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Steve Marcinuk
03 Mar 2025

Cold plunges and infrared saunas. Recovery tech lounges and tranquility rooms. Wine vaults hidden within private conference spaces. This isn’t a luxury spa or wellness retreat – it’s The Edge, a distinctive residential development in downtown Sarasota. And it represents the vision that Sadek Omar, Jim Bridges, and their team at Omnium Real Estate (ORE) ...

Steve Marcinuk
27 Feb 2025

“We think we’ve found the kicker to scale a business to be much larger than what’s out there,” says Max Ball, co-founder of Lofty. Unlike typical real estate tokenization platforms, Lofty has built something fundamentally different: a comprehensive exchange where property ownership trades as fluidly as stocks, while maintaining the benefits of direct real estate ...

Steve Marcinuk
27 Feb 2025

In an era where active adult communities are evolving beyond the traditional retirement village model, Kolter Homes is leveraging extensive customer research and flexible design options to create living spaces that truly reflect how modern seniors want to live. According to John Manrique, Senior Vice President of Marketing for Kolter Homes, the company’s approach centers ...

Steve Marcinuk
27 Feb 2025

In the fast-paced world of South Florida real estate, William (Billy) Cunningham III stands out as a dealmaker who turned his extensive network and entrepreneurial drive into a thriving real estate enterprise. As founder of The Starboard Group, Cunningham has crafted a unique approach that combines high-end development deals with a commitment to community building. ...

Steve Marcinuk
27 Feb 2025

Texas broker Lou Eytalis Allen is challenging what she describes as coercive membership practices by her local Realtor association, bringing to light broader questions about mandatory association membership requirements and their impact on real estate professionals. The dispute, which has now escalated to federal court, centers around membership dues for inactive agents and highlights growing ...

Steve Marcinuk
27 Feb 2025

“Food waste in this country is actually responsible for three times more emissions than the entire airline industry… addressing food waste has a larger opportunity than EVs, recycling, tropical reforestation, and public transit combined.” — Lily Wang, Founder & CEO of Demi In the competitive world of urban real estate, property managers and developers continuously ...

Steve Marcinuk
27 Feb 2025

In the picturesque Adirondacks of New York, a former executive from Google is applying big data principles to transform historic properties into thriving hospitality ventures. Rick Vidal, owner and CEO of NewVida Preserve, represents a new breed of real estate investor – one who combines traditional hospitality fundamentals with cutting-edge data science to achieve remarkable ...

Steve Marcinuk
27 Feb 2025

In an industry where timing is everything, Craig Merlin knows a thing or two about reading the course. The former PGA professional turned commercial real estate broker has transitioned from analyzing golf swings to market swings, bringing a unique perspective to South Florida’s rapidly evolving real estate landscape. His path to real estate wasn’t conventional ...

Steve Marcinuk
27 Feb 2025

The intersection of housing affordability, displacement, and market dynamics is creating unprecedented pressures across the American housing landscape, according to Dr. Tim Thomas, Research Training Lead at Berkeley’s Urban Displacement Project. His research paints a concerning picture of mounting challenges that real estate professionals and investors should be watching closely. “We’re seeing a fundamental shift ...

Steve Marcinuk
27 Feb 2025

When a fraudulent workplace injury claim hit one of Stefano Braganti’s construction sites, the resulting years-long legal battle exposed a critical gap in the industry. As a structural engineer turned construction company manager, Braganti found himself digging through boxes of paper records trying to prove proper safety protocols had been followed. Despite the worker walking ...

Steve Marcinuk
27 Feb 2025

When Lindsay Liu found herself serving on three different condo association boards while pursuing her real estate investment strategy, she couldn’t believe what she was seeing. “This cannot be how it’s done,” Liu recalls thinking about the management of multi-million dollar assets. That frustration, combined with her technology background, would eventually lead her to co-found ...

Steve Marcinuk
26 Feb 2025

Twenty-five thousand new affordable housing units since 2015 tell the story of New Jersey’s success in tackling one of real estate’s most pressing challenges. The state’s Mount Laurel Doctrine, which requires each municipality to allow for its fair share of affordable housing, is marking its 50th anniversary this year, New Jersey’s comprehensive approach to affordable ...