Irate investors looking for a bankrupt “crypto king” were regular visitors to the new Toronto-area home of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Tag: Real Estate and Housing (Residential)
Lured by Federal Dollars, Canadian Cities Rethink Zoning
Major Canadian cities are opening up development zoning to include fourplexes in exchange for federal funds to build housing.
The Places That Sam Bankman-Fried Left Behind
Before his FTX crypto exchange imploded and he went on trial for fraud, Mr. Bankman-Fried ran a global business empire spanning Berkeley, Calif., Hong Kong and the Bahamas.
After Taking Away Enemies’ Citizenship, Nicaragua Takes Their Homes
Nicaragua’s government has begun confiscating the homes of former political prisoners and dissidents forced into exile, just as the country did in the 1980s.
Tiny Homes Are a Social Media Hit. But Do We Want to Live in Them?
Social media platforms are awash with videos of microapartments and tiny homes, amassing tens of millions of views. But do clicks translate into new occupants?
After South African Fire, Migrants Fear a Violent Backlash
Some survivors have been detained by the police, while politicians have lashed out at the newcomers as scapegoats for intractable problems like crime, joblessness and a housing shortage.
What to Know About the Deadly Johannesburg Fire
The blaze, one of the worst residential ones in South Africa’s history, occurred in a building that officials and locals say had become an overcrowded death trap for the hundreds who lived there.
Fire in Johannesburg, South Africa, Kills 74
Johannesburg, with a severe shortage of affordable housing, has hundreds of illegally occupied derelict buildings that officials and housing advocates say have become firetraps.
Johannesburg Building Fire Photos: Scenes From a Deadly Blaze
The blaze struck an abandoned building that had become a crowded squatter settlement. The authorities were investigating the cause.
In China, Artists Create Miniature Homes From Memories
China’s rapid economic growth has meant the demolition of countless rural homes, and a burgeoning nostalgia. That’s where the miniaturists come in.