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...The number of professional jobs — the types of office roles held at Boeing, Caterpillar and Citadel — increased 3.4 per cent....
...Who Compass House, Madison Park, $25mn Where On the shore of Lake Washington, about 3 miles north-east of Downtown Seattle....
...Toronto’s downtown used to be dominated by Canada’s big banks, but its skyscrapers now host a who’s who of Big Tech....
...Jenny Telwar, managing broker at Zeitlin Sotheby’s International Realty, says a client of hers bought a new-build house in Williamson County for $1.6mn last April....
...She cites Mimico, a lively, waterfront neighbourhood west of downtown that’s popular with families and young professionals and seen as a well-located and well-priced alternative to the suburbs....
...“There’s probably between a 25 to 30 per cent increase of California buyers showing up here,” says Chris Altman, managing broker at Keller Williams Realty Biltmore Partners in Phoenix....
...Jordan Robins, executive vice president and COO of First Capital Realty Inc, which is involved in the retail development of East Bayside, is impressed by forward-looking developers who are willing to commit...
...Integra Realty Resources, an appraisal and consulting company, calculates that of the 36,110 rental units built in downtown Chicago since 2000, more than half have been completed since 2015....
...High-earning New York professionals who live in the building take the rents in their stride, though they may be surprised to discover who financed it....
...Younger, tech-sector professionals saw Portland as a low-cost alternative as living costs spiralled in San Francisco....
...As you drive south-east from the seaport city, there does not seem much to Ponte Vedra Beach, a community in St John’s County about 30 minutes from downtown....
...“I have a bug,” says Lapitz, a professional designer turned small-scale property developer. “The style of them; the elegance of them — they’re incredible.”...
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...Memphis’ appeal to younger professionals is also growing....
...A five-bedroom home is on sale in the SouthPark neighbourhood for $5.49m with Premier Sotheby’s International Realty....
...Bass Pro, a chain of outdoor sports shops, opened the emporium in a 535,000 square foot, glass-clad pyramid in downtown Memphis, Tennessee, in April....
...Partly, the rise in prices is caused by a shrinking inventory, says Rylan Jacka of Sotheby’s International Realty....
...One of its downtown projects, 403 North Wabash, includes 52 units with views of the Chicago river. Prices range from $2m to just under $3m....
...The property is listed with Realogics Sotheby’s International Realty. Meanwhile, downtown Seattle is enjoying a surge in condominium developments....
...The Frieze ferry is 10 blocks away on 35th Street, so art-world professionals will, it is hoped, take in Downtown. Dealers see the fair as a prime platform in the heart of Manhattan....
...Steve Rivkin, a broker at Planet Realty LLC, estimates that East Rock’s older-style brownstones and Tudor- or colonial-style homes (originally built for shipping magnates and factory owners) sell for about...
...With Mr Hansen, who founded Valiant Capital, Mr Ballmer is working to build a new arena in downtown Seattle....
...For example, VIP Realty has a 10,500 sq ft house in north Dallas, with a bowling alley and 10 acres of land, for $24.9m....
...They are mainly professors who want to live close to campus, doctors who want to be near the hospital and professionals working in the city....
...Brown Rudnick is advising PSW NYC LLC, the entity created by Pershing and Winthrop, another source added....
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