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January 8, 2025

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Newsletter: January 8

January 8, 2025|by Erik Torkells

ODDS & ENDS
••• Three stores are closing (or have already done so).
••• Is the new Soltara apartment building being converted to workforce housing?
••• Huge building on N. Calle Cesar Chavez sells for $36.5 million.
••• New owner of classic midcentury on Canon Perdido.
••• More on the Garden Street rooftop sculpture.
••• Dental hygienist opening an office without a dentist.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: 1928 Hedgerow fixer for $450,000 over ask; E. Mountain Drive with a second lot; boxy 1980s architecture on Picacho Lane; Mediterranean near the Upper Village; Hope Ranch ranch house; West Mesa spec reno in eight days; 1930 Spanish on W. Los Olivos Street; Moody Sisters cottage in need of a new roof; and more. See what sold—and for how much.

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BURNING QUESTIONS
“My neighbor’s property on East Valley Road has old stone stairs with ‘Weeping Willow Inn’ carved into them. Can you tell me more about it?” Here’s the answer.

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