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City Council calls timeout on two big Downtown-area projects
Kansas City Council members put off until January consideration of incentives for two projects — a 25-story office tower at 13th and Main streets and a transit-oriented development in the River Market.
Although ordinances empowering City Manager Troy Schulte to start negotiating development agreements for both projects advanced out of committee, members expressed doubt that either plan had the necessary nine votes for fast-track approval, The Kansas City Star reports. In fact, a vote on the River…
Barrett Lo partners with national property manager
Barrett Lo Visionary Development, the firm behind the Couture high-rise, is bringing national apartment management giant Lincoln Property Co. to Milwaukee to oversee its properties and eventually expand.
Greater Cincinnati’s most expensive home sales of 2018: PHOTOS
The most expensive homes sold in Greater Cincinnati hit a five-year high in 2018.
Looking back on luxury home sales for the year, the Business Courier found the 25 most expensive home sales in the region. This year, the top 25 sales surpassed 2014, 2015 and 2016’s most expensive sales. (Though the comparison is not exact, as this year the Business Courier kept a running tally of the most expensive home sales in Butler, Clermont, Hamilton, Warren, Boone, Campbell and Kenton counties for the year.…
North Texas homebuilder agrees to sell majority interest to Japanese company
North Texas homebuilder Impression Homes has agreed to sell 51 percent of its interest to Misawa Homes America, Inc.
The company, which is a subsidiary of Misawa Homes Co., Ltd., plans to purchase the company in full over time, according to a release from Impression Homes.
Impression Homes is a homebuilding firm that has established itself in the first-time buyer and move-up buyer markets in Dallas-Fort Worth, and offers homes ranging from 1,500 to 3,800 square feet. The company is set to close…
Top Real Estate Deals 2018: MAC Properties’ Troost and Armour project
Included in this year’s Top Real Estate Deals 2018 is a plan by MAC Properties to redevelop a corner at Troost Avenue and Armour Boulevard into residential and some retail.
Year in review: 5 real estate stories that defined 2018
Five real estate stories that helped define 2018.
Firm new to Sac buys $170 million worth of apartments
San Diego-based MG Properties Group has entered the Sacramento market with a portfolio multifamily property purchase worth $170 million.
The most expensive Bay Area home sales of 2018
The Bay Area continues to be home to some of the nation's most expensive zip codes, as Atherton tops the nation with a median home value of $6.8 million. It comes as little surprise that the Peninsula suburb, a short drive away from the headquarters of tech giants like Facebook, Google and Box, also houses the lion's share of the region's most expensive home sales this year — seven properties costing buyers more than $16 million each.
Even as home sales slow, the median price for Bay Area home…
See the Houston neighborhoods with the biggest drops in average sales price for single-family homes
One neighborhood saw prices drop 42 percent compared to the same time frame from the year before, from $3.9 million to $2.2 million.
Texas population climbed 379,000 in past year — that’s like adding a city the size of Cleveland
Texas continues to add more people than any other state.
U.S. Census data released this week show population growth in Texas between July 1, 2017 and July 1, 2018 was higher than any other state. The population in the Lone Star State increased by 379,128 in that span, bringing the state's total population to 28,701,845.
The data showed that Texas had more births than deaths over the time frame, and that the population was buoyed by new residents moving from both inside and outside the United States.
The…