Midtown Crossing at Turner Park Earns LEED Neighborhood Development Certification

Midtown Crossing at Turner Park, a million-square-foot mixed-use development under construction in the heart of midtown Omaha, has earned Stage 2 LEED certification under U.S. Green Building Council’s pilot Neighborhood Development Certification program. Midtown Crossing was selected to participate in the council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) pilot Neighborhood Development Certification program. It is the only project... 

Auction Fever Hits the San Diego Area

Kennedy Wilson Auction Group, a division of the national real estate services and investment firm Kennedy Wilson, conducted an auction of 14 luxury residences located in lovely Escondido, a thriving urban environment, just 30 miles northeast of San Diego. The elegant 1 and 2-story, four and five-bedroom residences ranging from 2,900 to 4,049 square feet feature formal entry foyers, spacious family and living and dining rooms. Published reserves for... 

Temple REIT announces November 2008 distribution

Temple Real Estate Investment Trust announced today a distribution of $0.10 per unit ($1.20 per unit on an annualized basis) for the month of November 2008. Payment will be made on December 15, 2008 to the Unitholders of record as of November 30, 2008. TREIT is a real estate investment trust, which is listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbols TR.UN (trust units), TR.DB.A and TR.DB.B (convertible debentures). The objective of TREIT is to... 

Santa Clarita Named Los Angeles Countys Most Business-Friendly City for 2008 by Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation

The City of Santa Clarita is the most business-friendly city in Los Angeles County, according to the Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC). The award was presented to the City of Santa Clarita at the 13th annual Eddy Awards at The Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills. The City of Santa Clarita was recognized among a highly competitive group of cities with populations over 50,000, including Pasadena, Cerritos, Glendale, and Long Beach. “We... 

Homebuilder, REIT shares tumble as recession spreads

The shares of big U.S. homebuilders and real estate companies alike slumped on Wednesday as housing starts fell to a record low and concerns spread the commercial real estate market is going the way of residential. The benchmark MSCI U.S. REIT index was down 7.6 percent in midday trading compared with a 3.4 percent drop in the S&P 500 (^SPX – News). Homebuilders shares, as measured by the Dow Jones U.S. Home Builders index (DJI:^DJUSHB... 

Thanksgiving Day Feast at the Renaissance Waverly Hotel

The Renaissance Waverly Hotel, 2450 Galleria Parkway, Atlanta, Georgia 30339, is offering a lavish Thanksgiving Day Feast in the hotel’s sun-drenched Atrium lobby. Hours of service will be on Thursday, November 27, 2008 from 11:00 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. For 25 years, the Waverly hotel in Atlanta, GA’s bountiful buffet has been a Thanksgiving tradition for local residents and out of town visitors alike. “Our 14 story atrium offers our... 

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... 

Resource America, Inc. to Present at the Friedman, Billings, Ramsey & Co., Inc. Capital Markets Investor Conference on December 2, 2008

Resource America, Inc. will be presenting at the Friedman, Billings, Ramsey & Co., Inc. Capital Markets Investor Conference on Tuesday, December 2, 2008 at 1:35 P.M. Eastern Standard Time in the Morosco Room at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City. Jonathan Z. Cohen, President and CEO, will be presenting and answering questions afterwards. We invite all interested parties to join us for our presentation. About Resource America, Inc. Resource... 

Trulia.com and Placecast Partner to Increase Relevance of Ads With Audience Targeting and Dynamic Messaging

As advertisers and publishers seek ways to improve performance to compensate for shrinking budgets, new technologies like location-based advertising provide a means of improving relevance and response rates. Today, leading real estate site, Trulia.com, and interactive media company, 1020 Placecast, have announced their partnership, using location information to target specific audiences for advertisers and deliver more relevant messages to them on... 

Trane Launches First High Performance Systems Portfolio for K-12 Schools at U.S. Green Building Councils GreenBuild in Boston

Specifiers and school engineers attending the U.S. Green Building Council’s International Conference and Expo in Boston, will be the first to try Trane’s new “High Performance Systems Portfolio for K-12 Schools.” Where: Booth #1201 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center When: Nov. 19-21, 2008 The High Performance Systems Portfolio is the first and only web-based tool available at www.trane.com/K12Systems...