Urban Investment Partners (UIP) won a “Plexy” award from Washington City Paper for a noteworthy achievement in the D.C. real estate scene during 2011 – specifically for “craziest buying spree.”According to City Paper, “the recession sent a lot of D.C. apartment buildings into foreclosure, even though rental demand here is the strongest in the country. Steve Schwat, of Urban Investment Partners, has been capitalizing on that, picking up building after building cheaply and either converting them…See More

So, I am reading the paper this morning and an article in the Chicago Tribune catches my, one on how the U.S. has lost 30% of its technology jobs.  Being an election year, which now means every year is an election year, the blame will quickly be cast to our gridlocked political environment.  Or the European banking crisis, or the deficit, or…See More

So, I am reading the paper this morning and an article in the Chicago Tribune catches my, one on how the U.S. has lost 30% of its technology jobs.  Being an election year, which now means every year is an election year, the blame will quickly be cast to our gridlocked political environment.  Or the European banking crisis, or the deficit, or…See More

Despite the still-shaky economic recovery, two local entrepreneurs have fulfilled their dreams of opening their own small shops – a Fairfax, VA boutique and a Bethesda, MD juice bar – with the help of Streetsense, which provides integrated brokerage, design, branding, and development services for retail and real estate services.Puree Artisan Juice Bar™, which opened in Bethesda just in time for locals to keep their new year’s resolutions, provided Streetsense with an opportunity to showcase its…See More