Georgetown University is in the process of repurposing the property located at 111 Massachusetts Avenue NW (nicknamed the “Darth Vader” building). According to the University, the building “is expected to be used as a multi-use education facility for new learning … Continue reading →
The 12-story, 110-unit mixed-use (multifamily and retail) building in DC’s Union Market neighborhood sold at a foreclosure auction today for $38,300,000.00. Silver Spring-based HH Fund is the purchaser. PropertyQuest (DC Office of Planning) indicates the 2024 assessment for the property … Continue reading →
Perónism has ruled Argentina for over half the time since Juan Perón’s first presidency in the 1940s. To this day, Perónists are politically powerful, particularly in the trade unions and political classes. The Justicialist Party (“PJ”) has been the largest … Continue reading →
George Mason University (“GMU” or “Mason”) has acquired the 26,482sf office building located at 3300 Fairfax Drive in Arlington’s Virginia Square neighborhood. The Fairfax-based public university paid $8,250,000 for the thirty-seven-year-old, three-story property, according to public records. As reported in … Continue reading →
According to The Washington Post, Brazil’s gross domestic product (GDP) expanded four percent on an annual basis in the first three months of 2023; the country’s rate of inflation is at 3.9 percent; CPI is seen finishing the year at … Continue reading →
The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation reports that as of 2021, the country’s household debt was at 107 percent of its GDP, and its “very high levels of household debt … makes the economy vulnerable to any global economic crisis.” … Continue reading →
Westfield has decided to surrender the nine-story San Francisco Centre mall to its lenders, according to The Real Deal, which reports that the firm—owned by Paris-based Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield and its partner, New York-based Brookfield Properties—will cease making payments on a $558 … Continue reading →
In a statement issued on May 4th, the Central Bank of Argentina (BCRA) prohibited payment service providers (PSPs) from carrying out or facilitating operations with cryptocurrency assets. According to the statement, the measure ordered by BCRA “seeks to mitigate the … Continue reading →
Healthcare real estate transaction volume hit a record high in 2022 with approximately $26 billion invested into the sector, according to a JLL healthcare survey. At 58 percent, medical office buildings comprised the largest portion of healthcare real estate investment … Continue reading →
A land value tax is a levy on the assessed value of land without regard to the value of any improvements located on the land. By contrast, in a single-rate property tax system, land and the improvements upon it, are … Continue reading →