Fluor Corporation announced today that it signed a contract to relocate its current UK headquarters and operations centre to SEGRO’s IQ Farnborough development in Hampshire. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The real estate contract with SEGRO is to build a new company headquarters with a state-of-the art, four-building complex comprising approximately 210,000 square feet. The new headquarters will consist of one building of...
CB&I announced that the Isle of Grain LNG project in the U.K., owned and operated by National Grid Grain LNG Ltd., successfully received its first shipment of LNG. Receipt of the shipment is part of the final cool-down and commissioning process. CB&I is the engineering, procurement and construction contractor on this expansion project, which increased the facility’s capacity to 8.6 billion cubic meters per year, or 12% of the U.K.’s current...
Most Home Corp. announced it has entered into a non-binding letter of intent with DataVision Inc., of Mishawaka, Indiana, to sell all or substantially all of the operating assets of its wholly owned subsidiary, Netupdate Inc., a developer of leading technologies for mortgage lenders. The parties to the letter of intent expect to enter into a definitive agreement, subject to customary due diligence, on or about January 1, 2009. The sale of Netupdate...
NeighborhoodScout, a nationwide neighborhood search engine designed for homebuyers, movers, and anyone seeking to find neighborhoods that match custom search criteria, announced today the appointment of Barry Glick to its board of directors. Glick, who is a founder and former CEO of MapQuest, will lead the company’s strategic effort to build visibility and expand NeighborhoodScout into new markets. Glick brings 20 years of experience building...
Residents of 27,000 apartments in Aimco housing complexes in 11 states will be able to subscribe to Verizon’s advanced FiOS services by year-end, as the company completes the buildout of its all-fiber-optic network in the complexes. The project, which began last year under an agreement between Verizon and Aimco, will make FiOS ultra-high-sped broadband services available to all the apartments. Residents of apartments situated in areas where...
An independent study conducted by the nation’s premier network for listing asset management, Threewide Corporation, reveals that a leading real estate search engine, Trulia is the #1 real estate lead generator as well as #1 in visitors sent to listing broker and agent sites through the Threewide ListHub service. Threewide’s ListHub, the most widely adopted network for listing distribution, works in concert with MLS’s various franchises and...
Noble Innovations, Inc. announced today that its Viridian® high-end, truly tankless electric tankless water heaters have been selected by Residential Design & Build magazine as #3 in its listing of the Top 100 New Products for 2008. Residential Design & Build magazine is the nation’s leading publication for designers and builders of custom homes. According to James Cole, President and CEO of Noble Innovations, “Given that the first six...
Elgin Sweeper, the leading manufacturer of street sweepers, has introduced a version of the legendary Pelican® three-wheel broom sweeper that may be powered by either compressed natural gas (CNG), liquefied natural gas (LNG), or liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) – also known as propane. In addition to being Elgin Sweeper’s flagship product, the Pelican has been America’s most popular urban street sweeper for generations. This three-wheel broom...
GFI Energy Ventures LLC announced today the completion of the sale of its portfolio company, NORESCO, one of the largest providers of energy management and performance contracting services in the United States, to Carrier Corp., the world’s largest provider of HVAC and refrigeration solutions and a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. NORESCO was previously owned by the OCM/GFI Power Opportunities Fund II, L.P., a private equity fund co-managed...
Veolia Energy North America, a leader in sustainable energy services and facility operations and management solutions, is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with MultiLayer Coating Technologies, LLC (MCT) to manage an on-site thermal energy plant at MCT’s newly acquired manufacturing facility in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Veolia Energy will also be providing energy procurement services to MCT. “In today’s market, industrial...
The Contour Lounge Chair by Murillo
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