Airbnb is committing $250 million to help stalled US housing projects get built; its first $6.4 million investment will support 201 affordable homes in Austin
Airbnb has pledged $250 million (£190 million) in below-market financing to help restart stalled housing projects, with its first $6.4 million investment going toward an affordable housing development in Austin, Texas. The short-term rental company…
In 2010, an investor bought Bel-Air founder Alphonzo Bell’s 1928 estate for $5.5 million; after a five-year restoration, the 10,600-sq-ft mansion is asking $32.5 million
Pic credit: Beverly Hills estate In 2010, an investor bought Bel-Air founder Alphonzo Bell’s 1928 estate for $5.5 million; after a five-year restoration, the 10,600-sq-ft mansion is asking $32.5 millionA 1928 mansion that Bel-Air’s founder…
Who is Iyanna ‘Yaya’ Mayweather? Floyd Mayweather’s daughter faces major setback, ordered to pay $50 million in damages
Iyanna ‘Yaya’ Mayweather, the daughter of Floyd Mayweather, has been mandated by a court to compensate the person she wounded during an altercation concerning NBA YoungBoy with damages exceeding $50 million, as reported by TMZ. Iyanna Mayweather must…
In 1928, Bel-Air founder Alphonzo Bell built this Los Angeles mansion; bought for $5.5 million in 2010, it underwent a five-year restoration and is now asking $32.5 million
The Spanish-style home was bought by Michael Wexler for $5.5 million in 2010 and has since undergone a yearslong restoration. A nearly 100-year-old mansion in Los Angeles, built in 1928 for Alphonzo Bell, the oil businessman who helped create Bel-Air, is…
In 1907, New Jersey’s Clementon Park opened; after surviving a 1931 fire and a $2.37 million foreclosure rescue in 2021, it has permanently closed; now the 52-acre site goes on sale
After more than a century of welcoming families through its gates, Clementon Park and Splash World in Camden County, New Jersey, has announced the ‘difficult decision’ to close permanently. The landmark amusement park made the announcement on September…
In 2010, Anderson Cooper paid $4.3 million for a 1906 New York firehouse; he restored its historic exterior and turned the 8,240-sq-ft building into a home while preserving its fire pole
When Anderson Cooper bought a historic former fire patrol house in New York’s Greenwich Village for $4.3 million in 2010, the purchase raised concerns among local preservationists, according to contemporary reporting by DNAinfo and the Village…
In 2018, an unbuilt penthouse shell under Manhattan’s Hampshire House roof was marketed at $40 million; eight years later, it found a buyer at $6.765 million, 83% below the ask
An unfinished penthouse space inside one of the most famous buildings on Manhattan’s Billionaires’ Row has found a buyer for $6.765 million. The sale represents an 83 percent drop from the $40 million asking price placed on the raw space eight years ago.…
A Cleveland district fell from nearly 100,000 residents in the 1960s to fewer than 20,000, leaving blocks looking like countryside; a new plan now aims to build 200 homes and could generate up to $182 million for streets, parks and sewers
Parts of the East Side look rural, with the loss of population creating what it called an “urban prairie” A Cleveland district that once had nearly 100,000 residents in the 1960s now has fewer than 20,000, leaving large areas with open green space that…
For 20 years, Jersey City neighbors grew tomatoes and peppers on a private lot; after building permits were issued, council voted 7-0 to advance a $1.2 million purchase to save the garden
For two decades, a small lot on Glenwood Avenue in Jersey City served as more than an empty parcel between buildings. Neighbours turned it into a community garden, growing tomatoes, peppers and other produce while creating a shared place to meet, work…
Australia switched on a $7.8 million wastewater plant that can process 700 megalitres a year; its inventor says it breaks down stubborn pollutants 16 times more efficiently
Australia has switched on a new advanced wastewater treatment plant in regional New South Wales that could turn discarded sewage effluent into a valuable source of recycled water. The $7.8 million facility in Dubbo can process up to 700 megalitres of…