Developers moving in on Florida mobile home parks w/video

Not so long ago, Rainbow Court mobile home park was a peaceful, pleasant community of senior citizens.Today it is a Mad Max, dystopian landscape of broken and abandoned trailers.Windows are shattered, some hammered over with plywood. Doors open to rooms stripped of everything that could be carted away. All is eerily quiet but for the …

Dining room design ideas to put style into mealtimes

Enjoying mealtimes together can be a fantastic way for families to experience each other’s company, and devour some tasty treats together. However, the dining room itself is often a neglected room, and many families choose practicality over style and comfort. Isn’t it time we learned to enjoy mealtimes in style? Dining room dreams Dining room …

Luxury Condos with Private Pools

The latest weapon in the luxury high-rise arms race: a private pool in every unit on every floor.At ONE KL, a 35-story luxury building in Kuala Lumpur completed in 2009, the building’s tagline boasts, “94 Apartments, 95 Swimming Pools.” In the Bahamas, each of the 34 units at Honeycomb, a condominium with a hexagonal-patterned facade …

Residential building boom going strong in downtown St. Petersburg

Construction cranes will remain a part of the downtown landscape well into next year as one of the biggest residential building booms in this city’s history keeps going strong. Developers say their bet on St. Petersburg as an ideal spot for urban dwellers is paying off. Four apartment buildings have begun opening in the past …

Jeanne Gang Chicago tower would be biggest downtown condo project since 2007

Condominium developers in downtown Chicago have thought small since the bust, but the builders behind the planned 88-story riverside tower designed by Jeanne Gang are thinking big—really big. With 390 condos, the $900 million high-rise in the Lakeshore East development would be the largest downtown for-sale residential project in seven years. The building would also …

How Art and Real Estate Are Coming Together

The art scene in Miami continues to grow at an extraordinary pace, so much so that for many residents living in some of the most high-end buildings in the world, a trip to the museum isn’t always necessary for a daily dose of creativity. Developers are engaging major artists in large-scale collaborations, raising the aesthetic …