Prime Group Realty Trusts Continental Towers Named BOMAs Suburban Chicago Outstanding Building for the Fourth Time.

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... 

Hammersmith School Bags Best Brick Award

The new music and drama building, at Latymer Upper School in Hammersmith, beat off hundreds of competitors to take the prestigious 2008 Brick Awards. The Brick Awards is one of Britain’s most respected design competitions. Run by the Brick Development Association, the annual contest provides the definitive showcase for what brick can do. And Latymer School was up against some stiff competition. There were a record number of entrants this year, with... 

New York Interior Design, 1935-1985, Vol. 1: Inventors of Tradition

New York City has always been home to the chic and urbane a place where Andy Warhol entertained in his French Empire salon and where Babe Paley served martinis and cigarettes in her taxicab-yellow living room. Who made this city the center of cosmopolitan interior design as we know it today? The answer is found in in

Nexia Signs Letter of Intent to Acquire Beachfront Property in Mexico

Nexia Holdings, Inc. reported that on Tuesday, October 28, 2008 it signed a Letter of Intent with Alexander Lindale, LLC to acquire three lots of beachfront property in the Playa Palmeras tourist community. The purchase price of $310,000 will be paid with the issuance of 62,000 restricted shares of Series C Preferred Stock of Nexia. This development is the first on the Campeche Gulf Coast, located approximately 40 kilometers/24.8 miles from Campeche,... 

Temple REIT announces acquisition of largest hotel complex in Red Deer, Alberta

Temple Real Estate Investment Trust announced it has agreed to acquire the Capri Centre, a full service hotel, trade and conference centre, located in Red Deer, Alberta for $40 Million, subject to the usual closing adjustments. The property is situated on a 10.7-acre parcel of land at the intersection of 32nd Street and Gaetz Avenue (50th Avenue). Red Deer is located on Highway 2, midway between Calgary and Edmonton, the most heavily travelled north-south... 

Le Corbusier Petit Loveseat LC2 – Black (Double Seat)

Le Corbusier Petit Loveseat LC2. The Le Corbusier Loveseat is a modern, high quality reproduction of the original design by Le Corbusier for the 1929 Salon d’Automne. It offers classy contemporary styling for the home or office. Made from 100% soft Premium Italian leather with comfortable cushions and solid polished steel tubular construction.