Real Estate Business Services Inc. (REBS) and the Orange County Association of REALTORS® today announced that the Orange County Association of REALTORS® (OCAR) has signed an agreement to provide both Clarus™ MarketMetrics™ and Clarus™ Investor™ as a free member benefit. Clarus™ MarketMetrics™ and Clarus™ Investor™, together, retail for $480 for an annual subscription. The Orange County Association of REALTORS®, with nearly 11,000...
Kaira Sturdivant Rouda, president of Real Living and author of Real You Incorporated: 8 Essentials for Women Entrepreneurs, was the winner of the 2008 Stevie Awards for Women in Business in the category of Best Entrepreneur. The Stevie® Awards are the world’s leading business awards. Since 2004, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business has honored entrepreneurial and executive businesswomen worldwide. All entries are evaluated by a board of...
ccording to the Trippel Survey & Research LLC Seventh Annual Relocation Managers Survey: Relocation Management Company Industry©, SIRVA Relocation LLC ranked second in overall performance and satisfaction among the industry’s top six largest relocation companies. The company achieved the highest scores among the six largest relocation providers in eight of the 24 areas surveyed, and it also placed as one of the top three providers in 22...
In this buyer’s market and slow economy, the owners of Great Brook Preserve are still selling land in their premier mountainside village. Great Brook is the only gated community in the area and offers large acreage with dramatic views of the Sunday River ski area and the Mahoosuc mountain range. The Preserve properties are surrounded by its own conservation land, and the owners just completed installation of paved roads through Phases II and...
J. P. King Auction Company, the nation’s leading auction marketing firm specializing in high-value properties, is selling seven Soaring Eagle Lodge condominiums at absolute auction, to the highest bidder in Snowshoe, West Virginia on Saturday, December 6, 2008 at 1 p.m. “The area features more than 60 trails and is considered one of the East’s largest skiing and snowboarding destinations,” said Craig King, president & CEO of J. P. King....
JRK Property Holdings, Inc. (“JRK”) announced a major multifamily property acquisition from Apartment Investment and Management Company (“AIMCO”) valued in excess of $285 Million. The acquisition was capitalized through a joint venture with JRK Birchmont Advisors, the private equity division of JRK. The portfolio, which represents the third joint venture with JRK Birchmont Advisors and the fourth transaction consummated with...
North American design firm Stantec announced it has offered to acquire Jacques Whitford, an environmental consulting services firm with more than 1,700 employees and 40 offices principally in Canada. The company’s trailing twelve month gross revenue is approximately C$230.0 million and net revenue is about C$170.0 million. The transaction, expected to be completed in January 2009, is subject to satisfactory due diligence, regulatory approvals,...
MeadWestvaco Corp. announced Mark Lewis has joined the MWV Community Development and Land Management Group as the new chief financial officer, effective November 10. In this role, Mr. Lewis will focus on enhanced strategic planning, as well as overseeing financial analysis, reporting, and operations and information systems support. “The Community Development and Land Management group is growing a sustainable real estate business and providing sustainable...
BioMed Realty Trust, Inc. announced that Alan D. Gold, BioMed’s President and Chief Executive Officer, was named the national winner of the Ernst & Young LLP Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2008 Award in the Real Estate, Construction and Hospitality category. Ernst & Young’s program recognizes outstanding entrepreneurs who have built and lead dynamic, high-growth businesses on a regional, national and global level. Mr. Gold was selected...
Going Public, LLC is pleased to announce it was retained by Omni Ventures, Inc. in September 2008. Omni Ventures, Inc., located in Olathe, Kansas, is going public with plans to provide investment capital for real estate developments. “We are very excited to be partnering with Omni Ventures to assist them in going public on the OTC Bulletin Board,” said Marvin K. Rowe II of Going Public, “and we look forward to being a part of their...