Subject: Condo conversion (CONDO)

Houston Chronicle (second item)Jenard Gross, a longtime Houston apartment developer, has purchased the massive blue warehouse at the intersection of Loop 610 and U.S. 290 in Houston, for a residential complex. Gross said he will tear down the 650,000-square-foot MetroNexus ...

Baltimore Sun Northstar Property Group, a New York-based real estate firm, will redevelop the Rombro Building at 22 Howard St. in Baltimore. The six-story former warehouse will reopen early next year as the Rombro Lofts, a 17-unit condominium project. Units ...

Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionThe Reynolds, a residential condominium development that's to open its 130 units in April on Atlanta's Peachtree Street south of the Fox Theatre, promises to enliven the street with residents who go out for a stroll. The neighborhood currently ...

Legacy Parc Horizons LLC, a Tempe, Ariz., developer, lined up $37.7 million financing for the condominium conversion of The Residences at Horizons, a 320-unit rental property in Kissimmee, Fla.CapitalSource Finance, LLC, a Chevy Chase, Md., lender, provided the financing, which ...

The New York TimesZeckendorf Development plans to build two residential condominium towers on the former Mayflower Hotel block in Manhattan, which it acquired last year. The $1 billion project will include a tower of 19 stories and one of 35 ...

Chicago Tribune (third item)Cushman & Wakefield Inc. will market the office condominium conversion of 318 W. Adams St. on behalf of a venture that includes Evanston, Ill. developer Robert Horner and Chicago-based broker John Thomas. The venture paid $7.6 million ...

Miami TodaySavoy Hotel Partners, a British company, has paid $33 million for the Savoy Hotel and a nearby Miami Beach parking lot. Arden Savoy Partners, a joint venture of the Arden Group of Philadelphia and Gemstone Properties, which paid $18 ...

The Baltimore SunCignal Corp., a Timonium, Md., residential developer, will scrap its plans to construct a 30-story condominium high-rise in Baltimore's Lighthouse Point section. Community opposition to the project was so strong that a local councilman who represents the neighborhood ...

Bradenton HeraldJim Toomey, owner of Bayview Plaza at 101 South Bay Blvd. in Anna Maria Island in Florida, recently decided to sell his property's units. But, unlike most condo conversion efforts in the area, Bayview Plaza is nonresidential. It is ...

Houston Chronicle (second item)Allan Bittker and Scott Breimeister of Houston Developers have broken ground on a 52-unit condominium building near the Rice Military area in Houston, which it says will offer "value-oriented housing." The project, called Jackson Hill Condominiums, is ...