New Mixed-Use Kimpton Hotel Coming To Garden Grove Anaheim Resort District
SCG America Group, a subsidiary of Shanghai Construction Group, is developing the 5-acre project that will include a hotel, retail stores and restaurants along Harbor Boulevard. The Friedmutter Group and Archilier Architecture will help design the project.
The boutique hotel…
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Strong Hospitality Sales Performance Expected To Continue Through 2018
Demand for hotels continues to rise, with California recording the highest number of hotel transactions of any state and amassing $6.22B in sales last year, according to Atlas Hospitality Group's annual year-end California Hotel Sales Survey.
Though the total sales figures were down 6.45% from the previous year, California had 369 hotel deals in 2017, a 14.6% increase year over year, the report states.
“We were pleasantly surprised by the amount of sales and dollar volume…
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Investors Still Aren't Worried About Risks From Natural Disasters, But That Could Prove Costly
Last year was the costliest on record, with 219 weather disasters causing $1.5 trillion in damages, according to the National Centers for Environmental Information. Sixteen weather events exceeded $1B in damages, tying 2011 for the record in billion-dollar disasters.
Despite these record-breaking numbers, investors continue to place bets on real estate, because so far, property's profitability has been worth it. But as the damage toll goes up, the safety net of insurance may be pulled back, and CRE may no longer be worth the risk.
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Could An Office Building Keep You From Getting The Flu?
With flu season and open/flex office designs both at the height of popular Google searches, worlds are bound to collide. It has been proven that open office and shared workspaces contribute to more days of sickness-related absence.
With flu-related deaths in 46 states and a vaccine said to be only 36% effective this season, things are not much better in the office sector. Yet, Jacob White Development President Jeff Mickler said there are ways to keep offices healthier.
Jacob White Development has led projects in the medical field in Houston, and after the success of strategies and materials to keep air clean in medical facilities, the team adopted measures to spread that cleanliness to office spaces.
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The Fabulous Real Estate (And A Few Modest Digs) Of Past Presidents
The real estate owned or occupied by the presidents of the United States since George Washington have been as varied as the men themselves: some as cherished as Washington's Mount Vernon or Thomas Jefferson's Monticello, others as obscure as William Henry Harrison's Grouseland or Herbert Hoover's two-room cottage.
With Presidents Day at hand — officially George Washington's Birthday (observed) — here is a look at some of the fabulous residences that U.S. presidents have called home, before or after their stints in the White House. Excluded are the two best known, Mount Vernon and Monticello, in favor of equally interesting or architecturally significant places that are not as well known.
Also thrown in are a few more modest residences that might not be fabulous, but they are presidential all the same.
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8 Things You Need To Know About The Real Estate Retreat Redefining Dealmaking
Once a year, a carefully curated group of commercial real estate's best and brightest converge to build bonds, share experiences and explore conversations beyond the industry.
Welcome to Escape.
What began as an answer to the lack of networking platforms…
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