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As more workers convert their living rooms and bedrooms to home offices, more commercial spaces are left vacant.The evolving work space is one reason crane construction of residential and mixed-use spaces is up across North America, according to a new report.The biannual Rider Levett Bucknall Crane Index for North America, which tracks the number of tower cranes across 14 U.S. and Canadian metro areas, reports that the overall crane count increased by 7.04 percent from the third quarter of 2022 to the first quarter of 2023.

Three men were arrested Tuesday after authorities say they carried out a smash-and-grab robbery at a Tustin jewelry store, then led police on a car chase that ended in a crash.The Tustin Police Department responded around 2:30 p.m. to a report of multiple suspects smashing display cases inside a jewelry store at The District at Tustin Legacy, a large outdoor shopping center.

Thoughtful, artistic and driven, Geddes Ulinskas has been making his mark as an architect in the Bay Area, and beyond, since starting his own firm in 2005.He's participated in the San Francisco Decorator's Showcase multiple times, and he's collaborated with major developers like Troon Pacific on multimillion dollar projects.

Late Monday night and into Tuesday morning, more than 500 gathered on Chicago's friendly South Side to celebrate two huge James Beard Foundation Award wins for the city.Virtue's Erick Williams cruised the sidewalk on Harper Court with a cigar in hand, posing for photos like a proud father.Last year, he wore his Beard medallion walking through a crowd on 53rd Street in front of his restaurant during a late-night party.

The Chicago Bears took another step toward a potential new stadium at the Arlington International Racecourse site when the village of Arlington Heights on Friday issued for interior demolition of the grandstand, office and jockey building at the racetrack.Arlington Heights spokesperson Avis Meade confirmed that the village had approved plans for the first phase of demolition at the old racetrack, marking another move toward a $5 billion NFL stadium and accompanying mixed-use residential, commercial and entertainment district the team has proposed to build on the 326-acre racetrack in Arlington Heights.

A former manager at the Cook County Land Bank Authority pleaded guilty Wednesday to using straw buyers to fraudulently purchase and resell blighted properties and secretly setting up a property management company that raked in more than a million dollars in ill-gotten maintenance fees.Mustafaa Saleh, 36, of Woodridge, entered his guilty plea to one count of wire fraud during a hearing before U.S. District Judge Andrea Wood that also served as his first court appearance.

Have you ever truly paid attention to the wastebin you place in your home or the one that's in your office space?I mean, we do pay some amount of attention while selecting a bin for our homes, but I don't believe we give it the due diligence it truly deserves.We often tend to pick up the one that simply does the job - holds your waste, until you decide to throw it away.

Dezeen Showroom: Italian design brand SoldiDesign has released an egg-shaped waste and recycling bin that provides a playful and sculptural alternative to conventional bins.Ovetto, named after the Italian word for egg due to its oval shape, contains three compartments to allow for the easy sorting and disposal of waste and recyclable rubbish.

3 Days of Design, London Festival of Architecture and Design Shanghai are among the architecture and design events featured in Dezeen Events Guide this June.Among the other events taking place during the month are IMM Cologne, Design Miami/Basel and NeoCon.The 16th edition of the London Festival of Architecture takes place during the month of June in London.

Promotion: as part of Look Book, a networking event that took place at WantedDesign Manhattan, 10 design studios that specialise in homeware and accessories were presented.Look Book has occurred annually since 2018 and acts as a networking platform for North American designers and design studios to showcase their products to a broad audience of architects and interior designers.

Millions of Americans embarked on home-improvement projects during the pandemic.Many of those projects annoyed their neighbors.But in SoHo, on the top floor of a co-op building filled with multimillion-dollar lofts, an apartment addition is the centerpiece of an only-in-New-York dispute, pitting a wealthy financier named Federico Pignatelli della Leonessa against Ray Dalio, the billionaire founder of Bridgewater Associates, the largest hedge fund in the world.

Warren Schreiber, president of the Bay Terrace Co-op in Bayside, Queens, told The Post he's not sure how they'll pay for the changes mandated by the new Local Law 97.Kevin C. Downs for NY Post
The bozos who run our city came up with a new way to make New Yorkers hesitant about moving to Florida take the plunge:
Freeze 'em out.

A search and rescue effort was winding down in Iowa on Monday after the partial collapse of a six-story apartment building the day before, officials said.The Davenport Police Department said its officers and firefighters responded on Sunday at about 5 p.m. to a report of the collapse at 324 Main Street in Davenport, a city along the Mississippi River in the eastern part of the state.

Here is a list of events this week.Tuesday San Francisco Bicycle Coalition Board Meeting.All members are invited to join via Zoom or phone.Tuesday, March 28, 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. Register for Zoom link and more information.Wednesday Office to Housing Conversion.ULI SF and SPUR are studying the potential for existing Downtown office buildings in SF to convert to residential uses.

Real Estate The proposal gives the 13 million square foot development a possible 8 million square feet of commercial space and 3,855 residential units.The South Weymouth Naval Air Station is back in the news again.Developers' proposal to turn the long-abandoned 1,450-acre base, which closed in 1995, into a mixed-use development laced with greenways, is now in play.

Work to convert an art deco skyscraper from offices to residential use has completed, becoming the largest building in New York City to undergo this type of adaptive reuse.A total of 566 homes now occupy One Wall Street, designed by Ralph Walker and completed in 1931, in Lower Manhattan's Financial District.

Brazilian developer Somauma has converted three floors in the derelict Virginia Building in downtown São Paulo into an installation that incorporates the work of more than a hundred artists and designers for Design Week São Paulo.The exhibition, called O Tempo das Graças, is part of a development project that seeks to bring art and cultural activities into the downtown core of Brazil's most populous city, which has been neglected for decades.

Architecture studio Gonzalez Haase AAS has completed a store on London's Regent Street for Icelandic clothing brand 66º North, featuring curved walls and freestanding plinths made from rammed earth.The Berlin-based studio headed by Pierre Jorge Gonzalez and Judith Haase set out to create a holistic concept for the store that represents Iceland in an original way, rather than relying on stereotypes.

The water supply that 40 million Americans rely on has been pushed to its limit.Reservoirs and wells are running low.This week, the states that rely on water from the Colorado River reached a temporary deal with the Biden administration on sharing what's left.What's using all that water?A chart shows how the water consumption in the Colorado River basin is divided up.

Most nights, Hwang In-suk pushes a shopping cart up and down the steep alleys of her Seoul neighborhood, trailed by stray cats that emerge from shadows to greet her under glowing streetlamps and convenience store marquees.Her neighbors tend to think of Ms. Hwang, 64, merely as someone who feeds cats in the street.

Tuesday, March 7, 2023 by Jo Clifton
A group that stopped the city's rewrite of the Land Development Code has filed a motion in Travis County District Court to undo changes City Council made to the code after that ruling.Led by Francisca Acuña, the group contends the city violated the order when Council approved the Vertical Mixed Use 2 (VMU2) Ordinance, Residential in Commercial Property Ordinance, Compatibility Ordinance and the Affordability Unlocked Ordinance.

Friday, January 27, 2023 by Jonathan Lee
Additional sections of the former East Austin tank farm site at Airport Boulevard and Springdale Road may be redeveloped, according to a zoning change request heard by the Planning Commission Tuesday.Two pieces of the former tank farm totaling nearly 10 acres could be developed into a mix of uses including housing.

Promotion: a series of talks, events and new spaces will be presented this month as part of annual New York design showcase ICFF + WantedDesign Manhattan.Taking place from 21-23 May 2023, International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) is North America's premier contemporary furnishing design fair, while WantedDesign Manhattan is a show dedicated to high-end North American studios and international emerging designers.

Promotion: as part of Salone del Mobile 2023, Italian furniture brand Pedrali has released a number of products in collaboration with Italian and international designers for both residential and contract environments.The new products include seating and tables that are suitable for either indoors or outdoors and are made from a range of materials, including ash, teak and aluminium.

Realtor.comA historic, Georgian mansion in Omaha, NE, has just hit the market for $5,250,000, making it the state's most expensive home listing.Built in 1907, the 10,039-square-foot floor plan offers abundant luxury.From a library with a marble fireplace to an enormous, wood-paneled dining room, evidence of the home's history abounds.

Realtor.comA New England Colonial built in 1640 in Ipswich, MA, is the oldest home on the market this week on Realtor.com®.Five fireplaces, wide-plank flooring, and exposed-beam ceilings can be found throughout the 3,672 square feet of living space.It also includes a two-story, rear addition.Other historic residences to hit the market this week include a stone farmhouse on 33 acres in Pennsylvania, an affordable Cape Cod-style home in Connecticut, and an iconic property in South Carolina.

Realtor.com "It was designed as a commercial building in the 1990s, in what is now a residential, equestrian neighborhood," explains listing agent and owner Richard Moriarty, with Moriarty and Associates.He is asking $4,999,999 for the home
"So some friends of mine bought it and converted it to a residence," he says.

Getty Images "House-rich, cash-poor" sounds like the title of a country song.After all, how can someone be rich and poor at the same time, unless they're fighting some poetic struggle in a twangy ballad?Well, it all comes down to how much you have tied up in your home, compared with how much you have in your pocket.

C oncerns have been raised about the damaging health impacts of noise caused by Tube trains.In a letter to Transport for London (TfL), a cross-party group of politicians at City Hall warned that long-term exposure to Tube noise can contribute to sleep disturbance, heart disease, tinnitus, and impaired cognitive development in children.

A woman aged 93 will raise a toast to King Charles as one of the few people to witness three coronations in their lifetime.Frances Knappett was a St John's Ambulance volunteer when His Majesty's mother Queen Elizabeth II was crowned 70 years ago.Mrs Knappett remembers her second coronation on June 2, 1953 being a washout, just like the rain threatening to put a dampener on King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla's big day.

London skyscrapers could go dark with plans to save energy.(Image: Canva) New plans have revealed that buildings in the City of London could be required to switch off or dim their lights at night.It comes as the City of London Corporation shared that the plans were in aid to cut light pollution and save energy.

Feeling nostalgic about the abrupt March closure of Silver Spring's historic Tastee Diner?An auction this week is letting fans take home a piece of the railcar-style spot, which operated for 77 years.The auction, held by Rasmus, is now live and will run through Wednesday, May 17.Up for the taking: a framed drawing of the diner; a sign reading "Mind your own biscuits, and life will be gravy"; and a vintage cash register.

Dezeen Showroom: a series of patterned rugs handmade in Nepal from natural fibres is among 17 new products featured on Dezeen Showroom.Rugs by Kristiina LassusInterior architect and designer Kristiina Lassus has created a range of rugs for her eponymous design brand that are handmade by artisans in Nepal.

Friday, May 5, 2023 by Jo Clifton
City Council on Thursday directed city staff to eliminate parking requirements from the city's land use regulations for new residential and retail developments outside the central business district.The city eliminated downtown parking requirements, except for spaces for those with disabilities, in 2013.

Wednesday, May 3, 2023 by Audrey McGlinchy, KUT
City Council members will decide Thursday whether to stop requiring developers to build parking.With some exceptions, city rules require most residential and commercial developers to build a minimum amount of parking spots.The number depends on several factors, including bedroom count, units or square footage of what's being built.

This article is part of our Design special section about making the environment a creative partner in the design of beautiful homes.Interior design, an art form vulnerable to owners' changing tastes and the frailties of fabrics and wallpapers, is often appreciated only fleetingly, or in retrospect.Several recent books capture this evanescence in the ghosts of an abandoned crafts community, the inspirations of a 20th-century maverick decorator, the rocking decks of floating homes and the ever-evolving ambience of plant-filled rooms.

Resimercial design is one of the latest design trends that is a fusion of "residential" and "commercial" elements in the contemporary workspace.The ultimate goal of this design style is to create a workspace that is not only comfortable and stylish but also maintains a professional look.

An unusual affordable housing lottery is taking place, for five Columbia Street Waterfront District co-op apartments for sale rather than for rent.Estimated sale prices range from $183,039 to $203,904 for a studio or two-bedroom apartment.The lottery is open until the end of the month.Located at 55 Summit Street, formerly home to a parking lot and auto repair shop, the five-story, five-unit building under construction will be 100 percent affordable under the city's Inclusionary Housing Program because the site was rezoned to residential from manufacturing in 2019.

CARMEL One of the most recognizable homes along the coastline in Carmel, a Frank Lloyd Wright-designed property, has sold to a local real estate investment and development firm for $22 million.Esperanza Carmel, LLC, bought the Mrs. Clinton Walker House adding to its growing portfolio that encompasses residential, mixed-use, retail, restaurant and hotel assets in Carmel and the surrounding area including Rocky Point restaurant in Big Sur.

One of three people fighting eviction notices they received from the local Tim Hortons franchisee in Souris, P.E.I., says the company has no legal grounds to make tenants leave their apartment building.D.P. Murphy Inc., which operates a number of Tim Hortons franchises across Prince Edward Island, bought the apartment building at 4 Pleasant St. in November, and issued eviction notices to the tenants on Jan. 5.

LA Mayor Karen Bass (Getty) UPDATED, Jan. 24, 2023, 5:04 p.m.: A requirement that landlords pay moving assistance fees for evicted tenants and restrictions on when landlords can actually file for eviction were among the new renter protections passed by the Los Angeles City Council last week.The new ordinances mark the first time the city has introduced just cause evictions for all types of multifamily rental housing.

"The amount of housing built over my lifetime seems like it's been nonexistent," Lonsdale said."It's all single-family homes, not a whole diverse range of housing for people like myself."A city frozen in time
The small, quaint East Bay island is lined with tall, ornate Victorians and rows of single-family homes overlooking the bay.

Dezeen Showroom: New Zealand-based lighting brand Nightworks Studio has featured a selection of its lights and lamps on Dezeen Showroom, including a pendant light with a scalloped profile.Nightworks Studio's Tasman pendant lamp is named after the Tasman Sea and is characterised by its gentle profile reminiscent of waves.

British studio Foster + Partners has unveiled its plans to redevelop the waterfront of the resort town of Larnaca in Cyprus.The development, designed by Foster + Partners for Cypriot petroleum company Petrolina Group, will replace around two kilometres of oil refineries that were previously located on the waterfront to the north of the city's centre.

The current bank crisis hit California-based Pacific Western Bank, a community bank owned by PacWest Bancorp that has a focus on real estate and commercial loans.Following the collapses of Silvergate Bank, Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank over the last few weeks, deposits at the financial institution had dropped to $27 billion as of March 20, a decline of 20% compared to the end of December.

Dezeen Showroom: a modular system of seating components characterised by its snaking cylindrical backrest is among nine new products featured on Dezeen Showroom.Pipeline modular seating by Alexander Lotersztain for DerlotAustralian design company Derlot has created a series of versatile seating modules based on space-age aesthetics in collaboration with Alexander Lotersztain.

Amazon has designed three satellite broadband user terminals and will start offering Internet service in 2024, the company announced today.The standard terminal, designed for residential and small business customers, is expected to cost Amazon less than $400 to make; Amazon did not say what it will charge customers for the terminals or for monthly service plans.

English architecture office Studio McW has added a series of gabled extensions to an 18th-century house in Cambridgeshire, using stone and timber to complement the rural character of the existing building.The studio, headed by architects David McGahon and Greg Walton, was tasked with modernising and expanding Follyfield house for a young family, who relocated to the region from London.

UPDATE | On Feb. 21, York Regional Police said the victim is now listed in stable condition.A man who was walking his dog early Sunday north of Toronto was shot at 13 times in a "callous act of violence" after he gestured at a speeding vehicle, York Regional Police say.The man, 65, is now in critical condition in hospital fighting for his life and the attack has stunned the small community where he lives.

Paddington Central, a British Land canalside location featuring office, residential, hotel, retail and leisure spaces, has received a new brand from DixonBaxi.DixonBaxi previously collaborated with property company British Land on what it called a "once-in-a-generation opportunity" rebranding Canada Water.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails French energy firm EDF has revealed that core profits in its UK business bounced higher as it charged more for the energy it produced.The state-backed utilities giant said profits before tax, interest and one-off items lifted to 1.12 billion for 2022 in the UK, following a loss of 21 million in the previous year.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails French energy firm EDF has revealed that core profits in its UK business bounced last year, as the business was able to charge much more for the electricity that its nuclear power plants and wind turbines produced.

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email A converted station house has hit the market for 500,000 and it comes with its own locomotive and private train track.Saughtree Station in Newcastleton, Scotland, dates back to 1867 and was converted for residential use in the 1990s by the current owner.

Energy supplier E.on Next has said it plans to hire another 1,300 people as it looks to beef up its customer support operations.The business said that these roles which are permanent positions will be based in Nottingham, Leicester and Bolton, among others.It is hiring specialist workers who are trained to look after residential and small business customers.

Peppadew peppers stuffed with Sicilian tuna.Cured snapper.And a bone-in New York strip steak, sliced to share with your dining companions.That's a sneak peek at the menu for Canteen, which is opening this evening in Menlo Park - the first restaurant to make its debut at Springline, a mixed-use development that's blending business and residential with a dining destination.

Australian architecture practice Alexander & Co has overhauled this oceanside home in Sydney to make it more suitable for family life.Before its renovation, the five-bedroom house had a disjointed floor plan that was proving inefficient for its two young owners and their three children.Many of the rooms were also cut off from views of the garden and the ocean beyond.