May 10th 2010 @ 6:00PM
Historic tax credits are the hot topic in Missouri where Gov. Jay Nixon is pushing to shrink the state's program in the waning days before the state legislature adjourns. Missouri's program is the country's largest, but the state's offer to assist developers rehabbing historic properties cost the state $186 million ... Continue Reading »
Mar 23rd 2010 @ 10:00AM
Atlanta City Councilman C.T. Martin caught some flack last month when he voted to approve a developer's plan to dig up bodies buried in a cemetery in Atlanta's tony Buckhead neighborhood. The developer claimed that when he bought the lot, he was unaware that it was a burial ground, but now the bones were in the way of his ... Continue Reading »
Mar 18th 2010 @ 10:00AM
John Bezik and his wife Cyndee own a home, but for now they're living in a $2.8 million, 6,500-square-foot home outside Scottsdale, Ariz., that has been on the market for more than a year. It's not their house, but they sleep there at night. By day, they keep the pool sparkling, the plants trimmed and the interior ... Continue Reading »
Mar 15th 2010 @ 12:00PM
New York city's 30,000 doormen and porters are in the midst of negotiating their new union contract this week. Talks resume March 17, and if no agreement is reached, residents in some 3,200 of New York's apartment buildings may find themselves hauling their own dry cleaning and Tibetan delivery up from the lobby. Jerry ... Continue Reading »
Mar 5th 2010 @ 4:00PM
The owner of San Francisco's most famous "painted lady" Victorian has put it on the market for $4 million. Michael Shannon's four-story, corner property punctuates the end of one of the city's most photogenic blocks, known as Postcard Row. The sale has drummed up some attention, but he's used to that. ... Continue Reading »
