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An investor who bet $1 million in 2003 on Douglas County cable magnate John Malone and Liberty Media, his holding company, would have grown that stake to $4.6 million.

That works out to a return of 11 percent a year versus a return of 8 percent for someone who parked their money in an S&P 500 index fund, said Chris Marangi, a fund manager with Gabelli Funds.

Marangi, an analyst who got his start covering media and telecom stocks, has studied Malone for so long that he now runs Gabelli Media Mogul NextShares, an exchange-traded managed fund that tries to replicate Malone’s approach.

Malone’s magic formula, as described by Marangi, is to invest within your circle of expertise, recruit and retain top talent, use leverage as efficiently as possible and when it comes to taxes, pay less and pay later.

“He is probably the most tax-savvy of investors, rivaled only by Warren Buffett,” said Marangi in a conference call on Thursday.

Malone is also a master of financial engineering, spinning ..

It could be your chance to lay your hands on a piece of chicken dinner history.

An online auction is under way for the kitchen equipment, decor and everything else still inside the now-closed White Fence Farm restaurant at 6263 W Jewell Ave. The Lakewood institution, known for its fried chicken and petting zoo, closed on Dec. 30 after more than 45 years in business.

Items up for sale Friday include farm implements, a truck, playground equipment, and all of the equipment and furniture used in the White Fence Farm’s restaurant, bar and candy shop, according to Dickensheet & Associates Inc., the company overseeing the auction.

Sale items range from the mundane — like trash cans — to the quirky. Bidders have the option to buy animatronic chickens that told corny jokes to guests at the push of a button.

For online bidding, visit dpo.st/WFFliquidation.

The auction is slated to continue until every item is sold, something auction overseers believe will take until about 3:30 or 4 p.m. Ite..

Missouri-based NorthPoint Development LLC, is looking to make another entry into the Sacramento region, with plans to buy and develop 132 acres in Metro Air Park.

The estate of Seattle affordable-housing pioneer Jim Potter sold three Footprint-branded micro-apartment buildings to a Seattle company, Anew Apartments.

Ways to improve and activate public space in city cores was a discussion point at the Arizona chapter of the Urban Land Institute’s Trends Day discussion on Jan. 25.

“How do we make sure these buildings have the same integrity, and are the same vibrant places, 50 years from now?”

The university believes the renovated building will provide opportunities not only to students and faculty already in D.C., but to those in Baltimore as well, and raise the university to a new level of stature.

A crowd of industry professionals gathered at the Pomaikai Ballrooms at Dole Cannery for the annual real estate forecast event sponsored by the Hawaii chapters of CCIM and the Institute of Real Estate Management.

A $25 million hotel project along Central Avenue is our Deal of the Week.

In Salesforce Tower, some companies with deep pockets have landed on WeWork’s coveted 37th floor.

Spots at the co-working company’s 415 Mission St. site sold out practically overnight, said Elton Kwok, general manager of the Northern California region. About 100 people not employed by WeWork nabbed space there, which also serves as WeWork's San Francisco headquarters.

The price tag? On average, about $1,800 per month for each client, as compared to about $1,000 per month at WeWork's other Bay…