Tuesday, August 30, 2011
A&B increases ownership at Kauai development - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):
The company (NYSE: ALEX), through its subsidiary KDC, LLC, and , the company’sa co-developer at Kukuiula, will collectively invest $165 million over the next threer years to finish the recreational amenitiese at the luxury home development just outside The 18-hole Tom Weiskopf championship golf resident club, restaurant, golf clubhouse and spa are schedulesd to be completed by the end of 2010. The recessio n has slowed vacation home and lot sales to a trickl e andin A&B's most recent quarterlyg report, filed May 5, it said the compan y "has very modest expectations of residential unit sale for the coming year.
" While A&B didn'ft say why it was increasing its stake, its Ariz-based partner is clearly undetr financial pressure because of the real estatr meltdown, which has hit Arizona especially hard. “The original vision for Kauai’ ‘Living Garden’ continues to be said Stanley Kuriyama, president of Alexander & Baldwin, in a statement. “Thids new opportunity to invest strengthens our partnershiowith DMB, and importantly allows us to completwe our resort amenities and continue to move forward with the entirde project, while building long-term valude at Kukuiula.
By increasing our ownershipp and investment inthe project, A&B also reinforce s its long-standing commitment to Hawaii and to the residents of This investment allows for the completionm of what we believe will trulu be one of Hawaii’s outstanding resort communities, and will positionj us to capture rising buyet demand as the economyg and real estate marketsw recover.” Shares of Alexander & Baldwin closed down 1 percent on Wednesday
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Essex County officials monitor Hurricane Irene's approach up East Coast - The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com | Essex County officials monitor Hurricane Irene's approach up East Coast The Star-Ledger - NJ.com By David Giambusso/The Star-Ledger Steve Hockstein/For The Star-LedgerEssex County Executive Joe DiVincenzo (left) and Sheriff Armando Fontoura (right) check in with Detective Helena Oliviera in the Emergency Operations Center Communications Center in ... |
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Electro Rent Closes Acquisition of Equipment Management Technology, Inc. - MarketWatch (press release)
Electro Rent Closes Acquisition of Equipment Management Technology, Inc. MarketWatch (press release) Electro Rent said it plans to immediately transfer EMT's equipment to Southern California, fully integrate its operations and convert its management information function to Electro Rent's proprietary software system. "The acquisition of EMT will ... |
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
49ers trade S Taylor Mays to Bengals - USA Today (blog)
TSN | 49ers trade S Taylor Mays to Bengals USA Today (blog) The 49ers have given up on S Taylor Mays despite spending a second-round draft pick on him little more than a year ago. Mays was dealt to the Cincinnati Bengals on Tuesday for an undisclosed future draft selection. ... Bengals get safety Taylor Mays from 49ers for draft pick The Taylor Mays Trade and the 49ers Front Office Niners End the Taylor Mays Experiment |
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Gellerstedt sees opportunity in recession - Washington Business Journal:
"We're beginning to see banks slowly acknowledgew their real estate problems and pushthesew through," Gellerstedt said Friday. "You may see some [trade] as low as 20 centw on the dollar... This is going to be a slow but it is also going to presentunprecedentede opportunities." Gellerstedt, a graduate, was speaking at the Atlantaq chapter's UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School Alumnio breakfast. The event, held at 'as 3344 Peachtree tower, drew about 90 people.
who is replacing the retirinfTom Bell, said investors are putting their money behinrd real estate investment trusts so the development companies have the capitalk to buy distressed assets, notiny that REITS have raised about $13 billion in the stocj market this year. "They're not interestedx in earnings. They want liquidity for the nextthrer years," he said. "They want us to have the powertto purchase." Cousins (NYSE: CUZ) will not face any serious debt maturities until 2012, he said.
Its relativelyg healthy liquidity could putthe Atlanta-based developer in a stronbg position as other prominent real estate companies try to pull themselvees out from under mountains of debt -- a problemk created primarily by the easy access to credit in recentf years, buying assets at the top of the market and the subsequenyt crash in property values. But Cousins hasn't made it througn the market unscathed.
It has struggleds to sell high-end condos in Buckhead, where its 32-story 10 Terminus Place was one of 35 condominiuj projects in an area of the city knowmn for expensive homes and luxury Ten Terminus, completed in 2008, has 137 The market is affecting high-end units at other projects, includinvg John Williams' The Mansion on Peachtree and Regent Sovereign at 3344 Peachtree. "There’s just no market for Gellerstedt said. Cousins is also tryinf to fillits 25-story Terminus 200 office building, which has one mobile banking technology firm . Firethorn is leasingb two floors. Three other buildings still undef construction in Buckhead haveno tenants.
Gellerstedt said, offers an examples of "the runaway credit markets." In the months followinh the spate of bank failures thatclaimed , the markets shut "Now," Gellerstedt said, "I see some of that fear and panic
Friday, August 19, 2011
Feeders Supply Co. honored at trade show - Business First of Louisville:
More than 13,000 people attended the show, which had more than 1,0009 exhibitors, according to Chicago-based H.H. Backer Associate Inc., which organized the Feeders Supply Co. was foundedr as a livestock dealerd in 1959 byRoy Gibson. In 1987, the company openeds its first store, which offered pet foodsa and otherpet products. Roy Gibson's Pam Gibson Longwell, now serves as CEO of Louisville-based Feedersx Supply Co. "We had a terrific growth year with our sales of Old Mother Hubbard and this was their way of thanking Longwell said.
"We are always trying to providrsomething that's a littlew bit different and stay ahead of the curve with and that's the company we have been doinfg it with." Old Mother Hubbard manufacturex the Wellness brand of natural pet |
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Jones Graduate School gets new name - Houston Business Journal:
Previously the school was calle d theJesse H. Jones Graduate School of In conjunction with thename change, the school will createw a new logo that incorporates the Rice Universitty name and shield. Through research, the graduatee school said it found that most top MBA programas used theterm “business” rather than and that people performing online searchea to find the school were using the term “business.
” “Thw update in the Jones School’sa name and graphic identity bettee reflects our association with Rice University and provides clearer brandinhg for the Jones School’s excitin programs and initiatives,” Bill Glick, dean of the Jonews School, said in a statement. “Everyone alreadh knows us as a business The ‘business’ designation in our new name bettert captures the breadth of our current In addition, a new Web site will launch in August. Othed changes for the school includre adding a weekendMBA program.