Archive for November, 2007

MotorCity Casino Hotel opens this afternoon

In a reasonably low-key ceremony at 3 p.m. today, MotorCity Casino and local government officials will officially open the casino’s new 400-room luxury hotel.
The hotel is part of the casino’s permanent facility, being built on and around their existing complex at Grand River and the Lodge. The high rollers area and poker room were renovated [...]

Thursday, November 29th, 2007 In Hotel Tags: , , ,

Median home sale price remains steady in borough

Keith Nowalk has had two houses on the market in Plum for a few years.
One house originally was listed at just under $500,000 and the other is listed close to $65,000. He can’t seem to sell either house. He’s cut the more expensive price by $150,000 over the last three years and moved a [...]

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Utah real estate ‘healthy’

The summary of a 2008 nationwide real estate forecast is sprinkled with fearsome words: “greater downside risk,” “repricing environment,” “vulture-oriented investing,” “retrench,” “ebbing tenant demand,” “tapped-out consumers.”
But speakers at a meeting Tuesday about the “Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2008″ report said Utah has a hard-charging economy and demographics that will insulate it from a [...]

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Monte Carlo Travel Market

The Monte Carlo Travel Market opened its doors to Professional Buyers and Individual Clientele for the 3rd time on the 12th-13th-14th January 2007. Likewise to the previous edition, the exclusive event characterized by its very personalized concept took place in the Grimaldi ForumÕs 4,500 sqm Espace Ravel and counted more than 11,500 Individual Clients. Results [...]

Thursday, November 29th, 2007 In Travel Tags: ,

Barratt starts greenest house ever built in Britain

Barratt Developments PLC, Britain’s best-known homebuilder, began construction on the first home, which is so environmentally friendly that it would meet the criteria for zero stamp duty. The Barratt ‘Green House’, designed by architects Gaunt Francis, is situated on the BRE Innovation Park at Watford. The zero carbon house will meet the highest level six [...]

Thursday, November 1st, 2007 In Real Estate Tags: ,

Bovis Homes acquires Elite Homes

Bovis Homes Group PLC has acquired Elite Homes Group Limited from its existing directors and related trusts for a cash consideration of £25.7 million, plus assumption of £46.2 million of net debt.
Elite Homes Group Limited is a homebuilder based in the north of England, with operations across the North West and Yorkshire. For the year [...]

Thursday, November 1st, 2007 In Real Estate Tags: ,

Acciona Real Estate unveils properties in Warsaw

Acciona Real Estate unveiled its properties in Warsaw at the recent Targi Mieszkaniowe Tabelaofert, one of Poland’s leading property fairs. At the fair, which was held on 6 and 7 October, Acciona Real Estate presented the fourth phase of its Iskra project, where it has just begun construction. It also unveiled its new development in [...]

Thursday, November 1st, 2007 In Real Estate Tags: , , , , , ,