300 wait for Downtown lofts

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Strong demand for apartments in the Pittsburgh area has translated into a 300-person waiting list for 46 loft apartments at Millcraft Industries Inc.'s Market Square Place development Downtown.
The surge in interest at Millcraft's $40.3 million project at the edge of Market Square is further evidence that people are attracted to Downtown living, Lucas Piatt, executive vice president of the Washington, Pa.-based development firm, said Tuesday.
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Committee Appointed to Revise UCSD Alcohol Policy

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A committee assembled in December by Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Penny Rue — composed of student and department representatives — met for the first time on Feb. 10 to review and provide reccomendations for the revision of UCSD’s alcohol policy, first composed in 1987 and later revised in 2003.
Recent difficulties in planning and promoting campus events have called into question the relevance of current regulations, particularly Read more...

Retail real estate investment offers attractive alternative

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February 20, 2009 | 02:35 PM
Lexington, Ky. – Phil Holoubek has always been committed to a diversity of investments – stocks, bonds and real estate. And in this economy, with volatility in each of those markets, he's always seeking alternative investments. Holoubek, president of Lexington's Real Estate Company (LRC), has put a new real estate investment firm – Viking Partners – in his sights.
The firm is the joining of forces of two experienced Read more...

Keep records of extra mortgage payments

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I did this at the end of 2008, but didn't know whether it should go under an extra payment or payment on the principal. I paid it on the principal because otherwise it wouldn't show up until January as a payment.
I called the mortgage company and could not get a straight answer from them. I was told I could do it either way, which was not helpful.
Did I do the right thing by paying the extra payment on the principal? I was setting up our payments Read more...

Family sees new 'Horizon' in home

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The couple, parents of young sons Jordan, age 6, and Andrew, age 4, spent a full year looking at resale homes and foreclosures. Finally, their real estate agent took them to Pardee Homes' Horizon in the Eldorado planned community of North Las Vegas.
"We were amazed at what we could get at Horizon, where we were able to purchase not just a home -- our dream home -- for a little bit more than we were preparing to spend on a resale or foreclosed home Read more...

Drop, Drop, Drop•••

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There was a time a few years ago when you could throw a dart at a ZIP code map of the Las Vegas Valley and be guaranteed to hit an area where home values are going up.
Now you’d need a marksman’s aim to pinpoint ZIP code 89146, a small, mature neighborhood bounded by Charleston Boulevard to the north, Spring Mountain Road to the south, Decatur Boulevard to the east and Rainbow Boulevard to the west.
It was the only one of 58 local ZIP Read more...

Matrix Development Group Announces Wyngate Stimulus Plan

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$8,000
Cash Back From Developer, Coupled With the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act's
$8,000
CRANBURY, N.J.
,
Feb. 19
/PRNewswire/ -- Matrix Development Group, one of the Northeast's most active and well-regarded real estate investment and development companies, has announced that they will be offering their own stimulus plan of
$8,000
for homebuyers at Wyngate Townhome Development, located in
.
$8,000
Wyngate Stimulus Credit, Read more...

Downtown renaissance

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Published: February 20, 2009
We live in challenging times. It is truly remarkable that in the last 10 months, 26 new businesses moved into a 5-block radius of the Downtown Historic District.
The pioneer spirit that built this city has returned to rebuild it. Private investment downtown is peaking in the millions of dollars.
With this investment comes a huge financial return to the city of Dothan. Local construction companies are working downtown Read more...

Everyone’sa Winner…

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February 18, 2009
The number of winners extends well beyond those who were honored February 12 at Main Street Delaware’s seventh Downtown Revitalization and Community Awards celebration.
“Everyone who lives, works, or shops in Delaware benefits from efforts to improve the city’s historic downtown,” says
, president of Main Street Delaware.
The awards ceremony, held at The Strand Theatre, honored the following businesses and individuals Read more...

Fuente Triangle earmarks P5 billion for “City Loft”

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CEBU, Philippines - J. King and Sons Inc. subsidiary Fuente Triangle Realty Development will invest P5 billion for a new dormitory-condo-tel brand in Cebu to be called the "City Loft."
In a briefing held Tuesday, Fuente Triangle vice president for sales and marketing Jose Ma. H. Gianzon, announced that aside from pushing its close to 400 available condominium units offered by Club Ultima Residences, and Crown Regency chain of hotels and condotel Read more...