44 Whitehall condos sell fast [Columbus Ohio]

44 Whitehall condos sell fast [Columbus Ohio] A portion of Whitehall’s most rundown housing complex was auctioned off yesterday, leaving real-estate investors smiling as they snatched up condominiums for the price of a used car. It’s not often you can find a three-bedroom, one-bathroom condo for $13,738. But this is Woodcliff Condominiums, the complex near …

Your own Strip kingdom awaits: If you can afford it [Vegas Strip]

Your own Strip kingdom awaits: If you can afford it [Vegas Strip] If you missed out on last year’s $1.2 billion sale of the New Frontier, now is your chance to snap up 27 acres of land just south of the Sahara — one of only two major Strip-facing parcels listed for sale. But it’s …

GL Homes bucks trend, buys $117 million of land [South Florida]

GL Homes bucks trend, buys $117 million of land [South Florida] Home builders are dumping land, cutting workers and otherwise retrenching, yet GL Homes is still buying. The Sunrise-based builder just paid $117 million for 1,068 acres west of Delray Beach. Privately held GL Homes bought the site from the Hyder family. The builder put …

Bear Stearns CEO Is Said to Rent House

Bear Stearns CEO Is Said to Rent House Bear Stearns Cos. Chief Executive Alan D. Schwartz has taken off the market his suburban New York house, listed for $4.5 million, and is renting it, the real-estate agent who had listed the home says. Meanwhile, Bear Chairman and former CEO James Cayne closed last month on …

Edgefield estate to be put on the auction block [Bluffton SC]

Edgefield estate to be put on the auction block [Bluffton SC] A prime piece of real estate along Broad Creek on Hilton Head Island will be on the auction block next week with a price tag starting at $9.5 million. A 16-acre parcel and a 27-unit unfinished condominium building at Edgewater on Broad Creek on …

Palmer Crossing sold for $57 million [South Florida]

Palmer Crossing sold for $57 million [South Florida] Sarasota developers William Saba and Thomas F. Kelly closed a whopper of a commercial real estate deal last week when they sold the Palmer Crossing Shopping Center to a Tampa investment group for $57 million. The price comes to $300 per square foot for the 147,000 square …