Alan Cowgill’s Blog

Redmond-based corporate housing service Aboda has acquired a division of a competitor to provide executive relocation services in Florida to key client Microsoft Corp.
Read more about “Aboda expands into Florida”

The Bay Area housing market is showing signs of cooling alongside more significant slowing in once-hot markets like Phoenix.
Read more about “Housing market feeling cooler, but not chilly”

Encouraged by new legislation allowing binding sales contracts as soon as construction starts, San Francisco highrise developers are pumping millions into deluxe sales centers aimed at taking buyers' money months or years in advance.
Read more about “Condo projects selling first, building later”

Novare Group Inc.'s plans for a towering new condo project at Midtown's Atlantic Station have become more concrete.
Read more about “New Novare condo tower will have 400 units”

Esplanade at Hermann Museum Circle is a four-story, midrise apartment community adjacent to Hermann Park, catering to both the Texas Medical Center and Downtown.
Read more about “Hermann Park-area midrise's design respects its environment”

Houston-based MetroNational Corp. is taking an urban concept to the suburbs.
Read more about “Luxury condos added to Memorial City mix”

The developer of an affordable residential community in Wisconsin for seniors who are deaf, hard of hearing or blind and deaf is hoping to expand the concept in Arizona and around the nation.
Read more about “Wisconsin apartments for deaf seniors a model to others”

Alarm systems are tripping.
Read more about “Amid mounting need, attainable housing efforts show progress, hope”

Restaurants, grocery stores, even a dry cleaners.
Read more about “Developers target retail void in southwestern quadrant”

The development team behind several large land buys is banking on the allure of Texas country living for its latest projects.
Read more about “Development team eyes high-end projects in Hill Country”