Billie Riley was homeless and living by the Guadalupe River last year before scraping up enough money with her boyfriend to move into a $575-per-month room at the Aconda Hotel.
“We came off the streets,” she said. “And it looks like that’s what we’re going back to.”
The building that houses the hotel on Santa Clara [...]
The national and the local apartment vacancy rates, far apart in recent years, are much closer now.
Reis, Inc. (AMEX: WRP) a New York-based research firm, said the nation’s average apartment vacancy was 5.8 percent as of the end of the second quarter, down from 6 percent during the first three months of 2007 –reportedly the [...]
The grungy hotel room was reeking of smoke. The bathtub was rusty. The bedspread and furnishings were dingy relics. But I couldn’t leave. I’d already paid $155 in an online travel auction for the Queen Mary Hotel room — $91 for the room, $20 commission, $24 in taxes and $20 to upgrade to a room [...]
Marquis Los Cabos Beach, Golf, Spa and Casitas Resort in Mexico offers guests romance and adventure on the high seas with its new 80-foot Turkish schooner, sailing the Sea of Cortez. The latest addition to Marquis’ arsenal of luxury experiences, the Novia Mia (aptly called My Girlfriend) debuted this month at the Marina of San [...]
The Mills Corp., which owns the Great Mall in Milpitas, and Farallon Capital Management LLC said Friday they’ve reached an agreement for Simon Property Group entity and funds managed by Farallon to purchase The Mills for about $1.64 billion.
The deal between San Francisco-based Farallon and Mills Corp. calls for about $25.25 per common share in [...]
30-YEAR-OLD legal assistant Vince McGautha, home ownership did not mean a single-family house with a backyard. Instead, the first-time home buyer chose a townhouse in Union City. It was new, had custom features and, just as important, had space for his 2-year-old son, was affordable and close to BART.
Todd Benatar liked the exercise facility, complete [...]
Housing in downtown San Jose is doing quite well. In fact there is a building boom downtown, especially when it comes to condos. A look at the explosion of high rise condominium construction.
The skyline in downtown San Jose is changing. There are now three high rise projects under construction, including a 124 unit building called [...]
Oasis West Realty, LLC, the owner of The Beverly Hilton, and Hilton Hotels Corporation announced today the first new west coast Waldorf=Astoria® hotel as part of the $500 million long-term plan to revitalize the nine-acre hotel property at the corner of Wilshire and Santa Monica Boulevards in Beverly Hills.
“Bringing two legendary hotel brands together in [...]
The Mexican beach resort of Los Cabos escaped serious damage from a cyclone for the third time in two months on Wednesday when Tropical Storm Paul skirted it and blew toward the mainland.
Rescuers working in the rain evacuated more than 1,500 people on Tuesday night from shantytowns near the Baja California resort and high waves [...]
Hurricane Paul swept toward Mexico’s Pacific coast on Monday, endangering an exclusive seaside resort in the Baja California peninsula and prime farming areas.
The storm lost strength, dropping from a Category 2 to a Category 1 hurricane, but still carried maximum sustained winds of around 85 mph (140 kph) as it headed northward, the Miami-based
National Hurricane [...]
As the fall selling season moves into high gear, the cooling housing market is upending the conventional wisdom that guided buyers and sellers during the housing boom.
The changing dynamics have implications for a wide variety of players in the real-estate market. Some brokers are advising sellers to price their homes in the bottom 25 percent [...]
Hundreds of foreign tourists raced to escape this luxury beach resort on Thursday as Hurricane John took aim at Mexico’s Baja California peninsula and rescuers rushed residents into shelters.
Vacationers in the Los Cabos resort, popular with United States tourists and famed for its beaches and Jack Nicklaus-designed golf courses, hastily grabbed flights to safety before [...]
