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"If I'd
asked my customers what they wanted, they'd have
said 'a
faster horse' ".
Henry Ford
Condo Conversions in the News
Last Update:
08/09/2007
Planners discuss
condo conversion
St. Helena
Star - St. Helena,CA,USA
7, at Vintage Hall to discuss the proposed
condominium conversion of a six-unit
apartment complex on Monte Vista. If approved,
the six rental units, ...
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First BanCorp Provides Financial Update
CNNMoney.com - USA
The Miami Agency condo conversion loans
referenced above are fully secured with real
estate. The Corporation performed an impairment
analysis as of June 30, ...
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KALIKOW PASSES ON MANHATTAN HOUSE
New York
Post - New York,NY,USA
A legal rift between Kalikow and his partner
Jeremiah O'Connor over control of the
billion-dollar Manhattan House condo
conversion prompted a Manhattan ...
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Condo Conversion Brings Together Luxury and
Affordable Prices
Back to Top
Multi-Housing News - New York,NY,USA
Vista Condominiums, the first ever high-rise
apartment conversion to condo in
Wyandotte County, is offering a new perspective
on living that is luxurious, ...
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Tenants turfed
Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
City councillors raised the issue of
loopholes in the condo conversion
process at a July council meeting, citing
concerns about the growing number of ...
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Condo Conversion Caveats
Realty
Times - TX,USA
Flexibility: The condo conversion
developer has flexibility on how much or how
little renovating is done. Location,
Location, Location: Some apartment ...
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Statewide bankruptcy involves
condo
Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Sarasota,FL,USA
Court documents show that Puig got involved
in the condo conversion game back in
1994. Since then, he has converted and sold
more than 1400 units, ...
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Venture gets loans for 55 E. Monroe
condo conversion
Crain's Chicago Business - Chicago,IL,USA
The venture has contracts for 115 of the 161
units in the first phase of the project,
which is the conversion of the top
seven floors. ...
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Ask Curbed: How Much Do I Get?
Curbed - New York,NY,USA
Last week, we received a question from a
reader who's being kicked out of his
longtime home to make way for a condo
conversion. Good times. ...
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Massive housing demand here
Ballard News Tribune - Seattle,WA,USA
Fox said the city has lost 4700 rentals
to conversion since 2005. Since
condo laws currently fall under
the state Legislature's jurisdiction,
city leaders ...
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Developer Ford Gibson builds office
condos in a tough market
Miami Herald - Miami,FL,USA
I am an office condo developer, I
think there will always be a place for
medical office condos. We are doing a
medical office conversion in
Kendall. ...
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City's
condo fees a 'joke'?
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Los Angeles
Daily News - Los Angeles,CA,USA
Responsible for overseeing the
conversion of downtown office
buildings into lofts and condos,
Hamid Behdad has heard firsthand how
the 15 percent ordinance ...
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Quando, quando, quando,
condo
Toronto Star -
Ontario, Canada
"In the grand scheme of things,
delays in condo developments
happen. We're in the same boat as a
lot of people, especially if you buy
in a conversion ...
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Ocean Bank posts loss due to bad
loans
Miami Herald -
Miami,FL,USA
... development firm, which
held $50 million in unpaid loans on
a Boca Raton condo conversion
project known as Villa Mare Beach &
Yacht Club Residences. ...
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Bewitching
conversion
Boston
Herald - United States
We recently looked at Unit 2, a
spacious five-bedroom condo
with 2700 square feet of living
space spread over two floors.
This unit features original
...
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Condo Conversion Boom Slows
With Housing Market
Gazette
Newspapers - Long Beach,CA,USA
City Council policy long had
been to try to increase home
ownership in the city, so for
the most part, conversion
of apartments to condominiums
was ...
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Bourbon Square
condo conversion
scrapped
Chicago Daily Herald -
Chicago,IL,USA
Ryan said that in the
future, another condo
conversion may be
considered, but there are no
plans for that now. The 50
people who put down money
will all get ...
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topic
Planners to consider
condo conversion
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St.
Helena Star - St.
Helena,CA,USA
Cantrell's apartment complex
is not the only candidate
for condo conversion
in the Monte Vista
neighborhood. Robert Cobb
recently acquired a similar
...
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topic
Sagging
condo market takes a
toll on Corus
Chicago Tribune - United
States
Because Corus has "a
loan portfolio
consisting almost
exclusively of
condominium construction
and conversion
loans, this nationwide
slowdown has clearly
...
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topic
2007 Co-op &
Condo Expo Exceeds
Expectations
Cooperator - New
York,NY,USA
Rounding out the day,
Jack Boyajian of ROA
Hutton and a trio of
associates presented
"Co-op to Condo
Conversion: A
How-To." This final
seminar focused on
...
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topic
Conversion rules
under review
Long Beach
Press-Telegram - Long
Beach,CA,USA
The condo conversion
rules should be reviewed
by the Planning
Commission - and that
panel would then forward
its findings and
recommendations to the
City ...
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topic
Condo Hotels: What
to Check Out Before You
Check In
TheStreet.com - USA
The scourge of changing
tax laws made them less
attractive investments
and many conversion
projects were sunk. In
the late 1990s came The
Mutiny, ...
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topic
Guardian JV Pays $38M
for Two Multifamily
Assets
GlobeSt. com - New
York,NY,USA
"Not only did they pay a
higher price originally
because they were slated
for condo conversion,
they also invested a lot
of money on upgrades.
...
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topic
The housing market:
How bad will it get?
Back
to Top
Inman.com
(subscription) -
Emeryville,CA,USA
In hindsight, some
apartment-to-condo
conversion
projects may have
been better off as
apartment buildings,
Swerdlow said. There
are still projects
that are ...
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this topic
Charleston area
awash with condos
for sale
Charleston Post
Courier -
Charleston,SC,USA
She noted that the
condo conversion
trend drove up
values and made it
harder for
wage-earning renters
to find housing at
an affordable price.
...
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What to Look For in
a
Condo Conversion
American Chronicle -
Beverly Hills,CA,USA
If you buy a
condo conversion,
think about how much
time you'll be
spending there, and
consider looking for
one with some green
space or a pool.
...
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* City weighs
condo limits
Daily Pilot - Costa
Mesa,CA,USA
In the past, the
planning commission
and sometimes the
council took
condo conversion
projects on a
case-by-case basis,
asking owners to
make a range of
...
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this topic
Toddlers may be
in, but tenants
still out at
Rector
Downtown Express
- USA
In February,
Andrew Heiberger,
the CEO of
Buttonwood, told
the Battery Park
City Broadsheet
that his company
was planning a
non-eviction
condo conversion
at ...
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on this topic
Real estate
tidbits from the
Seaport
Downtown Express
- USA
Our next project
will be a
condo conversion
of a building we
recently
renovated, in
that same
neighborhood."
The recent
retail boom in
the Financial
...
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on this topic
LB to review
condo
policies
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Long Beach
Press-Telegram -
Long
Beach,CA,USA
By Joe Segura,
Staff writer
LONG BEACH - The
Planning
Commission
agreed Thursday
to review the
city's
condominium
conversion
procedures and
policies, ...
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on this topic
Meeting
slated on
condo
plan
The
Republican -
Springfield,MA,USA
The city's
zoning
ordinance
requires a
review
committee
for a mill
conversion
overlay
district,
under which
Cabotville
falls.
Department
heads, the
mayor's
...
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stories on
this topic
Mc Williams
Ballard
Sells Out
Va.
Condo
Building
Multi-Housing
News - New
York,NY,USA
...
has
announced
that it has
completed
the sale of
the 332
condominiums
in
Renaissance
2230, a
condo
conversion
project in
Falls
Church, Va.
...
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stories on
this topic
Smith
Tower
condo
conversion
needs
one more
city
approval
Seattle
Post
Intelligencer
- USA
By
AUBREY
COHEN
Owners
of the
Smith
Tower
have one
of two
key city
approvals
needed
to
convert
the
Pioneer
Square
landmark
from
offices
into
condominiums.
...
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stories
on this
topic
Memphis
Real
Estate
Recap
Memphis
Daily
News -
TN, USA
I think
they do
like the
opportunity
to have
kind of
an
affordable
condo
conversion
out
there,
and I
think
that's
what
Continental
could be
to them.
...
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stories
on this
topic
Georgian
Bay Ave.
condo
conversion
parrysound.com
- Parry
Sound,Ontario,Canada
Council
feels
that it
needs to
"cushion
the
impact
of this
conversion
on the
town's
rental
inventory
by
allowing
a
gradual
take up
of the
tenants"
and that
...
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stories
on this
topic
Hollywood's
latest
star:
urban
living
Los
Angeles
Times -
CA,USA
Across
Vine
Street
from the
W site,
finishing
touches
are
being
put on a
$70-million
condo
conversion
of the
former
Broadway
department
store.
...
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stories
on this
topic
Camera
follows
condo
investor
Record-Searchlight
(subscription)
-
Redding,CA,USA
Redding
would
let
her
off
the
hook
for
paying
all
but
a
small
water
fee
for
the
condo
conversion
she
plans
on C
Street,
just
off
Hartnell
Avenue.
...
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all
stories
on
this
topic
70
units
in
two
communities
going
condo
Bizjournals.com
-
Charlotte,NC,USA
Some
investors
eyeing
the
current
high
demand
for
condo
living
are
eagerly
looking
for
conversion
opportunities
that
can
get
product
to
market
much
quicker.
...
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all
stories
on
this
topic
Lawsuit Filed Against Apartments with 'Uninhabitable Living ...
Asianjournal.com - Los Angeles,CA,USA
"Here in Los Angeles, lack of affordable housing has reached crisis proportions driven, in part, by an aggressive wave of condo conversion," said Steve ...
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Artists losing cherished studio space Back to Top
Boston Globe - United States
There was little the arts group could do to prevent the conversion to condominiums. In May, town voters approved a zoning change allowing residential use of ...
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Our lady of perpetual development
National Post - Canada
So Stinson bought the property and the adjacent hall in 2000, and drew up a proposal for a condo conversion. Local residents welcomed the plan, ...
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New Condo Conversion, Soleil at Anderson Springs
Business Portal 24 (press release) - Bad Lausick,Sachseri,Germany
Arizona is on fire and its real estate investment opportunities couldn't be any hotter! It's certainly a buyers market, and the buyers are ready and eager ...
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Owner Begins Process of Change at Santa Fe Lofts, But Says No ...
LA Downtown News Online - Los Angeles,CA,USA
It announced that owner Kor Group is laying the groundwork for a condo conversion of the 132 "live-work" lofts. It marks Kor's second conversion attempt in ...
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Asbury Park condo project under way
Asbury Park Press - Asbury Park,NJ,USA
Rossi said the condos will be sold at market rates and he is doing the condo conversion legal work. The units will range in size from 900 to 1700 square ...
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In our view: Condo Confidence
The Columbian - Vancouver,WA,USA
The conversion of 112 apartments to condominiums in the four-year-old building has been the plan, but it's happening several months earlier than envisioned, ...
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NFL Players Association Sells Home Turf Back to Top
CoStar Group - Bethesda,MD,USA
Pro Football Union Sells Downtown DC HQ for $23.5M, Bldg. Slated for Office Condo Conversion The NFL Players Association (NFLPA) has sold its downtown ...
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Home prices edge up in June, but sales down
Annapolis Capital - Annapolis,MD,USA
David Albrecht, sales manager for North Green, an 84-unit condo conversion in Annapolis, said his complex has some of the more affordable homes in the city. ...
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Roosevelt Court Apts. Slated for Condo Conversion
CoStar Group - Bethesda,MD,USA
Investment group Roosevelt Court Partners LLC acquired the 48-unit Roosevelt Court Apartments in Seattle for a little less than $6.45 million, ...
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Condo-conversion limit wil have an impact, attorney says
San Diego CityBEAT - CA,USA
... between the city of San Diego and an attorney suing the city over how it reviews and approves condo-conversion projects was on the verge of crumbling. ...
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Council Will Consider Hearings On Iceland, Wright's Garage
Berkeley Daily Planet - Berkeley,CA,USA
Tonight the council will find two condo conversion items on its consent calendar--items on this part of the agenda are approved without discussion unless a ...
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Work Starts for Canco Condo
GlobeSt. com - New York,NY,USA
By Eric Peterson JERSEY CITY, NJ-Work is under way on a major conversion project that will turn the five-building, one million-sf former American Can Co. ...
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Condo project trying Boca's patience Back to Top
Palm Beach Post - FL, United States
Work on the four-building, condo-conversion project began four years ago, and construction permits will expire in September. Take a look at housing in our ...
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Condoldrums: The sluggish housing market extends to many of the ...
Wisconsin State Journal - Madison,WI,USA
Lower-priced condos, such as those at Bella Casa, a conversion condominium project near the Greenway Station shopping center in Middleton, are easier to ...
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Some Reno condo projects on hold
Reno Gazette Journal - Reno,NV,USA
... conversion projects such as the Montage, the Belvedere Towers and the Riverwalk Towers, as well as the Palladio, which currently has its first condo ...
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Commission to discuss condo conversions
Daily Pilot - Costa Mesa,CA,USA
Saywitz requested a rehearing after the commission voted in April to allow the conversion to condos if three of the apartments were eliminated -- a condition ...
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Condo eviction has NDP wondering ... "Where is the government to ...
630ched.com - Edmonton,Canada
Bill 34---the one MLA's stayed up all night arguing over--- put in rules that force owners to give one year notice when a condo conversion is going to ...
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Capitol Towers apartments altered downtown skyline in '60
The Tennessean - Nashville,TN,USA
By the time of a condo conversion for the building in 1990, some of the more colorful residents had included Capitol Hill reporter Drue Smith, ...
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Seeking Condo-to-Rental OK, $ Offered to Build Arts Center Back to Top
Falls Church News Press - Falls Church,VA,USA
... the Planning Commission's recommendation Monday and the City Council's vote this coming Monday is limited to permitting the condo-to-rental conversion ...
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Pleasant Hill OKs condo conversion rules
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
By Danielle Samaniego On Monday the Pleasant Hill City Council approved, 4-0, condominium conversion rules that ensure the city maintains at least 20 ...
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Pleasanton looks to update condo-conversion ordinance
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
... In 2005, the City Council directed staff to review the existing condo conversion ordinance to reflect changes in California law, and to address the potential ...
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In Shift, Phoenix Condos Convert to Apartments
Commercial Property News - USA
... as homes have become less affordable due to price appreciation and rising interest rates, while supply has decreased due to condo conversion activity in recent ...
Century 21 Real Estate Professionals has landed a $24 Million ...
PR Leap (press release) - Chula Vista,CA,USA
... 21 Real Estate Professionals is pleased to announce Christian Frazier has landed a $24 Million contract to market the Lexington Place Condo Conversion project. ...
Condo plan under review
Daily Pilot - Costa Mesa,CA,USA
... Now he's trying to make his one-time dream into a reality for other potential homeowners with a condo conversion project — the Bungalows at Elden. ...
Will the condo conversion ordinance disappear? Back to Top
Somerville News - Somerville,MA,USA
... for conversion require landlords to give tenants one year's notice of a conversion. ... He said the ordinance would add predictability to condo conversions, while ...
Condo-conversion inspections weighed
Chicago Tribune - United States
... said. Condo conversions that do not provide adequate parking would have to pay into a village fund for downtown parking, he said. ...
Ohio Group Returns for 99-Unit Cedar Springs
GlobeSt. com - New York,NY,USA
... piece at the edge of Oak Lawn. The returning owner has mapped out a condo conversion for the fully leased Cedar Springs Crossroads. ...
Manhattan Residential Market Cools
Houston Chronicle - United States
... Indeed, developers and nontraditional real estate players jumped on the condo conversion craze in recent years, causing a surge in hotels, industrial buildings ...
Condo-conversion conundrum
Daytona Beach News-Journal - Daytona,FL,USA
... "The conversion is the ... In April, Apartment Locators of Daytona Beach reported an apartment shortage might happen because of a "condo explosion." It has caused ...
'Conversion, reversion'
Naples Daily News - Naples,FL,USA
... Investors purchased Bermuda Island in North Naples late last year, residents feared they’d lose their home in yet another apartment-to-condo conversion. ...
Beach hotels making the condo conversion
WBBH - Ft. Myers,FL,USA
... is so good. But her smile turned to a frown when she heard how more and more hotels around the area want to go condo. "I just think ...
SF workshops for builders, owners
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
... Workshop topics include how to get a permit; condo conversion; lead paint laws and enforcement; seismic safety; disability access; landlord-tenant ...
Historic cottages get nod for condo conversion
Provincetown Banner - Provincetown,MA,USA
... Both parties have deep roots in the Outer Cape area and said that the decision to condo-ize had been a hard one to make. Joseph ...
The Consequences of Condo Conversions
A North County Times newspaper article summarizing the
San Diego Assn. of Governments recent workshop on condo conversions
News and notes about real estate and our built environment
The city of San Diego has launched a new website that
includes links to a number of housing topics, including rental
subsidies for low-income households, first-time home-buyer
help and condominium conversion tenant assistance.
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