Local Experts Discuss What's Driving Downtown San Diego's Innovation Economy
Several factors drive success for Downtown San Diego, including attracting the talent that drives regional prosperity, amenities that support residential and commercial projects, and the need to attract Millennials and drive future growth.
These concepts were outlined in a study of Downtown San Diego conducted last year by the Downtown San Diego Partnership and UCSD Downtown Extension and hold still, DSDP president/CEO Kris Michell (below right) told the audience at Bisnow's The Urbanization & Future of Downtown San Diego event this week.
Downtown has the capacity to drive the regional economy if we take advantage of opportunities that exist on both the residential and commercial side, Michell said. "And most significant is that if a company decides that California is the place…
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California Legoland Breaks Ground On Park's First Castle Hotel In North America
Legoland California Resort in Carlsbad has broken ground on the theme park's first Legoland Castle Hotel in North America. Scheduled to open in spring 2018, the 250-room hotel will provide themed rooms, including 20 suites, designed to immerse guests in a…
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Airbnb Is Increasing Its Efforts To Up Tax Revenue Collection For Local Municipalities
In an effort to work more closely with local municipalities and address the array of concerns officials have with its business model, Airbnb has redoubled its efforts to collect taxes from its hosts.
The home-sharing leader collected and redirected $175M in taxes for local governments in 2016, from $42.6M in 2015, or four times the amount. Those taxes were collected in 20 cities in 2015, but 220 cities last year. Keep in mind that Airbnb has added upward of 1 million listings to its site since 2015. Currently, the firm has 3 million listings throughout 50,000 cities in 190 countries, according to its tax revenue report.
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San Diego Housing Commission Needs Volunteers For Two Homeless Projects
The San Diego Housing Commission is seeking 230 volunteers to help with two major homeless projects next week.
The “We All Count” census of homeless individuals, which begins — rain or shine — at 4 a.m. Jan. 27, already has 1,500 volunteers, but…
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Don't Worry, CRE Firms Not Likely To Come Under Scrutiny On Trump's Twitter Podium
Since his upset victory last November, President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Twitter as his personal podium.
In the past few weeks, Trump has taken to Twitter to criticize multinational companies for taking jobs overseas, pronounced top media outlets “fake news!” for reporting stories that paint him in a negative light and condemned A-list celebrities for speaking out about him mocking a disabled reporter. But commercial real estate companies haven't come under fire — and as economic beneficiaries rather than economic drivers, they're not likely to.
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