Water Views Bespoke Marketing “I gave up 60 percent of my development rights,” said Jay Bialsky, principal behind a forthcoming development on the waterfront in downtown Sag Harbor. The entire 1.94 acre site has sat for the past 13 years without any developer being able to get past the Architectural Review Board, but the now-approved
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As cost, consumer demand and design capabilities shape the direction of smart home technology, where do new business opportunities lie? What’s in the walls of a home? What used to be wood and insulation with a few electrical wires is now becoming a complicated mess of connected devices, a central nervous system controlling every action
A Redfin yard sign outside a home in Seattle, where the company had its headquarters. (Stephen Brashear/Getty Images for Redfin) Getty Better than expected second quarter earnings lifted shares of discount real estate brokerage Redfin in after trading hours Thursday. Revenue for the quarter was $197.8 million, up 29% from a year ago. While the
Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Italian distiller Campari Group has sold the historic Villa Les Cedres on the French Riviera. AFP/Getty Images Italy’s Campari Group, a major player in the branded beverage industry, has agreed to sell its 188-year-old French mansion, Villa Les Cèdres, for $220.6 million to an undisclosed buyer
This Hamptons-style home on Kiawah Island lists for nearly $10 million. Kiawah Island Real Estate Kiawah Island, South Carolina is a beach, golf and luxury resort playground, currently basking in summer tourism. An unspoiled sanctuary, the island’s landscape of maritime forests, sand dunes, and upland marshes is equally amenable to wildlife such as deer, bobcats,
The Home Improvement Research Institute is bullish on 2019, according to its latest findings released last week, and supported by other industry professionals and watchers. According to HIRI’s quarterly Project Sentiment Tracking Survey of 3,000 homeowners, this is what’s ahead for the rest of the year. Kitchens are projected to be among the top spaces
Logan’s Crossing in Chicago’s Logan Square is among a new breed of multifamily buildings with groceries in or near the buildings. Fifield Cos. These days, multifamily developers vie avidly on amenities designed to lure renters and buyers. Smart home features, golf simulators, bike kitchens and refrigerated package lockers are just a few line items on
Meredith Baer, CEO of her eponymous home staging company based in Los Angeles, California Meridith Baer Home Not many women can say they started their multi-million dollar business at age 50 fresh out of a divorce, but Meredith Baer is one of those women. At 71 years old, Baer is the CEO and founder of
Minted x Samsung Lyrical by Sarah McInroe Minted In recent years, television technology has rapidly improved. Screens are clearer and larger. Colors are truer and brighter. Units are thinner and designed to be to less obtrusive. But no matter which make and model you choose, whether it is sitting on top of an entertainment center
Weather prediction is getting much better. Now, innovative companies are spinning that increased capability into lucrative new business models. ClimaCell, featured in a July 24 Forbes story, combines data analytics, traditional inputs and the analysis of signals beamed between cellular towers to predict local weather six hours in advance. The dark clouds. The sky in black. Pattern