A few blocks west of posh Brickell Avenue, developers are transforming Miami's traditional Cuban quarter, Little Havana, into an oasis for workforce housing. The neighborhood offers land for a relative bargain, and developers can pass on the...
Hurricane Wilma blew apart Miami's monster residential growth in October 2005. Home and condo listings tripled with storm-weary citizens ready to move. In the months that followed, as insurance companies began dropping homeowner policies, more...
As millions of Americans struggle with the cost of housing, developers who build affordable apartments and condos are confronting such severe financial challenges that at least one major firm has stopped building subsidized projects...
Atlanta's condo market is giving investors indigestion. After torrid sales of 4,747 units in 2005, market tracker Haddow & Co. says condo sales plunged to 2,717 units in 2006, a 43% drop...
Twenty years ago, downtown Boise was desolate and cratered with abandoned buildings, a stark contrast to the city's picturesque setting in the Rocky Mountain foothills. Now, bicyclists cruise Main Street in this Idaho town, and a new crop of city...
When Equity Residential Properties Trust sold a 27,115-unit Ohio apartment portfolio for $1.09 billion last June, the nation's second largest apartment owner was in good company. Like many other large apartment REITs, Chicago-based Equity...
Real estate brokers have long proclaimed their industry is becoming a knowledge profession — so often, in fact, that some industry watchers might be tempted to dismiss such statements as hype...
Donald Trump has notified some early condo buyers in his 92-story Chicago condo-hotel project that their sales are null and void, claiming that any windfall from an increase in value while the project is under construction should go to him. But...
With roots in the hotel business, Classic Residence by Hyatt continues to expand its seniors housing holdings as its new $150 million continuing care project near Denver gets under way. Expected to open in 2008, Classic Residence by Hyatt in...
