Ever thought about immigrating to Canada? Well, Toronto is the place to be. With a diverse population and job base, Toronto is Canada’s largest city and the equivalent to New York City of the United States. In addition, the nation’s capital city, Ottawa, is also located in the same province, providing administrative benefits for being [...]
The Twin Cities. City of Lakes. Minneapolis St-Paul, the home of the 2008 Republican National Convention is like an enigma. It had low unemployment but high office vacancy rates. Yet, it is definitely the opposite in terms of residential. Many storefronts remain empty, however there are several noteworthy projects to pay close attention to. A [...]
This is Part One of our ongoing series… The World’s Largest…
There are very many entities in this world who collect office buildings and so forth. I was reading Commercial Property News and they stated that the top five are as follows:
RREEF Real Estate has a portfolio of $27 billion as of June 30, 2007.
Morgan Stanley [...]
With the ease of entry in the Dubai real estate market, many leading US developers and institutional investors are investing in Dubai. Turner International, The John Buck Co., Hines, The Carlyle Group and Blackrock are just some of the big names expressing great attention to the Emirate. The Trump Organization is also actively building and [...]
The boutique hotel chain Kimpton is preparing for construction on its 600,000 square foot hotel/condo in the heart of the Miwaukee city center. Designed by HKS Architects, Kimpton Hotel and Condominiums will feature 63 condominium units with 176 guest rooms along with retail and office spaces. The property will also have stunning views of Lake [...]
Light Rail in Dallas has become very popular after cranking up its engines around twelve (12) years ago, when people were highly skeptical with regards to the potential of the Dallas Area Rapid Transit plan. Today, over 50,000 people ride the 45-mile system each day. Recently, transit-oriented developements began to spring up near the light [...]
Amidst a worldwide credit crunch, St. Louis, Missouri, in mid-western United States, home of the Gateway Arch is still piling up with mixed-use developments. For example, RJ York Development is working on a 23-story hotel, condo and retail tower in nearby suburban town of Clayton. Centene Corp, the health insurance giant is planning an office [...]
The red stick. Baton Rouge, hard hit in 2005 by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, more than 30,000 residents have moved there to take advantage of the Gulf Opportunity Zone. With the rapid population growth, there is a number of projects going on in the city. With the support of the Downtown Development District, there are [...]
Next to the Cinerama Theatre on Fourth Avenue, between Lenora and Blanchard streets, Seattle-based HAL Real Estate is building a new 40-story condominium building. HAL purchased the one-third acre site in May for $5,000,000. Currently, the building is a one story transmission shop. I was reading the Seattle Times today and it stated there will [...]
With a pricetag of $360 million, International Business Machines (IBM) is building its ninth environmentally friendly cloud computing center in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. According to Bob Greenberg, general manager of IT optimization:
This new data center is part of IBM’s commitment to construct the world’s most advanced data centers. When we open for business [...]