Posts Tagged ‘Albany’

AECOM Awarded $163 Million in Task Orders to Support U.S. Military

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

AECOM Technology Corporation a leading provider of professional technical and management support services for government and commercial clients around the world, announced today that it has won its first three task orders for Contract Field Teams (CFT), which are valued at $163 million.
The CFT contract is an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract with the U.S [...]

New look planned for proposed hotel on Tacoma’s old brewery site

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

The developers of a proposed 160-room hotel on the site of Tacoma’s old Columbia-Heidelberg Brewery say they’re redesigning the hotel after its preliminary design failed to impress historic preservationists on a city board.
Han Kim, principal at Seattle’s Hotel Concepts, said Monday that he’s hired Albany, Ore., architect Don Johnson to modify the initial design to [...]

Unfair tax code awaits courage of Legislature

Friday, March 9th, 2007

Just because they can, developers are building things that look like houses, cost as much as houses, have some advantages over houses but get taxed at a much lower rate. That helps the developers, who can use the tax advantage as a selling point, and the people who buy these dwellings, known as condominiums, save [...]

Apartment rents up nearly 11 percent

Saturday, February 24th, 2007

Apartment rents in six northern Alameda County cities went up an average of 10.9 percent last year due to strong job growth and a shortage of apartments, according to a survey released Wednesday by a property owners group.
Rents for all types of apartments in Alameda, Albany, Berkeley, Emeryville, Oakland and Piedmont averaged $1,142 last year, [...]

Cole Group buys Moreau apartment complex for $5.8M

Saturday, February 24th, 2007

English Village Apartments, a 111-unit complex in Moreau, N.Y., has been purchased for $5.8 million by a New Jersey commercial real estate investment firm that is boosting its portfolio of apartment complexes in the Albany, N.Y., region.
Cole Group Realty LLC closed on the purchase Jan. 10, according to Joel Zbar, an executive at Sterling [...]

First Albany Companies Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter Earnings Conference Call - February 20, 2007

Saturday, February 10th, 2007

First Albany Companies Inc. will release fourth quarter results before market opening on Tuesday, February 20, 2007. Management will then discuss the results on a conference call at 10:00 A.M., EST. To participate on the call, please dial 800.896.8445 and request the First Albany earnings call. A recording of the call will be available [...]

MBIA Paying $75 Million in Deal: Sources

Sunday, January 28th, 2007

MBIA Corp., a large insurer of municipal bonds, has agreed to pay $75 million to settle an investigation by federal and New York state authorities into its accounting for a 1998 transaction, people familiar with the matter said Friday.
The individuals, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the settlement hasn’t been announced, confirmed a report [...]

Hotel deal still faces hurdles

Monday, January 1st, 2007

It survived a bitter battle between mayor and council.
It dodged a threatened veto. It’s pushing past a wave of public dissent and a renewed effort to kill it by one-third of the Macon City Council.
So far, Macon’s convention center hotel deal has survived a federal lawsuit over the accuracy of a consultant report that was [...]

Woods, Els chip in expertise for resort near Nassau

Monday, November 27th, 2006

Orlando-based Tavistock Group and world-famous golfers Tiger Woods and Ernie Els are teaming up for the development of Albany Golf & Beach Club near Nassau in the Bahamas.
Els is designing an 18-hole golf course for the development, which will include a megayacht marina, a racquet center, fitness center, and equestrian center and full concierge services.
A [...]

Woods, Els get approval for resort development

Friday, November 10th, 2006

Tiger Woods and Ernie Els gained approval Thursday from Bahamian officials for a luxury resort they’re helping finance along with a group led by a British billionaire.
The $1.3 billion private residential community, planned for an exclusive corner of New Providence island, will include an 18-hole championship golf course designed by Els, Woods said in a [...]

Bahamas Approves Resort Development Financed by Golfers Tiger Woods, Ernie Els

Friday, November 10th, 2006

Golf legends Tiger Woods and Ernie Els on Thursday won approval from Bahamian officials for a luxury resort they are helping to finance along with a group led by a British billionaire.
The US$1.3 billion (euro1.02 billion) private residential community, planned for an exclusive corner of New Providence island, will include an 18-hole championship golf course [...]