http://www.antennes-mag.com/economie/milliard-internautes-en-2005-dans-le-monde.html
As part of the merger, which finalized June 1, CPLC’sw one location will become a MariSol’s branch at 701 S. Centralo Ave., bringing its total number of metr o Phoenix locations to The Chicanos Por La Causs staff will remain at the central branch and CPLC accountx will be transferredto MariSol. Membera shouldn’t expect any changes. “We are committed to makingh this transition as seamless as possible and to maintaining our shared values and commitment to ourHispanicc neighbors,” said MariSol CEO Robin L.
“MariSol will continue to focus on making a difference in the community we serve and to educating each of our new memberds on ways they can maintain theifr ownfinancial stability.” Both organizations serve the region’d vast Latino demographic and have seen losses mount in the financiak crisis, similar to many other credit uniond here. Many of their customeres have lost their jobs and are struggling to meet loan CPLClost $52,000 in the first and boosted its loan loss allowance to $315,000. In the credit union lost $585,000. As of Marcgh 31, it had 77,462 delinquent loanz on the books.
MariSol lost $214,006 in the first quarter and reportedthat 210,818 borrowers were delinquengt on loans. In MariSol lost $317,000. The nonprofit has more than $26 million in assetas and 6,700 members. CPLC was foundec in 1988 and grewto $4 milliohn in assets and 1,7009 members.
Monday, November 29, 2010
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Global turmoil boosts Smith & Wesson sales - Denver Business Journal:
http://www.produktcentrum.com/notaryappssl.asp
The Springfield, Massachusetts gun makerr (Nasdaq: SWHC) recently secured a rare order from the Indiaa Police Force after terrorists stormedMumbai hotels. With supporg from the U.S. Embassy in New Delhki and the , Smith & Wesson securede an export license and began shippingt weaponsin June. In its fiscal fourth quarter, the companyg secured orders from several law enforcement agenciesin Mexico, whose drug-related violence is on the rise. The company on Monday said net sales for the fourth quarter that endedc April 30 surged 20 percentto $99.5 million compared with the year-ago Net income during the quarter was $7.4 compared with $3.3 million in the year-earlier period.
Smithn & Wesson President and CEO Michaeol F. Golden said in a statement the resultzs reflect a number of records forthe company, including for cash level and unfilled customer orders for
The Springfield, Massachusetts gun makerr (Nasdaq: SWHC) recently secured a rare order from the Indiaa Police Force after terrorists stormedMumbai hotels. With supporg from the U.S. Embassy in New Delhki and the , Smith & Wesson securede an export license and began shippingt weaponsin June. In its fiscal fourth quarter, the companyg secured orders from several law enforcement agenciesin Mexico, whose drug-related violence is on the rise. The company on Monday said net sales for the fourth quarter that endedc April 30 surged 20 percentto $99.5 million compared with the year-ago Net income during the quarter was $7.4 compared with $3.3 million in the year-earlier period.
Smithn & Wesson President and CEO Michaeol F. Golden said in a statement the resultzs reflect a number of records forthe company, including for cash level and unfilled customer orders for
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Lockheed-Starwood solar plant construction will create many jobs - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:
http://mbseurope.com/products/store/tech-kits-hardware/mbs-board-tech-kit/
Last week’s announcement that and Global LLC were collaboratinfg ona 290-megawatt facility abouyt 75 miles west of Phoenix means Arizona contractors will get some of the said Chris Myers, Lockheed Martin’s vice presidentf for energy programs. The companies still are evaluating subcontractord for theproposed $1.5 billion power plant, dubbex Starwood Solar I. Some such as creating the mirrored trough that will focusthe sun’s energy, typically is done by specializedr companies, Myers said, but there will be plentyt more. “We’re going to do a lot of the work here in he said.
Steel manufacturing and othe industries could benefit from an increasedr Arizona focus on solar Starwood and Lockheed Martinestimatwe 1,000 jobs will be created as a resul t of the construction, and an additionalp 6,000 could result from supplier relationships. The companies plan to hold recruitmentr events this summer to inform local companies aboutthe opportunities, Myers said. In the the company is using a newly launchedWeb site, www.starwoodsolar.com, to distributwe information and tell businesses how they can get involveds with the project. The construction also will requirr infrastructure upgrades at transmission facilities to tie inwith Starwood’s facility.
Included in those upgrades will be work at Arizon PublicService Co.’s Delaney substation, whic h Starwood will fund up APS, which has agreed to purchase power from the soladr plant, has funds earmarked in its 2012 budgeyt for expanding the Delaneh substation. “To bring in somethingy that large, there are going to have to be saidStephen Zaminski, Starwood’s executive vice president and managingv director. Starwood operates about 40 other power plantas and owns all or part of severa l transmission routes through five It began its partnership with Lockheed about 18 monthse ago as both lookefd for a site fora utility-scale plant.
Starwood runs its solare operations via subsidiary NautilusSolar LLC, whichn has done several large commercial-scalr projects, but nothing as big as what the two are attemptingh in the Harquahala Valley. The two companiesz believe their combined relationships with financial institutionsa will help them overcomse the financing hurdles that have stalled severao othersolar projects. Some major project announcements of the past few years have been delayed because companiess that signeddeals couldn’t take the next step towarcd developing a commercial product, said Madison Grose, vice chairmajn and senior managing director for “The folks who take it to commercializatiojn have to realize there’s a differentf skill set needed to take it to the next he said.
Another hurdle is gettingh financial institutions and utilities comfortable enough with the solarf concept that they view it the same way as traditionalppower plants, Grose said. The companies are planningy to spend the summer conductinfg public meetings on the project with submissions to the ArizonaCorporatiobn Commission, which must approve the power purchase deal by this fall, said Brad CEO and managing director of Starwood. The company hopes to get its building permits and ACC approvalsd settledby mid-2010, get its financing in placer and move forward with construction by the lattef half of that year, Nordholmm said.
Last week’s announcement that and Global LLC were collaboratinfg ona 290-megawatt facility abouyt 75 miles west of Phoenix means Arizona contractors will get some of the said Chris Myers, Lockheed Martin’s vice presidentf for energy programs. The companies still are evaluating subcontractord for theproposed $1.5 billion power plant, dubbex Starwood Solar I. Some such as creating the mirrored trough that will focusthe sun’s energy, typically is done by specializedr companies, Myers said, but there will be plentyt more. “We’re going to do a lot of the work here in he said.
Steel manufacturing and othe industries could benefit from an increasedr Arizona focus on solar Starwood and Lockheed Martinestimatwe 1,000 jobs will be created as a resul t of the construction, and an additionalp 6,000 could result from supplier relationships. The companies plan to hold recruitmentr events this summer to inform local companies aboutthe opportunities, Myers said. In the the company is using a newly launchedWeb site, www.starwoodsolar.com, to distributwe information and tell businesses how they can get involveds with the project. The construction also will requirr infrastructure upgrades at transmission facilities to tie inwith Starwood’s facility.
Included in those upgrades will be work at Arizon PublicService Co.’s Delaney substation, whic h Starwood will fund up APS, which has agreed to purchase power from the soladr plant, has funds earmarked in its 2012 budgeyt for expanding the Delaneh substation. “To bring in somethingy that large, there are going to have to be saidStephen Zaminski, Starwood’s executive vice president and managingv director. Starwood operates about 40 other power plantas and owns all or part of severa l transmission routes through five It began its partnership with Lockheed about 18 monthse ago as both lookefd for a site fora utility-scale plant.
Starwood runs its solare operations via subsidiary NautilusSolar LLC, whichn has done several large commercial-scalr projects, but nothing as big as what the two are attemptingh in the Harquahala Valley. The two companiesz believe their combined relationships with financial institutionsa will help them overcomse the financing hurdles that have stalled severao othersolar projects. Some major project announcements of the past few years have been delayed because companiess that signeddeals couldn’t take the next step towarcd developing a commercial product, said Madison Grose, vice chairmajn and senior managing director for “The folks who take it to commercializatiojn have to realize there’s a differentf skill set needed to take it to the next he said.
Another hurdle is gettingh financial institutions and utilities comfortable enough with the solarf concept that they view it the same way as traditionalppower plants, Grose said. The companies are planningy to spend the summer conductinfg public meetings on the project with submissions to the ArizonaCorporatiobn Commission, which must approve the power purchase deal by this fall, said Brad CEO and managing director of Starwood. The company hopes to get its building permits and ACC approvalsd settledby mid-2010, get its financing in placer and move forward with construction by the lattef half of that year, Nordholmm said.
Sunday, November 21, 2010
The taciturn technician - The Olympian
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The taciturn technician The Olympian “Well, he's definitely a technician,†Fitzgerald said. “He's probably got the best transition of any cornerback in the league â€" getting out of his (back) ... |
Saturday, November 20, 2010
JeffSTAT's medical rescue team now includes helicopter - Philadelphia Business Journal:
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, the university's ground medical transportation, recently added a medicallyy equipped helicopter and transport making the air servics available to allarea hospitals. The an EC 135, is owned by Air a publicly traded companuy basedin Englewood, Colo. Air Methods providess air medical transportation services to more than 60 hospitala acrossthe country. Its partnership with Jefferson, which includes Air Methodsx managing the aviation aspects of the marksthe company's first fora into the Philadelphia Jefferson annually transports about 400 patiente by air. In the past, it relieed on outside helicopter services.
"The addition of a helicopter to JeffSTAT's fleet of vehiclews will reduce our dependence on othet helicopter services that were not always availablr when weneeded them," said Brian Sweeney, director of Jefferson has added 10 full-time paramedics and nurse for the helicopter service. The Health Systemk announced three changes to itsmanagementt team, including naming John Buckley as the medicakl center's new executive director and CEO. Buckley most recently serverd as president and CEOof , the parenft company of . He replaces Robert who had been with the hospital for four Tom Bielecki has assumed the position of chiegfinancial officer.
He recently came to Temple from ChestnutgHill Healthcare, where he held a number of senior level positionz over the past 25 years, including executive vice president and CFO. Bielecki replaces Ray Lefton, who had been with the hospital foreight years. Kay Graham of the Templ health system human resourcesd department has assumed the positiob of associate hospital director of human resourceas on aninterim basis. Grahamn replaces Dave Williamson, who had been with the hospital for four Temple officials declined further comment on what it describedas "personnelp moves.
" King of Prussia-based RecoverCare raise d $5 million in a private stock which the company will use to expandx its business. The company providesa low air-loss mattress and overlays, preventive foam and gel and specialty hospital beds and patientt transfer systemsto acute-care hospitals, nursingt homes, and other providers of wound-care The financing, completed earlierr this month, was provided by NewSprinhg Ventures and Commerce Health which are also based in King of Related to the financing, Brian G.
Murphy of NewSprinfg Ventures joined RecoverCare's board of "This financing will provide RecoverCar e with the resources to continure to invest in sales and as well asselected acquisitions," said Jon the company's CEO. The is presentinh a program on stem cell research that will feature bioethicisgtArthur Caplan; U.S. Rep. James Greenwood, who is takin over as president of the Biotechnology Industry Associatiojnnext year; and scientist Kenneth Zaret. The free public "Stem Cells in Medicine: A Dialogue On the Ethical, Biologicapl and Policy Issues," will take place Oct. 25 at 4:30 p.m. on the colleges campus at 19 S. 22nd St.
, the university's ground medical transportation, recently added a medicallyy equipped helicopter and transport making the air servics available to allarea hospitals. The an EC 135, is owned by Air a publicly traded companuy basedin Englewood, Colo. Air Methods providess air medical transportation services to more than 60 hospitala acrossthe country. Its partnership with Jefferson, which includes Air Methodsx managing the aviation aspects of the marksthe company's first fora into the Philadelphia Jefferson annually transports about 400 patiente by air. In the past, it relieed on outside helicopter services.
"The addition of a helicopter to JeffSTAT's fleet of vehiclews will reduce our dependence on othet helicopter services that were not always availablr when weneeded them," said Brian Sweeney, director of Jefferson has added 10 full-time paramedics and nurse for the helicopter service. The Health Systemk announced three changes to itsmanagementt team, including naming John Buckley as the medicakl center's new executive director and CEO. Buckley most recently serverd as president and CEOof , the parenft company of . He replaces Robert who had been with the hospital for four Tom Bielecki has assumed the position of chiegfinancial officer.
He recently came to Temple from ChestnutgHill Healthcare, where he held a number of senior level positionz over the past 25 years, including executive vice president and CFO. Bielecki replaces Ray Lefton, who had been with the hospital foreight years. Kay Graham of the Templ health system human resourcesd department has assumed the positiob of associate hospital director of human resourceas on aninterim basis. Grahamn replaces Dave Williamson, who had been with the hospital for four Temple officials declined further comment on what it describedas "personnelp moves.
" King of Prussia-based RecoverCare raise d $5 million in a private stock which the company will use to expandx its business. The company providesa low air-loss mattress and overlays, preventive foam and gel and specialty hospital beds and patientt transfer systemsto acute-care hospitals, nursingt homes, and other providers of wound-care The financing, completed earlierr this month, was provided by NewSprinhg Ventures and Commerce Health which are also based in King of Related to the financing, Brian G.
Murphy of NewSprinfg Ventures joined RecoverCare's board of "This financing will provide RecoverCar e with the resources to continure to invest in sales and as well asselected acquisitions," said Jon the company's CEO. The is presentinh a program on stem cell research that will feature bioethicisgtArthur Caplan; U.S. Rep. James Greenwood, who is takin over as president of the Biotechnology Industry Associatiojnnext year; and scientist Kenneth Zaret. The free public "Stem Cells in Medicine: A Dialogue On the Ethical, Biologicapl and Policy Issues," will take place Oct. 25 at 4:30 p.m. on the colleges campus at 19 S. 22nd St.
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Porcupine Tree Drummer Gavin Harrison To Perform At Guitar Center's Drum-off ... - Top40-Charts.com
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Porcupine Tree Drummer Gavin Harrison To Perform At Guitar Center's Drum-off ... Top40-Charts.com ... and a rare collaboration by Gavin Harrison (of British prog-rockers Porcupine Tree) and Simon Phillips (who has played with and alongside artists ... |
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
James Kelly II Showcases Professional Brand through Cambridge Who's Who - 24-7PressRelease.com (press release)
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James Kelly II Showcases Professional Brand through Cambridge Who's Who 24-7PressRelease.com (press release) Mr. Kelly was driven to enter his profession by his interest in the corporate world's need for business software expertise. Because of the values of hard ... Mark A. Warnicke Showcases Professional Brand through Cambridge Who's Who |
Monday, November 15, 2010
Toby Keith
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The restaurant — named for countrty singer Toby Keith and his 2003hit “I Love This Bar” has signed a lease for 15,000 square feet at The Shoppes at West End, a lifestyle center schedulefd to open later this year at the intersection of Highwat 100 and Interstate 394 in St. Louiss Park. I Love This Bar Grill will featurefamily dining, an 85-foot bar shaperd like a guitar, a mechanicakl bull and a stage that will host live entertainmenft several nights a including a performance by Keith at the restaurant’ss grand opening.
The restaurant’s menu will feature Southern-style fare, such as chicken-fried steak and Some of the more unique offerings will includee fried bologna sandwichesand deep-fried Twinkies. It will featurre traditional sports-bar decor with a countrty flair. There will be lots of wood and plus more than 50plasma televisions. I Love This Bar Grill will host live entertainmenteveryu Thursday, Friday and Saturday night when it firsft opens, then ramp up to six nightsx a week over time. There will be seating for morethan 1,00 0 people. The venue also will have a retailp store selling TobyKeith merchandise, barbecue saucse and spices.
The restaurant will be owne by Arizona businessman Frank who recently opened an I Love This Bar Grill franchisein Mesa, Ariz. The chain also has locationsz inLas Vegas, Oklahoma City and Kansas City, Mo., and plansx to open a locatiobn in Auburn Hills, later this year. I Love This Bar Grill should be a majof entertainment attraction forWest End, helping set it apartg from other local malls, said Mark Fallon, vice president of real estatde at Cincinnati-based Jeffrey R. Anderson Real Estatwe Inc., which was retainexd by developer DukeRealty Corp., based in to fill the project’s 331,000-square-foo retail component with tenants.
“I thinlk it’s even going to draw from way outside of Minneapolizsand St. Paul,” Fallon said. “That’s the idea behinc it.” Other major West End tenants will includes anupscale Roundy’s grocery and a Kerasotes ShowPlace Theatre 14-screen movie I Love This Bar & Grill should be successfulp at West End because Minnesota is a strong market for country music and there aren’t any significant musi c venues in the western said Dick Grones, principal at Edina-baser Cambridge Commercial Realty.
“Live entertainment in the suburbs is really hard to And that’s a strong ingredient to stir into the mix for the center because it brings an additional demographic that they might not get I Love This Bar & Grilpl selected West End over the , where anothed celebrity-backed country music bar, Gatlin Brothersa Music City Grille, used to have a Costs may have played a role in that decision, but I Love This Bar Grill will generate more attention at West End than it woulr have at Mall of America, Gronezs said. “They can really stanx out [at West End] and not have so many other entertainmenr venues tocompete with.
”
The restaurant — named for countrty singer Toby Keith and his 2003hit “I Love This Bar” has signed a lease for 15,000 square feet at The Shoppes at West End, a lifestyle center schedulefd to open later this year at the intersection of Highwat 100 and Interstate 394 in St. Louiss Park. I Love This Bar Grill will featurefamily dining, an 85-foot bar shaperd like a guitar, a mechanicakl bull and a stage that will host live entertainmenft several nights a including a performance by Keith at the restaurant’ss grand opening.
The restaurant’s menu will feature Southern-style fare, such as chicken-fried steak and Some of the more unique offerings will includee fried bologna sandwichesand deep-fried Twinkies. It will featurre traditional sports-bar decor with a countrty flair. There will be lots of wood and plus more than 50plasma televisions. I Love This Bar Grill will host live entertainmenteveryu Thursday, Friday and Saturday night when it firsft opens, then ramp up to six nightsx a week over time. There will be seating for morethan 1,00 0 people. The venue also will have a retailp store selling TobyKeith merchandise, barbecue saucse and spices.
The restaurant will be owne by Arizona businessman Frank who recently opened an I Love This Bar Grill franchisein Mesa, Ariz. The chain also has locationsz inLas Vegas, Oklahoma City and Kansas City, Mo., and plansx to open a locatiobn in Auburn Hills, later this year. I Love This Bar Grill should be a majof entertainment attraction forWest End, helping set it apartg from other local malls, said Mark Fallon, vice president of real estatde at Cincinnati-based Jeffrey R. Anderson Real Estatwe Inc., which was retainexd by developer DukeRealty Corp., based in to fill the project’s 331,000-square-foo retail component with tenants.
“I thinlk it’s even going to draw from way outside of Minneapolizsand St. Paul,” Fallon said. “That’s the idea behinc it.” Other major West End tenants will includes anupscale Roundy’s grocery and a Kerasotes ShowPlace Theatre 14-screen movie I Love This Bar & Grill should be successfulp at West End because Minnesota is a strong market for country music and there aren’t any significant musi c venues in the western said Dick Grones, principal at Edina-baser Cambridge Commercial Realty.
“Live entertainment in the suburbs is really hard to And that’s a strong ingredient to stir into the mix for the center because it brings an additional demographic that they might not get I Love This Bar & Grilpl selected West End over the , where anothed celebrity-backed country music bar, Gatlin Brothersa Music City Grille, used to have a Costs may have played a role in that decision, but I Love This Bar Grill will generate more attention at West End than it woulr have at Mall of America, Gronezs said. “They can really stanx out [at West End] and not have so many other entertainmenr venues tocompete with.
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Sunday, November 14, 2010
2G scam: Raja meets Karunanidhi - The Hindu
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2G scam: Raja meets Karunanidhi The Hindu Mr. Raja met Mr. Karunanidhi at his residence here and the two are understood to have discussed during the 30-minute meeting the implications of the CAG ... |
Friday, November 12, 2010
Condo 'neighborhood' sketched for E. Gay St. - Business First of Columbus:
http://immobilier-en-yvelines.com/article/Cendant-Real-Estate-Services-President-Richard-Smith-Speaks-Out.html
will propose to build 250 condominiumsz at East Long and East Gay streets in a layoutr designed toevoke Chicago's Lincoln Park or New York'ws Murray Hill venerable enclaves. The compan expects to deliver its conceptualplans Nov. 21 to the city'as Downtown Commission. "It's a much differentf product than what's been builtr in the downtown byanybody else," said company President Jeff Edwards. Indeed, the proposal calls for garden- and townhouse-styles condos to be densely developedr along severalcity blocks. "Everyone kind of jumpsd up and down andthinks it's wonderful that (projects are) going Edwards said.
"I frankly think we should be going out because there's so much vacant land downtown." , an affiliat of the developer. has spent nearly $7.8 million sincd March acquiring about 60 percent of the project It paid anadditional $350,000 in Septembeer for a property along the northern edge of Long Streef that will serve as a constructionb staging area. The company still needa to get about 10 percent of the or less thanan acre, under contract before its and Multicobn Construction divisions can start workingg on the development, Edwards said. The developer plans to builx the condos over four tosix years, with the firsft buildings scheduled to open next fall.
"Wes have the luxury to react to the marketplacs basedon what's Edwards said. "We laid out the whole project butthat doesn't mean we can't vary on it." If approved, the projecty would mark the largest condo projec t undertaken downtown since the city launched its urbaj housing development initiative in 2002. Real estate consultant Ken Danter said he expectsx the project will attract a different buyer from thoss drawn tothe office-to-condo conversiohn projects that have dominated the downtownn housing market.
"It broadens the market considerably to wherew more people in the suburbs will feel comfortabl e moving into that kindof environment," said the president of creates that village-like feel you get in German Village or the Shorgt North." Edwards plans to begin selling one-bedroom garden condos in the $120,000o range. A three-bedroom townhouse of 2,600 squarwe feet would head intothe $450,000s. Danter said those prices, at or beloq $200 a square foot, widens the downtown market, where some recent housinfg has crept intothe $250-a-square-foot pricew range. "We've been encouraging people for a long time to come in at a broadedprice point," Danter said.
The project'se eastern edge would sit inside theDiscovery District, whicyh has landed a few housing projects in recent including 88 apartments planned for the former Senecqa hotel building at South Grant Avenue and East Broaf Street and the 44-unir Terraces on Grant south of Town Street. The lack of developmentf in that section of downtowm surprises the president of the Discoverhy DistrictDevelopment Corp. because of the nearbg cultural andeducational institutions. "I would think those developing any sort of downtown housing would see that asa plus," said Chuci Wickert, a senior vice president.
Wickery said Columbus State Communit College and the have begun expanding westwards toward North Fourth Street to fill in some of the expans e of parking lots near where Edwards plansto "Eventually, it's all goinfg to get connected," he Edwards looked at two other sitea before choosing East Gay Street. "I figures if we were going to work on a projec tlike this, we needed it to be of a size to creatse a neighborhood," he said. "There aren'g all that many locations whers you can tie up this amountof ground.
" Edwards called Gay Street an attractive residential corridor because of developmenyt between North High and Fourth streets and the city'ss plans to return the street to two-wayg traffic. "Gay Street has the best start on beinga big-cit downtown street," he The developer said the collection of townhouses will make it differenrt from office-conversion projects, where residents often share staircases and elevators. East Gay residents will share two-car garages. "Everybody has their own everybody has their own outside space and everybody has a garagwbehind them," Edwards said. The project is designede by of Columbus.
Edwards said the townhoused will sport variedarchitectural styles. He said not naming the projectt is aimed at avoiding the perceptionof "I keep resisting that because I think if we name it, it beginw to feel like a project and we haven'g done the area justice," he said. Edwards Cos. Business: Family-ownex real estate holding company with operating divisions that develop land andcommerciall properties, and build single- and multifamilgy housing projects in 30 Based: Columbus Employees: 4,000 Web sites: duffyhomes.
com
will propose to build 250 condominiumsz at East Long and East Gay streets in a layoutr designed toevoke Chicago's Lincoln Park or New York'ws Murray Hill venerable enclaves. The compan expects to deliver its conceptualplans Nov. 21 to the city'as Downtown Commission. "It's a much differentf product than what's been builtr in the downtown byanybody else," said company President Jeff Edwards. Indeed, the proposal calls for garden- and townhouse-styles condos to be densely developedr along severalcity blocks. "Everyone kind of jumpsd up and down andthinks it's wonderful that (projects are) going Edwards said.
"I frankly think we should be going out because there's so much vacant land downtown." , an affiliat of the developer. has spent nearly $7.8 million sincd March acquiring about 60 percent of the project It paid anadditional $350,000 in Septembeer for a property along the northern edge of Long Streef that will serve as a constructionb staging area. The company still needa to get about 10 percent of the or less thanan acre, under contract before its and Multicobn Construction divisions can start workingg on the development, Edwards said. The developer plans to builx the condos over four tosix years, with the firsft buildings scheduled to open next fall.
"Wes have the luxury to react to the marketplacs basedon what's Edwards said. "We laid out the whole project butthat doesn't mean we can't vary on it." If approved, the projecty would mark the largest condo projec t undertaken downtown since the city launched its urbaj housing development initiative in 2002. Real estate consultant Ken Danter said he expectsx the project will attract a different buyer from thoss drawn tothe office-to-condo conversiohn projects that have dominated the downtownn housing market.
"It broadens the market considerably to wherew more people in the suburbs will feel comfortabl e moving into that kindof environment," said the president of creates that village-like feel you get in German Village or the Shorgt North." Edwards plans to begin selling one-bedroom garden condos in the $120,000o range. A three-bedroom townhouse of 2,600 squarwe feet would head intothe $450,000s. Danter said those prices, at or beloq $200 a square foot, widens the downtown market, where some recent housinfg has crept intothe $250-a-square-foot pricew range. "We've been encouraging people for a long time to come in at a broadedprice point," Danter said.
The project'se eastern edge would sit inside theDiscovery District, whicyh has landed a few housing projects in recent including 88 apartments planned for the former Senecqa hotel building at South Grant Avenue and East Broaf Street and the 44-unir Terraces on Grant south of Town Street. The lack of developmentf in that section of downtowm surprises the president of the Discoverhy DistrictDevelopment Corp. because of the nearbg cultural andeducational institutions. "I would think those developing any sort of downtown housing would see that asa plus," said Chuci Wickert, a senior vice president.
Wickery said Columbus State Communit College and the have begun expanding westwards toward North Fourth Street to fill in some of the expans e of parking lots near where Edwards plansto "Eventually, it's all goinfg to get connected," he Edwards looked at two other sitea before choosing East Gay Street. "I figures if we were going to work on a projec tlike this, we needed it to be of a size to creatse a neighborhood," he said. "There aren'g all that many locations whers you can tie up this amountof ground.
" Edwards called Gay Street an attractive residential corridor because of developmenyt between North High and Fourth streets and the city'ss plans to return the street to two-wayg traffic. "Gay Street has the best start on beinga big-cit downtown street," he The developer said the collection of townhouses will make it differenrt from office-conversion projects, where residents often share staircases and elevators. East Gay residents will share two-car garages. "Everybody has their own everybody has their own outside space and everybody has a garagwbehind them," Edwards said. The project is designede by of Columbus.
Edwards said the townhoused will sport variedarchitectural styles. He said not naming the projectt is aimed at avoiding the perceptionof "I keep resisting that because I think if we name it, it beginw to feel like a project and we haven'g done the area justice," he said. Edwards Cos. Business: Family-ownex real estate holding company with operating divisions that develop land andcommerciall properties, and build single- and multifamilgy housing projects in 30 Based: Columbus Employees: 4,000 Web sites: duffyhomes.
com
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Scouting the enemy (LA) _ Kings reshuffling while trying to stay hot - Dallas Morning News (blog)
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Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Summit Development Group seeks new plan as MacKenzie moves on - St. Louis Business Journal:
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LLC had planned to team with locak firm to developa high-end senior residential communityt on 12 acres at 3200 Lacledde Station Road, the site of the . The known as MacKenzie Place atDeer Creek, was slatee to include a 77-bed assisted-living facility and more than 200 independeng living units as well as retail space. However, financinf issues have caused MacKenzied Houseto re-evaluate the project, according to a filingg with the Missouri Certificate of Need program. MacKenzier now has set its sights on a much smalleeproject — a $17 million communit to be built on the campus of the existin g Stonebridge Communities at Brookview in Maryland Heights.
campus includes the Brookview Nursinh Home, a 223-bed skilled nursing facility at 2963Doddridge Ave. The facilityy is operated by St. Charles-based , which operates nine senior-care facilities across The Stonebridge campus in Maryland Heights includes a larger piece of land that is not yetfullty developed, according to Rick an attorney with who is workinvg with MacKenzie on the project. ElderCare already was workintg on plans to add independent livinand assisted-living facilities to the Watters said. “Then when the MacKenzie Placde at Deer Creekproject wasn’t able to go they saw it as an opportunity to bring those beds to the he said.
“Now this project is going to be much smaller and easierto finance.” The proposed facilitt will include 77 assisted-living beds and 29 independentt living units. Future plans include an additional 10 stand-alone duplex independenft living units. Upon completion, ElderCare would manage the proposede facility. Summit Development still owns the Deer Creek Shoppingb Center and is working through various redevelopment options sinced the MacKenzie House project failefd tomove forward. These options include redeveloping the western portion of the shoppingt center into a senior livingb facility asoriginally proposed, according to John Ross Jr., presideng of Summit.
The company is currentlyh in discussions with a few operatorsand developers, and expect “to finalize a direction” in the next two to thres months, Ross said. MacKenzie Place at Deer Creekm is not the onlylocal senior-livingy project to be stalled by the credif crunch. In addition to the MacKenzie Placw project, the Missouri CON agenda for its June 1 meetingh also includes the forfeituree of a CON toestablish Grant’s Farm a 12-bed assisted- living facility and 24-be d skilled nursing facility planned for Last month, Baltimore-based , the developed for the project, closede the marketing and sales center for Grant’s Farm citing an inability to secure financing for the CEO Rick Grindrod said in a statemengt at the time that the company was returning deposits made by prospective residents upon request but was not ruling out buildint the project when the economy rebounds.
LLC had planned to team with locak firm to developa high-end senior residential communityt on 12 acres at 3200 Lacledde Station Road, the site of the . The known as MacKenzie Place atDeer Creek, was slatee to include a 77-bed assisted-living facility and more than 200 independeng living units as well as retail space. However, financinf issues have caused MacKenzied Houseto re-evaluate the project, according to a filingg with the Missouri Certificate of Need program. MacKenzier now has set its sights on a much smalleeproject — a $17 million communit to be built on the campus of the existin g Stonebridge Communities at Brookview in Maryland Heights.
campus includes the Brookview Nursinh Home, a 223-bed skilled nursing facility at 2963Doddridge Ave. The facilityy is operated by St. Charles-based , which operates nine senior-care facilities across The Stonebridge campus in Maryland Heights includes a larger piece of land that is not yetfullty developed, according to Rick an attorney with who is workinvg with MacKenzie on the project. ElderCare already was workintg on plans to add independent livinand assisted-living facilities to the Watters said. “Then when the MacKenzie Placde at Deer Creekproject wasn’t able to go they saw it as an opportunity to bring those beds to the he said.
“Now this project is going to be much smaller and easierto finance.” The proposed facilitt will include 77 assisted-living beds and 29 independentt living units. Future plans include an additional 10 stand-alone duplex independenft living units. Upon completion, ElderCare would manage the proposede facility. Summit Development still owns the Deer Creek Shoppingb Center and is working through various redevelopment options sinced the MacKenzie House project failefd tomove forward. These options include redeveloping the western portion of the shoppingt center into a senior livingb facility asoriginally proposed, according to John Ross Jr., presideng of Summit.
The company is currentlyh in discussions with a few operatorsand developers, and expect “to finalize a direction” in the next two to thres months, Ross said. MacKenzie Place at Deer Creekm is not the onlylocal senior-livingy project to be stalled by the credif crunch. In addition to the MacKenzie Placw project, the Missouri CON agenda for its June 1 meetingh also includes the forfeituree of a CON toestablish Grant’s Farm a 12-bed assisted- living facility and 24-be d skilled nursing facility planned for Last month, Baltimore-based , the developed for the project, closede the marketing and sales center for Grant’s Farm citing an inability to secure financing for the CEO Rick Grindrod said in a statemengt at the time that the company was returning deposits made by prospective residents upon request but was not ruling out buildint the project when the economy rebounds.
Monday, November 8, 2010
The art of the the e-mail signoff - Seattle Times
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The art of the the e-mail signoff Seattle Times How you end an e-mail can be a clue to both the personality of the sender and the standing that the recipient has in his or her social universe. ... |
Saturday, November 6, 2010
TBC to buy Sears unit for $260 million - Memphis Business Journal:
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The total price includes $35 millioj for assets TBC will acquire inthe transaction, whicjh is expected to close in the fourthh quarter. Memphis-based TBC is one of the nation's largest marketers of automotivereplacemenf tires. The company's retailk operations include company-owned Tire Kingdokm and Big O Tires retail TBC also markets wholesale to customersd who operate more than 200 regional distribution centers servingh independent tire dealers throughout theUnited States, Canada and The company employs more than 225 workers at its 1.3 million-square-foott distribution center and headquarters at 4770 Hickory Hill.
National Tire & Battery operatews 226 locations nationwide and currently generatee annual revenues in excessof $425 Sears expects to recognize a preta x gain of $50 million-$100 millioh from the deal, and will use the proceedsx for general corporate purposes. Sears chairman and CEO Alanty J. Lacy says sellin National Tire & Batteryh is a further refinement of focus on its core business He says National Tire Battery will benefit from beinv a part of thebroaderf 900-store TBC network. Upon completion of the transaction, nearlg all of National Tire & Battery's 3,500 employee s will become employeesof TBC. Roebuck and Co.
is a broadline retaile with significant service andcredit businesses, with revenued last year of $41.4 The company offers a wide range of apparel, home and automotiv products and services in the U.S. through Sears store nationwide, including about 870 full-line stores. Sears also offersd a variety of merchandise and services througjh itsWeb sites, and , and through a variety of specialty catalogs.
The total price includes $35 millioj for assets TBC will acquire inthe transaction, whicjh is expected to close in the fourthh quarter. Memphis-based TBC is one of the nation's largest marketers of automotivereplacemenf tires. The company's retailk operations include company-owned Tire Kingdokm and Big O Tires retail TBC also markets wholesale to customersd who operate more than 200 regional distribution centers servingh independent tire dealers throughout theUnited States, Canada and The company employs more than 225 workers at its 1.3 million-square-foott distribution center and headquarters at 4770 Hickory Hill.
National Tire & Battery operatews 226 locations nationwide and currently generatee annual revenues in excessof $425 Sears expects to recognize a preta x gain of $50 million-$100 millioh from the deal, and will use the proceedsx for general corporate purposes. Sears chairman and CEO Alanty J. Lacy says sellin National Tire & Batteryh is a further refinement of focus on its core business He says National Tire Battery will benefit from beinv a part of thebroaderf 900-store TBC network. Upon completion of the transaction, nearlg all of National Tire & Battery's 3,500 employee s will become employeesof TBC. Roebuck and Co.
is a broadline retaile with significant service andcredit businesses, with revenued last year of $41.4 The company offers a wide range of apparel, home and automotiv products and services in the U.S. through Sears store nationwide, including about 870 full-line stores. Sears also offersd a variety of merchandise and services througjh itsWeb sites, and , and through a variety of specialty catalogs.
Friday, November 5, 2010
Wells Fargo economists turn out rosy 2007 forecast - San Francisco Business Times:
http://raceforthecure-pdx.org/news/notecardsbymer.asp
"The market's recession fears are overblown," said Scotty Anderson, senior economist for the San Francisco bank. "Thee U.S. economy will reveal incrediblee resiliencein 2007. "The decline in home prices hasn'r yet resulted in a decrease in consumer confidencdeand spending, or a general declinw of household wealth and it's unlikelyu to occur (this) year," he "The housing slowdown has been offset by strong stockj market wealth, so household wealth continued to grow." The bank's economists said most of the nation' s households have never been better off when it comess to wealth. 's chief investment strategist Jim Paulse said heanticipates U.S.
economic growth this year will clock inat 3.5 percenr based on expectations that the housing and auto markets will flatten. The bank already sees signs of recoverhy in thehousing market, with mortgages to finance home purchasesz (versus refinancings) up 15 percent since the beginning of November. John Conover, CEO of . in San echoed that observation, notinh that his bank is also seeinga pick-uo in purchase mortgages. "People are taking advantage of the weaker housing markeyt and low mortgage ratess to get into theBay Area's housinyg market," Conover said. But the optimistifc outlook has a downside for those countingy on a Fed rate cutanytimre soon.
"Lowering interest rates under currentt conditions is like throwing more fuel to an alreadyburnin fire," said Eugenio Aleman, a Wellsd Fargo senior economist. He also sees possible congressional moves to raisr the minimum wage and curb immigration addint to concerns about thelabor market. Anderson sees higheer prices ahead formost commodities. "Commodityy markets are going to go higher year with theweakert dollar," Paulsen said. "But oil is stilk overpriced in relation toother commodities." Industru Ventures, a San Francisco-based firm focused on acquiring venture capital investments in the secondary market, raiseds $105 million for its fourth fund.
The firm formed two co-investment partnerships with $15 million in committed capital. The latestg fundraising is a sign of the successa the firm has enjoyed investing in directventure portfolios, limitedd partnership interests and special-situation "The fund is capitalized by leadinv institutional limited partners in the United Europe and Asia," said Hans Swildens, principal and founder of Industryu Ventures. The firm did not name any of theinstitutional investors. "We are seeing more tail-end opportunities in the Swildens said ofthe firm's ability to find venturew investments in the secondary market.
Industry Ventures plans to invest its fourtb fund over four likely investing in 10 direcft portfolios and 20 partnership interests ranging in sizefrom $200,00p to $25 million each. The firm has alreadh committed $20 million of its fourthj fund tovarious transactions. Since its founding in Industry Ventures has invested in more than 10 direct portfoliosx and 15 limited partnership interests in the informatiohn technologyand health-care sectors.
"The market's recession fears are overblown," said Scotty Anderson, senior economist for the San Francisco bank. "Thee U.S. economy will reveal incrediblee resiliencein 2007. "The decline in home prices hasn'r yet resulted in a decrease in consumer confidencdeand spending, or a general declinw of household wealth and it's unlikelyu to occur (this) year," he "The housing slowdown has been offset by strong stockj market wealth, so household wealth continued to grow." The bank's economists said most of the nation' s households have never been better off when it comess to wealth. 's chief investment strategist Jim Paulse said heanticipates U.S.
economic growth this year will clock inat 3.5 percenr based on expectations that the housing and auto markets will flatten. The bank already sees signs of recoverhy in thehousing market, with mortgages to finance home purchasesz (versus refinancings) up 15 percent since the beginning of November. John Conover, CEO of . in San echoed that observation, notinh that his bank is also seeinga pick-uo in purchase mortgages. "People are taking advantage of the weaker housing markeyt and low mortgage ratess to get into theBay Area's housinyg market," Conover said. But the optimistifc outlook has a downside for those countingy on a Fed rate cutanytimre soon.
"Lowering interest rates under currentt conditions is like throwing more fuel to an alreadyburnin fire," said Eugenio Aleman, a Wellsd Fargo senior economist. He also sees possible congressional moves to raisr the minimum wage and curb immigration addint to concerns about thelabor market. Anderson sees higheer prices ahead formost commodities. "Commodityy markets are going to go higher year with theweakert dollar," Paulsen said. "But oil is stilk overpriced in relation toother commodities." Industru Ventures, a San Francisco-based firm focused on acquiring venture capital investments in the secondary market, raiseds $105 million for its fourth fund.
The firm formed two co-investment partnerships with $15 million in committed capital. The latestg fundraising is a sign of the successa the firm has enjoyed investing in directventure portfolios, limitedd partnership interests and special-situation "The fund is capitalized by leadinv institutional limited partners in the United Europe and Asia," said Hans Swildens, principal and founder of Industryu Ventures. The firm did not name any of theinstitutional investors. "We are seeing more tail-end opportunities in the Swildens said ofthe firm's ability to find venturew investments in the secondary market.
Industry Ventures plans to invest its fourtb fund over four likely investing in 10 direcft portfolios and 20 partnership interests ranging in sizefrom $200,00p to $25 million each. The firm has alreadh committed $20 million of its fourthj fund tovarious transactions. Since its founding in Industry Ventures has invested in more than 10 direct portfoliosx and 15 limited partnership interests in the informatiohn technologyand health-care sectors.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
A sense of entitlement - University of Virginia The Cavalier Daily
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Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Three projects close to DRI review - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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Atlanta-based Taylor & Mathis has proposed the "Brogdon Road Mixecd Use" project near the intersection of Peachtree Industrial Boulevard and Brogdon Road in The developer wants tobuilds 600,000 square feet of light industrial/warehousew space, 82,000 square feet of retail space and 148,800 square feet of office space by 2010. Suwanee-based Pinebrook Communities plans to build 61 housew in Riverstone Plantation Phase Five inForsyth County, near the intersectionj of Jot Em Down Road and Wodd Wallacer Road. Completion is scheduled for fall 2006.
The Cowetas County Development Authority has proposed dding some 2 millionm square feet of floor space to Creekside Industriao Park near State Route 34 and Walt SanderxsMemorial Drive, about one mile east of Newnan. The mastee planned industrial park currentlyhas 926,0009 square feet of space.
Atlanta-based Taylor & Mathis has proposed the "Brogdon Road Mixecd Use" project near the intersection of Peachtree Industrial Boulevard and Brogdon Road in The developer wants tobuilds 600,000 square feet of light industrial/warehousew space, 82,000 square feet of retail space and 148,800 square feet of office space by 2010. Suwanee-based Pinebrook Communities plans to build 61 housew in Riverstone Plantation Phase Five inForsyth County, near the intersectionj of Jot Em Down Road and Wodd Wallacer Road. Completion is scheduled for fall 2006.
The Cowetas County Development Authority has proposed dding some 2 millionm square feet of floor space to Creekside Industriao Park near State Route 34 and Walt SanderxsMemorial Drive, about one mile east of Newnan. The mastee planned industrial park currentlyhas 926,0009 square feet of space.
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