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The hotel and upscale condo project would be the first of its kind in San Jose. It would also be the first new downtown hotel project on the west side of Highway 87 in decades.

With the condos in 181 Fremont in San Francisco, developer Jay Paul Co. set out to prove that San Francisco is a global city worthy of eye-popping prices for homes.

It appears Jay Paul is on track, at least with the first penthouse sale in 181 Fremont. The three-bedroom, 3,326-square-foot home sold for $15 million or about $4,509 per square foot — setting a record as the highest price-per-square-foot condo sale in San Francisco. The buyer was not disclosed.

Compared with condo prices in cities…

The Bay Area's top public high schools are the cream of the crop when compared to the rest of California and the nation as a whole, according to the annual school rankings recently released by ratings and review company Niche.

The top 20 Bay Area schools all rank within the top 50 public high schools in California and among the top 200 in the country, scoring especially high in categories like college readiness and teacher quality. The institutions also spanned a large swatch of the Bay Area, with…

A Frederick couple on Monday filed a civil lawsuit in Denver federal court naming publicly traded housing developer Century Communities and the Dacono neighborhood it is building as defendants.

The couple, Robert and Nina Lindstrom, in a seven-page complaint alleged Greenwood Village-based Century and the Autumn Valley Ranch development in Dacono wrongly refused to accommodate the couple’s request for a more wheelchair-accessible interior design on a home that had yet to be built.

“We take these allegations very seriously, so we’re going to go into very detailed information gathering on this specific issue, but we have no comment beyond that for tonight,” said Andy Boian, an executive for a Denver public relations firm representing Century, which trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol CCS.

The Lindstroms — who are represented in the suit by Amy Robertson of the nonprofit Civil Rights Education and Enforcement Center — claim Century and Autumn Valley violated t..

Metro Denver’s housing market normally softens as the summer wears on, but this year it is cooling faster than normal. Higher borrowing costs are a likely culprit.

The number of homes sold in the metro area dropped 15.6 percent in July from June, and year-over-year the decline is 8.5 percent, according to a monthly report from the Denver Metro Association of Realtors.

Historically, the average drop between July and June runs around 5 percent. A year ago, the market suffered an even bigger 19.7 percent monthly drop between June and July, but managed to regain its footing.

Interest rates on a 30-year mortgage back then were a more favorable 3.9 percent, according to Freddie Mac. They now run closer to 4.6 percent and are rising, knocking more buyers out of the running.

“It’s not time to panic, but this market is showing signs of cooling, and Realtors need to manage seller’s expectations as market conditions change,” advised Steve Danyliw, chairman of the DMAR Market Trends Committee,..

No one is saying who the nonprofit(s) are — and it's sure to drive speculation about HQ2.

Hunt Realty Investments Inc. has closed on the purchase of the Headquarters Ranch, a more than 2,500-acre site that’s one of the largest contiguous land assemblages in Frisco.

The 2,544 acre site is on Frisco’s northern edge has significant frontage along the Dallas North Tollway, Preston Road and Highway 380.

Hunt Realty led the off-market acquisition and bought the site along with its lead investment partner, Chief Partners LP, for an undisclosed sum from the estate of Bert Fields Jr. Other…

One Wichita general contractor is on the verge of social media stardom, if he isn't already there.

Darrel K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium could be enlarged in a big way, growing the sporting clout of the University of Texas at Austin and opening up new contracting opportunities for construction and design companies.

University of Texas System regents are scheduled to vote Thursday on a $175 million expansion of the home of the Longhorn football team, according to the online agenda under item No. 12. The project would add to the south end zone and turn Royal-Memorial Stadium into a complete “bowl.”

The…

A 53-unit assisted living facility in Warrenton has been sold to a real estate investment trust for $8.1 million.