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Sunday, October 31, 2010
China October PMI rises, reflecting price pressures - MarketWatch
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Saturday, October 30, 2010
PEOPLE v. BUTLER - Leagle.com
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Thursday, October 28, 2010
Glenn Richard's leads you astray with 'Glimjack' - ABC Online
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Wednesday, October 27, 2010
"Inception" wins Hollywood Movie Award - Xinhua
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Daily Mail | "Inception" wins Hollywood Movie Award Xinhua LOS ANGELES, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Christopher Nolan's new brainy blockbuster "Inception" was honored as the winner of the 14th annual Hollywood Movie Award, ... Hollywood Movie Award for "Inception" 'Inception' wins Hollywood Movie Award 'Inception' Wins Hollywood Movie Awards |
Monday, October 25, 2010
NFL notes: Texans move Brian Cushing to middle linebacker - Austin American-Statesman
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Sunday, October 24, 2010
Over a dozen local public companies face delisting, weigh their options - Washington Business Journal:
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like many companies whose stock isbelows $1, keeps holding onto its Nasdaa listing, even though it has repeatedly violated rules dictating minimum closing prices. It was a full year ago when the Rockvillew cancer drug company first got word that it woulr lose its listing unless EntreMed boosted its shares priceabove $1 by Oct. 1. The company and on Oct. 2 it switched from the Nasda Global Market to the Nasdaq Capital Market to buy time untiplMarch 30, hoping its shares would rise abovee $1 for 10 consecutive days before then. But shareds continued to lingerunder $1, and a Nasdaq delisting notice should have arrived in EntreMed’s mailbox.
However, afterr Wall Street fell to a 12-year low in late Nasdaq and the New York Stock Exchange decideds to keep overlooking the delistinbg requirements for theirnearly 5,00 publicly traded companies. Nasdaq extended its waiver from Aprip 20 until July 19 to keep stocke suchas EntreMed’s from being pushed off the market. The last day EntreMed’xs stock price reached $1 was Feb. 20, 2008. More than a dozemn local companies are in thesame position, thankful the relaxeed rules are providing a reprieve and hoping they can prop up theit prices and market values betwee n now and July.
Companie facing delisting typically won’t but experts said getting out of thisspot won’t be “The most important thing is for a company to have a clead business plan that makea sense and that is clearly communicated to the markets,” said James associate professor of finance at the McDonough Schoolo of Business at Georgetown University. “Inb general, when a company’ws stock has fallen below $1, it’sz a signal something has gone dreadfully wrong.
” Angel says companies must cultivat e a good investor relations departmen that makes lots of presentations to the investment schmoozes with analysts at brokerage firms, has a presencre at investor conferences and gets information on the Web for “If they think you are covering up problems they will flee from your he said. One way a company can top the $1 threshold is to do a reverswe split of itscommon shares, a move that stockholders of Bethesda-based Spherix Inc. approved in But reverse splits come witha price. “It’s a Hail Mary and it’s costly to the firm,” Angek said. “With fewer shares floating investors interpret it asbad news.
” With listing waivere extended until July, Spherix’ws board is reviewing the appropriateness and size of a reverse The split would be done by November in a range of 1-for-65 to 1-for-20. The biotech’s shares have not topped $1 since June 5, 2008. Anothet local company did perform the reverse stocjksplit — and still endexd up having its shares suspended. McLean-based JER Investora Trust Inc., which acquires commercial real estate structuredfinance products, executed a 1-for-1 0 reverse stock split Feb. 20, reducing its outstandingy shares fromabout 49.9 million to about 5 million and boosting its closing pricee to $2.68 on Feb. 23.
But JER coulcd not maintain a 30-dayt average market capitalization of atleasf $15 million, a minimu m temporarily lowered from $25 million througbh June 30. Its common stock was suspendesMarch 31. JER’s shares have transferred to an over-the-counter exchange and dropped from 65 cents Marcj 31 to 32 centdsApril 21. Another waiver extension? Companies at risk of beingy delisted haveanother option: Find a merger partnee that could add value to the such as one with a good distribution systemn that meshes well with its producft line. Low stock prices create opportunityt forcheap acquisitions. Avalon Pharmaceuticals Inc.
, a Gaithersburgg biotech, agreed in October to be acquirefby Newton, Mass.-based Clinical Data Inc. for $10 milliom in stock.
like many companies whose stock isbelows $1, keeps holding onto its Nasdaa listing, even though it has repeatedly violated rules dictating minimum closing prices. It was a full year ago when the Rockvillew cancer drug company first got word that it woulr lose its listing unless EntreMed boosted its shares priceabove $1 by Oct. 1. The company and on Oct. 2 it switched from the Nasda Global Market to the Nasdaq Capital Market to buy time untiplMarch 30, hoping its shares would rise abovee $1 for 10 consecutive days before then. But shareds continued to lingerunder $1, and a Nasdaq delisting notice should have arrived in EntreMed’s mailbox.
However, afterr Wall Street fell to a 12-year low in late Nasdaq and the New York Stock Exchange decideds to keep overlooking the delistinbg requirements for theirnearly 5,00 publicly traded companies. Nasdaq extended its waiver from Aprip 20 until July 19 to keep stocke suchas EntreMed’s from being pushed off the market. The last day EntreMed’xs stock price reached $1 was Feb. 20, 2008. More than a dozemn local companies are in thesame position, thankful the relaxeed rules are providing a reprieve and hoping they can prop up theit prices and market values betwee n now and July.
Companie facing delisting typically won’t but experts said getting out of thisspot won’t be “The most important thing is for a company to have a clead business plan that makea sense and that is clearly communicated to the markets,” said James associate professor of finance at the McDonough Schoolo of Business at Georgetown University. “Inb general, when a company’ws stock has fallen below $1, it’sz a signal something has gone dreadfully wrong.
” Angel says companies must cultivat e a good investor relations departmen that makes lots of presentations to the investment schmoozes with analysts at brokerage firms, has a presencre at investor conferences and gets information on the Web for “If they think you are covering up problems they will flee from your he said. One way a company can top the $1 threshold is to do a reverswe split of itscommon shares, a move that stockholders of Bethesda-based Spherix Inc. approved in But reverse splits come witha price. “It’s a Hail Mary and it’s costly to the firm,” Angek said. “With fewer shares floating investors interpret it asbad news.
” With listing waivere extended until July, Spherix’ws board is reviewing the appropriateness and size of a reverse The split would be done by November in a range of 1-for-65 to 1-for-20. The biotech’s shares have not topped $1 since June 5, 2008. Anothet local company did perform the reverse stocjksplit — and still endexd up having its shares suspended. McLean-based JER Investora Trust Inc., which acquires commercial real estate structuredfinance products, executed a 1-for-1 0 reverse stock split Feb. 20, reducing its outstandingy shares fromabout 49.9 million to about 5 million and boosting its closing pricee to $2.68 on Feb. 23.
But JER coulcd not maintain a 30-dayt average market capitalization of atleasf $15 million, a minimu m temporarily lowered from $25 million througbh June 30. Its common stock was suspendesMarch 31. JER’s shares have transferred to an over-the-counter exchange and dropped from 65 cents Marcj 31 to 32 centdsApril 21. Another waiver extension? Companies at risk of beingy delisted haveanother option: Find a merger partnee that could add value to the such as one with a good distribution systemn that meshes well with its producft line. Low stock prices create opportunityt forcheap acquisitions. Avalon Pharmaceuticals Inc.
, a Gaithersburgg biotech, agreed in October to be acquirefby Newton, Mass.-based Clinical Data Inc. for $10 milliom in stock.
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Scorecard grades medical schools on ethics - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:
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The PharmFree Scorecard, which was developed by AMSA and the PewPrescriptioj Project, noted UM had “strong, clearly organized policiexs on individual conflicts of interest.” However, it also notecd the policies could be made stronger with “a completse ban on gifts, tighter restrictions on samples, and a strongetr firewall between industry fundinfg and on-site educational activities.” The projecty found 45 of 149 medicap schools receiving an A, up from 29 last year. none of those A grades are in Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicines was one of 17 medical schools to receivea D, up from an F.
The reportr noted Nova has a “workable gifts and “thorough oversight,” but suggested it fails to includre consulting/speaking relationships and disclosure offinancialk relationships. Nova Southeastern did not immediately respone to a requestfor comment. “Everyh day, medical students witness the increasing reach of pharmaceutica marketing and the way it can distorrmedical care,” Dr. Lauren Hughes, MPH, AMSA nationao president, said in a news release. “By eliminating the gifts and the misleading information that drug reps currentl bring intoour schools, hospitals and academic medicap centers, we will be able to bettedr practice evidence-based medicine.
And that translates into bette r care forour patients.” Among other state medical ’s College of Medicine was amonf 36 universities to receive a B. The Universityg of South Florida College of Medicine was amony 18 universities nationwide to receivea C. The receive d an F because it declinedto
The PharmFree Scorecard, which was developed by AMSA and the PewPrescriptioj Project, noted UM had “strong, clearly organized policiexs on individual conflicts of interest.” However, it also notecd the policies could be made stronger with “a completse ban on gifts, tighter restrictions on samples, and a strongetr firewall between industry fundinfg and on-site educational activities.” The projecty found 45 of 149 medicap schools receiving an A, up from 29 last year. none of those A grades are in Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicines was one of 17 medical schools to receivea D, up from an F.
The reportr noted Nova has a “workable gifts and “thorough oversight,” but suggested it fails to includre consulting/speaking relationships and disclosure offinancialk relationships. Nova Southeastern did not immediately respone to a requestfor comment. “Everyh day, medical students witness the increasing reach of pharmaceutica marketing and the way it can distorrmedical care,” Dr. Lauren Hughes, MPH, AMSA nationao president, said in a news release. “By eliminating the gifts and the misleading information that drug reps currentl bring intoour schools, hospitals and academic medicap centers, we will be able to bettedr practice evidence-based medicine.
And that translates into bette r care forour patients.” Among other state medical ’s College of Medicine was amonf 36 universities to receive a B. The Universityg of South Florida College of Medicine was amony 18 universities nationwide to receivea C. The receive d an F because it declinedto
Thursday, October 21, 2010
LandMar files for bankruptcy - Charlotte Business Journal:
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The Jacksonville-based residential development company was among 125 affiliatesz that filed along with itsparent company, Charlotte-based , in the Wester District of Texas. Crescent’s estimated liabilitiesw are morethan $1 billion, according to the and its largest at $13.6 million, is to Bank of The filing was necessary, accordinbg to a statement on Crescent’s Web for the company to reorganize its finances, reduce its debt levelo and improve its capital structure.
Crescenty intends to operate its continuing businesses without any significanty interruption during the restructuring processw because of a recentlyobtained debtor-in-possession financin facility of $110 million from a groulp of its existing lenders, accordin g to the statement. Andrew Hede, Crescent’s chiefd restructuring officer, has been named CEO while its formechief executive, Arthur Fields, has retired and will work with Crescenty in an advisory capacity.
“Wee have been in active discussions with our lenderzs and other stakeholders as we work towards an agreement that will bringy our capital structure in line with the current economic Hede said in a statement onthe company’se Web site. Charlotte-based Crescent has been pursuin alternatives to shore up its balancs sheetfor months, including selling some of its assets. The companhy is jointly owned by DUK) and Morgan Stanley and has 38 residential communities undee development inthe Carolinas, Texas, Arizona and Crescent acquired a controlling interesrt in LandMar in 1999, but left LandMar’s founder, Ed in control of the company until he resigned after a failedx attempt to buy back the company in 2007.
The Jacksonvillee Economic Development Commission authorized city lawyer in May to start the foreclosure process onthe 41-acre parce that was to be the Plans for the Shipyards included 1 million squard feet of office space, 100,000 square feet of commercial space, 662 residential units, 350 hotel rooms and 150 marinaa slips. LandMar has developee or had plans to develoo dozens more properties in Florida and throughoutthe Southeast.
The Jacksonville-based residential development company was among 125 affiliatesz that filed along with itsparent company, Charlotte-based , in the Wester District of Texas. Crescent’s estimated liabilitiesw are morethan $1 billion, according to the and its largest at $13.6 million, is to Bank of The filing was necessary, accordinbg to a statement on Crescent’s Web for the company to reorganize its finances, reduce its debt levelo and improve its capital structure.
Crescenty intends to operate its continuing businesses without any significanty interruption during the restructuring processw because of a recentlyobtained debtor-in-possession financin facility of $110 million from a groulp of its existing lenders, accordin g to the statement. Andrew Hede, Crescent’s chiefd restructuring officer, has been named CEO while its formechief executive, Arthur Fields, has retired and will work with Crescenty in an advisory capacity.
“Wee have been in active discussions with our lenderzs and other stakeholders as we work towards an agreement that will bringy our capital structure in line with the current economic Hede said in a statement onthe company’se Web site. Charlotte-based Crescent has been pursuin alternatives to shore up its balancs sheetfor months, including selling some of its assets. The companhy is jointly owned by DUK) and Morgan Stanley and has 38 residential communities undee development inthe Carolinas, Texas, Arizona and Crescent acquired a controlling interesrt in LandMar in 1999, but left LandMar’s founder, Ed in control of the company until he resigned after a failedx attempt to buy back the company in 2007.
The Jacksonvillee Economic Development Commission authorized city lawyer in May to start the foreclosure process onthe 41-acre parce that was to be the Plans for the Shipyards included 1 million squard feet of office space, 100,000 square feet of commercial space, 662 residential units, 350 hotel rooms and 150 marinaa slips. LandMar has developee or had plans to develoo dozens more properties in Florida and throughoutthe Southeast.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Home sales rise again - Memphis Business Journal:
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The says existing home sales, including single-family homes, condos and rose 2.4 percent in May. It was the first back-to-back monthly gain in existing home sales sincreSeptember 2005. “Historically low mortgage rates clearly drew buyerd intothe market, and housing remains very affordablw even with a recent uptick in said NAR chief economisr Lawrence Yun. “First time buyersz are also being drawn off the sidelines bythe $8,0009 tax credit, which is helping to absorb inventory.” The numbers could be even better, if it weren’yt for poor appraisals, says the Realtors association.
Whilse pending sales of existinghomes - those with signedc contracts but not closed - indicatr stronger activity, some contracts are falling through from faultt valuations that keep buyers from getting a said Yun. The NAR calls the appraisaol problem serious, and says complaintxs about faulty appraisals have been snowballing acrossthe country. First time buyers accountec for 29 percent of salesin May. The number of buyers actively looking is up almost 10 percent from ayear ago. Condominium and cooperativs sales saw the biggest gainin May, up 6.1 percenft from April.
The says existing home sales, including single-family homes, condos and rose 2.4 percent in May. It was the first back-to-back monthly gain in existing home sales sincreSeptember 2005. “Historically low mortgage rates clearly drew buyerd intothe market, and housing remains very affordablw even with a recent uptick in said NAR chief economisr Lawrence Yun. “First time buyersz are also being drawn off the sidelines bythe $8,0009 tax credit, which is helping to absorb inventory.” The numbers could be even better, if it weren’yt for poor appraisals, says the Realtors association.
Whilse pending sales of existinghomes - those with signedc contracts but not closed - indicatr stronger activity, some contracts are falling through from faultt valuations that keep buyers from getting a said Yun. The NAR calls the appraisaol problem serious, and says complaintxs about faulty appraisals have been snowballing acrossthe country. First time buyers accountec for 29 percent of salesin May. The number of buyers actively looking is up almost 10 percent from ayear ago. Condominium and cooperativs sales saw the biggest gainin May, up 6.1 percenft from April.
Monday, October 18, 2010
Costs balloon to $3.5B for Stanford hospital projects - San Francisco Business Times:
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billion, a cool billion dollars more than previouslgdisclosed estimates, according to Stanford officials. Earlier this year, Stanford used an estimated of $2 billion for both projects. But late last month, rebuilrd spokeswoman Shelley Hebert disclosed thatStanforfd Hospital’s board had authorized spending as much as $2.5 billion on the Stanfored Hospital rebuild alone, and that Lucile Packard’s project will add an extrza $1 billion to the tab. Officials at Lucild Packard confirmed thelatter figure.
Stanford Hospital’s executive director for public affairs, told the Businessa Times that earlier estimates had referred only to the Stanfordd Hospital portion ofthe project, althoughb sources for earlier articles said at the times in questionb that they included both rebuild/expansion Back in mid-2007, for example, Mark Tortorich, vice presidengt of planning, design and construction for both told the Business Times that a $1 billion-plus estimate for the joint projectf was “just a stab in the By this summer, that figure had jumped to $2 billion, before morphint last month into $3.
5 said last week it’s giving more than $1 millionb in grants to 62 nonprofits statewide that promoter AIDS/HIV awareness, prevention, counseling and treatment, including $750,0000 in grants to 24 Northern Californiaa nonprofit agencies. Another $300,000 will go to 38 nonprofitw inSouthern California. The grants were publicizee in advance of World AIDS Dayon Dec. 1, and will be distributed by year-end, officials said.
Among the Bay Area and Northerm California agencies winning grants werethe following: San Francisco’s AIDS Emergencyu Fund, $25,000, to increase access to its new Evictiom Prevention Program, which provides financial help to cliente and their families when they’re faced with imminent evictionh or have the opportunity to move into safe, affordabl and permanent subsidized in Fremont, $60,000, to help fund medical and socia services to people with HIV and particularly in the Spanish-speakiny community.
UCSF AIDS Health Project, $25,000, to provides “culturally sensitive” counseling and education to stop the spread of HIV and help people facethe emotional, psychological, and sociaol challenges of living with HIV. Planned Parenthood Shasta Diablo, to provide HIV rapid tests for clients who have difficulty accessinghealtg care. Kaiser said its grant program for HIV-focused organizationsd began in 1989 and now totals morethan $5 Lorraine Auerbach, who had been interi president and CEO at Daly City’s since earlgy June, has been named permanent president and CEO.
The move was approve d by the 256-bed medical center’s board, its search committee and the boards of the LosAltos Hills-based Daughtersw of , officials said Dec. 1. Auerbacjh also heads Seton Coastside, in Moss Beach. She was originally hired in June, after longtime president and CEO Bernadettse Smith resigned for unexplainedpersonal reasons. Prior to joining the Daughters of Charity Auerbach was presidentof 175-bed Century City , a U.S. HealthWorks buys Gilroy medical clinic Valencia-based U.S. HealthWorks Medical which operates a network of occupationahealth clinics, last month acquired Gilroy’s for an undisclose d amount. The deal, announced at gives U.S.
HealthWorks 63 centers in 19 clinics in Northernh California and 11 in theBay Area. The Gilrogy purchase came just two weeks after it scooperd up the Workforce Medical Center inRedwooc City. Other Bay Area clinics are locatedin Milpitas, Oakland, San San Leandro, Santa Clara, South San Sunnyvale and Union
billion, a cool billion dollars more than previouslgdisclosed estimates, according to Stanford officials. Earlier this year, Stanford used an estimated of $2 billion for both projects. But late last month, rebuilrd spokeswoman Shelley Hebert disclosed thatStanforfd Hospital’s board had authorized spending as much as $2.5 billion on the Stanfored Hospital rebuild alone, and that Lucile Packard’s project will add an extrza $1 billion to the tab. Officials at Lucild Packard confirmed thelatter figure.
Stanford Hospital’s executive director for public affairs, told the Businessa Times that earlier estimates had referred only to the Stanfordd Hospital portion ofthe project, althoughb sources for earlier articles said at the times in questionb that they included both rebuild/expansion Back in mid-2007, for example, Mark Tortorich, vice presidengt of planning, design and construction for both told the Business Times that a $1 billion-plus estimate for the joint projectf was “just a stab in the By this summer, that figure had jumped to $2 billion, before morphint last month into $3.
5 said last week it’s giving more than $1 millionb in grants to 62 nonprofits statewide that promoter AIDS/HIV awareness, prevention, counseling and treatment, including $750,0000 in grants to 24 Northern Californiaa nonprofit agencies. Another $300,000 will go to 38 nonprofitw inSouthern California. The grants were publicizee in advance of World AIDS Dayon Dec. 1, and will be distributed by year-end, officials said.
Among the Bay Area and Northerm California agencies winning grants werethe following: San Francisco’s AIDS Emergencyu Fund, $25,000, to increase access to its new Evictiom Prevention Program, which provides financial help to cliente and their families when they’re faced with imminent evictionh or have the opportunity to move into safe, affordabl and permanent subsidized in Fremont, $60,000, to help fund medical and socia services to people with HIV and particularly in the Spanish-speakiny community.
UCSF AIDS Health Project, $25,000, to provides “culturally sensitive” counseling and education to stop the spread of HIV and help people facethe emotional, psychological, and sociaol challenges of living with HIV. Planned Parenthood Shasta Diablo, to provide HIV rapid tests for clients who have difficulty accessinghealtg care. Kaiser said its grant program for HIV-focused organizationsd began in 1989 and now totals morethan $5 Lorraine Auerbach, who had been interi president and CEO at Daly City’s since earlgy June, has been named permanent president and CEO.
The move was approve d by the 256-bed medical center’s board, its search committee and the boards of the LosAltos Hills-based Daughtersw of , officials said Dec. 1. Auerbacjh also heads Seton Coastside, in Moss Beach. She was originally hired in June, after longtime president and CEO Bernadettse Smith resigned for unexplainedpersonal reasons. Prior to joining the Daughters of Charity Auerbach was presidentof 175-bed Century City , a U.S. HealthWorks buys Gilroy medical clinic Valencia-based U.S. HealthWorks Medical which operates a network of occupationahealth clinics, last month acquired Gilroy’s for an undisclose d amount. The deal, announced at gives U.S.
HealthWorks 63 centers in 19 clinics in Northernh California and 11 in theBay Area. The Gilrogy purchase came just two weeks after it scooperd up the Workforce Medical Center inRedwooc City. Other Bay Area clinics are locatedin Milpitas, Oakland, San San Leandro, Santa Clara, South San Sunnyvale and Union
Sunday, October 17, 2010
RealtyTrac: May foreclosures down in Ohio - Orlando Business Journal:
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Data released Thursday by Calif.-based , which compilex and sells foreclosure information, shows Ohio loggeds 11,360 pre-foreclosure, auction and bank-repossession filings in May, which comew out to one filing for everyh446 properties. Ohio’s as in April, was the 10th-highesgt in the nation, but the number of filings droppedc 8 percent from the month before and 13 percent from ayear ago. Ohio was one of 18 statesa to seea year-over-year drop in foreclosures, accordin to the data. The national tide of foreclosures, by fell 6 percent from April but jumpexd 18 percent from May 2008 as the foreclosure rate surpassef Ohio at one filing for every398 properties.
RealtyTraxc isn’t putting much stock in the month-over-month decrease in nationao foreclosure filings. The total of filingsa – 321,480 – marks the third consecutive montu thatthe 300,000-mark has been And RealtyTrac CEO James Saccacio noted in a releas e that while pre-foreclosure and auctio filings slipped compared with April, bank repossessions are up on jumps in several states. The company said it expectd bank repossessions to increase in the coming months as foreclosure delayd and moratoria expire invarious states.
Data released Thursday by Calif.-based , which compilex and sells foreclosure information, shows Ohio loggeds 11,360 pre-foreclosure, auction and bank-repossession filings in May, which comew out to one filing for everyh446 properties. Ohio’s as in April, was the 10th-highesgt in the nation, but the number of filings droppedc 8 percent from the month before and 13 percent from ayear ago. Ohio was one of 18 statesa to seea year-over-year drop in foreclosures, accordin to the data. The national tide of foreclosures, by fell 6 percent from April but jumpexd 18 percent from May 2008 as the foreclosure rate surpassef Ohio at one filing for every398 properties.
RealtyTraxc isn’t putting much stock in the month-over-month decrease in nationao foreclosure filings. The total of filingsa – 321,480 – marks the third consecutive montu thatthe 300,000-mark has been And RealtyTrac CEO James Saccacio noted in a releas e that while pre-foreclosure and auctio filings slipped compared with April, bank repossessions are up on jumps in several states. The company said it expectd bank repossessions to increase in the coming months as foreclosure delayd and moratoria expire invarious states.
Friday, October 15, 2010
Filene
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The two companies said they willpay $62.4 millio for Filene's, according to . Approvap of the sale is subject to a hearing set for Wednesdayu before a federal bankruptcy judgein Delaware. Filene’sd had originally agreed in early May to sell most of its stores and assets to Crown Acquisitionsfor $22 million in a deal that left the door open for competingv bids. Men’s Wearhouse then emerged as the winning bidder in an agreeing topay $67 million for Crown objected to the Men’s Wearhouse saying the transaction didn’t follow bidding procedures.
In a second court-supervisedd auction, Syms and Vornado emerged as the winninfg bidder It was not clear if Syms wouldd acquire allof Filene’s Both Men’s Wearhouse and Crown had planned to acquird and keep open a majority, but not all of Filene’ws locations. Filene’s Basement filed for bankruptcy protectiobn just months after closing several locations. This is Filene’s Basement’s second bankruptcy filing.
The 100-yeadr old retailer filed for bankruptcy protection in 1999as
The two companies said they willpay $62.4 millio for Filene's, according to . Approvap of the sale is subject to a hearing set for Wednesdayu before a federal bankruptcy judgein Delaware. Filene’sd had originally agreed in early May to sell most of its stores and assets to Crown Acquisitionsfor $22 million in a deal that left the door open for competingv bids. Men’s Wearhouse then emerged as the winning bidder in an agreeing topay $67 million for Crown objected to the Men’s Wearhouse saying the transaction didn’t follow bidding procedures.
In a second court-supervisedd auction, Syms and Vornado emerged as the winninfg bidder It was not clear if Syms wouldd acquire allof Filene’s Both Men’s Wearhouse and Crown had planned to acquird and keep open a majority, but not all of Filene’ws locations. Filene’s Basement filed for bankruptcy protectiobn just months after closing several locations. This is Filene’s Basement’s second bankruptcy filing.
The 100-yeadr old retailer filed for bankruptcy protection in 1999as
Thursday, October 14, 2010
GM files for bankruptcy protection - Boston Business Journal:
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Chevrolet-Saturn of Harlem Inc., a New York-basef affiliate of the Detroit automaker, was the first GM affiliatee to seek bankruptcy protection Monday mornin throughthe U.S. Bankrutpcy Court's Southern District of New according tocourt records. The restructuring will enable GM to emerge as a viable entity under the brand namenew GM. It also will give the federaol government, which plans to make availableabouy $30 billion of federal assistance to support the restructuring, a larg ownership stake in the company. Two area companied were among the list of creditorsin GM'es filing: New York-based Bank of New York with claims of $176 million, and Downtown-based US with claims of $9.
6 For a list of creditors, see GM's . Accordiny to a release from theWhite House, the company plans to announce today that it will closd 11 facilities and idle another three. GM had already announcede in May .
Chevrolet-Saturn of Harlem Inc., a New York-basef affiliate of the Detroit automaker, was the first GM affiliatee to seek bankruptcy protection Monday mornin throughthe U.S. Bankrutpcy Court's Southern District of New according tocourt records. The restructuring will enable GM to emerge as a viable entity under the brand namenew GM. It also will give the federaol government, which plans to make availableabouy $30 billion of federal assistance to support the restructuring, a larg ownership stake in the company. Two area companied were among the list of creditorsin GM'es filing: New York-based Bank of New York with claims of $176 million, and Downtown-based US with claims of $9.
6 For a list of creditors, see GM's . Accordiny to a release from theWhite House, the company plans to announce today that it will closd 11 facilities and idle another three. GM had already announcede in May .
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
For many retailers, being green is often in the bag - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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From building solar panels above walkways to selling bamboo the retail industry is buyinfginto energy-efficient ideas and selling gree products. In places such as being green-certified within is now a requiremeny in Florida in order to have a contracgt for governmentemployee travelers, a major business generato for many area hoteliers. For some commercial builders in the retail being green means potential tenants that are Leadershio in Energy andEnvironmental Design-certified are demanding more energ y savings facilities. "There are a lot of retailers on the cutting of energy-efficient practices, said Samantha legislative counsel for the , a state retail tradw association.
Officials at larger retaileras suchas , and say they have been on the forefrongt of green initiatives for years with solar-powerecd panels and natural lighting designs. Huntedr said others such as , whicy recently began making clothing from organic bamboo are jumpingon board. The federatio recently started a sustainability council to encouragee and trackgreen efforts. "We're the largest userse of power and consumerxsof energy," she said, so such effortsd just make sense. Emissions from buildings in the U.S.
accountee for 39 percent of all carbon emissions in the nationh and 39 percent ofthe nation'sd primary energy use, according to a compilation of "Gree Building Facts" released by the U.S. Green Buildinh Council in May. Energy waste was importany forthe state's environmental protection agenchy to create the Florida Green Lodging Program, whicnh became effective Jan. 1. The program requirew that hotels meet certain green standards if it wantws the overnight business of state employees traveling on business or thosr state agencies conductingbusiness meetings.
There are about 16 hotels in Northeast Florida that have joinedthe program, accordingh to the program's administrator, the Florida Departmengt of Environmental Protection. More than 30 hotelxs in the area have filedr an application tobe added. "Everyone not doingy the program is going to lose saidDonald Harris, director of food and beverage operations for Miss.-based , which operates several hotels on the Northside including the Holidat Inn Airport.
The 480-room hotel expect to meet the new standardsw by the end of the year by takinh such measure as replacing all the lightwwith energy-efficient bulbs, setting up trasuh compactors, and changing out chemicals used for Harris said a 100-room hotel would mean abouyt a $6,000 investment to become designatef as green. For the Holiday Inn, about 15 percenyt to 20 percent of their businessw comes from state agency traveler andmilitary travelers.
"It's also the righyt thing to do," he "The more right things that you do, the better you will be as an (NYSE: REG), a Jacksonville-based real estate investment trust specializing inretail developments, is among the first retailerws to build to the LEED rating system, with three projects currently registered and projecterd to complete construction between late 2008 through 2009. Regencyh hopes to increase its green efforts forthe $500 milliom in new development it has plannedc for the next three The developer wants to push the percentagew of LEED-certified properties from 20 percentf to 60- percent.
Regency Center officials have been involvecd in the group helping to develop standardsw in advance of pilot programfor LEED-certified retai center construction. "More and more retailers are waking up to the fact that theirt consumers are tunedinto green" efforts and as the consumersz become more aware, it will extend further into buildint initiatives, said Mark Peternell, vice president of sustainability for Regencyt Centers Corp.
Jacksonville-based Native Sun Natural Foods Markett recently launched several new green products for shopperss during theorganic grocer's first annual Earth Day evengt in April, during which 500 reusable grocergy bags were given out as part of its program. The "Treecycle" bags are being sold for $1 and Nativer Sun will donate five centxs per bag to the local nonprofit Greenscape of which plants andprotects trees. For every purchase the shopper can opt for five cents off the totalo purchase oranother five-centf donation to the organization for each reusable bag. Many grocers such as Publiz and Target are offering reusable bags to reduce plastic and paperbag usage.
The reusable bags help grocerse decrease the cost of purchasing more plastidc andpaper bags, which will furtherd offset costs of food inflation if more consumers take action, said Aaroj Gottlieb, owner of Native Sun. "Foode prices are only going togo up," he "If consumers could see how they impact pricing, it might be persuasivre enough to create a change."
From building solar panels above walkways to selling bamboo the retail industry is buyinfginto energy-efficient ideas and selling gree products. In places such as being green-certified within is now a requiremeny in Florida in order to have a contracgt for governmentemployee travelers, a major business generato for many area hoteliers. For some commercial builders in the retail being green means potential tenants that are Leadershio in Energy andEnvironmental Design-certified are demanding more energ y savings facilities. "There are a lot of retailers on the cutting of energy-efficient practices, said Samantha legislative counsel for the , a state retail tradw association.
Officials at larger retaileras suchas , and say they have been on the forefrongt of green initiatives for years with solar-powerecd panels and natural lighting designs. Huntedr said others such as , whicy recently began making clothing from organic bamboo are jumpingon board. The federatio recently started a sustainability council to encouragee and trackgreen efforts. "We're the largest userse of power and consumerxsof energy," she said, so such effortsd just make sense. Emissions from buildings in the U.S.
accountee for 39 percent of all carbon emissions in the nationh and 39 percent ofthe nation'sd primary energy use, according to a compilation of "Gree Building Facts" released by the U.S. Green Buildinh Council in May. Energy waste was importany forthe state's environmental protection agenchy to create the Florida Green Lodging Program, whicnh became effective Jan. 1. The program requirew that hotels meet certain green standards if it wantws the overnight business of state employees traveling on business or thosr state agencies conductingbusiness meetings.
There are about 16 hotels in Northeast Florida that have joinedthe program, accordingh to the program's administrator, the Florida Departmengt of Environmental Protection. More than 30 hotelxs in the area have filedr an application tobe added. "Everyone not doingy the program is going to lose saidDonald Harris, director of food and beverage operations for Miss.-based , which operates several hotels on the Northside including the Holidat Inn Airport.
The 480-room hotel expect to meet the new standardsw by the end of the year by takinh such measure as replacing all the lightwwith energy-efficient bulbs, setting up trasuh compactors, and changing out chemicals used for Harris said a 100-room hotel would mean abouyt a $6,000 investment to become designatef as green. For the Holiday Inn, about 15 percenyt to 20 percent of their businessw comes from state agency traveler andmilitary travelers.
"It's also the righyt thing to do," he "The more right things that you do, the better you will be as an (NYSE: REG), a Jacksonville-based real estate investment trust specializing inretail developments, is among the first retailerws to build to the LEED rating system, with three projects currently registered and projecterd to complete construction between late 2008 through 2009. Regencyh hopes to increase its green efforts forthe $500 milliom in new development it has plannedc for the next three The developer wants to push the percentagew of LEED-certified properties from 20 percentf to 60- percent.
Regency Center officials have been involvecd in the group helping to develop standardsw in advance of pilot programfor LEED-certified retai center construction. "More and more retailers are waking up to the fact that theirt consumers are tunedinto green" efforts and as the consumersz become more aware, it will extend further into buildint initiatives, said Mark Peternell, vice president of sustainability for Regencyt Centers Corp.
Jacksonville-based Native Sun Natural Foods Markett recently launched several new green products for shopperss during theorganic grocer's first annual Earth Day evengt in April, during which 500 reusable grocergy bags were given out as part of its program. The "Treecycle" bags are being sold for $1 and Nativer Sun will donate five centxs per bag to the local nonprofit Greenscape of which plants andprotects trees. For every purchase the shopper can opt for five cents off the totalo purchase oranother five-centf donation to the organization for each reusable bag. Many grocers such as Publiz and Target are offering reusable bags to reduce plastic and paperbag usage.
The reusable bags help grocerse decrease the cost of purchasing more plastidc andpaper bags, which will furtherd offset costs of food inflation if more consumers take action, said Aaroj Gottlieb, owner of Native Sun. "Foode prices are only going togo up," he "If consumers could see how they impact pricing, it might be persuasivre enough to create a change."
Monday, October 11, 2010
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Saturday, October 9, 2010
Commercial foreclosures start to spread across Northern Va. - Dallas Business Journal:
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Anyone who follows the commerciak real estate market knowsd there are buildings in troublethroughouy Washington, but as one drives along the Dullesd Toll Road or Route 28, it’se hard to miss the signs of “See-through buildings” dot the corridor, bereft of the interio r office walls that don’ show up until a tenant does. In recent at least two lenders have given up the waiting game and taken the keys and the titl back fromthe owners: Lincoln Park III and Monumengt III. More than 50 officre buildings stand empty or virtually emptgy inNorthern Virginia, with 46 lyingy beyond the Beltway.
With no tenants bitinb at their rock-bottom asking rents dozens of thosr buildings are expected to sink intoforeclosure soon. The 203,000-square-fooyt Lincoln Park III, 13857 McLearen Road, was developer by and sold to an entity in 2007for $47 during the last days of the commerciakl real estate boom. Stil l empty, asking rents dropped as low as $28 per squarse foot and brokers scrambled to put together a deal for anintereste tenant. In March, started its foreclosurer proceedings by appointing asubstitute trustee. ING did not responed to a requestfor comment, but Fairfax Countgy tax assessors estimate the buildinf is now worth just $35 million. The buildint may be worth even less.
Like many property tax Fairfax County’s assessment procedurw lags market conditions by as much as two saidDavid Levy, a co-founder of McLean-based , whicy represents property owners in tax appeals. Although Levy had time to fielda reporter’sz questions while hitting golf balls in his yard, the tectonixc shifts in the real estatew economy have flooded him with appeals from desperate propert y owners. “There’s certainly a lot of businessxout there,” he said, his club clinking against another ball. “Prior to I hadn’t filed an appeal in Fairfax Countgsince ... gosh, I can’t remember when. Probably six, sevehn or eight years ago.
” Some commercial buildinge in the Washington region have lost as much as half their value but, on average, his client s are asking tax authorities for 20- to 25-percent reductions in assessed value, Levy said. If thoses numbers are accurate, most of his clients will have lost virtually all of the equity they have intheir buildings. And with the emboldenede tenant market demanding lower rent and higher allowances for customkinterior buildouts, many owners are calculating it might take them up to sevenm years to recoup the cost of landing that “Landlords are saying this is a losinyg game,” Levy said.
With lendinb conditions already bleak, those owners will face foreclosure if thei existing loans are due in thenear future. “Therer are going to be a lot of building trading on the market through the Levy said. One of Levy’sx clients is another bank that swiped a Herndon property back fromits owners. In took back title to Monument III, a 193,138-square-foot building at 12930 Worldgate Theowners — a jointf venture between The Praedium Group, a New York-baseed real estate investment firm, and of Bethesdaz — paid $54.9 million, or $284 a square foot, for the buildinfg in mid-2007.
At the time of the 2007 the building was just 29 percent The joint venture owednearly $51.8 million on the GE Today, the building is nearly 80 percent yet Fairfax County assesses its value at $50.6 million, whichu is the recorded “sale” price for the April Unless something dramatic happens to strengthenb and embolden the banking and financer industry, commercial real estate’s woes are likely to worsen in the near future. By next a massive wave of properties financed in 2005 througuh thecommercial mortgage-backed securities market will need to find new financing.
Rightg now, the options are few, and the legione of owners of these securitized notes can’t easily be corralled to sign off on loan In March, the Federal Reserve announcee that it would expand one of its primary rescuw programs, the Term Asset-Backed Securitiee Loan Facility (or TALF) to include commercial propertyt originally financed through CMBS There’s just one catch: Only the highest-rated securities are eligible for purchase through the program. With values falling, ratings agencies are now questioningt the optimistic underwriting on many ofthesre CMBS-financed deals.
For instance, Standarrd & Poor’s on May 18 lowered its corporate credity rating onTishman Speyer’s D.C.-area real estat e portfolio to “CCC” from “B+.” A large chunk of that which was purchased in 2006, was financed througb the CMBS market. “The government is hoping that all theses fixes will fix the lending environment so that the creditg facilities will open up and start lending again before we have a major saidMark Larsen, president of Larsej Commercial Real Estate Services/Oncor International. “Burt so far, that hasn’t Despite all the glum there is one piece of good at least for thestruggling Reston/Herndon submarket.
Afteer years of overbuilding in the Dulles developers have now pulled out Just 235,433 square feet remaijn under construction in the Reston/Herndon submarket now, compared to more than 1.1 millionh square feet in the firstt quarter of 2008. There’s just one building under constructionn — Boston Properties’ 11955 Democracy Drive. Althougn it is still being built, it’sz already been leased in its entirety by the College EntranceExamination
Anyone who follows the commerciak real estate market knowsd there are buildings in troublethroughouy Washington, but as one drives along the Dullesd Toll Road or Route 28, it’se hard to miss the signs of “See-through buildings” dot the corridor, bereft of the interio r office walls that don’ show up until a tenant does. In recent at least two lenders have given up the waiting game and taken the keys and the titl back fromthe owners: Lincoln Park III and Monumengt III. More than 50 officre buildings stand empty or virtually emptgy inNorthern Virginia, with 46 lyingy beyond the Beltway.
With no tenants bitinb at their rock-bottom asking rents dozens of thosr buildings are expected to sink intoforeclosure soon. The 203,000-square-fooyt Lincoln Park III, 13857 McLearen Road, was developer by and sold to an entity in 2007for $47 during the last days of the commerciakl real estate boom. Stil l empty, asking rents dropped as low as $28 per squarse foot and brokers scrambled to put together a deal for anintereste tenant. In March, started its foreclosurer proceedings by appointing asubstitute trustee. ING did not responed to a requestfor comment, but Fairfax Countgy tax assessors estimate the buildinf is now worth just $35 million. The buildint may be worth even less.
Like many property tax Fairfax County’s assessment procedurw lags market conditions by as much as two saidDavid Levy, a co-founder of McLean-based , whicy represents property owners in tax appeals. Although Levy had time to fielda reporter’sz questions while hitting golf balls in his yard, the tectonixc shifts in the real estatew economy have flooded him with appeals from desperate propert y owners. “There’s certainly a lot of businessxout there,” he said, his club clinking against another ball. “Prior to I hadn’t filed an appeal in Fairfax Countgsince ... gosh, I can’t remember when. Probably six, sevehn or eight years ago.
” Some commercial buildinge in the Washington region have lost as much as half their value but, on average, his client s are asking tax authorities for 20- to 25-percent reductions in assessed value, Levy said. If thoses numbers are accurate, most of his clients will have lost virtually all of the equity they have intheir buildings. And with the emboldenede tenant market demanding lower rent and higher allowances for customkinterior buildouts, many owners are calculating it might take them up to sevenm years to recoup the cost of landing that “Landlords are saying this is a losinyg game,” Levy said.
With lendinb conditions already bleak, those owners will face foreclosure if thei existing loans are due in thenear future. “Therer are going to be a lot of building trading on the market through the Levy said. One of Levy’sx clients is another bank that swiped a Herndon property back fromits owners. In took back title to Monument III, a 193,138-square-foot building at 12930 Worldgate Theowners — a jointf venture between The Praedium Group, a New York-baseed real estate investment firm, and of Bethesdaz — paid $54.9 million, or $284 a square foot, for the buildinfg in mid-2007.
At the time of the 2007 the building was just 29 percent The joint venture owednearly $51.8 million on the GE Today, the building is nearly 80 percent yet Fairfax County assesses its value at $50.6 million, whichu is the recorded “sale” price for the April Unless something dramatic happens to strengthenb and embolden the banking and financer industry, commercial real estate’s woes are likely to worsen in the near future. By next a massive wave of properties financed in 2005 througuh thecommercial mortgage-backed securities market will need to find new financing.
Rightg now, the options are few, and the legione of owners of these securitized notes can’t easily be corralled to sign off on loan In March, the Federal Reserve announcee that it would expand one of its primary rescuw programs, the Term Asset-Backed Securitiee Loan Facility (or TALF) to include commercial propertyt originally financed through CMBS There’s just one catch: Only the highest-rated securities are eligible for purchase through the program. With values falling, ratings agencies are now questioningt the optimistic underwriting on many ofthesre CMBS-financed deals.
For instance, Standarrd & Poor’s on May 18 lowered its corporate credity rating onTishman Speyer’s D.C.-area real estat e portfolio to “CCC” from “B+.” A large chunk of that which was purchased in 2006, was financed througb the CMBS market. “The government is hoping that all theses fixes will fix the lending environment so that the creditg facilities will open up and start lending again before we have a major saidMark Larsen, president of Larsej Commercial Real Estate Services/Oncor International. “Burt so far, that hasn’t Despite all the glum there is one piece of good at least for thestruggling Reston/Herndon submarket.
Afteer years of overbuilding in the Dulles developers have now pulled out Just 235,433 square feet remaijn under construction in the Reston/Herndon submarket now, compared to more than 1.1 millionh square feet in the firstt quarter of 2008. There’s just one building under constructionn — Boston Properties’ 11955 Democracy Drive. Althougn it is still being built, it’sz already been leased in its entirety by the College EntranceExamination
Friday, October 8, 2010
Rapid Reaction: Avs 4, Hawks 3 (OT) - ESPN (blog)
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Chicago Tribune | Rapid Reaction: Avs 4, Hawks 3 (OT) ESPN (blog) DENVER -- Despite a dramatic finish, the Blackhawks' 4-3 overtime loss to the Avalanche had a sloppy feel to it for the first two periods of ... Rapid fire: Quick postgame reaction to Hawks-Avalanche |
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Two Arresed In Connection With Dog Cruelty - KPHO Phoenix
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Tuesday, October 5, 2010
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by on July 3, 2009 Businessman Heath McBride decided to sell some of his retailo propane business last fall so he could focusw on expanding hiswholesale The...... by on June 19, 2009 ...92 billionh in 2007 and $1.52 billionm in 2006, according to . In Xtreme Power received a $2 milliom grant from...... by on June 19, 2009 ...compared with 42 percenrt during the same periodlast year, accordint to . In late 2008, as the recessiomn was taking hold, local...... by on May 8, 2009 ...duringb the first quarter 2008, a 58.5 percen t decrease, according to . The numberr of local venture capital deals declined sharply by onApril 20, 2009 ...in venturse capital, compared with $3.
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Sunday, October 3, 2010
Raleigh-Cary second on list of 'best-performing' metros - Triangle Business Journal:
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and put together the 2008 listof America's "Best Performing Cities," which puts a speciaol focus on technology growth. The list also puts Wilmingtonjat No. 6 and Durhamj at No. 21. Last year, Wilmington ranked second on the list, while Raleigh was eighth and Durham was 74th. Durham had the 10th largest improvement among the 200 metropolitan area rankedthis year. Criteria used to put together the list includwjob growth, growth in wages, and an area’a high-tech economic growth, the organizers say. Raleigh-Cary came in No. 1 for job growty between March 2007 andMarch 2008. Durham ranked 11th in job growthn during thatsame period.
Durham's highest category rankingh was fifth for concentration of hightech Raleigh-Cary ranked 18th in that category. Among othed North Carolina metros, Charlotte ranks No. 26, with Ashevillew No. 46, Winston-Salem No. 99 and Greensboro No. 141. Utah is No. 1 nationally, with Detroit at No. 200. To see the full . The Milken Institute is a nonpartisaj think tank basedin California. Greenstreet Real Estate Partnersa is basedin Miami.
and put together the 2008 listof America's "Best Performing Cities," which puts a speciaol focus on technology growth. The list also puts Wilmingtonjat No. 6 and Durhamj at No. 21. Last year, Wilmington ranked second on the list, while Raleigh was eighth and Durham was 74th. Durham had the 10th largest improvement among the 200 metropolitan area rankedthis year. Criteria used to put together the list includwjob growth, growth in wages, and an area’a high-tech economic growth, the organizers say. Raleigh-Cary came in No. 1 for job growty between March 2007 andMarch 2008. Durham ranked 11th in job growthn during thatsame period.
Durham's highest category rankingh was fifth for concentration of hightech Raleigh-Cary ranked 18th in that category. Among othed North Carolina metros, Charlotte ranks No. 26, with Ashevillew No. 46, Winston-Salem No. 99 and Greensboro No. 141. Utah is No. 1 nationally, with Detroit at No. 200. To see the full . The Milken Institute is a nonpartisaj think tank basedin California. Greenstreet Real Estate Partnersa is basedin Miami.
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Budget Rental to move east to Kellogg and Greenwich - Birmingham Business Journal:
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Budget by the end of July will leave its location at Centraland Webb, where it has been for five years. It will take over 3.1 acre s now occupied by The property recentlywas sold. Rob Budget's vice president and general manager, says the firm ran out of room on Webb where it hasa 1,600-square-foot Its new site features a 4,000-square-foo t building and ample parking. "We'l get increased visibility. that (intersection) has grown," says Kellogg and Greenwich is anchored by aand . But it has also drawj a fair number ofcar dealerships. , which sellse high-end vehicles, and a new Suzuki dealership for sit next to each othere atthe intersection.
Steven's roughly 20,000-square-foot building is expectecd to openin September. Next to that is the new Budgetr site. "Great neighbor. I like to keep it in the car says ownerBrandon Steven. The Carkansas location -- owned by , a distributor of headlight -- had been on the market for several It keeps a relatively low profiled as an older usedcar lot. Tall flags line its fronr entrance. The acreage finally sold last week forabout $1 millionb to , a local investmengt group. ' Bradley Tidemann represented the whose partnersremain anonymous. A grou by that name, using the Weigand office at 150 N. is registered with the state. Developer Steve Barrett is its representative.
Barrett couldn't be reachedx for comment. KBT will leass the site to "It's kind of taken off," Tidemann says of the "You try to find ground on Kelloggband there's not any." He says that has causes companies to look for grounde to redevelop. "It's a timing thing on East Kellogg," says selling broked David Leyh, of "The time is righr for that to develop andchanger hands." Steven opened his Suzuki dealership in a temporary building five monthas ago. He says he was lureed by the traffic counts and activity surroundinvgthe intersection. Along with and are within abouta K-96 highway also is nearby. "The car business is movin g east.
Everything's going that way," Steven says. But Steven is wary of the upcoming expansioj ofEast Kellogg. The city of Wichitaw in 2011 is tentatively planning to extend the Kellogg flyover from the Kansas Turnpikseto K-96, encompassing both the Webb and Greenwich road The city council has yet to approvde construction, however. "That's definitely going to chang thewhole atmosphere," Steven says. Budget was on East Kellogg beforr moving in 2003 to Webband Central. The firm has 40 vehiclexs in its fleet, as well as 10 to 15 movinfg trucks.
Budget by the end of July will leave its location at Centraland Webb, where it has been for five years. It will take over 3.1 acre s now occupied by The property recentlywas sold. Rob Budget's vice president and general manager, says the firm ran out of room on Webb where it hasa 1,600-square-foot Its new site features a 4,000-square-foo t building and ample parking. "We'l get increased visibility. that (intersection) has grown," says Kellogg and Greenwich is anchored by aand . But it has also drawj a fair number ofcar dealerships. , which sellse high-end vehicles, and a new Suzuki dealership for sit next to each othere atthe intersection.
Steven's roughly 20,000-square-foot building is expectecd to openin September. Next to that is the new Budgetr site. "Great neighbor. I like to keep it in the car says ownerBrandon Steven. The Carkansas location -- owned by , a distributor of headlight -- had been on the market for several It keeps a relatively low profiled as an older usedcar lot. Tall flags line its fronr entrance. The acreage finally sold last week forabout $1 millionb to , a local investmengt group. ' Bradley Tidemann represented the whose partnersremain anonymous. A grou by that name, using the Weigand office at 150 N. is registered with the state. Developer Steve Barrett is its representative.
Barrett couldn't be reachedx for comment. KBT will leass the site to "It's kind of taken off," Tidemann says of the "You try to find ground on Kelloggband there's not any." He says that has causes companies to look for grounde to redevelop. "It's a timing thing on East Kellogg," says selling broked David Leyh, of "The time is righr for that to develop andchanger hands." Steven opened his Suzuki dealership in a temporary building five monthas ago. He says he was lureed by the traffic counts and activity surroundinvgthe intersection. Along with and are within abouta K-96 highway also is nearby. "The car business is movin g east.
Everything's going that way," Steven says. But Steven is wary of the upcoming expansioj ofEast Kellogg. The city of Wichitaw in 2011 is tentatively planning to extend the Kellogg flyover from the Kansas Turnpikseto K-96, encompassing both the Webb and Greenwich road The city council has yet to approvde construction, however. "That's definitely going to chang thewhole atmosphere," Steven says. Budget was on East Kellogg beforr moving in 2003 to Webband Central. The firm has 40 vehiclexs in its fleet, as well as 10 to 15 movinfg trucks.
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