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MENLO PARK, CA - August 31, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- RW Zukin Corporation is pleased to announce that multifamily industry veterans Robert C. Talbott and Scott F. Mencaccy have acquired the 46-year-old Bay Area real estate services firm. RW Zukin specializes in property management, asset management and investment management, primarily in the San Francisco Bay Area, Monterey County and Sacramento area, and currently manages nearly 2,000 units with a combined value in excess of $400 million. Prior to his partnership with Thompson | Dorfman Partners, LLC, Talbott was the former senior vice president of operations and property management for Essex Property Trust. Mencaccy was the former president of Pinnacle Realty Management Company's west region

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Phuket, Thailand: - August 29, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- As Phuket Boat Lagoon continues to be almost always full to capacity, its owners have been looking across the water to Krabi to increase the number of yacht berths that they can offer.

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August 26, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Montgomery County today launched the Residential Energy Efficiency Rebate Program that will provide incentives of up to $3,000 to owner occupants of single family homes and condominiums who make new energy effic...

WESTBURY, N.Y. - August 26, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- A private New York City-based company has acquired 1600 Stewart Avenue, a 220,000-square-foot office building. Cushman & Wakefield, Inc.'s Metropolitan Area Capital Markets Group (CMG) represented the undisclosed seller and procured the buyer.

Miami, FL - August 26, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Supporting increased confidence in the market, Domus Group, a Latin American investor purchased 1818 Meridian Avenue in Miami Beach, Florida. Calum Weaver who co-chairs the CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) Multi-Housing Private Capital Group in South Florida negotiated the $2.7 million sale transaction on behalf of the seller.

Miami, FL - August 26, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Federated Companies, a leading national real estate investment and development firm, is pleased to announce that Gerard Yetming has joined the firm as Vice President of Capital Markets. Mr. Yetming has more than 11 years of experience in commercial real estate with a focus on sales and finance, and is responsible for managing the company's acquisition, disposition, and financing activities.

New York, NY - August 24, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- PCCP, LLC announced today it has provided a $23.75 million senior loan to Bala Cynwyd, PA-based Keystone Property Group. The loan facilitated the recapitalization of a five-building Class A office complex totaling just over 228,000 square feet within Sentry Park West in Blue Bell, PA (suburban Philadelphia). Keystone Property Group acquired the property in 2004. Located at 1777 Sentry Parkway West, the asset is situated near two major thoroughfares, the Pennsylvania Turnpike and Interstate 476

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Los Angeles, CA - August 18, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- HGA Architects and Engineers (HGA) has hired Joey A. Kragelund, AIA, as associate vice president and principal of Healthcare Design in the Los Angeles office. He will focus on client relations and new business development for HGA’s growing Healthcare Practice Group

ALISO VIEJO, CA - August 18, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- CT Realty Investors Inc. (www.ctrinvestors.com) has acquired the Dowling Orchard Business Park which includes two new state-of-the-art industrial warehouse buildings totaling 572,143 square feet as well as 30 acres of land entitled for another 611,000-square-foot building. The property is located at 520 Fourth St. and 415 Nicholas Rd. in Beaumont, Calif.

Newport Beach, CA - August 18, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Determined to dispose of residual REO properties and close the books on the third quarter, Columbia Bank, a Pacific Northwest community bank, has employed the auction marketing experts at the LFC Group of Companies to sell over $17M worth of REO properties on the Freedom Realty Exchange (FRE.com) by September 1st.

August 17, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The amount contractors pay for construction materials and charge for completed projects both increased in July, as firms were finally able to charge more for work, according to an analysis of producer price index figures released today by the Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials said, however, that it was too early to tell whether contractors will continue to be able to raise prices in the face of declining public sector investments in construction.

New York, NY - August 17, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Faris Lee Investments, the nation’s largest retail-specialized investment sales and advisory firm, along with Faris Lee Capital, has completed the $18 million recapitalization of a 200,000-square-foot retail center in Normal, IL on behalf of the owner, The Dial Companies, a large Midwest developer. Built in 2007, the center’s anchor tenants include Schnucks Grocery and a 14-screen Starplex Theater. The center is currently 70 percent occupied and has 12 outparcels available for future sale, lease or development

West Hartford, CT - August 15, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Connecticut Real Estate Investors Association, or CT REIA, in association with Alan Cowgill, is announcing a one-day seminar for real estate investors in Connecticut. This event will take place on Saturday August 27, 2011 from 9:00am to 3:00pm, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel on 100 Berlin Road in Cromwell, CT.

COLUMBIA, S.C. - August 12, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- South Carolina REALTORS® (SCR) President Rusty Garrett will join Governor Nikki Haley and other business leaders at Daniel Island Real Estate on Monday, August 15 at 10:30 am for a ceremonial bill...

NEWARK, NJ - August 12, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Sens. Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ) today announced that the City of Camden, Union County and Union Township will receive more than $11,513,236 million in federal funding for community development, emergency homeless shelters, housing assistance and supportive services for persons with HIV/AIDS, and to expand access to affordable housing for low-and moderate-income families.

LOS ANGELES, CA - August 12, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Charles Dunn Company, one of the largest full-service regional real estate firms in the Western United States, has completed the $7.95 million sale of a single tenant NNN-leased property occupied by CVS Pharmacy. The building totals 12,900 square feet and is located at 14426 Palmdale Road in Victorville, Calif.

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LOS ANGELES, CA - August 10, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Charles Dunn Company, one of the largest full-service regional real estate firms in the Western United States, has completed the $4.22 million sale of an 18-unit multifamily property that was built in 2002 and is located at 821 Wilcox Ave. in Los Angeles.

New York, NY - August 3, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Paramount Group, Inc., New York’s largest privately held international real estate investment and management firm, has recapitalized a 49 percent interest in its 1633 Broadway office tower. Affiliates of Morgan Stanley and Bank of America have exited the partnership and have been replaced by affiliates of Beacon Capital Partners, LLC and Paramount Group Real Estate Fund IV. SL Green Realty Corp. (NYSE:SLG) acquired a preferred equity interest as well. Paramount Group Real Estate Fund I retains its 51 percent controlling interest in the 2.5 million- square-foot Class A office tower where Paramount Group is headquartered. The prestigious tenant roster includes, Allianz, Time Warner, Deloitte LLP, Morgan Stanley, Dickstein Shapiro and Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Freedman LLP

Irvine, CA - August 2, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Faris Lee Investments, the nation’s largest retail investment advisory firm, has completed the $6.6 million sale of a NNN leased, single-tenant, 30,000 square foot property occupied by Best Buy loc...

West Hartford, CT - August 2, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Connecticut Real Estate Investors Association, or CT REIA, in association with Alan Cowgill, is announcing the CT REIA August 2011 monthly real estate investors meeting. This event will take place on Monday August 15, 2011 from 5:30pm to 9:00pm, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel on 100 Berlin Road in Cromwell, CT. Attendees are urged to show up on time and take advantage of the early bird workshop.

West Hartford, CT - August 1, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) CT REIA & Alan Cowgill presents an All Day Weekend Seminar: How To Find All The Money You Need To Invest In Properties August 27, 2011 - 9am to 3pm Crowne Plaza Hotel. 100 Berlin Road. Cromwell, CT

Miami, FL - July 29, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- DCT Industrial Trust, Inc. purchased 14.68 acres of land from Jacksonville-based, Everbank, for $6,260,000. The two parcel property had a staged closing with the first phase occurring July 19. The second phase is slated to close by year end. DCT Industrial plans to develop industrial distribution space for lease. The site is located in the Doral/Airport submarket.

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Phoenix, AX - July 29, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Although office net absorption in Phoenix remains negative year to date, the local economic recovery gained traction in the second quarter. Businesses added 14,900 positions locally, a 0.9% staffing boost, in the past six months, compared to a nationwide increase of 757,000 jobs, or 0.6%. Improvements have been greatest in the Valley’s healthcare and leisure and hospitality sectors, with white-collar industries dampening overall growth through the first quarter of 2011. Nevertheless, Phoenix white-collar employers rebounded in the most recent quarter. Local office-using employment sectors augmented payrolls by an estimated 2,800 workers, a 0.7% quarterly gain, mirroring the healthy white-collar improvements that have been recorded nationally. Recent hiring announcements from companies including Safelite, Humana, Yelp and Easy Energy Systems Inc. support projections for a sturdy, albeit late, white-collar recovery through year end, helping to stabilize space demand. U.S. emp loyment will increase by a projected 1.65 million jobs in 2011, including to 39,000 positions in Phoenix, a 2.3% marketwide gain. Local white-collar sectors are anticipated to hire 5,600 workers, growth of 1.3%.

CHICAGO, IL - July 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels today reported that the volume of hotel investment transactions that closed in the Americas market in the first six months of 2011 reached $7.4 billion—a robust increase of approximately 180 percent on the same prior-year period. The numbers represent preliminary totals from Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels’ Hotel Investment Highlights Americas report due to be released later this month. The firm’s research tracks hotel asset transactions in excess of $10 million, and excludes note sales, recapitalizations and foreclosures.

ST. PAUL, MI - July 26, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- USDA Rural Development State Director Colleen Landkamer announced recently that applications are being accepted for grants to help low- and very-low-income rural residents repair their homes.