Stone & Youngberg Underwrites Landmark $145 Million Harbor Point Financing

February 9, 2010 Filed Under: Architecture, Construction
Stone & Youngberg Underwrites Landmark $145 Million Harbor Point Financing

-Stone & Youngberg, a leading financial services firm, and Building & Land Technology, a Connecticut-based developer, today announced that they have completed a $145 million financing for the Harbor Point Project in Stamford, Connecticut, a pioneering smart growth project that has been awarded a LEED-ND Gold Certification by the U.S. Green Building Council. The project is nationally significant and will create thousands of jobs and generate... 

Kubota Introduces New KX057-4 Compact Excavator

February 5, 2010 Filed Under: Construction
Kubota Introduces New KX057-4 Compact Excavator

Kubota introduces the KX057-4, a new conventional tail swing model in the five-ton class. This new KX-4 Series compact excavator is designed to provide operators with enhanced performance and increased stability in open areas. The KX057-4 offers an optional hydraulic float angle blade with 25-degree pivot angle for increased productivity; while the machine’s new design adds stability and lift capacity. Stability, Power and Productivity The conventional... 

Claremont Rug Company Exhibits Rare Assemblage of 19th Century Art Rugs from Caucasus Mountains

February 5, 2010 Filed Under: Home Improvement
Claremont Rug Company Exhibits Rare Assemblage of 19th Century Art Rugs from Caucasus Mountains

Jan David Winitz, founder and president of Claremont Rug Company, today announced an exhibition of rare, 19th century art-level rugs created by tribal weaving groups in the Caucasus Mountain region of Asia. The collection of 150 rugs will be available for viewing at the Gallery, located at 6087 Claremont Avenue in Oakland, starting Thursday, February 11. A selection of 95 of the rugs can also be accessed in a special section on the Claremont website. Long-noted... 

Stone & Youngberg Underwrites Landmark $145 Million Harbor Point Financing

February 5, 2010 Filed Under: Construction
Stone & Youngberg Underwrites Landmark $145 Million Harbor Point Financing

Stone & Youngberg, a leading financial services firm, and Building & Land Technology, a Connecticut-based developer, today announced that they have completed a $145 million financing for the Harbor Point Project in Stamford, Connecticut, a pioneering smart growth project that has been awarded a LEED-ND Gold Certification by the U.S. Green Building Council. The project is nationally significant and will create thousands of jobs and generate... 

Heavy Lift Crane is Integral to Voith Paper’s Manufacturing Process

January 30, 2010 Filed Under: Construction
Heavy Lift Crane is Integral to Voith Paper's Manufacturing Process

A new 120 tonne crane, from overhead crane specialist Street Crane Company, is part of a major investment, exceeding one million pounds at Voith Paper Limited’s Manchester manufacturing plant. The new crane ensures efficient and safe loading and unloading of the grinding machine. This will grind and produce perfect geometry and balance in paper machine rollers of up to 115 tonnes. Street Crane has a long association with Voith Paper, having supplied... 

Engel & Völkers Real Estate Opens in Punta del Este, Uruguay

January 30, 2010 Filed Under: Real Estate
Engel & Völkers Real Estate Opens in Punta del Este, Uruguay

Engel & Vôlkers North Mallorca and Menorca, Spain opens their first real estate office in Punta del Este, Uruguay. In this major strategic move, E&V are expressing their confidence in the international real estate market which continues to recover from economic downturn, with an increasing number of people seeking their place in the sun. Since the early 1960’s, Punta del Este has made its mark on the international “jet set”... 

Transbay Joint Powers Authority Closes on $171 Million TIFIA Loan for Transbay Transit Center Project

January 27, 2010 Filed Under: Construction, Real Estate
Transbay Joint Powers Authority Closes on $171 Million TIFIA Loan for Transbay Transit Center Project

The Transbay Transit Center Project reached another important milestone as the Transbay Joint Powers Authority (TJPA) closed on the $171 million Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan for the project. The loan was made possible based on the TJPA’s sound finance plans, favorable audits and positive credit reviews—requiring an investment grade credit rating. The loan will fund 14 percent of the project’s $1.2 billion... 

Affordable House Plan and Renderings

January 22, 2010 Filed Under: Architecture
Affordable House Plan and Renderings

SMT Residential Design welcomes the year 2010, another whole year to look up to in the real estate industry. We hope that the economic uncertainty of the year 2009 will be a thing of the past. There are indications that we are on the road to recovery as stock markets all over the world have incurred robust rebounds. It is but appropriate for us not to increase our prices for our old and new customers, this is how we have weathered the crisis and will... 

Alpha1Estates launches Al-Tilal Villas Madinah and Royal Clock Tower Makkah

January 4, 2010 Filed Under: Real Estate
Alpha1Estates launches Al-Tilal Villas Madinah and Royal Clock Tower Makkah

The company, which launched to global acclaim on January 1 2006, said that the two projects demonstrate the strength of the real estate projects in the Holy Cities, set to be further developed over the next decade. The Al-Tilal Project in Madinah allows Muslims from all over the world to purchase permanent villa homes nearly 10 kilometres from the Prophet’s Mosque. The Royal Clock Tower is the central tower in the Abraj al-Bait Project, 50... 

Keter Invest Announces Price Reduction of Luxury Villas Fameya

December 23, 2009 Filed Under: Architecture, Real Estate
Keter Invest Announces Price Reduction of Luxury Villas Fameya

Keter Invest has decided to reduce prices despite the fact that even in ongoing global economic crisis the prices of real estate on Croatia Coastline remained the same and are now even growing. The real estate prices in Croatia are growing because of the positive tourism trends in Croatia. Keter Invest started building a Luxury Villas resort a year ago under a trademark Fameya. The resort consists of 22 luxury villas which are in the vicinity of...