Real Estate

Nike’s NKE decision announced today to cut ties with six more key retailers should reverberate in the board rooms of many department stores, and multi-brand specialty retailers. Back in August, Nike announced it was closing accounts at Fred Meyer, Zappos, Dillard’s, City Blue, VIM, EbLens, Belk, Bob’s Stores and Boscov’s. While those players were not insignificant,

Sale contract volume in Manhattan hit its highest monthly pace in more than a decade in March, but even as homebuyers continue to move swiftly, brokers say there are still deals to be had. As of last week, there were 878 contracts signed month-to-date, which represents the highest monthly pace seen in Manhattan since March

Don is CEO of DLP Real Estate Capital, a leader in single/multi-family RE brokerage, investment/asset/property mgt., construction, lending. It’s one thing to dream about striking it rich, but quite another to steadily create and grow your wealth through hard work and discipline over many years. So, why do so many — even the very successful —

Here’s why Millennial homebuyers are braving today’s real estate market. Realtor.com’s recent survey with Harris X looks at the reasons Millennial homebuyers are chasing the American dream. Many have been in the market a year encountering multiple offers and bidding wars as roadblocks to homeownership. According to the survey one-third of first-time homebuyers haven’t been able

Anna Lowder and her husband Harvi Sahota are the Town Founders of Hampstead, and lead the town planning, design, construction, marketing, and placemaking of the community. With over 15 years of New Urbanist development experience, Hampstead is the culmination of their effort in “Building Community Through Design.”. Can you describe the project briefly? Hampstead is

Erik Hayden is the Founder and Managing Partner of Urban Catalyst. A global pandemic, contentious politics and natural disasters — what haven’t we experienced this past year? It seems like the whole world is focused on what this new year has in store. But when it comes to commercial real estate development, our view shouldn’t be

For several years there has been some resistance to wall-to-wall carpeting in the home because it gets dirty and is often difficult to clean. Spot remover doesn’t always do the trick. Carpeting can also be limited in design and expensive to install. But an excellent alternative to wall-to-wall carpet are carpet tiles. These are sisal

These days there are real estate investors doing great work in developing communities. Real estate investors Cory Nemoto and Audrey Kikos are demonstrating the benefits real estate investors can bring to communities and individuals.  Cory Nemoto, co-owner and founder of KÉCŌ Capital, a private real estate lending company based in Honolulu, Hawaii, that flips houses in

Pacaso, a marketplace for second homes, has raised $75 million in Series B financing that gives the five-month old business a valuation north of $1 billion, the company announced on Wednesday.  Pacaso, which was founded by CEO Austin Allison and Zillow cofounder Spencer Rascoff, has raised over $90 million to date. The company specializes in

A funny-but-unfair potshot the American housing industry gets is this: It’s a 200-year-old industry undeterred by progress. That’s the glib narrative, and it’s at least part-true. What the one-liner belies, however, is that invention and progress have sent shivers of light, excitement, and possibility through U.S. housing and construction’s $3-trillion-a-year firmament, especially of late. Three

Older adults, especially those living in nursing homes and assisted living facilities, have been among the groups hardest hit by COVID-19. This has compelled a reexamination by many – often in concert with their adult children – about how and where they want to live the rest of their lives. Real estate professionals, industry analysts

Is there a Manhattan enclave more synonymous with timeless style and grace than the Upper East Side? Long a bastion of class, distinction and old money, the enclave sets its own tone, forgoing passing fads. Now, the neighborhood is returning to its roots by investing a select few all-new buildings with the time-honored architecture, bespoke

Knotel, the flexible office startup that filed for bankruptcy protection earlier this year, has found a new leader: Michael Gross, the former vice chairman of another SoftBank-backed firm, WeWork. He replaces Amol Sarva, Knotel’s cofounder, who served as CEO since 2015 and has been an outspoken WeWork critic. Gross’ brother, Eric, will also become Knotel’s

For the past few months, writing on Miami’s overheated real estate markets has felt a little bit like the rat hitting the Crockett & Tubbs cocaine bar. Sales price records continue to be set everywhere. The national press is swooning. And A-list buyers and businesses under pseudonyms and LLCs that we’d all figure out eventually

One of the most contentious things that a real estate investor can attempt to do is tell the future. We’re not talking about crystal balls and reading palms but predicting the state of a property within the next few years. However, estimation of the rise in property value is directly linked to many factors, ranging

Broker/Owner of Commercial Professionals in Las Vegas for over 25 years focusing on off market investments. Prof Speaker and Success Expert. The pandemic has negatively affected all classes of commercial real estate (CRE), however, it has also generated innovative possibilities for the CRE market this year including affordable rental prices, efficient online communication and sending in forms

If the pandemic has taught us anything, it’s how important our homes are. After more than a year, many of us are tired of looking at the same walls, perhaps are ready to upgrade our appliances to match our newly found love for cooking, or just want to surround ourselves with brighter, mood-boosting colors. This

Rodolfo Delgado is the Co-Founder & CEO of Replay Listings, the first platform to find apartments for rent in NYC focused on unedited videos. Have you ever been haunted by ads for something you searched online? For me, that invasion of privacy I accidentally consented to with a click of a button recently took the shape

Dave Friedman is Co-Founder and CEO of Knox Financial, the smart and frictionless way to turn a home into an investment property.  With interest rates at record lows, this spring could bring one of the hottest markets for investment property in decades. If you’re considering buying your first investment property, or adding to your real estate portfolio

Even the virtual world requires a physical footprint. On Thursday, Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and its parent company, Alphabet, published a blog post announcing plans to invest $7 billion in offices and data centers this year across 19 states. The plans include over $1 billion earmarked for California and the expansion of offices in