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Honolulu Market Update 2018: Single-Family, Condo Sales Prices Up 4 Percent
Overall, the Honolulu Market continues to go from strength to strength, with price increases unbothered by increasing inventory. Often, when inventory rises, prices take a hit as buyers with more...
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Mandarin Oriental Brings Questions And Haughty Baggage To New Honolulu Location
When I saw the Mandarin Oriental construction fencing go up across from the Honolulu convention center, my curiosity was piqued. First, the Mana’olana Place development isn’t a stellar location. To...
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Kahala By The Sea: Move-In Ready On The Beach Comes At A Price
Passing by a long-vacant lot, a sign suddenly appeared heralding the future of six townhouses facing the ocean on Oahu’s storied Kahala Avenue. The lot’s most recent history involves a Japanese...
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Best Words In The World: Oceanfront Hawaiian Penthouse
Tahitienne is one of the first “high-rises” built on Oahu’s Gold Coast. Originally an eight-story building, a ninth-floor penthouse was added at some point. It rests alone with 2,800 square feet plus...
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Original Abraham Lincoln Farm Property Sold At Auction
Not Thomas Lincoln There’s the Lincoln Property Company I typically have a beef with, and then there’s Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States. We’re talking about the latter here....
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Ex-Montgomery Wards Chicago Penthouse Would Make Any Winter Bearable
River North is a section of Chicago that’s a little north and west of the main skyscraper areas of the city. So finding a 28th-floor penthouse gives one a perspective not easy to replicate. Of course,...
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Hawaii Severely Limits Short-Term Rentals To Mostly Benefit Hotels
Honolulu County awards pot of gold to hotel industry Hawaii has had a complicated relationship with the short-term vacation rental market. Back before Silicon Valley got its claws into the process,...
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Frank Lloyd Wright’s Pappas Home Awaits Second Owner in St. Louis
Rear of the Pappas house overlooking 3.36 acres Imagine having the chutzpah to write to Frank Lloyd Wright asking him to design your home on a tight budget. Imaging enclosing a $300 retainer, assuming...
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Wright’s Last Designed Home Goes To Auction In Phoenix
Architect-designed homes can be a difficult sell. Frank Lloyd Wright homes are often so specific to his aesthetic that modern life isn’t easy to live in one. Often these homes were originally in the...
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New York City High-Rises: What Goes Up Comes Down In Price
To anyone who’s visited New York City in recent years, a glut of high-rises featuring equally sky-high prices is no surprise. Every section of the city has been inundated with luxury development since...
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Ex-Montgomery Wards Chicago Penthouse Would Make Any Winter Bearable
River North is a section of Chicago that’s a little north and west of the main skyscraper areas of the city. See More...
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Hawaii Severely Limits Short-Term Rentals To Mostly Benefit Hotels
Hawaii has had a complicated relationship with the short-term vacation rental market. See More...
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Frank Lloyd Wright’s Pappas Home Awaits Second Owner in St. Louis
Imagine having the chutzpah to write to Frank Lloyd Wright asking him to design your home on a tight budget. See More...
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Wright’s Last Designed Home Goes To Auction In Phoenix
Architect-designed homes can be a difficult sell. Frank Lloyd Wright homes are often so specific to his aesthetic that modern life isn’t easy to live in one. See More...
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New York City High-Rises: What Goes Up Comes Down In Price
To anyone who’s visited New York City in recent years, a glut of high-rises featuring equally sky-high prices is no surprise. See More...
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Summer or Winter It’s All About Water In Chicago Showstopper
The lake, The Drake and posh high-rises from the early 20th century in summer. See More...
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The Ceiling Of The World Is For Rent In Chicago
Everything seems higher in Chicago, but when I saw the NEMA Chicago, I realized the sky was also for rent. See More...
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Lake Point Tower’s Tip-Top Has Unmatched Views Of The Cité Of Chicago
Lake Point Tower was completed in 1968 by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe protégés George Schipporeit and John Heinrich. See More...
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Hawaii Reopening: Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
Hawaii has been effectively closed to tourists since March 26th. See More...
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Hawaii Market Update; COVID, Quiet, And Maybe a Free House
I’ve been in Hawaii for about a month and it’s interesting. See More...
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