Mr. Silbar, the real estate agent, has sold it twice in the past three years. The first time, in November 2019, he represented a buyer who offered $168,000 and got […]
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Back to news homeAfter Urban Flight, Corporate Campuses Add a Taste of the City
Others took the same path out of the city. In 1958, General Mills opened its suburban headquarters, a statement of glass-enclosed modernism, eight miles outside Minneapolis. IBM moved from Manhattan […]
Revitalizing Black Neighborhoods by Preserving Their History
Jevonte Porter grew up hearing family stories about a bustling era of arts and business in the Orange Mound section of Memphis. After World War II, locals flocked to performance […]
Cities Try to Lure Factories as U.S. Pushes to Fix Chip Shortage
TAYLOR, Texas — The shortage of computer chips has zapped energy from the global economy, punishing industries as varied as automakers and medical device manufacturers and contributing to fears about […]
California’s Housing Crisis Looms Large for Gavin Newsom
The median home price in California has eclipsed $800,000. Tenants in the state are among the most cost-burdened in the country. Each night more than 100,000 residents sleep outside or […]
A Plan to Hasten the Sale of Surplus Federal Property Gets Bogged Down
The plan sounded simple enough.The federal government has long owned more real estate than it knows what to do with — buildings that sit empty and sites that are underdeveloped […]
A Renewal for IBM Campuses Once Home to Punch Cards and Circuit Boards
ENDICOTT, N.Y. — The sidewalks along Washington Avenue in Endicott, N.Y., are empty enough that bicycles cruise their length with smooth sailing. But 40 years ago, when an IBM plant […]
A Second Life for North Carolina’s Shuttered Factories
The High Point project, called Congdon Yards, is an effort to create a year-round gathering spot that will also draw young talent. Along with offices, the space includes a co-working […]
China Adds More Parks to Its Cities to Raise Quality of Life
SHANGHAI — Suzhou Creek was little more than an open sewer for decades as its murky waters coursed through the heart of Shanghai. Now, it teems with life along verdant […]
Biden Administration Debating How to Overhaul a Trump-Era Tax Break
Critics of the program say the regulations issued by Mr. Trump’s Treasury Department, which were meant to clarify what sort of investments would qualify for the special tax treatment, are […]