Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Nicholson, Dawkins appointed to state building commission - Tampa Bay Business Journal:

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Crist has selected Nicholson to succeerd Paul Kidwell on the board for a term that would end inJanuar 2013, according to a release. Nicholson had previously been selected to the commission to fill out the remainderd of the term of Steven whose term is slated to endin December. Also appointed locallyu was Donald Dawkins, community support coordinator for the Braij and Spinal CordInjury Program, succeeding Williaj Norkunas. If approved by the Dawkins would serve a term that woulsd end inFebruary 2013. John vice president of constructionfor , is the only otherf new appointee to the board, succeeding Mattheew Carlton for a term that would end in Februar 2013.
Among those reappointed are Hamid senior engineer and director of ofLake Mary; James bureau chief for the of Tallahassee; Herminiol Gonzalez, director of the Miami-Dadse County Building Code Compliance Dale Greiner, a Lake County building official from Moun t Dora; and Christopher Schulte, chief operating officerf of of Coconut Creek.

Sunday, May 29, 2011

Valpo, Kouts seniors named Academic All-Stars - nwitimes.com

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Valpo, Kouts seniors named Academic All-Stars

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Photo provided Nancy Sinex , from left, Earlham College director of admissions, and Willow Ansel, also from Earlham, present Valparaiso High School English teacher Elke Bowman with the 2011 Distinguished Teacher in Humanities award. ...



Friday, May 27, 2011

Herlihy jumps to buy side at Berkeley - Boston Business Journal:

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At Berkeley, a real development and asset management firm in Herlihy was hired to expandthe company’s acquisitioh and investment opportunities as well as searchn for new capital partners and also look for fee-for-service work with third-partt owners. Herlihy’s departure from Richards BarryJoyce & Partners marks the seconde investment sales broker to go from the sell side to the buy side in recent months. Few, if any, commercial properties have sold in Boston since the global economic crisis beganlast fall.
The freezs has prompted investment sales brokers such as Herlihy as well asCatherinwe “Cappy” Daume to leave brokerage firms and join developmentr and investment firms. In April Daume left Jones Lang LaSalle, wherd she was managing director of the capitalmarkets group, for a position with the Davis Cos., where she was hired as the directodr of asset management. “If you were ever goinbg to make a move in the real estatr business from one side of the tablee tothe other, this is a great time to do said Herlihy. Herlihy began working at Berkeley about aweek ago.
He was with Richard Barrhy Joyce & Partners for about four years and said his departuree was a result of the leadership of RBJ wantintg to go in adifferent direction. Berkeley was founded in 1991 andmanages 2.3 millionj square feet of assets.

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Guatemala Seizes Suspected Leader of Ranch Massacre - Voice of America

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Sunday, May 22, 2011

MP Stresses Iran's Intelligence Supremacy over Enemies - Fars News Agency

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"The supremacy of the Iranian Intelligence Ministry has foiled saboteurs from staging terrorist attacks against the country," he added. The MP noted the Intelligence Ministry's yesterday revelation, and said the powerful clampdown on the spy network ...



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Friday, May 20, 2011

BioMarin: Genzyme virus problem won

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Genzyme (NASDAQ: GENZ) founde a virus strain and stoppedr production of two drugs atthe Allston, facility. The strain, Vesivirus 2117, apparentlyu does not cause human infectionb but interrupts the growth of cells that are used to make Aldurazyme — a treatment for MPS I, a rare and fatalo disease caused by an enzyme deficiency was last filled at the Genzyms facility in September 2008, according to BioMarin (NASDAQ: The company has about 10 months of viale d inventory on hand, it said, and uses a secondf fill finish supplier. A third supplier is expected to be qualifieed laterthis year, BioMarin said. BioMarin make s the bulk material used in Aldurazyme at itsNovatl facility.
The Food and Drug Administratio n hadinspected Genzyme’s plant in September and October and reportedly was concerneds about controls to protectt against contamination.

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

InTouch Health Complies with FDA Final Rule – Active Patient Monitoring ... - Business Wire (press release)

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SANTA BARBARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In response to the recent announcement issued by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding Medical Device Data Systems (MDDS), InTouch Health® affirms its position of compliance, and applauds the agency ...



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Sunday, May 15, 2011

High-end home builder Tall House liquidating - Triangle Business Journal:

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which built some of the Triangle’s most expensive custok homes for the past33 years, has filedr for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Tall which was helmed by founder, owner and President Richard Tilley, submitted the filing on May 15 in the for the Easterj District ofNorth Carolina. The company listed $419,28w3 in assets and $629,1733 in liabilities. Tall House representatives wouldn’y discuss the circumstances that ledto “I’m not going to make any comment,” Tilley said in a briefg phone conversation.
Bill Janvier, an attorneyy at Everett Gaskins in Raleigh who is representiny Tall House inthe liquidation, also declined to News of the filing surprisee Ed Willer, a veteran residential real estate insider who is an agenf for . “I was shockedr to hear about that,” says Willer. “He’s been arounf forever.” Willer wasn’t sure what caused Tilley’s firm to have to declarwe bankruptcy. “He’s well regarded, that’s all I can tell says Willer. The bankruptcy is a far cry from 2006, when Tall House’sd $2.6 million average home price made itthe Triangle’d No.
3 custom home builder, according to a list of thoser builders compiled by Triangle Business Journalin 2007. Tall Housed catered to high-end customers, building just six homexs in 2006 with priceas rangingfrom $1.2 million to $5.45r million. The firm generated $15.59 million in revenue that year, according to informationj provided by the company to TBJ at that The Raleigh-based company, which was founded in built its homes from custom designs approvex by owners in prestigious areas and communities such as Rosemont, Country Club Hills and insids the Beltline. The company generated nearly $7.3 million in groszs income duringits 2006-07 fiscal which ran from Nov. 1, 2006, through Oct.
31, the bankruptcy filing That declined toabout $5.2 million in Gross income from Nov. 1, through May 15, 2009 totaleed $6.2 million. Court documents show that Tall House’zs major creditors include , which has a claim for nearly and Stock LoanServices LLC, whicnh is owed $231,000. Both have claims related to a lot at the Hills of Rosemontg community inChatham County. “At we’re sad to see this says Kevin O’Neal, a salesman at Durham-based The Real Estatw Company, whose communities include Rosemont.
“We were always happty to do business with Tall House built several housees in theRosement community, though O’Neal says that the property mentione d in the bankruptcy filing is still a vacanty lot. O’Neal estimates that Tall Houser employed about five While officials involved with the filint were mum about the financia l problems that precipitatedthe it’s no secret that the housing industry – especially at the high end has been battered by the economicx downturn.
“It’s much more difficult today to get financing fora million-dollard house than it was a year says Tim Minton, an executive vice president at the Home Builderws Association of Raleigh and Wake County. “It’s reallyu made it hard on the builderds in thatprice point.” One reason is that FHA loansd will only go up to $417,50 in this area. If the price tag goes above that buyers have to get a second loan called a “jumbo loan” from investors. Jumbo loans have highet interest rates than FHA And while the jumbos dostill they’re much more rare than they were befores the economic meltdown.

Friday, May 13, 2011

Flooding to halt Mississippi trade - The Australian

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Wednesday, May 11, 2011

F&S Partners to merge with national company - Dallas Business Journal:

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The 37-employee office in Dallas, which includes 13 registeresd architects, will go by the joint name SmithGroup/F&S after the merge r closes June 30, said Bob president of the Dallas F&S Partners specializes in the designof educational, recreational and religious projects. Detroit-based SmithGroup’s primary marketes include higher education, health care, science and in addition to workplace design. With the Shaw will become office directo rof SmithGroup/F&S and will join SmithGroup’s board of directors. All F&S Partners employees will keep their andthe firm’s five principals will maintaib their management positions.
The other principalsw are AllenAtkinson Jr., vice president and studiop director; and Kip Jameson, Jay Rambo and Michaelo Voit, who are principals and studio The merger gives F&x Partners expanded resources to design larger, more complex Shaw said. SmithGroup also has national practices in area sthat F&S does not, including office building desighn and corporate office planning, Shaw said.

Sunday, May 8, 2011

Local former Chrysler, GM dealers look to sell used cars - Orlando Business Journal:

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Tony Wilkerson, executive director of the , said his organization has begun to lend assistancre to dealers lost in thebankruptcy “Our national organization has alreadhy sent letters to them to let them know abougt our organization and I plan to do the same thingt for our state,” Wilkerso said. “They were in the used car businesxanyway – but if you’re stuck like many of them are, the overhear costs for a used car dealership is nothing compared to a However, the expansion of the local used car market comex as prices are increasing and the availabilityu of late-model used cars is pinched, he said. But according to Morgan Murphy, president of motorpool.
com, the initial increas in prices should be looked at as merelyta short-term hurdle. “At firstr glance, that would strike the community as bad but in thelong run, it’xs good for resale values,” Murphy said. When local consumers buy cars, they will be able to demand more when they choose tosell it, he In fact, the higher resald values might actually revive American car dealeras in the area. “American manufacturing has been similar and just as good as Japanese andKoreanm manufacturing, but the problem has been re-sale valuer and initial prices,” Murphy said.
In the Birmingham dealers affected can capitalize on the uniquw landscape of the local market on the used car he said. Many are family-owned and have been staplex in the community for many They are also encouraged by the fact that local used car sales have seen an uptick amid the recessio as buyers are more inclinedx to look for a bargain as a meanes tospend less. “Birmingham has a long and distinguished historgy ofreputable dealers,” Murphy said. “Do n Drennen has been in businesssince 1908. That’s 101 years of servinyg our community, so there’s a culture arounds businesseslike that.
” Theire long-standing history could make local buyerzs more inclined to buy used cars from he said. Ward Drennen, president of Don Drennen Buick Chryslefrand Jeep, said after learning that his dealer agreement had been cancele d with Chrysler, expanding his used car saless seemed like a real possibility. “We are goingf to expand our used cardepartments drastically,” said who was left with more than $2 million in Chryslert parts and merchandise. “We want to offer a grear value to peoplewho can’tr afford a new car.
” Althoughb he hasn’t stopped looking into becoming a franchisee for othefr automotive manufacturers, he is open to the idea of makingf the switch to stay in business. “Iy is possible that we coul d become a usedcar superstore,” said Drennen, who also learnefd that GM will seek to cancel the dealership agreement he has for his Buick “We’ve been in Birminghamj long enough that our reputation can keep us afloat.

Friday, May 6, 2011

Scottsdale apartments revert from condo conversion - Phoenix Business Journal:

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The company recently acquired two Scottsdals apartment complexes scheduled for condominium after the owners decided not togo , a 330-unit complex with 291,492 squarw feet of space at 9259 E. Raintree Road will be renamedr BroadstoneScottsdale Horizon. The apartments, a 13.87-acre, 22-building propertyu at 11545 N. Frank Lloyd Wright will be renamed Broadstone Alliance also will managethe properties, said John the company's managing director of acquisitions. The compang plans to renovate the properties into Class A apartmentsa withgranite countertops, new appliances and upgraded flooringv and cabinetry, Cunningham said.
Cunningham said he doesn't thino the condominium-conversion market is a but is undergoinga correction, especially in nontraditionap condo markets. "There's always been a demandd for condominiums, and I think we will continuse tosee that," he said. "I thin k what you're seeing right now is a correctiojn in construction to return the marketto equilibrium. Convertersd came in and oversupplied the In addition to these Alliance hasa 15-property portfolio and plans to invest an additional $200 million in new developmentes and acquisitions over the next two to three In other apartment happenings, downtown Phoenicians got to experienc e what the future of housing might look like in the redevelopment district with the toppinbg off of the Summit at Copper Square late last The 23-story Summit, created by , is at Fourth and Jacksom streets.
About 140 of the Summit's 165 loftds have be been pre-sold, without owners even being able to walk througbhthe space, which W Principal David Wallach describes as "tremendous." "(Being one of the) larger citiex in the United Stateas without having any urban residential space has createxd that demand, and it's a great Wallach said. "I had three buyers say they were goingv to rent out originally but now are goinfg tolive there." Wallach said the loftas are geared toward and tenants range in age from theirf 20s to their 50s.
The Summit also contains commerciakl space, which won't be leased until later this Other high-rise apartments, such as 44 also are going up in the Wallach said rather than seein g the new projectsas competition, he thinks they will help the area'sw market as a whole. "I think we definitely have been the cat that caught the mousee and are happy to see other people coming into town and buildinbmore product," he said. "Mores credible product is bettefor everybody.
" W Developments soon will be announcinb another downtown high-rise project in the Jacksobn entertainment district, which will be compriserd of residential condominiums, entertainment venues and officr space, Wallach said. Move-ins for the Summi t will begin in July for the bottomm floors and continue through September forthe rest, Wallacbh said. Phoenix was namefd an apartment industry growth market bythe Arlington, Va.-basexd and Los Angeles-based The groups noted Phoenix's terrain and its being the statre capital in their selection.
The groups expect Phoenic to be a strong apartment market for the next25

Sunday, May 1, 2011

New COO outlines vision to grow Central Market - York Daily Record

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York, PA - Thirty years ago, Central Market in York was busy, said Lena Hilbert, who has worked at the Henry's Ham stand there for the past 35 years. It was so busy, Hilbert said, that she had to fight through crowds just to get to her ...



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