• The incredible shrinking apartment: San Diego’s average unit now 827 square feet,Phillip Molnar

    The incredible shrinking apartment: San Diego’s average unit now 827 square feet

    San Diego’s average new apartment size is now 827 square feet, a 16% reduction over a decade, said a new study from RentCafe. It is the eighth largest drop in the nation out of 100 cities.America’s Finest City has limited space for residential building, making the reduction a function of reality. Ho

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  • 21 things to know about Southern California’s homebuying history,Jonathan Lansner

    21 things to know about Southern California’s homebuying history

    There have been innumerable ups and downs in the history of homebuying across Southern California.The Southern California News Group will now be chronicling home sales and pricing swings using data from a new provider, Irvine-based Attom. The company tracks closed transactions for existing and new h

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  • Is the Traditional College Dorm Dead?,Cole Novak

    Is the Traditional College Dorm Dead?

    “The biggest [mandate] was to make the apartments as much like boutique hotels as possible,” says Tamara Romeo. She’s the CEO of Southcoast Design Group, the firm behind Stateside and Monte, two new off-campus housing complexes near San Diego State University (SDSU). “Those spaces where people could

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