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The following day, Gibson is beside himself, having spent much of the morning talking to agents from the F.B.I. A member of his family, he says, had been shot at the previous night—and escaped injury. Two white men had approached Gibson’s relative and said they had a message for Gibson: “Let the dead stay dead.” He won’t tell me which of his loved ones had been targeted. “A family member—I wanna leave it just like that. My life could be threatened too.” He suggests I leave town.

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Ronnie Estes, the youngest of seven siblings, had worked on a towboat and for his mom’s plumbing store. Ronnie, recalls one Rosedale neighbor, was the family’s “baby boy, and they had him spoiled down to his feet.” Another acquaintance tells me: “He had it all—but then it got away from him.”

In the kitchen, a custom backsplash is made of South African tile with a clay-like texture and matte finish. A large-scale chandelier hangs above the island. “It’s rope over a steel frame, and we found it in a store in Atlanta,” Rhea says. “It’s just a perfect find.”

Leonie says she isn’t aware of there ever being an olive harvest, but that once everything settles down on the site “it ought to be something we figure out how to do”.

“It is obvious that construction is not taking place at the building and the continuous and indefinite fencing should not be allowed. The view from our buildings towards the applicable site is not acceptable.

There are 3.1 million of us in the United States who now work from home, and this number is increasing. Do you know what we do for at least a part of our day? Get distracted by a noise: music blaring, a bus passing or a neighbor’s conversation about what’s for dinner.

More Affordable and Mid-Price RangesHeading into 2019, we anticipate the more affordable and mid-price ranges in all markets will go up one level of hotness after January 1 to a surge level of sales activity intensity, then transition back down to strong for the remainder of the year. From January to April, we will see a mild increase in the median home price appreciation, which shows up in closings into June. Then, price appreciation tends to flatten out the remainder of the year due to the large number of new listings that come on the market over the summer, creating dispersed buyer energy. 

The redevelopment of MacKimmie Tower progressed as crews finished removing the tower’s exterior precast concrete panels from top to bottom. The building was stripped to its bare bones in preparation for the installation of two additional floors and the inner glass façade, which is currently underway. 

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OUTFRONT Media’s funds from operations (FFO) per share estimates for 2018 have been marginally revised upward to $2.09 in the past 30 days. Its shares have gained 3.5% over the past six months.