Real Estate

Billionaire Tony Tan Caktiong—the controlling shareholder of Philippines fast-food giant Jollibee Foods—has again teamed up with real estate tycoon Edgar Sia, with their latest plan about creating the Philippines’ first industrial real estate investment trust that will be listed next year. The duo are joining the country’s biggest property developers—including Filinvest Land, Megaworld and Robinsons

If you want a well-built home, try the personal residence of a builder. But if you want one that’s also extraordinary, look to a builder who is not afraid of expressing his personality and having some fun. A sink made from a smelting pot? Wine barrel ceilings? Light fixtures fashioned from beer growlers? Yes, yes

Piquet Realty Founder and President. Skydiver, Ironman Triathlete, JiuJitsu Fighter and Race Car Driver on the weekends. Earlier in May, the New York Post reported that over 33,000 New Yorkers had exchanged their NY driver’s licenses for Florida ones. San Francisco’s Local 10 reported that over 80,000 people had moved out of the Bay Area —

Rancho El Paraiso is many things. It’s an in-town dwelling. The classic hacienda-style compound’s vibrantly red exterior wall fronts a main street in Atotonilco, a village near San Miguel de Allende, in the central Mexico state of Guanajuato. On weekends, the thoroughfare is lined with vendors selling gorditas and other Mexican food treats. It’s a

One of the largest homes ever built under the auspices of esteemed architect Paul Williams has come to market after having only three owners in its 80-year history. Williams, the first African American to become a member of the American Institute of Architects as well as the first African American to be elected to their

Flush with cash from one of Thailand’s biggest IPOs, Asset World Corp. CEO Wallapa Traisorat is building new hotels and refurbishing tourist landmarks in hopes of a post-pandemic boom. With Covid-19 still keeping foreign tourists away from Thailand’s pristine beaches and bustling cities, leaving more than 80% of hotel rooms unoccupied, one would expect the

It may have taken four years, but Kelly Clarkson has finally sold her lakefront megamansion in Hendersonville, Tennessee for $6.3 million. The original listing price was $8.75 million in 2017 with the most recent reduction early this year to $7.49 million.  The singer, songwriter and talk-show host still raked in a profit, as she bought the

The exact boundaries of New York City’s Upper West Side are a subject of some debate. Some say that the Manhattan neighborhood ends with Central Park at 110th Street, while others include 111th to 125th Streets. What is indisputable, however, is the Upper West Side’s indelible legacy as one of NYC’s most famous and beloved

When well designed and built with quality materials, classic homes never go out of style. They can look as fresh down the decades as they did the day they were built. This Monterey Colonial-influenced mansion in La Jolla, California, has such a timeless appearance. Hallmarks of the style include the second-floor balconies that face a

Last week, I hitched a ride through the far suburbs of Washington, DC in a Tesla Model 3, entered a newly built subdivision where we found a row of townhomes and pulled into the garage of the first one. The car was plugged into the electric vehicle charger that was drawing from the nine-kilowatt solar

Bay area buyers are flocking to Lake Tahoe as the summer season officially kicks off. Jeff Brown, owner and general manager of Tahoe Mountain Realty, has lived and worked in Tahoe for 26 years. “The market here is red hot and shows no signs of mellowing out. As of now, demand is equal to the

It’s hard to put a value on a sun-bathed knoll with unobstructed vistas of the Mediterranean Sea and the Costa del Sol – views that stretch all the way to Gibraltar and beyond. This villa in the resort community of La Zagaleta, near the Spanish mountain village of Benahavis in the province of Malaga, capitalizes

Porcelain tile has numerous wellness design benefits, and will be a featured material at the annual Coverings expo opening tomorrow in Orlando (and online for those not traveling there).   Coverings bills itself as the largest tile and stone products trade show in North America and is jointly sponsored by the ceramics industry associations of

It has never been easy to get prospective buyers to close on a real estate listing. Thanks to the internet, the task seems more difficult than ever. The market is rife with window shoppers and indecisive house hunters, making it a sometimes overwhelming challenge to get them to commit. While window shoppers can present a

Stanley Rosenbaum’s father owned 12 movie theaters in northern Alabama at a time when that was the premier entertainment for all – rich, poor, young, old: everyone went to the movies. Stanley himself was an intellectual who attended Harvard at 16, spoke five languages and became an English professor at the local college. In 1938,

If the name Oliver Trevena sounds familiar, it’s because he’s developed quite the name for himself as an actor and entrepreneur. In the public eye since the age of four, he was born and raised in East Sussex, England. Trevena became a child star performing in plays such as A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Nutcracker, and Oliver. Since then,

Every survey and trend forecaster tells us that Americans want to get outside. We want homes with outdoor activity, playing, living, relaxing and cooking spaces, and we want those area to be easily accessible and easy to use. It stands to reason that, of the homes for sale right now, the most desirable ones have

Multimillion-dollar homes in Beverly Hills aren’t rare, but this $65 million Beverly Hills estate at 1108 Wallace Ridge (called Elementi) in the exclusive Trousdale Estates neighborhood, is officially accepting the Bitcoin equivalent to take it off the market.  “Crypto is something the sellers are very interested in, and it’s a growing movement that I believe

Coastal design has always been in style, but as the pandemic comes to a close, it is becoming more popular again. This is because homeowners are seeking an open and airy vibe that feels more vacation-like, even if they’re landlocked. “Coastal design has been around for centuries, largely because it was the manner in which

Atticus is the CEO of PadSplit, an affordable, shared housing model that creates financial independence for workers. During my career in affordable housing, I’ve heard many times that insufficient legal protections for tenants are the root cause of the affordable housing crisis. Recently, I’ve encountered more pushback along these lines — with some taking umbrage to