Less than a week after reporting weaker than expected returns from its theme parks, the Walt Disney Co. (NYSE:DIS) unveiled what it promoted as “an unprecedented slate of projects including new attractions, lands, and more” designed to bolster the strategy of using...
An office building that sold at a tremendous loss, a community of 3D printed homes and Gavin Newsom cleaning up Los Angeles. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of Aug. 5-9. Miss: Who Wants to Buy a Cheap Office...
Smith Tower, the 42-story building that became Seattle’s first skyscraper in 1914, has been acquired by a group of local investors led by Seattle-based GT Capital in a transaction that also included the Butler Garage, a parking space in the city’s Pioneer Square...
Hedge fund executive Bill Ackman is considering a plan to take the Houston-based real estate firm Howard Hughes Corp. (NYSE:HHH) private. According to combined news reports, Ackman made his announcement in a regulatory filing. Ackman owns more than 37% of HHH’s stock...
The Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (NYSE: AGM, AGM.A), the secondary market more commonly known as Farmer Mac, is relocating its headquarters to 2100 Pennsylvania Ave. NW in Washington, DC. According to Farmer Mac, the new office space was designed to...
The Hong Kong-headquartered Rosewood Hotels & Resorts is expanding its Caribbean presence with a new resort planned for the Bahamas. The planned Rosewood Exuma will be developed in partnership with Yntegra Group, a Miami-based private investment company. The...
