supplies stores in much of Ohio, Michigan and Indiana. Kroger employs about…
Cincinnati ranks among most affordable cities to live and work
Cincinnati is one of the best cities in the nation for recent graduates and young professionals, according to a new ranking.
BusinessStudent.com ranked the Queen City No. 19 on its 2019 Top 25 Most Affordable Cities to Live and Work list.
The list was created by comparing the highest quoted salaries for more than 100 business-related jobs on Indeed.com to the average rent for a two-bedroom apartment in a variety of cities provided by Rentjungle.com.
According to the list, in Cincinnati, the average…
Hook & Ladder’s focus shifting to commercial properties
The company has 46 South Buffalo homes up for sale.
Almost 700-unit project by S.F. megadeveloper approved near San Leandro BART
As some Bay Area cities push back against high-density development, San Leandro is welcoming the construction of a 687-unit apartment complex within walking distance of its Bay Area Rapid Transit stop.
The project by San Francisco-based Maximus Real Estate Partners, the same developer behind the stalled, controversial “Monster in the Mission” housing development in San Francisco’s Mission District, was unanimously approved last week.
The plans for the 5.7-acre site at 899 Alvarado St. include…
Good Works: Elway charity leads Women’s History Month giving, real estate firm helps teachers buy homes
A regular roundup of philanthropic and good deeds in the Denver area.
Median price in Feb. home sale agreements rises 11 percent
The number of single-family home sale agreements reached in February rose 11 percent compared to last year
Lexington developer pegs 30-acre Louisville site for 200 apartments
The project includes several playgrounds and a dog park.
Homebuilder expands with new Fenton headquarters, showroom
With its head count growing, a St. Louis custom homebuilder has expanded with a new headquarters and showroom in Fenton.
In rare rebuke, Boston commission disapproves Dock Square Garage design
The Boston Civic Design Commission last week took the rare step to unanimously disapprove a proposed project’s architectural design.
Denver real estate broker Redefy going public
Redefy Holdings Inc., a flat-fee brokerage firm based in Denver, said Tuesday it had entered into a share exchange agreement with Mister Goody Inc., a publicly traded management consulting services firm.
The “reverse merger,” if completed, will provide Redefy with a public stock it can use to continue a national expansion.
“We believe that with access to public capital markets, Redefy can more effectively continue to grow and become the national leader in the technology-enabled, flat-fee, full-service real estate space,” CEO Chris Rediger said in a statement.
The transaction, expected to close in the second quarter, requires Redefy to raise $1.5 million in financing. Redefy will become a subsidiary of Mister Goody, with Rediger as CEO. The combined public company will take on a new name and start with 14.9 million common shares.
Redefy got its start in 2011 after Rediger, who was running an investment pool purchasing distressed real estate, became frustrated with commissions. The f..