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Would a new Amazon headquarters make housing even more expensive in LA?
The company could bring its massive HQ2 to Los Angeles Many Amazon employees would likely buy a home—not rent—in LA. Liz Kuball Los Angeles is one of 20 cities still in the running to land a second headquarters for Seattle-based tech giant Amazon. Should local leaders...
read moreTake a look at mixed-user bringing 695 apartments to Santa Monica Boulevard near Highland
It’s expected to be complete by late 2019 Courtesy of AvalonBay Communities Work is underway now on developer AvalonBay Communities’s apartment and retail complex on Santa Monica Boulevard, and new renderings give us a look at what the 695-unit project will look like...
read moreDowntown Drives Manhattan Luxury
Downtown drove Manhattan’s luxury home market, as the neighborhood accounted for nearly half of all contracts signed in the week ending Sunday, according to the Olshan Report published on Monday. There were 21 contracts signed for homes priced at $4 million or more...
read moreSharif El-Gamal’s 45 Park Place Begins Rise Into Lower Manhattan Skyline
45 Park Place. Rendering: Williams New York After years of waiting, 45 Park Place is finally making a rapid ascent into the Lower Manhattan skyline. The skyscraper will soon rise 43 stories and 667 feet to its rooftop pinnacle, and is being developed by Sharif...
read moreUK real estate sector confident it can thrive post-Brexit, research shows
The property sector in the UK can thrive post-Brexit with the vast majority of business leaders confident about the future when the country leaves the European Union in March 2019. Some 70% of real estate sector leaders believe the UK is strong enough to be...
read moreSPAIN TAKES TOP SPOT FOR BOASTING BEST BEACHES IN THE WORLD
The country has broken global records by holding a whopping 590 blue flags for the quality of its sandy shores SPAIN has nabbed the top spot once again for boasting the best beaches in the world, after it was awarded 11 prestigious blue flags. The country has broken...
read moreMaster planning for huge Sunnyside Yard project to begin this summer
Photo via NYCEDC The master planning process for the Sunnyside Yard project, a mammoth plan to build a new, fully planned neighborhood to Queens, will begin this summer, the city announced Thursday. Along with Amtrak, the city’s economic development corporation said...
read moreNYC Luxury Tower One57 Has Big Quarter Thanks to Condo Discounts
One57, the Midtown skyscraper that has symbolized both Manhattan’s luxury condo boom and its slowdown, just had its best sales quarter in more than a year. The secret: a good bargain. One57’s 41st floor duplex Photographer: Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg Four years after...
read moreStoried Plaza Hotel is set to sell for $600 million
The Plaza Hotel in New York. Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg Its buyers are Shahal Khan, founder of Dubai-based family office White City Ventures, and Kamran Hakim, of New York landlord Hakim Organization. They agreed to pay $600 million for the hotel, at the...
read moreMalibu Real Estate Market Spikes
A wave of frenzied home buying has washed over Malibu, where sales on the beach quadrupled in the first three months of the year, according to a report from Douglas Elliman on Thursday. The ultra exclusive Malibu Beach neighborhood, lined with the multi-million-dollar...
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