Cities

Lennar Plans in Charlotte; Crosland Exits Development Market

By Amalia Otet, Associate Editor
Forbes magazine has placed Charlotte among the potential boom cities that are most likely to experience economic growth over the next few years. Despite the recession, the Queen City has done rather well in terms of […]

Wrigleyville West Completion Postponed

By Alex Girda, Associate Editor
Healthcare Trust of America Inc. has been very active with its purchases recently. Its newest target was the Phoenix area. Its acquisition of Desert Ridge Medical Campus near the Mayo Clinic has extended the amount of […]

New Philadelphia Retail Stores; Multifamily Developments to Break Ground throughout the State

By Veronica Grecu, Associate Editor
King of Prussia Mall, the nation’s largest retail center, will be expanded and redeveloped to make way for new stores. City officials, quoted by the Philadelphia Inquirer, announced last week that the John Wanamaker department store […]

Shared Workspaces Help Business Development in Metro Detroit

By Veronica Grecu, Associate Editor
With the number of floating workers rapidly increasing in the new economy, the concept of shared workspaces is growing in the country’s major cities and their metropolitan areas. Freelancers, professionals working from home or independent contractors […]

SunRail Approval Draws New Transit-Oriented Mixed-Use Project; Southridge IX to be Added to EastGroup’s Commerce Park

by Georgiana Mihaila, Associate Editor
Along with the approval of the SunRail commuter rail project, many developers have started revising stalled plans or drafting new ones for transit-oriented developments. Florida Hospital is the first to make an official announcement, surprising the […]

Clean Energy Jobs to ‘LEED’ Way for Las Vegas Job Market

By Alex Girda, Associate Editor
Las Vegas will have to market one of its untapped resources in the near future, and this time the entertainment industry is not in play. A Las Vegas Sun story regarding the amount of clean energy […]

Upturn Predicted in Commercial Real Estate

By Alex Girda, Associate Editor
A panel of experts analyzed the state of all the major sectors of Denver’s commercial real estate market and their conclusions were positive. It certainly looks like metro Denver is slated for a recovery with some […]

Anacostia RiverFront Gets More Apartments; Clint Eastwood Raises Funds for Police Museum

By Veronica Grecu, Associate Editor
Patriot Transportation Holding Inc., which owns the Florida Rock site in Washington, D.C., plans to form a joint venture with MidAtlantic Realty Partners L.L.C. to develop the first phase of the mixed-use RiverFront project on the […]

Mixed-Use Zoning Confirmed for DeBartolo’s Georgetown Site

By Georgiana Mihaila, Associate Editor
This week, city officials have confirmed the zoning of the former Georgetown Apartments site for 1,233 residences. Although the owner of the 162-acre site, a group headed by DeBartolo Development, has no immediate plans of breaking […]

Proposed Developments Headline Bay Area Real Estate

By Alex Girda, Associate Editor
An ongoing dispute between the city of San Francisco and the California Pacific Medical Center regarding $2 billion in upcoming healthcare-sector projects is nearing its apex, the San Francisco Business Times reports. The two proposals are […]