From Real Estate History
On 29 January 1819, a decision was taken that would quietly but decisively alter the course of maritime trade and urban development in Southeast Asia. On that day, Sir Stamford Raf......
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Washington DC: An important panel report on the United States federal real estate system was released on 11 March 2019 by the Public Buildings Reform Board. The board had been est......
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On November 17, 1982, the Chinese government initiated the Shenzhen Special Housing Corridor, one of the earliest urban housing reforms designed to manage the massive influx of wor......
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On 6 December 2022, the United Kingdom’s historic weekly real estate journal Estates Gazette (EG) announced that, due to severe financial pressures, it was no longer possible to co......
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On October 19, 1956, the modern shopping mall era began with the opening of the first fully enclosed regional shopping center, fundamentally transforming retail real estate and con......
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The acquisition of land for the Model Town Society was one of the most remarkable and spirited chapters in its early history. Dewan Khem Chand and his...
Between 1921 and 1924, the land for Model Town Lahore was acquired in successive phases. The process began in 1921, shortly after the establishment of...