Real Estate Blog
KCATA issues RFP with aim of linking Jazz, Crossroads districts
The Kansas City Area Transportation Authority wants to link the hopping 18th & Vine Jazz District with the Crossroads Arts District with new development along 18th Street. KCATA is seeking proposals to develop a vacant two-acre property at the northeast corner of 18th and Troost Avenue.
According to a May 15 request for proposals, the authority will seek mixed-use, transit-oriented developments at the segment of empty land adjacent to its headquarters. The KCATA also indicated it was willing to…
Vacancies declining in Five Points South as prominent spaces find tenants
With a flurry of recent leasing activity, the historic neighborhood is seeing new life and bright future prospects.
Forest Park restaurant to open in June
A highly anticipated addition to the Forest Park neighborhood is almost here.
Whistling Table, a restaurant in the former V. Richards spot on Clairmont Avenue, is expected to open in June, reports Bham Now.
As we've previously reported, the restaurant is a brick-and-mortar location from the operators of Shindigs catering and food truck. The concept is based around farm-to-table ingredients.
The report said Whistling Table will serve breakfast, lunch, and dinner and include salads, a juice bar,…
Local real estate firm, California developer partnering on storage facilities
HPI Real Estate Services & Investments is teaming with California-based developer Hugh Horne on a joint venture focused on building self-storage space.
The new venture, called HPI Horne Storage, has broken ground on its first project, a 134,000-square-foot facility in Far West San Antonio, and it has several more properties planned over the next five years.
The facility under construction at 10126 Potranco Road will feature 979 climate-controlled units. It will be owned by HPI Horne Storage and…
Industrial site near Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport could be redeveloped to apartments
The property could have over 200 apartments.
Tennis star Serena Williams sells home lot to Patrón tequila CEO
After winning 23 Grand Slam titles, tennis star Serena Williams has found that her stroke is just as effective in the real estate field after a recent $6 million sale in Jupiter.
A trust controlled by Williams sold a 2.4-acre home lot in the Bear’s Club neighborhood to Edward M. Brown and Ashely Brown. He’s the CEO of tequila maker Patrón Spirits.
The lot is just north of the home at 150 Bear’s Club Drive and it sits along the golf course designed by Jack Nicklaus.
Williams paid $4.15…
Dayton-area home sales jump 7 percent
In a further sign of Dayton's strong economy, area home sales continue to be brisk.
Local home sales climbed 7 percent in April, according to a Dayton Realtors (formerly DABR) report. A total of 1,415 single-family homes and condos changed hands last month. Overall sales volume for April hit $228.3 million, an increase of 10 percent from the previous year.
A healthy housing market is a sign of an overall healthy economy, which bodes well for the Miami Valley.
The average sale price of a single-family…
There aren’t enough homes for sale
There’s strong demand for residential real estate, but inventory isn’t keeping pace. What’s causing the imbalance, and how it’s impacting the market.
Date set for Wichita’s 2018 Downtown Living Tour
Downtown Wichita's latest Downtown Living Tour will feature 10 apartment complexes in the city's core next month.
The tour, which is free, will run from 2-6 p.m. on June 23 and will allow visitors the opportunity to view units at Broadway Autopark, 250 Douglas Place, Colorado Derby Lofts, Pinnacle Lofts & Apartments, River Vista Apartments, The Douglas, The Finn Lofts, Flats 324, The Lux and the WaterWalk Hotel Apartments.
“The Downtown Living Tour is the perfect opportunity for the community…
Home inventory ticked up slightly in April – and so did prices
The beginning of spring brought more homes on the market in Columbus, as well as higher prices.
Columbus Realtors said in a new report that the number of homes and condos listed for sale in the market bumped up 9.1 percent in April compared to the month before, totaling 3,698. That represents 3.6 percent over April 2017.
There also were 2,590 closed sales in April, 8.8 percent more than March and 2.3 percent more than in April 2017.
While those numbers somewhat relieve the market's historically…