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These are the year’s largest commercial real estate deals
This year's largest commercial real estate sale was the Capital View Office Park near the Amtrak train station in Rensselaer, which went for more than $20 million. That's about $7 million more than the second-largest transaction.
The 250,000-square-foot office park consists of three former mill buildings and several parking lots leased to a state agency, the Office of Children and Family Services.
In the slideshow above, you'll find this year's 50 largest commercial real estate sales, as of the…
Land deals for Amazon.com in Oak Creek were 15 years in the making
Developer Mike Faber wasn’t the first real estate guy who tried to buy the farmland where Amazon.com’s Oak Creek distribution center will be built.
One landowner, the Tischendorf family, kept a manila file labeled “Bloodsuckers,” with information on past investors who had made offers, said Faber, principal of Capstone Development of Waukesha. Faber remembers Dennis Tischendorf pulling out that file during one of their meetings.
The Tischendorf family had owned and farmed the land for generations.…
Dream Homes: $1.5 Million Reserve at Reed’s Cove home has it all
Not much north of Crestview Country Club and just off 21st Street sits one of the higher-priced homes on the market in Wichita today.
It's a custom-built two-story brick home in the gated Reserve at Reed's Cove community and it's listed by Cindy Carnahan of The Carnahan Group for just under $1.5 million. The address is 2109 North Crooked Pine St.
It's also this week's selection for our Wichita Business Journal “Dream Homes” series. As you click through our gallery, you'll notice the home's foyer…
Millennium Tower developer out, Four Seasons in on 706 Mission St. ultra-luxury condo tower
The ultra-luxury condo project under construction at 706 Mission St. has a new developer and new branding scheme, with the Four Seasons luxury hotel brand coming onboard.
Real estate development firm Westbrook Partners is taking over the 45-story tower, 146-unit development from Millennium Partners, the Boston-based development firm behind Millennium Tower, San Francisco’s leaning and sinking condo tower.
Construction on 706 Mission started before the Millennium Tower scandal broke in 2016.…
Who will pay for new $1.5 billion regional plan to solve the housing crisis? Just about everyone
There is a new regional compact on the table — a “grand bargain” among developers, housing advocates, labor leaders, elected officials and other stakeholders — to solve the Bay Area's housing crisis. It has a hefty price tag of $1.5 billion.
Rap star Lil Wayne buys Miami Beach mansion for $17M (photos)
Rap superstar Lil Wayne paid $16.75 million for a waterfront mansion in Miami Beach, according to a source familiar with the deal.
The 11,470-square-foot home was sold by 6480 Allison Road LLC, managed by luxury homebuilder Laurent Harari, to 6480 Allison Road Ventures LLC, managed by Dwayne M. Carter, also known as Lil Wayne.
Mirce Curkoski and Albert Justo of One Sotheby’s International Realty represented the seller, while Ty Forkner, also of One Sotheby’s, represented the buyer.
Built on…
Austin among top housing markets to watch in 2019, according to Trulia
Austin is one of the top housing markets to watch next year, according to a Nov. 29 report from real estate website Trulia Inc.
The analysis highlights 10 metros poised for meteoric growth in 2019. Austin ranks No. 5, behind Colorado Springs, Colo.; Grand Rapids, Mich.; Jacksonville, Fla. and Bakersfield, Calif. Only one other Texas city, El Paso, made the list at No. 9.
Trulia measured the housing markets in the 100 largest U.S. metros by employment growth, residential vacancy rates, the median…
San Francisco company plans mixed-use condo tower near Pike Place Market
The project is the latest high-rise residential development proposed for this part of downtown Seattle.
Houston’s Apartment Butler makes big hires, plans to expand to Austin
In October, Apartment Butler Inc. closed a $2 million funding round.
Peek inside Ferry & Clas-designed home in Milwaukee, available for $1.69M: Open House
A 14-room mansion in Milwaukee's Historic Water Tower Neighborhood is on the market for $1.6 million.
The Tudor-style home, built in 1910, was designed by architectural firm Ferry & Clas, the same firm that designed the Central Library in downtown Milwaukee, along with many other historical homes and buildings in Wisconsin.
Situated on 0.22 acres at 2433 N. Wahl Ave., the 6,621-square-foot home features five bedrooms, four bathrooms, a library and completed third floor for an optional recreation…