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San Francisco Is Building to Bring Residents Back
6Dec By adminNo Comments
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San Francisco Is Building to Bring Residents Back

Real-estate developers are launching a series of residential projects in San Francisco, responding to new efforts by the state and city to create more housing in one of the country’s most expensive places to live. In what would be the city’s most ambitious residential development in several years, local property developer Bayhill Ventures last month announced plans for a 71-story rental tower in San Francisco’s ailing financial district. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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European Developers Are Wooing Wine Lovers With Their Own Hassle-Free Vineyards
6Dec By adminNo Comments
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European Developers Are Wooing Wine Lovers With Their Own Hassle-Free Vineyards

With careers in Northern California’s tech sector and a primary home on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay, Clifton Lewis Lyles and his wife, Serene Lewis Lyles, have long spent their down time among the vineyards and wineries of Sonoma and Napa counties. Now in their early 50s, the two are getting ready for something new—their own bit of vineyard and their own private wine label, some 5,500 miles away in the Alentejo region of Portugal.   The opportunity comes with their new vacation home: a two-bedroom, 2,500-square-foot villa, currently under construction, in L’and Vineyards, a luxury development about an hour’s drive from Lisbon. The 163-acre estate, with 15 acres of vineyards, lets its homeowners—spread across a total of about 80 units in the coming years—become de facto wine...
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Former Apple Exec Lists Aspen Home for $45 Million
29Nov By adminNo Comments
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Former Apple Exec Lists Aspen Home for $45 Million

As Apple’s vice president of real estate, design, and construction for 13 years, Bob Bridger helped design the tech giant’s glassy, expansive stores. When he built a home in Aspen, Colo., after leaving Apple in 2015, he brought some of that sensibility to the contemporary estate, which has floor-to-ceiling windows and a “clubhouse” building with a glass garage door. Through Bridger’s relationships with vendors from his time at Apple, he connected with the owners of a quarry in Marble, Colo., and was able to handpick the stone in the house. After several years of construction, the property was completed in 2022, and Bridger is now putting it on the market for $45 million. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Israeli Military Encircles Another Gaza Hospital, Doctors Say: Latest News
20Nov By adminNo Comments
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Israeli Military Encircles Another Gaza Hospital, Doctors Say: Latest News

Listen to article(2 minutes)Patients and staff at a second hospital in Gaza, Indonesia Hospital, braced for Israeli troops to enter the complex Monday after tanks surrounded it and artillery shelling hit the building, killing about a dozen people including patients, according to Palestinian officials and doctors.The Israeli military said it targeted militants that opened fire at Israeli troops from within the hospital and that no shells were fired toward the facility. Hamas, a U.S.-designated terrorist organization, denies using hospitals for military purposes.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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China’s Problem With Unfinished Homes Keeps Getting Bigger
19Nov By adminNo Comments
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China’s Problem With Unfinished Homes Keeps Getting Bigger

Updated Nov. 19, 2023 12:01 am ETChina’s housing market has a big problem: millions of unfinished homes that were sold but not delivered.Solving that is crucial for a recovery, but the problem keeps getting bigger. More property developers are defaulting on their debt and adding to the logjam of construction delays and stalled residential developments across the country. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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It’s Too Soon to Bet on China’s Housing Turnaround
15Nov By adminNo Comments
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It’s Too Soon to Bet on China’s Housing Turnaround

China’s troubled property market remains on shaky ground despite a raft of government policies to stabilize it—and a big jump in property developer stocks today. Beijing still needs much more forceful measures if it wants to turn around the market and stabilize the economy.Residential home sales in China kept contracting last month, data released Wednesday showed. They fell 3.7% year-over-year in the first 10 months of 2023, compared with a 3.2% decline in the first nine. Property investment also remains depressed: It dropped 9.3% over the same period.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Museum Sells Restituted Cézanne for $39 Million 
10Nov By adminNo Comments
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Museum Sells Restituted Cézanne for $39 Million 

Updated Nov. 9, 2023 9:53 pm ETA Paul Cézanne still life sold for $39 million on Thursday as part of a fundraising effort by a beleaguered Swiss museum.The 1890-93 scene, “Fruits and Jar of Ginger,” was sold by Museum Langmatt in the Swiss community of Baden as part of a broader campaign to renovate its 1900-01 art nouveau villa and establish an endowment. Before the auction could happen, the museum reached a restitution settlement with the heirs of a Jewish collector who previously sold the Cézanne under duress.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Health Care Roundup: Market Talk
6Nov By adminNo Comments
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Health Care Roundup: Market Talk

The latest Market Talks covering the Health Care sector. Published exclusively on Dow Jones Newswires at 4:20 ET, 12:20 ET and 16:50 ET.0833 GMT – Hong Kong shares closed higher amid positive sentiment fueled by expectations the Federal Reserve is finished hiking rates, Saxo market strategist Redmond Wong said. However, investors should be wary of potential misses in corporate earnings due to still-high interest rates, Natixis senior economist Gary Ng said. The healthcare sector topped gains in the Hong Kong bourse. Sino Biopharmaceutical rose 5.7% and Wuxi Biologics (Cayman) advanced 4.5%. The property sector also gained, with Longfor Group Holdings and Country Garden Services rising 5.85% and 5.1%, respectively. The energy sector led losses, with PetroChina down 3.4% and China Shenhua E...
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5 Little Design Moves That Can Save a Boring Room—For Less Than $150
3Nov By adminNo Comments
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5 Little Design Moves That Can Save a Boring Room—For Less Than $150

SOMETIMES a room simply falls flat. Many villainous elements can leave a space feeling snoozy, from blah builder-grade “boob lights” on a rental’s ceiling to a dull blank wall in your forever home. “Not having a clear design direction, lacking color or texture or personal touches”—it can all be a factor, explains Toronto-based interior designer Ashley Montgomery.What to do if you lack the energy, or budget, to jump into a complete design overhaul? “You don’t need to start from scratch,” assures Los Angeles-based interior designer Amber Lewis. Instead, find strategic ways to freshen up discreet parts of your home that have potential.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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