Tag Archives: Real Estate Boom

San Francisco’s real estate boom puts a damper on nonprofits

Renée Frojo Reporter- San Francisco Business Times Email  | Twitter  | Google+ While I’d rather not put a negative spin on San Francisco’s gangbusters economy, it’s hard to ignore the fact that it’s putting pressure on nonprofits to either pay up, get … Continue reading

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Stockton’s sad fiscal story should be required reading – Long Beach Press

THE Stockton City Council voted last week to stop paying creditors, putting the municipality on the road to bankruptcy. The story of the Northern California city’s roll toward insolvency should be required reading for all California cities. During the real-estate … Continue reading

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Sweet West Oakland

A question I get asked frequently is why I picked West Oakland as the location for my first restaurant, Brown Sugar Kitchen. For those of you who don’t know, West Oakland is one of the San Francisco Bay area’s most … Continue reading

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The Coming Digital Real Estate Bust

One real estate sector is still booming; is it about to bust? A version of this article originally appeared on our US site, Fool.com. Real estate. They’re not making any more of it. Demand is only increasing. Those arguments helped … Continue reading

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Flamboyant Financier Refocuses After Fall

Victor B. MacFarlane was a winner. Then he was a loser. Now, like many others brought low by the financial crisis, he is intent on being a winner again, though on a much humbler scale. For 18 years, Mr. MacFarlane’s … Continue reading

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