Real Estate Blog
An inventive Portland brand opens a retail space (Photos)
Dfrntpigeon, an apparel brand that started two years ago as an outlet for underrepresented youth, on Wednesday opened its first retail location.
The store is at 1445 N.W. Lovejoy St. inside New Avenues INK. It features a display area and design and production equipment that can be used by aspiring designers.
The store was made possible by a $20,000 grant from U.S. Bank.
“New Avenues for Youth and Dfrntpigeon embody our community’s spirit of creativity, diversity and social good,” said Stacey…
Amazon’s HQ2 hunt delivers a huge package — of data
As 238 entrants vied to land Amazon.com’s so-called HQ2, they divulged their dreams and plans for developing their cities and regions — a treasure trove of data for a retailing behemoth that envisions still greater growth.
The bids helped Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) build a database “chock full of granular details about the economic development prospects of every major metropolitan area in the United States (and some in Canada),” Axios reports. That will come in handy as Amazon looks to add data…
Big new office building to rise near UT, Capitol with unusually large floorplates
The Employees Retirement System of Texas is trying to make the most of Austin's hot real estate market with a new nine-story building a stone's throw from the Texas State Capitol. It speaks to the pension fund's level of confidence that commercial real estate prices will continue to rise in Austin, making this a viable investment for the many retirees it supports.
List Leaders: The largest homebuilders in the Twin Cities
The companies on the Business Journal's Residential Homebuilders List reported combined revenue of $1.86 billion for 2017, representing a 15.5 percent increase over last year's list. The top five companies, or the List Leaders, account for almost $1 billion — which is roughly 54 percent of all the revenue.
This year, seven companies cracked the $100 million mark for revenue. Last year there were only five companies to hit that figure.
Check out the slideshow to see the largest homebuilders…
(PHOTOS) Former Hornets executive, now with Atlanta Hawks, puts Fort Mill home up for sale
The Fort Mill, South Carolina, home of former Charlotte Hornets executive Rod Higgins is now on the market for $1.5 million.
The 7,609-square-foot home, located in the Springfield neighborhood and not far from the Carolinas state line, has four bedrooms, four full and three half-bathrooms, and features such as a bar, lounge and wine cellar. The two-story home, located alongside a golf course, also includes a bonus room and game area, home theater and outdoor entertaining space.
York County property…
Ansley Atlanta Real Estate adds agents, plans Midtown office
The 14 agents were responsible for about $150 million in sales in 2017 and had 50 listings to bring to the Ansley brokerage
Why Luttrell says he vetoed Collierville project, and what developer plans to do next
Mark Luttrell used his last day as Shelby County's mayor Aug. 31 to veto a a 540-lot neighborhood in Southeast Shelby County — his first and final veto on an item related to land use or development.
Retired tennis star Andy Roddick selling Austin estate
Retired tennis player Andy Roddick and his wife, model and actress Brooklyn Decker, have put their West Austin estate on the market for $5.95 million.
The 7,367-square-foot mansion on Angelwylde Drive appeared Thursday on the local multiple listing service. The mansion sits on a secluded 15-acre property with views of the Hill Country.
The property’s assessed value is $2.29 million, according to Travis Central Appraisal District records.
Roddick and Decker will remain in Austin with their…
Deals Day: Dallas church plans mixed-use development at Preston Center
Saint Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church have partnered with Lincoln Property Company to develop a mixed-use project at a property along Douglas Avenue in the southwestern part of Dallas’ Preston Center.
Plans call for an 8-level office building on Douglas Avenue and a 12-story residential building on the western side of the site. The property will also include a full-service restaurant with a patio; ground-floor retail; public green space; underground and above ground parking, including…
CBJ Morning Buzz: Developer’s bankruptcy latest wrinkle in affordable-housing fight; New school grades are out; Bojangles building new stores
In local news:
A developer's bankruptcy filing adds a new wrinkle to a long-running legal battle over what a judged has deemed a broken promise to build affordable housing — one of Charlotte's most pressing issues — in a close-in neighborhood. The Charlotte Observer reports the Cherry Community Organization, representing one of the city's oldest predominantly black neighborhoods, won a judgment of more than $1.6 million against StoneHunt, which had agreed as part of a deal more than a decade…