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Nationwide Realty Development received Grandview Heights’ planning commission final approval to begin construction next month of a 154 unit residential complex at the 90 acres Grandview [...]

Well, regarding the commercial real estate side of this business: we were clipping along pretty well and then month after month of anemic job growth numbers, downward revisions to GDP for the [...]

Sales for July were 1,865 homes, which was a 23.3% increase over July 2010 and the number scheduled to close was up almost 50% from July 2010.  Median price was $141,359 and that is up 5.9% from [...]

This one is for the locals.  Westerville, Ohio I mean.  The Walmart, after about five years of fighting about it, is going to happen.  That corner looks like crap so thankfully someone stuck with [...]

Investors showed a sharpened appetite for commercial property, pushing prices up in the second quarter.  I realize that the second quarter, the end of June, sounds so long ago given what’s [...]

It has been claimed for as long as I can remember that Columbus has the best access to the American market.  Three Scale Research tested this claim and found it to be true.  They used the 2010 [...]

Only in Columbus – a bar bike.  Burn your buzz while you’re getting another one.  American ingenuity at its finest and oh so appropriate for Columbus.  It would be some real excitement and [...]

The free market performs its magic as values increase and cap rates fall in the hot coastal markets so buyers’ interest is moving inland to markets with job growth and population growth.  We’re [...]

And now, back to the news:   NAR reports that the commercial real estate market is recovering far faster than many of us thought it would.  I’ve sure seen antidotal evidence of this.   I have [...]

 Just a reminder for my Columbus, Ohio / Central Ohio / Franklin County readers – your property tax valuation appeals must be filed by today, March 31.  If filing in person it must be done [...]

There’s lots of mildly positive news here.  It’s been about three years since I’ve been able to say that. In previous posts, I think I’ve covered thoroughly the positive impact that the election [...]

Since I’m originally from Westerville Ohio and many of my California clients own property in Columbus, I’ve been watching the opportunity in Jerome Township, NW of Dublin unfold for [...]