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New Website Builds on Popularity and Success of Earlier Venture Called Storage Battles with Easy Navigation, Tracking and Reporting Features PHOENIX – The founder of the former online auction site Storage Battles is launching a new state-of-the-art site that promotes online and live onsite auctions of delinquent storage units across the country. Like its successor, […]

Developer Plans to Close 150 Homes in 2017  IRVINE, Calif. – Brandywine Homes, a pioneer of infill development in Southern California, closed 116 homes, opened seven new communities and broke ground on four new communities in Southern California in 2016. The homebuilder plans to close about 150 homes and open six new communities throughout Orange

Succession of Barry Gross by Longtime Associates Scot and Laura Oldham Launches New Era at Respected Real Estate Consulting Firm  IRVINE, Calif. – After being employees of Developers Research for nearly 20 years, Scot and Laura Oldham recently purchased the company from its founder, Barry Gross, and have launched a new website to reflect the

Grand Opening at Westerly, Within Rancho Tesoro Master-Planned Community, Set for Spring 2017  SAN MARCOS, Calif. – CaliforniaWest and Presidio Residential Capital have announced the start of model construction at Westerly, a new neighborhood with 71 home sites on 13 acres within the 253-acre master-planned Rancho Tesoro community in San Marcos. A grand opening is scheduled

New Neighborhood on Santa Ana River, Providing Homes to Extremely Underserved Area, Sells Out Within Five Months  ANAHEIM, Calif. – Just five months after Brandywine Homes held a wildly successful grand opening at Lakehouse, a 20-unit community on 3.6 acres located at 2901 E. South Street in Anaheim, Calif., all homes in the neighborhood—which brings much-needed

Industry Veterans Brian M. Geis and Eric E. Everhart to Oversee Due Diligence, Entitlements and Project Management for Southern California Infill Homebuilder  IRVINE, Calif. – Brandywine Homes, a pioneer of infill development in Southern California, announced today it has hired two industry veterans to serve as vice presidents of development. Brian M. Geis, former senior

Interest Growing Faster than Expected for New Community Bordering Santa Ana River and Nature Preserve in the Heart of Orange County   ANAHEIM, Calif. – As model construction gets under way, demand is already very high for homes at Lakehouse, a 20-unit community on 3.6 acres located at 2901 E. South Street in Anaheim, Calif., which

LADERA RANCH, Calif. – Strategic Storage Trust II, Inc. (SST II) — which is sponsored by SmartStop Asset Management, LLC — recently purchased 11 self storage facilities located in Florida and Maryland totaling approximately 9,540 units and approximately 985,500 rentable square feet. “The Mindful acquisition is accretive to our portfolio in many categories – including

Vertical Construction Has Started at Biltmore-Area Neighborhood     PHOENIX – Presidio Residential Capital has partnered with Family Development to build a new community called Encue, offering 46 single-family attached homes at the southwest corner of Campbell and 25th Street near the Biltmore neighborhood in Phoenix. Vertical construction has already begun at the site. The

  PHOENIX – Strategic Storage Growth Trust, Inc. (SSGT), which is sponsored by SmartStop Asset Management, LLC, recently closed on its first “certificate of occupancy” transaction. The newly- constructed facility is located in the South Mountain Village area of Phoenix, AZ. “We are excited to complete our first top-of-the-line, brand-new facility in a prime market