Subject: Condo conversion (CONDO)

July 11, 2005 Dallas Morning News3J Development LLC of San Diego is buying the 18-story 211 N. Ervay building, an empty office tower in downtown Dallas, from a local investor. 3J Development plans to convert the 47-year-old office building at ...

July 11, 2005 East Bay Business TimesPacific Thomas Capital is planning to construct 900 residential condominiums on an industrial tract in Oakland, Calif. The project, known as Fruitvale Gateway, will be located near the BART station in East Oakland's Fruitvale ...

July 11, 2005 The Business Journal of PhoenixAvenue Communities, a Phoenix developer, is planning to construct Centerpoint Condominiums, a 700-unit residential community in Tempe, Ariz. Centerpoint will consist of four 22-story buildings. The first building will have 176 units, priced ...

July 11, 2005 Crain's Cleveland BusinessMarous Development LLC, a local developer, has acquired 13 acres in Cleveland's Detroit Shoreway neighborhood. The firm plans to revamp the property's remaining building into a restaurant, market and community meeting space. In addition, Marous ...

July 11, 2005 San Antonio Business JournalHans Lindberg, the managing partner behind 425 Soledad Ltd., the investment group that recently purchased the office property at 425 Soledad in San Antonio, Texas, from Morgan Stanley, has a plan to turn it ...

July 7, 2005 Honolulu Star-BulletinA&B Properties Inc. secured approval from a state redevelopment agency to build a 42-story, 352-unit condominium tower in Kakaako, Hawaii. The developer is offering 18 percent of its units to HCDA's affordable housing program, less than ...

July 7, 2005 Rocky Mountain NewsDoug Jones, Charlie Biederman and Steve Roitiman are developing an eight-story, 112-unit condominium tower in downtown Denver. The project, with a completed value of more than $20 million, will be located at the southwest corner ...

July 7, 2005 Boston HeraldAn internal study by Gale Co. says that Boston could easily support the development of 2,500 to 5,000 residential condominium units over the next 10 years. That's why Gale, which is headquartered in Florham Park, N.J., ...

July 7, 2005 New York NewsdayStaten Island, the forgotten borough of New York City, saw its population rise to 463,314 last year from 443,728 in 2000, while the city's overall population declined. Attracting people is a relatively painless commute and ...

July 6, 2005 Houston Chronicle (second item)Developers purchased about 1,000 apartment units in Houston last year to convert into condominiums, according to Boston research firm Property & Portfolio Research. This year, some 2,000 new condo units, including apartment conversions, are ...