Solar Attic Fan Sizer recommends solar attic fans based on a checklist of criteria: attic length, attic width, attic height, and air changes per hour. The tool is designed to help people understand which attic fans will deliver the ventilation they need. – As part of the Solar Attic Fan Info site, the Solar Attic Fan Sizer is complemented by Solar Attic Fan Info Center pages offering detailed information on choosing, purchasing, installing,...
NeighborWorks® America announced that Brian D. Montgomery, Assistant Secretary for Housing and Federal Housing Commissioner of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), is the recipient of the 2008 NeighborWorks® Government Service Award for Meritorious Service. The NeighborWorks Government Service Award is an honor that recognizes elected or appointed officials at the local, state, and federal levels who have made significant...
The Kathy Magner Group of Windermere Real Estate announces the availability of the first phase of Belvedere’s luxury view home sites in Bellevue, Washington. The first eight properties are currently listed on the market and are priced from $695,000. The 95 sites are architect ready and are able to accommodate individual homes of up to 12,000 square feet. Located on 45 acres on the southwest face of Cougar Mountain, Belvedere offers ready-to-build,...
SCI Real Estate Investments, LLC has announced the acquisition of Kings Cove, a 192-unit luxury apartment-home community in Kingwood, Texas, from Houston-based developer, Dinerstein Companies for tenant-in-common investing. Kings Cove serves as an example of SCI’s smart investment strategy of purchasing institutional-quality apartment communities in growing metropolitan areas, such as Houston and Dallas. Future acquisitions of Class-A multifamily...
Green Depot (www.greendepot.com) – the Brooklyn-based supplier of environmentally friendly and sustainable building products, services and solutions – today announced that it has merged with Chicago-based Greenmaker (www.greenmakersupply.com) to create the nation’s largest and most sophisticated supplier of green building materials. Green Depot serves residential and commercial builders and everyday homeowners nationwide through its Web site...
Sallie Mae (NYSE:SLM), the nation’s leading saving- and paying-for-college company, and Delaware Governor Ruth Ann Minner today announced that Sallie Mae plans to open a new Credit Operations Center in the state that would add 1,100 jobs to Delaware’s workforce. As part of today’s jobs announcement, Sallie Mae’s philanthropic organization, The Sallie Mae Fund, contributed $25,000 to the United Way of Delaware. “As the world’s leading provider...
MetLife Foundation and Enterprise announced the 2008 recipients of the MetLife Foundation Awards for Excellence in Affordable Housing this morning at the Enterprise Community Conference in Baltimore. Six community-based organizations were awarded a total of $180,000 for leadership, innovation, and effectiveness in the fields of supportive housing and property and asset management. Celebrating its 13th year, the MetLife Foundation Awards program has...
On November 1, the Home Builders Association of Metro Denver recognized architects, interior designers and marketing professionals who “raise the bar” and set a new standard of excellence in the home building industry, at the 30th annual Bar Awards ceremony. Within the interior merchandising category, Kimberly Timmons Interiors emerged as a clear leader, landing four of the seven highly competitive awards. The firm was also recognized...
Tucked away in the elevated desert hills above Phoenix is Paradise Reserve, one of the last luxury gated communities and multi-acre parcels bordering the Phoenix Mountain Preserve. Poised at the “crossroads” of Paradise Valley, Scottsdale, downtown Phoenix and the Biltmore area, Paradise Reserve is a rare gem and outstanding investment opportunity, offering a lifestyle of prestige, exclusivity and environmental stewardship and responsibility....
Prime Group Realty Trust Chicago-based real estate investment trust (REIT), announced today that the premier, Class A, 975,000 square-foot Continental Towers office complex in Rolling Meadows, IL, controlled and managed by Prime Group Realty Trust, was recently named “The Outstanding Building of the Year” (TOBY) for the Chicago Suburban market by the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) of Suburban Chicago. This is the fourth time in...