Real Estate Blog

While several liens filed against the Kimpton Sawyer Hotel's primary contractor Swinerton have been released, multiple subcontractors are moving forward with legal action in order to get paid for work they've done on the downtown project.

A Facebook executive on Thursday called the Bay Area's housing affordability crisis an “existential issue” that's forcing the company to grapple with its future in the region, even as it plans new campuses for tens of thousands of additional employees in San Francisco and Silicon Valley.

“Our position is that Silicon Valley has been this extraordinary engine of economic opportunity and if we can't solve the housing and transportation issues, Silicon Valley won't be Silicon Valley,” Elliot Schrage…

Steve and Jean Case’s McLean, Virginia, estate has sold for a record-setting $43 million, about a year after the property hit the market for $49.5 million — which, at the time, was the highest list price the region had evern seen.

Now, it grabs the title as the most expensive Greater Washington property to sell, at least since 2007 and most likely ever. The Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is the buyer, according to public records.

“We have sold our residence in McLean, Virginia,”…

Christopher Thornberg says Silicon Valley's tech industry is driving out other industries and lower paid workers but it will survive.

Housing developers have been on edge since a spate of fires have ravaged under-construction-apartment buildings in the East Bay. Here's how one developer is pushing back.

Fads and fashions from the 1970s aged badly. But if pet rocks and platform shoes mercifully came and went, public policy from that era has proven more durable — and damaging. Two housing policies in particular continue to hold great sway in California and San Francisco and are quickly approaching their 40th birthdays while proving themselves increasingly ill-suited to our times.

The state’s defining measure is Prop. 13. This week’s Business Times includes a detailed report about some of the…

Born as a taxpayer revolt, Prop. 13 continues to ripple through our economy and society.

Areas and the region surrounding Greater Cincinnati are in a continuing growth movement beyond the I-275 outerbelt.

Northern Kentucky is a prime and hot market. The Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport makes that part of the region appealing. The area is blessed with a centralized transportation region that serves much of the Midwest.

As the Greater Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky International Airport continues to deliver good news to the region, we will most certainly see demand for the…

A Sheraton three miles from Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport is the latest hotel to trade hands near the fast-growing airport.

Canada-based Vista Group of Cos. acquired the 203-room Sheraton Baltimore Washington Airport Hotel from Chesapeake, Virginia-based LTD Hospitality Group.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The sale closed May 23.

The property is Vista's only in Maryland, according to its website.

Kyle Stevenson, managing director of the Berkadia Hotels…

“That bill was not carried for just an exercise. I’m sure there is a project out there that will utilize it.”