The Streets of Buckhead Enhances Collection of Luxury Retailers

The Streets of Buckhead, a world-class luxury destination that combines international boutiques, fine dining and exclusive residences in a streetscape setting welcomes upscale clothiers Brioni, Leggiardo and Shirts & Co. by Domenico Vacca. Ben Carter, founder and chairman of Ben Carter Properties, is creating the region’s premier luxury shopping experience in the heart of Atlanta’s affluent Buckhead community. The development already boasts... 

Grubb & Ellis Company Forms Financial Services Asset Management Practice to Help Clients Create Value in Current Environment

Grubb & Ellis Company, a leading real estate services and investment firm, today announced that it has formed the Financial Services Asset Management Practice designed to provide critical services to financial institutions, special servicers and government agencies dealing with challenged real estate and mortgage assets. “The current environment is placing significant stress on a variety of our clients who are managing real estate debt as... 

Hill International Real Estate Partners Gets Zoning Approval for Development of 1,510-Foot American Commerce Center

Hill International, the global leader in managing construction risk, announced today that its affiliated development company, Hill International Real Estate Partners, LP, has received the unanimous approval of the Philadelphia City Planning Commission for certain zoning and other regulatory variances necessary for the development of the proposed American Commerce Center, a 2.2-million-square-foot office and hotel tower to be located at 1800 Arch Street... 

Miller Electric Mfg. Co. to Cut 95 Jobs

Miller Electric Mfg. Co. today announced plans to eliminate 95 jobs, or approximately six percent of its 1,500-person workforce. This reduction is in response to the current national economic situation and the corresponding slowdown in demand for Miller’s commercial and industrial products. Miller is a leading manufacturer of arc welding and plasma cutting equipment for industrial, construction, motorsports, farm/ranch and home-hobby use. The company... 

AEC Software Survey: Green Building Success Requires Client and Project Management

AEC Software, developers of project management software, announced today the final results from a green building survey of home building, architecture, and construction industry managers. When asked if clients are more or less patient with green construction projects compared to traditional building projects, 70 percent of respondents said that their customers had the same level of patience, or even less patience. These results come on the heels of... 

Fluor Extends Strategic Outsourcing Contract With IBM

IBM (NYSE:IBM – News) today announced that it has signed a three-year, approximately $130 million contract extension with Fluor Corporation for information technology (IT) outsourcing services. As part of the agreement, IBM will continue providing help desk, data center and server services, network management, desk side support, SAP hosting, IT security and disaster recovery services. IBM’s global delivery network and resources will provide... 

Interactive New Source Review (NSR) Air Quality Permitting Portal Launched Online

Citation Technologies joined forces with RTP Environmental Associates, Inc. to launch NSRonline® , a dynamic portal for EPA’s environmental preconstruction permitting program. NSRonline will increase productivity of air quality professionals up to 20% thanks to an integrated collaboration platform and a clever set of productivity tools, such as the NSR portal search ability and the tracking of regulatory document changes. NSRonline® is a... 

PGA TOUR Star, Course Designer Brad Faxon to Advocate Benefits of Axion Golfs Green Building Materials for Bridges, Walkways

Axion Golf — a division of Axion International Holdings Inc. and provider of the company’s 100-percent “green” materials for building golf-course bridges and walkways — today announces PGA TOUR star and accomplished course designer Brad Faxon will promote its products as company advisor. A 25-year TOUR veteran with eight victories and two Ryder Cup appearances, Faxon will help market Axion’s environmentally sound,... 

MYR Group Inc. to Ring Closing Bell At NASDAQ On December 1, 2008

MYR Group Inc. (“MYR”), a leading specialty contractor serving the electrical infrastructure market in the United States, announced that its executive management will ring the closing bell at the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York City’s Times Square at 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on Monday, December 1, 2008. The video can be seen on the NASDAQ Tower in Times Square, the largest stationary video screen in the world or at http://www.nasdaq.com/reference/marketsite_about.stm. MYR’s... 

Rehfeldt Construction Streamlines Operations with Viewpoint V6 Software(R)

Rehfeldt Construction, a general contractor from Vancouver, Washington, has selected Viewpoint V6 Software® from Portland, Oregon-based Viewpoint Construction Software™ to fully integrate all aspects of its operations including Accounting and Project Management. “With the increasing economic uncertainties, we knew Rehfeldt needed to upgrade its accounting and operational software to increase efficiencies and put more money on the bottom line,”...