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East Side mini-home community receives zoning approval
On Thursday, City Council gave final zoning approval to Rising Barn's visionary Porter Street Greens development, a planned mini-home community consisting of five houses which would all measure less than 1,000 square feet with price tags less than $150,000.
New report bearish on San Antonio industrial market
A new report published by Ten-X Commercial ranked San Antonio as a top five sell market for industrial real estate, if and when the next recession hits.
D.C-area officials in talks about ways to jointly court Amazon’s HQ2
Officials in D.C., Maryland and Virginia have initiated a series of talks about ways to collectively position Greater Washington to win Amazon.com Inc.'s second headquarters despite having separate bids for the major economic development prospect.
Brian Kenner, D.C.'s deputy mayor for planning and economic development, acknowledged the conversations after WAMU reported Thursday on the existence of a letter in which the jurisdictions' top elected officials appeared to present a unified front in pursuit…
Milwaukee’s Coolest Offices: It’s all about history for Dental Associates in downtown office
When you own a building that was an Italian Neo-Renaissance creation of the Industrial Revolution, dating back to 1860, you take advantage of its history. Such is the case with Dental Associates and its Iron Block Building in downtown Milwaukee. Check out the attached slideshow to get a look inside the historic structure.
Dental Associates moved to the iconic building at the intersection of North Water Street and West Wisconsin Avenue from Wauwatosa in 2013. Contractors restored the exterior of…
Iowa retailer plans locations in Xenia, Huber Heights
An retail chain is continuing its expansion throughout the Dayton region.
Golf’s challenges have country clubs in the rough — but richest clubs seem to be doing fine
The golf industry is stuck in the rough.
The number of golf courses and country clubs has declined steadily in the U.S. over the past decade or so, as have the number of people they employ. Much of the sector's troubles are rooted in sagging demand, a lucrative real estate market and competition from alternative golf-related businesses. For course managers, the times are tough no matter how you slice it.
The Business Journals analyzed federal employment data for 449 U.S. counties and found that…
Buffalo takes the crown for commercial sites, developers say
Respondents to Business First' Commercial Developers List said there's a lot of exciting work underway in Western New York, but the bulk of the action is within Buffalo's borders.
Developers embracing modular construction to combat housing affordability in Denver metro
Modular housing in going vertical in Denver.
Work is expected to begin in July on a mixed-use, 24-unit project in the 4300 block of Tennyson Street. Standard stuff in Denver’s trendy Berkeley neighborhood these days, except the housing at this project will be for sale and each unit will be built in a factory in Texas, trucked up to Denver and hoisted by a crane into place atop a ground floor retail space.
The Kasita on Tennyson development takes its name from the Austin, Texas-based company that designed and will prefabricate the 408-square-foot studio units. Kasita is working with Courtney McRickard, of 063 Design and Development and Sean Kulzer and Mike DePalma of MKD Development. They submitted the project to city planners for concept review in January.
The units, priced under $400,000, are expected to be marketed to young professionals and first-time homebuyers faced with few options in a market desperate for more inventory and pressured by seemingly ever-climbing prices.
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Two more office towers on tap in Austin’s ‘second downtown’
A tight office market in Austin's second downtown has HPI Real Estate and Stonelake Partners eyeing new office developments in the south end of the Domain. Here's what we know about the potential timing and the design of the future towers so far.
North Austin poised for biggest commercial, residential growth spurt yet
The Domain and its surroundings are already red-hot with development. But hold onto your hat (and your checkbook) as millions more square feet of commercial space and thousands of homes are still on the way.