OSG America L.P. the largest operator of U.S. Flag product carriers and ocean-going barges transporting refined petroleum products, today reported financial results for the three and nine month period ended September 30, 2008.
For the quarter ended September 30, 2008, time charter equivalent (TCE)1 revenues were $63.7 million, up 6% from $59.9 million from the quarter [...]

Traveling more than 3,000 miles is a big trip for anyone, but imagine doing it as Harry, a three-inch tall praying mantis.
Harry, the star resident of New Orleans’ newly opened Audubon Insectarium, will begin a three-week journey Oct. 31 when he hits the road for his educational tour titled Harry’s Big Adventure.
The trip, presented by [...]

The residential real estate market in the Sarasota-Bradenton region, according to market analysts, began to overheat in late 2004 and 2005, and still continues to struggle because of the upsurge of speculative inventory created during that time frame. However, many say the positive news is that the market steadily reduced the level of finished vacant [...]

Option One, the mortgage subsidiary of H & R Block said in a corporate bulletin on Aug. 3 that it will not accept mortgage submissions secured by condominiums in Florida.
It cut a break to some existing mortgage holders, while tightening regulations and requirements for new borrowers in other states.
Any three-year adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs) [...]

The national and the local apartment vacancy rates, far apart in recent years, are much closer now.
Reis, Inc. (AMEX: WRP) a New York-based research firm, said the nation’s average apartment vacancy was 5.8 percent as of the end of the second quarter, down from 6 percent during the first three months of 2007 –reportedly the [...]

A new concept, upscale hotel is coming to Saxony Corporate Campus.
Choice Hotels International and Ceres Enterprises plan a Cambria Suites, a new brand, at 13500 Tegler Drive, just off I-69 Exit 10 in Noblesville. The four-story hotel would have 130 suites.
Heather Soule, manager of corporate communications for Choice Hotels, which franchises the brand, said construction [...]

Bern’s Family of Legends’ newest venture will be The Epicurean Hotel, a 75-room condominium hotel across the street from Bern’s Steak House on South Howard Avenue in Tampa. The name was announced Sunday at the Bern’s Winefest, an annual event that attracts possible hotel guests.
Urban Studio Architects, Smith & Associates Real Estate and Coral Hospitality [...]

A state senator joined representatives and lawyers for three dozen condominium associations Thursday in accusing the state’s largest private market condo insurer of engaging in an organized plan to deny hurricane claims.
”This is institutionalized bad faith,” said Sen. Jeff Atwater, R-North Palm Beach of the insurer, Australia-based QBE Group and its representatives, Florida Intercoastal Underwriters, [...]

OwnerRelations Technology has completed integration of its Owner Accounting and Owner Relations Web site solution with roomMaster 2000, a premier property management system developed and distributed by InnQuest Software.
“This is a great system for us to be working with,” said Frank Franchini, president of Owner Relations Technology. “InnQuest Software’s support has been excellent, and the [...]

Live and own right here. Walk anywhere you need to be. Look out on Tampa’s skyline every night from your downtown home.
It’s a pitch one can see all over downtown on banners for SkyPoint, Element and other burgeoning developments.
It’s a pitch that has young professionals finally buying that Tampa can provide an upscale, urban lifestyle.
It’s [...]

Tampa, Florida - Downtown Tampa is a city in the midst of an evolution. The goal: to turn this mainly business district into a more residential and retail destination.
While some projects are clearly selling, it’s not a clear cut success for every venture.
Mayor Pam Iorio admits the Trump Towers is stalled, hitting one snag after [...]

American Mortgage Acceptance Company (”AMAC” or the “Company”) announced that the Company revised its Adjusted Funds from Operations (”AFFO”) per share guidance for 2006 to a range of $1.08 to $1.13. AMAC previously issued AFFO per share guidance in a range of $3.00 to $3.20.
“The reduction in AMAC’s expected 2006 AFFO per share is [...]