Cities

Kansas City Announces 10 New Projects as Economic Development Border War Continues

By Gabriel Circiog, Associate Editor
Kansas City has announced 10 new projects in various stages of development, and officials hope that they will increase the optimism about the local economy. The Kansas City Business Journal reports that the leadership of the […]

$30M Baltimore TOD Project Breaks Ground

By Adrian Maties, Associate Editor
After 20 years on the drawing board, held up by problems like cost or the economy, the Owings Mills Metro Centre finally broke ground last Thursday, July 28.  A six-story, transit-oriented town center will house the […]

Jamestown, EastBanc Invest in Georgetown Renaissance Portfolio

Jamestown and EastBanc announced a partnership to develop the 306,000 square-foot mixed-use Georgetown Portfolio in Washington, D.C.

First Potomac, Perseus Purchase D.C. Bus-Terminal Site for $46.8M Office Project

First Potomac Realty Trust and Perseus Realty L.L.C. have purchased the 1.6-acre Greyhound Bus Terminal site from FirstGroup PLC for approximately $46.8 million in order to develop a future office project.

Shoreview Complex Faces Foreclosure

By Camelia Bulea, Associate Editor
The former headquarters of Deluxe Corp. is now facing foreclosure.  The lender on Shoreview Corporate Center, a 553,000-square-foot office and industrial campus located in the suburb of Shoreview, has started foreclosure proceedings. Since 2005, the mortgage […]

Inland Pays $69M for Fairmont Dallas

By Georgiana Mihaila, Associate Editor
The historic Fairmont Hotel in Dallas traded hands this week for the reported amount of $69 million, or $127,000 per key. According to city records, the seller was PCCP DCP Dallas Hotel, an affiliate of El […]

New Master-Planned, Hotel Projects Benefit from Public-Private Partnerships

By Gabriel Circiog, Associate Editor
The latest step in the expansion of the Canyon Centre Community Development Area saw the Salt Lake County Council allocating $3 million in property-tax revenue over a period of 18 years for the construction of a $7 million public parking structure, according to the Deseret News. The county will also waive 100 […]

Brooks City-Base Lofts Break Ground in Latest Addition to South Side Growth

By Camelia Bulea, Associate Editor
The South Side of San Antonio saw the groundbreaking of a $27 million housing project at Brooks City-Base last week.
The former military installation, now public land, scores another milestone in its economic development with the creation […]

Condos Founder, Class A Office Flourishes as Downtown Struggles to Recover

By Amalia Otet, Associate Editor
Plans for development of the Trump Tower, announced the day before Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, have been officially halted, as the site of the 70-story, $400 million skyscraper that was to have been the tallest […]

Tabani Group Gets Option to Buy Northgate Mall

By Adrian Maties, Associate Editor
Tabani Group International, a Dallas-based real estate investment group, has obtained an option to buy and redevelop Northgate Mall in Colerain Township. A revised preliminary development plan for the mall was presented for approval to the Colerain […]