Monthly Archives: May 2011

Singapore - May 3, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The star of the 20th Century Fox series of Die Hard movies bought the apartment in 2007 for a reported US$4.26 million but apparently he was so keen to sell the apartment he accepted an offer of just US$3.95 million

MONMOUTH JUNCTION, N.J. - May 3, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- With more and more home buyers in active adult communities requesting upgrades for their new homes, The Pointe at Turnbury has decided to make several quick-delivery homes with more than $15,000 worth of upgrades available at almost no additional cost to home buyers

Phuket, Thailand - May 3, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Following a series of delays over the last two years, construction of the new International terminal at Phuket International Airport is now scheduled to get underway at the beginning of November.

MONROE-WOODBURY, N.Y. - May 3, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Upscale suburban living in one of Orange County’s most prominent new residential addresses is exactly what buyers will find at HighPointe at Woodbury Junction, a very exclusive collection of single-family homes rising within this established residential community in the Orange County Town of Central Valley As a result, anticipation is at a fever pitch for the impending preview opening of this limited offering of luxury homes which will occupy prominent view locations within the gated 450-residence Woodbury Junction community, according to its developer, HornRock Properties

WASHINGTON, DC - May 3, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today awarded more than $23 million in grants to organizations which will help state and local communities, as well as non-profit organizations, improve their use of federal funds to revitalize neighborhoods, help the homeless and produce more affordable housing.

Las Vegas, NV - May 3, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Myers Team is nationally recognized as one of the most influential figures in real estate today. In 2010, Bill and Francoise Myers, owners of The Myers Team, successfully sold more short sale listings than any Realtor or Broker in Nevada.

NEW YORK, NY - May 3, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Marketing Directors, Inc. successfully completed two of the first market-rate projects in New Brunswick, N.J. Now, developers New Brunswick Development Corporation (DEVCO) and Pennrose Properties have brought the firm in as the exclusive marketing, sales and leasing agent for New Brunswick’s newest mixed-use residential tower rising in the heart of this Middlesex County town’s burgeoning downtown area.

Torrance, CA - May 3, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- he Oakland office of Lee & Associates, one of the nation’s largest commercial brokerage firms with regional expertise, announces its move into a larger office, located at 520 3rd St., Suite 105, in Oakland’s Jack London Square. The move represents a 30-percent increase in size from its previous location, while reflecting Lee & Associates’ positive growth in the East Bay area.

SHERMAN OAKS, CA - May 3, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Berzack Group, led by its President, Warren Berzack, has joined Lee & Associates - LA North/Ventura, Inc., a full-service commercial real estate brokerage firm and member of the Lee & Associates group of companies, specializing in multifamily investment sales throughout the San Fernando Valley and greater Los Angeles markets.

Aptos, CA - May 3, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- HGA Architects and Engineers has won a 2011 SCUP Excellence in Planning Merit Award for the Visual and Performing Arts Village at Cabrillo College in Aptos, California. The Art Village won in the District or Campus Component category.

Los Angeles, CA - May 3, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- LAHQ’s 50th Annual Awards Luncheon will be honoring awardees that represent an extensive range of outstanding organizations, achievements and individuals

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 3, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- PCCP, LLC, SRM Associates and Scott Newman, a private individual, have announced they have formed a joint venture to develop a four-building 160,000-square-foot build-to-suit office project in Alameda, Calif. for VF Outdoor, Inc., a subsidiary of VF Corporation. The project will serve as the global headquarters for VF Outdoor and its brands including The North Face®, JanSport® and lucy®. Ground breaking for the project occurred today and completion is anticipated in summer 2012. Phil Lombardo and John McManus of Cushman and Wakefield represented VF Outdoor.

Sarasota, FL - May 3, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The 11-story office building located at the corner of South Pineapple Avenue and Ringling Boulevard has undergone complete renovations of its common areas, upgraded security and revitalized the grounds. Recognizable by an exterior façade of uninterrupted dark glass framed with sleek sand-colored archways around the entire building, the interior of the M&I Bank Building has been elevated to today’s definition of contemporary design. This first phase of renovations exceeds $1 million in expenditures

EUGENE, OR - May 3, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Cris Soares and IDX, Inc. have joined forces to upgrade the search capabilities and functions on the real estate website Soares hosts. As a member of the Southeast Florida MLS (SEFL), Soares has long had access to thousands of Miami, Florida property listings. Now, his clients can experience the same level of accessibility to these SEFL listings, conveniently on the IDX enabled website Soares hosts. Not only can Soares experience a simplified level of management over his website, his clients can partake in a revolutionary online property search without ever leaving the comfort of their home, or the convenience of the website of Soares.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 3, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Thirteen builders, remodelers and other home building industry professionals were honored yesterday as winners of National Green Building Awards by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) at the 13th annual National Green Building Conference in Salt Lake City.“These awards recognize and celebrate the most forward-thinking builders and remodelers in green building,” said Bob Jones, immediate past chairman of NAHB and a builder from Bloomfield Hills, Mich. “These award winners are pushing the envelope of what we can achieve with energy and resource efficiency.”

ST. LOUIS, MO - May 2, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The United States Attorney’s Office announced the guilty pleas of Joshua Gould, a former financial representative with Woodbury Financial Services, Inc. and affiliate of Spetner Associates; and David Rubin, employee and operator of two local offices of Coral Mortgage Bankers Corporation.

May 2, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- USAA Real Estate Company announced the sale of a Single Tenant Net Lease Retail Portfolio, consisting of 16 properties spanning several U.S. markets. The portfolio was purchased by an affiliate of The Inland Real Estate Group of Companies, Inc., one of the nation’s largest commercial real estate and finance groups. Details of the purchase agreement were not disclosed.

Washington, D.C. - May 2, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The American Institute of Architects (AIA) today announced that it is sponsoring a briefing for Congressional staff and press on how sustainable design practices and operations can effectively reduce the consumption of resources at U.S. Embassies and other diplomatic facilities, while enhancing security.

San Francisco, CA - May 2, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Jim Beitzel, Paul Christopher, Harry Clark, and Jan Medina are busy logging hundreds of training miles and raising thousands of dollars for the 10th Annual AIDS/LifeCycle, June 5 – 11. They and 3000 other riders will be spending seven days on their bicycles, and sleeping on the ground at night, riding from San Francisco to Los Angeles. They are all agents with Zephyr Real Estate.

New Haven, CT - May 2, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3) announced a grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to Columbus House, a non-profit based in New Haven that provides meals, housing, support programs, and job training services to the local homeless and disadvantaged population.

EUGENE, OR - May 2, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX Broker software has been integrated onto the website of Jason Crouch, making him the latest real estate broker to adopt the innovative IDX, Inc. affiliated technology. Crouch now hosts thousands of detailed property listings on his website, thanks in part to his IDX solution, which extracts raw listing data directly from the Austin MLS (ACTRIS), of which Crouch is a member. IDX Broker syncs the ACTRIS database and the website of Crouch in an effort to make the online real estate search monumentally easier for home seekers around Austin, Texas. Buyers can experience an online property search like none other, thanks to Crouch and IDX Broker.

Des Plaines, IL - May 2, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Spring is in the air, and homeowners are starting to plan their dream home remodeling projects. To commemorate May as National Home Improvement Month, the National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI) offers homeowners a few words of advice for getting the most value out of your remodeling investment

May 2, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- This week in Sacramento, the banking committees of both houses considered two bills designed to mitigate the effects of California's foreclosure crisis, and both failed in hearing rooms packed with supporters. Both bills, however, will be re-heard next week

EUGENE, OR - May 2, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Internet Data Exchanged (IDX) technology has now been integrated onto the website of real estate broker Grant Howell, with his adoption of the IDX, Inc. premier IDX Broker software. Thousands of North Texas Real Estate Information Services (NTREIS) listings are seamlessly extracted from the database and displayed directly on the website Howell hosts. Home seekers can now experience an unprecedented level of freedom and control over the beginning steps of their online real estate search, thanks to the IDX enabled website of Howell.

MORRISTOWN, N.J - May 2, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- When Eldon and Fern Priestley toured one of the penthouse residences at 40 Park in downtown Morristown they knew it was the perfect change for them. The Priestleys were getting tired of maintaining their large home in Mendham and they wanted more time to travel the world. In addition, they saw that they could change the style of their home without sacrificing much living space

Washington, D.C. - May 2, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The American Institute of Architects (AIA) today issued the following statement on the storm disaster in the southern and central United States, to be attributed to Clark Manus, FAIA, 2011 President of the AIA:“On behalf of the AIA, and the AIA’s national Disaster Assistance Task Force, I want to extend our concern, thoughts and prayers to people affected by the devastating storms in Alabama and throughout the South and Central U.S.

Circa 1915 Soap Factory Converted into New Condominium Development. New York, NY - May 2, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Halstead Property Development Marketing today announced the launch of sales at Kirkman Lofts, a new residential condominium in DUMBO, Brooklyn.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 2, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- David H. Stevens, President and CEO of the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), today announced the appointment of Marcia M. Davies as his Chief of Staff, effective immediately.

Scottsdale, AZ - May 2, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- You can view all short sales, bank owned homes, short sales, and REO properties for sale for free by going to http://www.nicholasmcconnell.com then click property search. There, you can search by price range, zip code, school district, square footage, number of bedroom, number of bathrooms, and much more for free.

NORFOLK, VA - May 2, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- For Rent Media Solutions™, a leading resource for apartment searches nationwide and operator of ForRent.com®, a division of Dominion Enterprises, today announced an exclusive partnership with VaultWare, an online marketing and leasing solution provider for the multifamily housing industry. The integration between For Rent Media Solutions and VaultWare’s free website solution, VaultWare Places, will provide most existing For Rent customers with a free of charge, self-service website beginning May 2, 2011. The launch markets to receive their free website will be Columbus, Kansas City, San Diego and San Francisco.