Normandy Real Estate Partners, one of the largest real estate owners and operators in the Boston to Washington corridor, today announced that it has completed the sale of Quincy Crossing to Guardian Life Insurance Company for $55,500,000. Quincy Crossing is a 110,900 square foot Class A office building prominently located in the Rosslyn Ballston Corridor. Normandy will remain property manager for Guardian Life. Cassidy & Pinkard Colliers represented...
Doug Farr, author of Sustainable Urbanism: Urban Design with Nature and chair, U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED for Neighborhood Development, will be featured at the 2008 Great Cities Speakers Series, 6-7 p.m., Monday, October 20, at the San Jose Repertory Theatre, 101 Paseo De San Antonio. A reception will follow at 7 p.m. to encourage further discussion. This presentation and reception are free to the public. However, reservations are strongly...
New York-based hospitality and real estate company, the Impulsive Group, www.impulsivegroup.com, has announced plans to integrate its charter yacht business with the firm’s growing portfolio of luxury hotel properties. Since 2004, Impulsive Group has offered yachts for charter during the Mediterranean high season and the Caribbean winter months, but by 2009, the hotel group will formally assimilate the two businesses: vacation packages that...
The new edition of Brick Bulletin is out – and it features some astounding projects from around the world. Each story dramatically demonstrates the scope of brick and the qualities that have for so long made it a favourite among architects, developers and the public. Among the case studies, there is an eye-catching spatial housing complex in Tokyo, an Australian nursing complex clad in ‘timber’ planks, and a wine factory built by robot bricklayers....
Washington Real Estate Investment Trust announced today that it has executed two leases totaling 154,000 square feet at Dulles Station West, Phase I. The 180,000 square foot, Class A office building located in Herndon, Virginia was delivered in the third quarter of 2007. IBM (NYSE: IBM – News) will occupy 123,000 square feet and National Student Clearinghouse will occupy 31,000 square feet, resulting in an 86% occupancy rate. National Student...
As winter approaches, it has become even easier to safeguard homes and small businesses by using the best-selling Non-Skid Stair Strips from Handi-Ramp. Enthusiastically adopted by homeowners as well as commercial and industrial users, the 1/8” thick extruded and dimpled aluminum strips are now available in a variety sizes and wide range of colors to meet customer needs. Easy to install in a matter of minutes and backed by a lifetime guarantee,...
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. announces the opening of The St. Regis Bali Resort, located in Nusa Dua, an elite beach enclave on the Southern tip of Bali. Offering an unrivaled dimension of luxury, bespoke service and refined elegance at one of the best addresses in the world, The St. Regis Bali Resort features 79 luxurious, oversized suites, 42 private villas and two exclusive Residences, as well as world-class restaurants and bars,...
James S. Metcalf, President and COO of USG Corporation, a leading building products company, will speak on Thursday, September 18, 2008 at the CL King & Associates Best Ideas Conference 2008 at the Omni Berkshire Place Hotel in New York. The presentation is scheduled to begin at approximately 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time. A live Webcast of the presentation may be accessed from the investor information page of the USG Corporation Website at http://investor.usg.com....
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. announced the introduction of The Equinox, a Luxury Collection Golf Resort & Spa, Manchester Village to The Luxury Collection Hotels & Resorts, a glittering ensemble of more than 69 of the world’s finest hotels and resorts in more than 26 countries in bustling cities and spectacular destinations around the world. Owned by HEI Hotels & Resorts, the iconic 195-room resort, which has served...
Austro Group made its debut on the main board of the JSE at R1,62 today and quickly forged above R1,80 – an 80% premium to the R1 at which shares were placed ahead of the listing. That price gave the company a market capitalisation of R590,9m a distinct premium on the R400m estimated by the promoters before the listing. The company imports and distributes woodworking machinery and aims at headline earnings of R33,4m in the year to August 2007 –...
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