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Washington, D.C. ranks as the top market in the United States for real estate investment and development, which, in the current economic environment, means it is the least troubled. So says the 2010 version of Emerging Trends in Real Estate®, released this week at Urban Land Institute’s Annual Fall Meeting in San Francisco.
The widely anticipated [...]

When Menlo Capital Group Managing Partner Karan Suri decided to convert an empty former tourist hotel at 851 California St. to student housing, he knew there was a long-simmering need in San Francisco.
But he had no idea how dire the situation was. Within a week, nearly half of the building’s 100 beds had been leased [...]