September 2021

Luby’s closes restaurant sales, strikes new deal to sell real estate

Luby’s inked an agreement last week to sell dozens of Texas properties to an Arizona-based real estate firm in a deal valued at $88 million.

Store Capital Acquisitions agreed to buy up to 26 of Luby’s Texas properties and plans to close on the sale Oct. 12, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Properties in the sale are tied to Luby’s restaurants leased and operated by Calvin Gin, a Chicago catering entrepreneur who bought Luby’s brand and restaurant operations in a separate deal that closed last month.

The developments are the latest in Luby’s ongoing

Home Improvement

Home Run Financing Receives Approval in California to Provide Unsecured Home Improvement Loan Product, Called Home Run Loans

LOS GATOS, Calif., Sept. 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Home Run Financing (previously PACE Funding Group, LLC) announced today that it has received approval from the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) to provide their new, unsecured home loan product, called Home Run Loans, to homeowners in California.

The company has been providing Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) funding for renewable energy and energy- and water-efficiency home improvements since 2014, and later for earthquake hardening and wildfire preparation. Through Home Run Loans, homeowners can now finance the same types of projects allowable under PACE, in addition to

Garden

This gutsy woman is behind one of Sonoma’s top gardens

A well-managed garden appears to be in a natural state of perfection. The waving flowers beckon, rich green foliage prevails and weeds are absent. The outside world and its cares fall aside when visitors enter these quiet spaces, and the garden becomes life’s expression.

These gardens are, as former Cornerstone Sonoma Garden and General Manager Dawn Smith described them, “Places that people repeatedly come back to for solace, peace and happy memories. They are spaces that give people joy no matter if they are wealthy or not. The gardens are there for everyone.”

Her garden and team kept her going

Real Estate

Shore condo for $300K and more South Jersey real estate deals of the week

A two-bedroom, one-bath condominium in North Wildwood in Cape May County recently sold for $300,000, according to Zillow.com.

Below are more real estate transactions for Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem counties.

Look for Central Jersey real estate transactions on realestate.nj.com on Wednesday, Sept. 8, and North Jersey transactions on Thursday, Sept. 9. Information on New Jersey real estate transactions appears weekly on realestate.nj.com.

Atlantic

Atlantic City

105 Liberty Ave, $359,000 Flame Investments LLC (Ying Ming Lin)

18 North Chelsea Ave, $220,000 18 Chelsea Garden LLC (ATB Real Estate Ventures LLC)

Brigantine

1208 Bayshore Ave,

Home Improvement

What’s the best way to finance your upgrades?

There are plenty of good reasons to renovate a home. Doing so might make your living space more comfortable, which could greatly improve your quality of life. Also, home renovations can lead to higher resale value, so you might get back some, if not all, of the money you put in.

There are plenty of cost-effective ways to finance home renovations. But according to Bank of America’s 2021 Homebuyer Insights Report, 24% of homeowners intend to charge their home improvements on a credit card. And that could be a very poor choice that backfires.

The dangers of charging renovations

Decoration Living Room

Inside an Art-Filled London Townhouse Brimming With Eclectic Treasures

What makes projects special are the people living in them—but Tish and Tom are on a whole other level.” So says Rachel Chudley, a British interior decorator known for funky-chic rooms that are full of surprises. The name-checked clients would be blue-blooded Londoners Tish Weinstock, a Vogue writer and beauty editor, and Tom Guinness, a model turned soulful fashion stylist. “Both have style with an edge,” Chudley continues, adding that the finished product, a house for the couple and their toddler son, Reuben, “walks the line between old and new and bad taste and good taste.”

Before taste of any

Decoration Badroom

Accessorize your bedroom with these fresh color combinations

Colors can set the mood and vibe of your personal space. Whether you prefer darker or lighter colors, you can transform your space by simply incorporating the furniture, linens, lamps, or artworks that match your chosen color combination.

Be adventurous, bring a pop of colors, and make a dramatic transformation into your bedroom with these fresh color combinations that you can try for your space:

Wooden brown and White

The perfect inspiration for a wooden brown and white color combo is to play with warm undertones. Shades of brown create a neutrally comforting feeling, and white brings calming peace into