The summary of a 2008 nationwide real estate forecast is sprinkled with fearsome words: “greater downside risk,” “repricing environment,” “vulture-oriented investing,” “retrench,” “ebbing tenant demand,” “tapped-out consumers.”
But speakers at a meeting Tuesday about the “Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2008″ report said Utah has a hard-charging economy and demographics that will insulate it from a [...]

On the eve of his 53rd birthday, Rodger Duvall is headed home — back to the neighborhood in west Salt Lake where he was born and reared, before he became a husband and father, before he became a drug addict and long before he became homeless.
“I’m back home,” Duvall said from his new studio [...]

CallTower, Inc., the leading provider of Always-On, hosted communications and collaboration solutions, today announced the CallTower Hospitality Services Unified Communication (UC) Suite. The new CallTower Hospitality Services UC Suite allows hotel executives and management to have enterprise-class personal and office productivity, mobile device integration, management portal control and multiple means of messaging and retrieval.
Hotel Executives [...]

Extra Space Storage Inc. announced that it will host a conference call at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, February 27, 2007 to discuss fourth quarter and year-end 2006 results. Fourth quarter and year-end 2006 financial results will be released the same day before market opening.
Hosting the call will be Extra Space Storage Chairman and [...]

Kolkata’s real estate market is set for a high growth phase fuelled by the IT/ITES sector. This is according to the report, “Emerging City Winners Profiles: Kolkata,” released today by Jones Lang LaSalle, one of the world’s leading real estate services firm. An increasing corporate presence in the city is also triggering growth for Retail, [...]

When Luann Lakis and her family decided to move to downtown Salt Lake City from Orem seven years ago, it wasn’t hard to find a good deal on a town home or condominium.
“You almost couldn’t give one away,” said Lakis. Sellers were so eager to unload units at bargain prices that [...]

The mortgage holder of Royal Arkansas Hotel & Suites is planning to re-open the hotel Friday, according to Bob Purvis, executive director of the Pine Bluff Convention Center.
Purvis said he has been in contact with Zions Bancorporation of Salt Lake City, and has been informed that the bank has hired a hotel management company. Representatives [...]

Utah’s hotel occupancy rate rose to 68.3 percent in 2006 from 65 percent in 2005, according to the latest Rocky Mountain Lodging Report.
The report, which is compiled in cooperation with the Utah Hotel & Lodging Association, showed the average room rate statewide also increased to $86.27 last year from [...]

To that end, snow enthusiasts will find much to keep them happy this season. The average age on the slopes retreated slightly, to 35 years old last winter, so expect more amenities that grab the interest of Generation Y (and beyond): challenging terrain, terrain parks and even more hotels aimed at the young and the [...]

To reach this tiny ski town at the top of a canyon, you jump on an easy flight to Salt Lake City, followed by a 45-minute drive into the mountains. But somewhere along the way you go through a time warp.
Alta has been a ski area for 68 years, priding itself on its ability to [...]

Paladin Development Partners of Park City has launched a massive $90 million condo and retail project, called The Silver Star Development. In construction dollars, it is the second-largest private project in the state.
The nearly 20-acre development will include 98 condominium units all of which have been sold 8,000 square feet of historic renovation, 10,000 [...]

Changes in airplane security regulations have complicated travel for all fliers, but for the millions of Americans who require regular medicine for ailments such as diabetes, the limitations on carrying liquids on-board can present a luggage quandary.
Diabetes should not prevent people able to control their blood sugars by diet or treatment from traveling, but [...]