Archive for July, 2007

Japan: Condo union to ask for better TV reception

A national federation of condo management associations will ask the central government to help cover the cost of ensuring adequate reception of terrestrial digital broadcasting services, which have been blocked by condos and other high-rise buildings, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.
The federation estimates that reception at about 1 million households will be affected by 2011, [...]

Monday, July 23rd, 2007 In Condo, Real Estate Tags: , , , , ,

Washtenaw home and condo sales plunge

In the first half of 2007, home and condo sales in Washtenaw County fell nearly 16 percent compared to the same period in 2006 - the largest midyear sales drop in at least seven years, statistics show.
“The inventory of homes is still very large and getting larger, in my opinion,” said Timm Williams, an [...]

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First international mid-market hotel brand to open in Makkah

The Rezidor Hotel Group will bring its fresh and energetic mid-market brand Park Inn to the holy city of Makkah in Q1-2009: The Al Diyafa Park Inn Makkah will be in the Al Zahir area approximately three kilometres from the Haram, the mosque of the prophet. It adds 221 rooms to the Rezidor portfolio – [...]

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Quinlan Private eyes MWB hotel units-paper

Irish property investor Quinlan Private is interested in buying the hotel operating business Malmaison and Hotel du Vin from property firm Marylebone Warwick Balfour Group Plc, the Sunday Telegraph reported.
Quinlan Private was not immediately available for comment.
MWB said on Friday that it had started talks over a possible sale of the businesses, adding that [...]

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Number of condo units added most in a decade

Condominiums and apartments saw the largest single year of growth in more than a decade in 2006.
The number of apartments and condos in Richland and Lexington counties exploded, with 2,799 new units compared with 781 the previous year — the greatest amount of activity since 1984, according to the Central Midlands Council of Governments.
And this [...]

Sunday, July 15th, 2007 In Condo, Real Estate Tags: , , , , , ,

Home Apparently Purchased From Mayoral Campaign Contributor

Questions surrounding a Telemundo newscaster’s relationship with the Los Angeles mayor are focusing on the woman’s Studio City condominium, KNBC reported.
Apparently, the man who sold a condominium to newscaster Mirthala Salinas was also a campaign contributor to Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, according to KNBC.
The condo was purchased from Steve Bullock, who donated $1,000 to [...]

Sunday, July 15th, 2007 In Condo, Real Estate Tags: , , , , , , , ,

Developer lays out condo plans for blighted Mesa neighborhood

A Phoenix developer who prides himself on redeveloping blighted properties filed plans with Mesa’s Planning and Zoning Department to build a 61-unit condominium development on property once considered among Mesa’s most blighted areas.
Steve Villarreal of South Vista Homes Inc. leveled a decrepit hospital and nursing home at 715 N. Country Club Drive that had been [...]

Sunday, July 15th, 2007 In Condo, Real Estate Tags: , , , , , ,

Groundbreaking condo project was a tall order

Jimmy Moses and Rett Tucker were full of nervous energy and boyish excitement at their office on the third floor of the Arkansas Capital Commerce Center as they anticipated the last month before the ownership of the 300 Third Tower was turned over to them.
Eighty-four of the 98 condos were under contract to sell - [...]

Sunday, July 15th, 2007 In Condo, Real Estate Tags: , , ,

Downtown high-rise condo project approved

The city of Sacramento’s Planning Commission on Thursday approved a 25-story condo project at the southwest corner of 11th and J streets.
Although the city has yet to approve one architectural element of the building — a spire — the approval means that developers St. Anton Investors LLC and the Cordano family could proceed if [...]

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Condo fee at closing legalized under bill

What started out as litigation here is now legislation in Trenton that will limit but also legalize a standard practice of charging an upfront fee to condominium buyers.
The bill, which has passed both chambers of the Legislature and is now on the governor’s desk, will allow condominium associations, only through their master deed or bylaws, [...]

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Condo replicates a landmark home up to the turret

This city is proud of its history, so when the landmark 1880 George Perkins house burned down in 1995, the citizenry bemoaned the loss. To the rescue came a developer with a plan for a new three-unit condo building that would replicate the Victoria/French Academy-style mansion. Along the way, Geoffrey H. Richon Co. took over [...]

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Liberty Forge plans housing, resort hotel

Owners of Liberty Forge recreation complex in Lower Allen Township unveiled plans Monday for a resort community built around the golf course.
Plans for the Villages of Liberty Forge include 582 condominiums, a 200-bed resort hotel and a 100-bed nursing home with the 18-hole executive length golf course remaining as the centerpiece of the project.
The design, [...]

Sunday, July 8th, 2007 In Hotel, Real Estate Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , ,