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bob waun
Jan 10, 20211 min read
Behind these walls.
This former bank headquarters holds nearly a century of history. Indeed this windowless, wasn't. Behind the 1960s panels there were...
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bob waun
Jan 8, 20211 min read
What if Buildings Grew, like Trees?
It's not an impossible idea, that buildings would be organic and grow. Nature is soothing because its, hum, natural? Actually studies...
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bob waun
Jan 7, 20211 min read
Box Homes. Why?
I helped design this home, and had a love affair with shipping containers, their repurposing and why they could be a global recycled...
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bob waun
Jan 6, 20211 min read
Care Free Dental - Lansing, Michigan
If you're reading the DIRT blog, you know how proud I am of the work Care Free Medical and Dental are doing in Lansing. We are just the...
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bob waun
Jan 5, 20211 min read
Mexican... Wine?
The answer is (shockingly) Heck YES! We ventured across the Tijuana/San Diego border into Baja California. Socially distanced in a...
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bob waun
Jan 4, 20211 min read
Keeping it Safe, in a time of COVID
I logged over 18,000 road miles in my new Dodge Warlock Pick Up Truck this year. I drove another 9,000 miles and flew 13 roundtrips in...
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bob waun
Dec 29, 20201 min read
Do you know about CARES Act Tax Benefit?
Cost Segregation + Opportunity Zone Tax treatment + 2020 CARES Act = the most amazing tax loophole in our lifetime! Why you ask? CARES...
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bob waun
Nov 17, 20201 min read
A special place in hell.
I'm a capitalist. DIRT is a capitalist company. We believe in quid pro quo. If you are honest, you want value for value. We believe in...
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bob waun
Nov 12, 20201 min read
Banking on Opportunity Zones
Opportunity Zones are extremely interesting to accountants and real estate investors, whom... LISTEN TO THEIR ACCOUNTANTS. Why? It's...
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bob waun
Nov 9, 20201 min read
The Power of FREE.
There's a few books on the subject of The Power of FREE stuff to grab attention. This old barn was hidden behind vines and overgrowth on...
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bob waun
Nov 9, 20201 min read
Can you see it too?
In the 1960s, architecture had taken a sad turn. Buildings were being designed with 'fortification' in mind. The urban unrest, and even...
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bob waun
Nov 7, 20201 min read
Why is Industrial Booming in The Midwest?
The election is over. I am writing this on Nov 1, for publication and posting on Nov 7. So I don't know the outcome of this election, but...
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bob waun
Nov 6, 20201 min read
Reimagining the Phoenix Center Parking Deck
DIRT team members helped bring DPZ Architects and CNU (Congress of New Urbanism) to downtown Pontiac in 2017. The week long charettes and...
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bob waun
Nov 4, 20201 min read
$500 office space.
We represent numerous small, month-to-month office spaces in Downtown Pontiac and Flint. These spaces come complete with furniture,...
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bob waun
Nov 4, 20201 min read
Fire The Broker. (Who doesn't sell/buy this)
There is high rise multifamily, a Meijer anchored grocery center flanking this incredible sleeper of a property. 12.8 acres for $149,900....
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bob waun
Nov 2, 20201 min read
Blending Modern into the Sky. Art from smoke stacks.
Ask you drive along the highway thru northern Italy, near Brescia, beautiful old buildings, church towers are the norm. So when you see...
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bob waun
Nov 1, 20201 min read
DIRT in the News.
Yes. DIRT team did put together an amazing deal this week. Dearborn Capital of Chicago is buying the Ottawa Towers from The City of...
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bob waun
Oct 31, 20201 min read
From the Vatican to Jerusalem - in 48 hours.
The only thing better would be a stop-over at Frankfurt Airport for a pretzel for breakfast. I did this a few years ago! My daughter was...
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bob waun
Oct 30, 20201 min read
Wynwood. Urbanism. Place making ground zero.
If you took the worst neighborhood and made it the most trendy and coolest. You'd be Tony Goldman. If you don't know Tony Goldman... you...
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