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This Online Interior Design Community Offers Crowdsourced Advice
A shot of House Friends co-founder Linny Giffin’s DC home. Photo by Mariah Jones. It’s a common pickle for those putting together a home: You need help picking out a new sofa or deciding on this rug or that rug, but you don’t necessarily want to hire an interior designer. Maybe you don’t want to spend the money, or maybe you just don’t want to hand the reins over to someone else. But you could still use some guidance. That’s where House Friends comes in. The online, subscription-based community provides a space for design lovers to crowdsource home decor opinions and recommendations from other members, as well as access to…
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Real Estate Fund Quietly Purchases Entire Community Of 233 Single-Family Rental Homes In Panama City, Florida
Real estate investment platform Fundrise recently acquired Sunset Village, a community of 233 detached, single-family rental homes in Panama City, Florida. The purchase was made by a joint venture between two Fundrise-sponsored funds: the Flagship Real Estate Fund, which was backed by Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) last year with a $300 million credit facility, and the Growth eREIT VII. The joint venture acquired the community for approximately $110.2 million from a developer who completed construction of the homes in February 2022. According to Fundrise, approximately 52% of the homes were occupied at the time of acquisition. The community consists of three-, four- and five-bedroom homes. A portfolio update…
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Westfield Community Kitchen to close doors | News, Sports, Jobs
WESTFIELD — Westfield Community Kitchen is closing its doors at the end of the month. Jean McCausland, president of the group’s board of directors, cited fewer meals being served as the reason for the closure. The kitchen, incorporated in June 1994 to provide meals to those in need, has seen its attendance drop in recent years, from about 20 meals served a day pre-pandemic to about eight to nine meals served at present. “We would have a few,” McCausland said of attendance before COVID-19 that resulted in take-out-only service. “Twenty was not uncommon, sometimes quite a few more, sometimes less.” Westfield Community Kitchen began with meals available five…
