REAL ESTATE

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Build the condos, but keep the gay bar.

August 17, 2017 compassq Comments Off on Build the condos, but keep the gay bar.

A U.K. City Council has ordered a private company that it cannot build luxury flats and offices on a site it recently purchased that included a closed gay-bar unless it agrees to include a new gay bar as part of the development plan. Tower Hamlets Council ordered earlier this month that developers Regal Homes must build a gay bar that will “remain a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender-focused venue for a minimum of 12 years,” regardless of its ability to stay economically afloat.

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LGBT heritage sites in Vermont

August 17, 2017 compassq Comments Off on LGBT heritage sites in Vermont

A small group of community leaders recently met with State Historic Preservation Officer Laura V. Trieschmann in the offices of the Rockingham Arts and Museum Project to work on getting Vermont LGBTQ heritage sites on the state and national historic registry. The process may start in Bellows Falls.

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The truth behind LGBT retirement.

August 3, 2017 compassq Comments Off on The truth behind LGBT retirement.

Growing up in southern Florida, and spending much of his young adult years in Orlando, Larry Burlew, Ph.D., always intended to spend his retirement years in the Sunshine State. In 2009, he bought a condominium in Daytona Beach for that very purpose.

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How does marriage equality impact real estate?

August 3, 2017 compassq Comments Off on How does marriage equality impact real estate?

It has been a bit more than two years since Jim Obergefell, a former Coldwell Banker West Shell agent in Cincinnati who has since moved to Washington, D.C., won his landmark Supreme Court case, Obergefell v. Hodges, that made marriage equality the law of the land.