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UBS Sells Its 50-Acre Land Parcel by Walt Disney World Resort

UBS Sells Its 50-Acre Land Parcel by Walt Disney World Resort

This week CBRE arranged the sale of a 50 acre site near the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida on behalf of the seller, UBS. The site is located east of Downtown Disney, along Interstate 4 at Meadowcreek Boulevard. Read More

 
Ellen De Generes Buys Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's Malibu Home

Ellen De Generes Buys Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's Malibu Home

(LOS ANGELES, CA) -- In one of the more talked-about transactions in town, actors Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have sold their Malibu beach house to daytime host and comedian Ellen De Generes for $12 million. Read More

 
St. Joe Company Adopts New Real Estate Strategy

St. Joe Company Adopts New Real Estate Strategy

(WATERSOUND, FL) -- The St. Joe Company, which controls several high-end golf and resort-style communities between Destin and Panama City Beach, recently announced its Board of Directors adopted a new real estate investment strategy that will reduce costs by focusing on lowering risk. Read More

 
Florida's Villages is Top-Selling Master-Planned Community, Again

Florida's Villages is Top-Selling Master-Planned Community, Again

(THE VILLAGES, FL) -- The Villages, a massive golf course retirement community about 45 minutes northwest of Orlando, was the top-selling master-planned community in the nation last year, according to a report recently released last week by a California-based real estate research firm. Read More

 
 Houston's Hess Tower Receives $250 Million Debt Financing

Houston's Hess Tower Receives $250 Million Debt Financing

This week CBRE reported that they had arranged $250 million in debt financing for the acquisition of Hess Tower, a 844,736-square-foot, Class AA trophy office asset in the Houston CBD. Read More

 
The Australian Outback, More Than a Desert

The Australian Outback, More Than a Desert

Australia and the United States are roughly the same size; however, that's where the similarities end. For starters, the majority of the country is nearly all desert, and the vast majority of the population lives almost entirely along the coasts. Read More

 
Royal Westmoreland Introduces Prime New Homesites

Royal Westmoreland Introduces Prime New Homesites

(BARBADOS) - Royal Westmoreland, regarded as one of the top golf and residential resort communities in the Caribbean, just launched a series of land plots in one of the highest and most scenic parts of the property known as "Jasmine Ridge." Read More

 
Miami Herald Signs 158,000 Square Foot Office Lease in Former Southern Command Building

Miami Herald Signs 158,000 Square Foot Office Lease in Former Southern Command Building

(MIAMI, FL) -- On the heels of selling their own downtown waterfront building last year to the Genting Group for a reported $235 million for their proposed $3.5 billion mega-resort and casino, the Miami Herald Media Company ("Miami Herald") has just agreed to terms to relocate to a 158,265 square foot office building in Doral, Florida. Read More

 
Q & A with Dottie Herman

Q & A with Dottie Herman

Dottie Herman Q1 - My son is currently renting in NYC. Assuming he has money for a co-op purchase or a condo purchase, which is advisable? He is looking at co-ops in the neighborhood he wants to live in. We... Read More

 
PGA National Resort & Spa Wrapping up Major $65 Million Renovations

PGA National Resort & Spa Wrapping up Major $65 Million Renovations

(PALM BEACH GARDENS, FL) -- PGA National Resort & Spa - home of the PGA Tour Honda Classic, five championship courses and world-class amenities - recently announced it was entering the "final round" of its $65 million revitalization and plans to complete the work early this Fall 2012. Read More

 
 Vietnam and Australia, Total Opposites

Vietnam and Australia, Total Opposites

After two months in Southeast Asia and nearly two weeks in Ho Chi Minh City, we were ready to move on. For many reasons, our memories and experiences of the region will last a lifetime. First, it took us out of our comfort zone and exposed us to people, ... Read More

 
Actor Pierce Brosnan Sells Malibu Beach Retreat for $2.6 Million

Actor Pierce Brosnan Sells Malibu Beach Retreat for $2.6 Million

(LOS ANGELES, CA) -- Pierce Brosnan and his wife, environmental activist and former broadcast journalist Keely Shaye Smith, put the property on the market at $3.9 million in 2010 while building another house nearby. Read More

 
South Vietnam, Diverse in Everyway

South Vietnam, Diverse in Everyway

Do you want to live like a millionaire? There are several countries in the world where that is possible, among them Vietnam. For as little as $58.00 USD you too can be a millionaire. In June of 2009 the exchange rate was roughly 17,000 Dong to one U.S. Dollar. Read More

 
Entrada Club Members Assume Control from Developer; Homes Under Construction

Entrada Club Members Assume Control from Developer; Homes Under Construction

(ST. GEORGE, UTAH) -- At a time when many private golf club communities are struggling to retain and attract new members and homeowners, Entrada at Snow Canyon Country Club is a beacon of success for master-planned golf and resort-style communities. Read More

 
Q & A with Dottie Herman

Q & A with Dottie Herman

Q1 - I was thinking of closing credit cards and someone told me that can negatively impact my credit. Is that true? Read More

 
Actress Jodie Foster Sells Gated Beverly Hills Estate for $8.3 Million

Actress Jodie Foster Sells Gated Beverly Hills Estate for $8.3 Million

Climbing roses and red brick accents give Jodie Foster's seven-bedroom, eight-bathroom compound an East Coast vibe. The listing described the style as Cape Cod and Connecticut. On nearly an acre, the compound contains the 1949 main house, ... Read More

 
Nike to Develop New 600,000 Square Foot China Headquarters Campus in Shanghai

Nike to Develop New 600,000 Square Foot China Headquarters Campus in Shanghai

NIKE, Inc just announced plans this week for the development of a new centralized campus for Nike's employees in Shanghai, China. The nearly 600,000 square foot headquarters will be built at The Springs, Tishman Speyer's newest mixed-use development in Shanghai's Yangpu District. Read More

 
A $100 Billion Economic Stimulus Idea for Dade and Broward Counties; Get Married and Swap Assets

OP-ED: A $100 Billion Economic Stimulus Idea for Dade and Broward Counties; Get Married and Swap Assets

(MIAMI, FL) -- Last month (December 7th, 2011), the Port of Miami held a press conference to unveil the port's "Vision 2035" master plan for the redevelopment of 'Port Miami' over the next three decades. Read More

 
Ho Chi Minh City, a Traveler's Observations

Ho Chi Minh City, a Traveler's Observations

Thankfully the last bus ride of our trek was actually pleasant. A word not often used to describe that form of transportation since we bused through South America. The bus was new, clean, had a great suspension system, and a driver who used reasonable driving practices during the four-hour journey. Read More

 
Top-Rated Forest Dunes Golf Club Gets New Owner

Top-Rated Forest Dunes Golf Club Gets New Owner

(ROSSCOMMON, MI) -- Forest Dunes, one of the nation's most critically acclaimed but under-utilized golf clubs, is poised for a bright new future thanks to energetic new ownership group determined to turn Forest Dunes into a national golfing destination. Read More

 
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