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The toughest market I have faced in my real estate career

Brandon Donnelly

Once a year, I teach a session in Carleton University’s Certificate in Real Estate Development program. In fact, you could rightly call it a real estate sea change. This is the toughest market that I have had to face in my real estate career. 2008 was certainly bad. See: Bay-Adelaide stump.)

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Ai Weiwei’s minimalist New York apartment lists for $2 million

Archinect

As ARTnews reported, the loft was staged with Weiwei’s 1983 Dancers painting and three Marble Chair sculptures from 2008, the same year he moved to the 79-unit building located at 420 W. The 1,400-square-foot minimalist-minded pied-à-terre is owned by Chinese contemporary artist, documentarian, and activist Ai Weiwei.

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Ai Weiwei’s minmilaist New York apartment lists for $2 million

Archinect

As ARTnews reported, the loft was staged with Weiwei’s 1983 Dancers painting and three Marble Chair sculptures from 2008, the same year he moved to the 79-unit building located at 420 W. The 1,400-square-foot minimalist-minded pied-à-terre is owned by Chinese contemporary artist, documentarian, and activist Ai Weiwei.

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30 Best Architecture Firms in Beijing

Architizer

Still, it wasn’t until the 2008 Olympics that the city became a testing ground for many renowned Western architects. With so many architecture firms to choose from, it’s challenging for clients to identify the industry leaders that will be an ideal fit for their project needs. How are these architecture firms ranked?

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The Citadel effect

Brandon Donnelly

Today, the Miami housing market is feeling the effects : “They’ve been buying here aggressively,” said Michael Martinez, a real estate agent with Sotheby’s in Miami, who recently brokered the sale of a $5mn home in Coconut Grove, a quiet salubrious suburb, to a Citadel employee. The Citadel migration is definitely occurring.”

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Going Full Circle in Your Career with Architect Chris Colby

Young Architect

That was when he knew he wanted to learn real estate and Architecture. After being told in high school that he should not go to Architecture School, Chris got an internship at a local firm and decided he had too much ambition not to pursue his dreams. Why he decided to start his own firm. What Chris is working on now.

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A former monastery and cardinal’s palace finds new life as a mixed-use complex in Vilnius

The Spaces

The Ortiz brothers arrived in Lithuania in the early 1990s, and through their real estate business Baltisches Haus, they set up the IKI supermarket chain.) Its interior design (including the mid-century-modern style furniture) was handled by local firm Arch Design.