Archive for December 2011

Miami Nice

Dec 30th, 2011 | By WSJ.com: Real Estate | Category: News worldwide

A cheerful color palette and clever custom touches make rug designer Beth Arrowood’s beach bungalow a happy home.



Top Architects Go Local

Dec 30th, 2011 | By WSJ.com: Real Estate | Category: News worldwide

In Arizona, a house that blends into the desert. In Chicago, walls of iron and steel. A group of in-demand designers is putting a new twist on regional architecture. Inspired by the Ozarks.



A Mere $110 Million

Dec 30th, 2011 | By WSJ.com: Real Estate | Category: News worldwide

It may be the most expensive home listing ever in Manhattan: $110 million for a glass-walled penthouse overlooking Central Park on top of what will soon be the borough’s tallest residential building.



Resolved: Less Stuff, Less Me

Dec 30th, 2011 | By WSJ.com: Real Estate | Category: News worldwide

Our housing columnist reveals her plans to slim down both her stuff and herself in the New Year.



Riverside South Sees Burst of Sales

Dec 30th, 2011 | By WSJ.com: Real Estate | Category: News worldwide

After years at the center of a battle between real-estate titans and community groups, condo sales at Riverside South, on the fringes of the Upper West Side, appear to have rebounded.



Fosun Surprised By Soho China Shanghai Investment

Dec 30th, 2011 | By WSJ.com: Real Estate | Category: News worldwide

A fight is brewing between two of China’s biggest property developers as they wrestle for control of a commercial real-estate site in the heart of Shanghai. 



An Estate on the Ocean

Dec 30th, 2011 | By WSJ.com: Real Estate | Category: News worldwide

Built in 1928, this English Cotswold-style home in a suburb south of Portland sits on more than 14 acres on the Atlantic coast.



Soho China Buys Stake in Shanghai Property

Dec 30th, 2011 | By WSJ.com: Real Estate | Category: News worldwide

Soho China said it would buy a 50% stake in a commercial site from units of Greentown China and Shanghai Zendai Property for $632 million.



Jenny Craig Sells Home for $6.1 Million

Dec 30th, 2011 | By WSJ.com: Real Estate | Category: News worldwide

Jenny Craig sells a home to her daughter and son-in-law, while Kleiner Perkins’s Byers drops a San Francisco price by 20%.



Australia: First House Price Rise in 2011

Dec 30th, 2011 | By WSJ.com: Real Estate | Category: News worldwide

Australian monthly house prices rose for the first time in a year in November, but concern remains that a deterioration in prices across the country will resume next year.