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St. Louis-Area Man Pleads Not Guilty for Conspiring to Steal 16 Homes and a Duplex

St. Louis-Area Man Pleads Not Guilty for Conspiring to Steal 16 Homes and a Duplex

by Phil Hall | Aug 25, 2025 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

A Missouri man has pleaded not guilty to two separate indictments of conspiring to steal or try to steal 16 homes and a duplex with bogus deeds. James L. Townes Jr. of the St. Louis suburb of Berkeley was indicted by a grand jury on June 25 with one count of mail...
St. Louis Man Pleads Guilty to Mortgage Fraud Scams

St. Louis Man Pleads Guilty to Mortgage Fraud Scams

by Phil Hall | Apr 10, 2025 | Current News & Events, Mortgage Information, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

A St. Louis man pleaded guilty to one felony count of bank fraud in a case where he admitted to fraudulently obtaining home mortgages totaling more than $1.2 million. Edward James Mitchell Jr. participated in four fraudulent home mortgages from October 2021 through...
St. Louis’ Historic Wainwright Building Sells for $8.25 Million

St. Louis’ Historic Wainwright Building Sells for $8.25 Million

by Phil Hall | Sep 4, 2024 | Commercial Real Estate News, Current News & Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

The historic Wainwright Building in downtown St. Louis was sold in a government auction for $8.25 million. According to St. Louis Public Radio, the 234,600-square-foot state office building is one of the nation’s first modern skyscrapers. The 10-story office building...
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: Blaming Stores for Retail Crime?

A Phil Hall Op-Ed: Blaming Stores for Retail Crime?

by Phil Hall | Apr 22, 2024 | Commercial Real Estate News

A Phil Hall Op-Ed: Last February, the Walgreens pharmacy chain closed a store in the Roxbury section of Boston. The company cited the location as being one of several where it claimed that “rampant theft” made it impossible to conduct business without criminal...
Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of April 8-12

Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of April 8-12

by Phil Hall | Apr 12, 2024 | Commercial Real Estate News, Current News & Events, Hits and Misses, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

An upswing in housing costs, a renewed concern over real estate agent safety and a tax hike for Boston’s commercial properties. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of April 8-12. Miss: A Dent in the Wallet....
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