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Ken Mitchell, Special to the Reporter-HeraldPam Wanek, a consultant to the Prairie Dog Coalition, was among those who worked at the prairie dog release and reintroduction in Loveland.Residential developers Ken Mitchell and Tony Vienna and a team of volunteers built a small neighborhood within their west Loveland community: a network of burrows for prairie dogs.

Working with the Prairie Dog Coalition and Colorado Parks and Wildlife, the team moved 120 prairie dogs from their burrows on the south side of West First Street, across from Mariana Butte golf course, to make way for 76 single-family homes.

But instead of simply taking the land away from the animals, the developers created new habitat for them in a natural area that overlooks Boedecker Lake.

They found a way to maintain a natural balance that they say will benefit the entire ecosystem of people and animals, said Mitchell, with Mosaic Land Development Services.

The residents who move into the homes will pay about $2.50 more ..

A new retail pop-up is slated to open next month along one of the busiest streets in downtown San Jose, across from the San Pedro Square Market.

Moment at San Pedro Square will open May 18 with four new woman-owned retailers in what was once 12 parking spots at the city-owned Market-San Pedro Garage. The project has long been in the works after winning $139,000 from the Knight Foundation in 2015 in an application led by the San Jose Downtown Association.

“The parking garage has been transformed…

Though a lawsuit over the project is still active, site grading is underway for Crocker Village’s retail center.

A trio of Portland real estate aces have landed on a prestigious new list that honors notable commercial executives.

Kevin Cavenaugh, of Guerilla Development was joined by JLL's Patricia Raicht and Craig Reinhart on the new Business Journals’ Influencers: Commercial Real Estate list. The grouping spotlights 100 executives having an influence on real estate and development in their respective communities.

These 100 executives represent both large, nationally recognized firms and smaller, family-owned…

Costco Wholesale Corp. has closed on a site in Coral Springs after receiving city approval in December to build a store there.

WCP Kensington LLC, managed by Bruce R. Cohen of Chicago-based Wrightwood Capital properties, sold the property near the northeast corner of Wiles Road and Coral Ridge Drive to Costco (Nasdaq: COST) for $6.1 million. The 17.24-acre site is just south of the Sawgrass Expressway.

It was seized in foreclosure in 2009.

Costco secured city approval for a 157,000-square-foot…

When Sean Hannity, the popular Fox News host, was revealed to be a property owner and landlord of considerable scale, it highlighted how opaque the housing market has become.

HARPTA applies to sales by nonresident individuals and corporations.

Shorenstein's 304 apartments is one of several large new housing developments that could bring thousands of residents to the rapidly changing neighborhood that straddles the Tenderloin and Mid-Market.

Buyers have been arranged for properties in West Sacramento, Citrus Heights, Carmichael and Lincoln, according to court filings in the Securities and Exchange Commission's fraud case against the properties' owner.

The hot real estate market is now in “extra innings,” experts said, which has investors worried.

Developers and investors have been raking in large profits on deals in the years since the market bottomed out about a decade ago amid the Great Recession.

Now, the big questions are how long can the hot market continue and how can investors keep making money, said Kenneth McCarthy, principal economist with Cushman & Wakefield, who spoke on a panel Thursday during the Eisner Amper West Coast real…