The EstateNetFrance.com Research Luxury Property Index offers a unique and independent view of the French Riviera and Monaco’s luxury property market. The monthly index reflects the evolving prime market, and for the first time provides authoritative data for the world’s most exclusive holiday home destination. It segments the upper end of the market for apartments [...]
Grupo Vidanta announces the opening of its newest 5-star luxury resort, The Grand Bliss, in the resort community of Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico. The latest in a collection of six distinctive resorts from Grupo Vidanta, The Grand Bliss Nuevo Vallarta will feature 168 expansive suites along with all of the luxury amenities expected from a Grupo [...]
Unique Homes has been nominated at TheLuxuryHub.com in the category for best Estate Hauteur. The awards are called LuXplosion 2010. LuXplosion is an initiative for trendsetters engaged in reaching out not only to the wealthiest 2 percent all over the world, but also to the other 98 percent that ultimately enable the former to stand [...]
The Castle on Lake Tahoe—a famous chateau on the North Shore of Lake Tahoe, Nevada—is now on the market for buyers seeking a secluded, romantic, modern-day castle dream home. Recently named “The Most Romantic Home For Sale in America” by The Top Ten Real Estate Deals and CNBC.com, the home is now open for public [...]
The Mountain West has some of the best slopes in the world. Yet, talk to those who live there, and you’ll find a list of other reasons to call this region home. By Ken Weingartner When Kristi Hood left New York for Lake Tahoe 14 years ago, she never thought it would be permanent. She [...]
Palmer Hill—Connecticut’s award-winning luxury residential community—unveils the newest addition to its townhomes: the Fairfield. The community’s developer, Palmer Hill Partners, announced the release of the spacious new townhouse model last month. The 1,900-square-foot Fairfield boasts a unique style of three bedrooms and two and a half baths, and has an asking price of $629,500, which [...]
Condominium 254 Park Avenue South and SmartSpaces, a non-profit organization that seeks sustainable platforms for public art, have teamed up to release two installations at the Gramercy Building in Manhattan. Brooklyn-based artist Carol Salmanson has designed an installation entitled Park Lights for both the windows of a third-floor residence and a street-level retail space. The [...]
This week’s Top of the Tweets By Camilla McLaughlin Mixed signals continue. Lots of good indicators for a continued recovery came in the fourth quarter, including the biggest gain in consumer spending in four years and strong exports, signaling, according to @reallyearllee, the recovery is underway. However, home sales continue to decline in most markets, [...]
A new destination community has opened on the southern coastline of the island of Kaua’i in Hawaii. Kukui’ula, situated across 1,000 lush acres, is the first major luxury community to be built in the area in more than a decade. The Mauka and Makai neighborhoods of Kukui’ula recently debuted, along with their first model home—a [...]
One, two, three, four, Shanghai declares a height war. For the past two years, the Ritz-Carlton in Hong Kong has been promoting itself as the tallest hotel in the world. But it might have to bite its tongue because Jin Jiang Internationals Hotel Group Co. Ltd., a Shanghai hotel group, recently announced its plans to [...]
