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Lennar planning roughly 200 homes at site of former Prince residence
Although Prince once lived in a home on the gated property, the site has been vacant for some time.
Disagreements doomed Buckingham’s bid for Scioto Peninsula, city emails show
The deal between the Indianapolis company chosen to spearhead the $500 million Scioto Peninsula redevelopment, the city of Columbus and Columbus Downtown Development Corp. was falling apart long before the June announcement that the project was on hold and that Buckingham Cos. was out.
Columbus Business First reviewed hundreds of emails between the city, the CDDC and Buckingham and found that the developer began reworking initial plans soon after landing the lucrative assignment as part of a potential…
Dallas developer breaks ground on new apartments near Houston Farmers Market
The first units for the apartments near the Houston Farmers Market will be ready by next summer.
Harris County OKs spending plan for $1B Harvey recovery grant
More than $1 billion of federal money is on its way to help Harris County recover from Hurricane Harvey.
At its July 10 meeting, the Harris County Commissioners Court unanimously approved a spending plan for a $1.12 billion federal grant. The money comes from the first round of funds from the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Funding to the Texas General Land Office. In total, the state of Texas will receive more than $5.02…
Traded to St. Louis, Ryan O’Reilly puts his house on the market
Former Sabre seeking $1.89 million for Delaware District residence.
Microsoft exec’s Hunts Point mansion sells for $18 million, 7 percent above asking price
The sale of the waterfront property comes at a time when a new Zillow study finds that Seattle houses on the water go for a huge premium.
Exclusive: Developer signs on for senior megaproject as Bay Area faces silver tsunami
With a looming 148 percent increase in San Mateo County seniors, developers are working on a Burlingame wellness center with potentially 400 units of housing, 100,000 square feet of senior support services, 250,000 square feet of office, research and conference space, and a 35,000-square-foot “hub” to house dining services, nonprofits and community programming.
Home-buying, delayed gratification for most millennials, is nearly impossible in San Jose
Millennials in San Jose want the same things as millennials elsewhere but homeownership may no longer be part of the Silicon Valley dream.
Colorado oil and gas ballot initiative would bar extraction on more than 80 percent of non-federal land, state regulators say
More than 4 of every 5 acres of non-federal land in Colorado would be off-limits to new oil and gas drilling if voters this fall approve a proposed ballot measure that aims to significantly widen the distance wells have to be from occupied buildings and water sources, according to an analysis released this month by state energy regulators.
The report, which doesn’t directly address the initiative’s potential economic impact, comes at the fever pitch of a yearslong dispute over how and where companies access mineral rights. Supporters call the industry an engine of economic growth, whereas critics point to the fading gap between extraction sites and fast-expanding neighborhoods.
Initiative 97 would establish the minimum setback of oil and gas wells to 2,500 feet — from the current 500 feet for homes and 1,000 feet for schools. Industry advocates warn that would decimate the state’s oil and gas sector, which was cited in a recent Colorado Petroleum Council study for having generated ne..
St. Charles County seeks proposals for purchase of Family Arena
St. Charles County has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for purchase of the Family Arena after it received an unsolicited offer for purchase of the county-owned entertainment facility.