We believe it's a tremendous asset with tremendous upside.

This sale demonstrates that State Place and the surrounding community are thriving. As investors in urban areas, we look for exactly this type of opportunity to turn a dilapidated building into a high-quality mixed-use development that transforms the neighborhood.

Our investment thesis is pretty simple: We focus on densely populated, ethnically diverse communities that have an existing mismatch between supply and demand of community-serving retail and affordable housing.

Each day I feel a little differently; some times I try to write something that's fictitious and then there's other times where I try to write something that's true.

I can be a woodsman if need be. I grew up very close to some forest, and I spent a lot of my formative years up and down trees, fooling around in the woods. I'm no stranger to that sort of landscape.

My desire is to be a forgiving, non-judgmental person.