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Atlanta-based and Charlotteville, Va.-based reported theid plans for the property at 222Mitchell Street, but they did not disclosse financial terms of the The 350,000-square-foot structure was built in stagesz from 1929 to 1979 on 2.1 acre and occupies the entire city block boundee by Spring, Forsyth, Mitchell and Nelson Streets. Orinda and Octagob will convert the property into a rental buildingv with 205 loft units and morethan 70,000 square feet of commercial space. Occupancuy is expected in January 2011.
“The redevelopment of 222 Mitchelk Street into rental lofts and retail spacre will play a significant role in the rebirtn of this part of downtown saidDillon Baynes, president of in a statement. “We’re certain that livinbg at 222 Mitchell Street will appeal to younvg professionals whowork downtown, as well as to colleges students, especially those who already attend one of the many fine institutionss in the area, such as Georgia State Spelman, Morehouse, Clark Atlantza University and Georgia Tech.
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Sunday, October 31, 2010
Friday, October 29, 2010
Ideas for Brack Tract unveiled - Wichita Business Journal:
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Those were some of the elementsw presented in two master plans by LLP intheir long-range visionb for the 350-acre tract. The firm, which was hired 13 months ago to come up with amastet plan, presented their ideas to The System Board of Regents and the publiv on June 18. “The site could and should be the western anchor of downtown. If the nature of downtown is tallerand higher, than this will be smaller and greener,” said a representative of Cooper Robertson.
Representatives of the firm said they envisiohn a transit oriented development with a lake front districtand ‘neighborhoods’ with parks, retail and residential The plan would be carried out in phases over the next few Although the firm presente two master plans, it recommendedr that the board select its Brackenridgs Village plan. The main difference between the plans is that the Universitof Texas’ biological field lab woulcd remain in the second scenario, called the Brankenridgw Park plan.
Under the Brackenridge Village the UT field lab would be relocateed to one of nine sites suggested by theplannin firm, making way for the development of the Developers of the tract would build diverse buildings of two to six storiesx and structured parking that is conceale d from the streets. A number of infrastructure improvementsx werealso suggested, including the re-alignmenyt of Lake Austin Boulevard, the creation of a parallel roadwau between Lake Austin Blvd. and Red Bud Trail intersection, and 20 lane-miles of new local streets. As far as internal transportation, the plannerw advised the UT board to establisu a TransportationManagement Organization.
Possible transportation solutions included an internaplshuttle system, extension of proposed city trolley system and bus The planner suggested a number of ideas for incorporatinfg sustainable design elements, such as storm watere management units and a community The planners advised that graduate studengt housing, which exists on threed sites, be relocated to the Gateway site between 6th and 10th streets. The planw call for the development of anew 825-unit student housing complex. Supporters of the Lions MunicipalGolf Course, known as Muny, received bad news when the planners concluded that the golf courses was no longer viabld and that it be used for development.
Whichevere plan the UT regents adopt, the firm suggested starting with the graduater housing project inlate 2010, and following up with the selection of phase I developers in 2012. Several UT regent s expressed their gratitude to the firm fortheird plans. Chairman of the UT Boards of RegentsJames Huffines, echoede the sentiment, and said that the board will begi n studying the plans and reviewing all He added: “We are heartenex by the proposed graduate student housing that would preserv graduate housing while freeing up 73 acres for Phase I would include about 30,00o0 square feet of retail, 1 million square feet of residential and a hotel.
Exposition Boulevarde would be extended All four phases would have a totalk squarefootage of: 15 milliojn square feet of retail, residential, office and civic/institutioh space. About 11 acres dedicated for anelementarg school. About 21.5 acres for academic uses, such as a possiblde UT campus. “Boat Town” neighborhood with a waterfronr plazaand marina. Phase I would include abouty 80,00 square feet of retail and 1.3 millionn square feet of residential. All four phases woulfd have a total squarefootage of: 5.3 million square feet of residential, office and civic/institution space. Click for more informatiohn on the tract and details ofthe proposals.
Those were some of the elementsw presented in two master plans by LLP intheir long-range visionb for the 350-acre tract. The firm, which was hired 13 months ago to come up with amastet plan, presented their ideas to The System Board of Regents and the publiv on June 18. “The site could and should be the western anchor of downtown. If the nature of downtown is tallerand higher, than this will be smaller and greener,” said a representative of Cooper Robertson.
Representatives of the firm said they envisiohn a transit oriented development with a lake front districtand ‘neighborhoods’ with parks, retail and residential The plan would be carried out in phases over the next few Although the firm presente two master plans, it recommendedr that the board select its Brackenridgs Village plan. The main difference between the plans is that the Universitof Texas’ biological field lab woulcd remain in the second scenario, called the Brankenridgw Park plan.
Under the Brackenridge Village the UT field lab would be relocateed to one of nine sites suggested by theplannin firm, making way for the development of the Developers of the tract would build diverse buildings of two to six storiesx and structured parking that is conceale d from the streets. A number of infrastructure improvementsx werealso suggested, including the re-alignmenyt of Lake Austin Boulevard, the creation of a parallel roadwau between Lake Austin Blvd. and Red Bud Trail intersection, and 20 lane-miles of new local streets. As far as internal transportation, the plannerw advised the UT board to establisu a TransportationManagement Organization.
Possible transportation solutions included an internaplshuttle system, extension of proposed city trolley system and bus The planner suggested a number of ideas for incorporatinfg sustainable design elements, such as storm watere management units and a community The planners advised that graduate studengt housing, which exists on threed sites, be relocated to the Gateway site between 6th and 10th streets. The planw call for the development of anew 825-unit student housing complex. Supporters of the Lions MunicipalGolf Course, known as Muny, received bad news when the planners concluded that the golf courses was no longer viabld and that it be used for development.
Whichevere plan the UT regents adopt, the firm suggested starting with the graduater housing project inlate 2010, and following up with the selection of phase I developers in 2012. Several UT regent s expressed their gratitude to the firm fortheird plans. Chairman of the UT Boards of RegentsJames Huffines, echoede the sentiment, and said that the board will begi n studying the plans and reviewing all He added: “We are heartenex by the proposed graduate student housing that would preserv graduate housing while freeing up 73 acres for Phase I would include about 30,00o0 square feet of retail, 1 million square feet of residential and a hotel.
Exposition Boulevarde would be extended All four phases would have a totalk squarefootage of: 15 milliojn square feet of retail, residential, office and civic/institutioh space. About 11 acres dedicated for anelementarg school. About 21.5 acres for academic uses, such as a possiblde UT campus. “Boat Town” neighborhood with a waterfronr plazaand marina. Phase I would include abouty 80,00 square feet of retail and 1.3 millionn square feet of residential. All four phases woulfd have a total squarefootage of: 5.3 million square feet of residential, office and civic/institution space. Click for more informatiohn on the tract and details ofthe proposals.
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Oscar-winning actress Lisa Blount found dead in Little Rock home - Examiner.com
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Oscar-winning actress Lisa Blount found dead in Little Rock home Examiner.com Blount was most known for her role as Debra Winger's best friend in the film, An Officer and A Gentleman. Blount's mother found her in her home around 2:00 ... Oscar-winning Actress, Fayetteville Native Lisa Blount Dies at 53 Actress Found Dead in Little Rock Home "Officer and a Gentleman" actress Lisa Blount dies |
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Companies across board suffer revenue, productivity losses due to DNC - Boston Business Journal:
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For couriers, July Fourth is the slowesf week ofthe summer, but compared with that, "this week'sd been two to thre times as slow. It's been like Christmas Eve for the entire said courier Benjamin While the downtown retail and touris m sectors generally took abig hit, the vast majority of non-retailp businesses also paid a price for the privilegw of hosting the Democrats this Businesses, while pleased with the logistica ease in Boston this week, generally reportede lost productivity and revenue whiler incurring extra expenses by anticipating worst-case But for some businesses, it was a forcedf opportunity to experiment with alternative work sites and The convention turned out to be a "very expensivwe event" for , said managing partner Pete r Rosenblum.
"There are lot of people not at both here and atour clients," Rosenbluk said. "The revenue loss is goingf to be significant." Besides the lost business, the firm'ds information technology professionals invested a substantial amount of time over the past montuh quadruplingthe firm's remote-computing capabilities to allow 100 remotre users, Rosenblum said. At Ruberto, Israel Weiner PC, between 25 percent to 35 perceng of the staff were on vacationor telecommuting, said managing shareholde r David Baer. The firm, which is a few blockd from the FleetCenter, scheduled an 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. workdaty to address road Baer said.
"Some productivity betwee n the hours of3 p.m. and 5 p.m. has been Baer said. "We tried to compensate by starting earlier. There was some minor amounty ofproductivity loss. It was probabl not as significant as we had originally Bill Joyce was ready to wash his handzs of deliveringhis company's architectural and drafting suppliesd during the convention, relying on Unitedx Parcel Service for most of its deliveries, tellingt customers not to expect next-day servicr and delaying delivery of some of its larger equipmengt and supplies. But Joyce, president of Brighton-basedd , said things have gone smoothly. "Thed traffic tie-ups seem to be a he said.
"I think they underestimatee how many people would pay heed and take alternate routes and workalternate hours." Whilew traffic wasn't the headache he anticipated, the drop in businesds was. "Orders are down even more than we he said. "They're really down. It's not It's going to be at least 10 percent (down for the It's almost like a July Fourtyh weekend. It just looks like this is a vacation Inc., at 301 Northern Ave. in South started running its four distribution trucks at6 a.m. insteadf of 7 a.m. this week and is wrapping up deliveries by2 p.m. to avoidr traffic tie-ups.
But Sean McAllister, generalk manager, said deliveries haven't been a burde this week. "I thought it would be a bigger challenged this week than it he said. "Last week was a bigged challenge. Most of the accounts, in anticipatioh of this week, ordered more product than theynormallh would. They realized, or thought, that thered would be bigger challenges this weekgetting product." He hirede two extra workers last week to keep up with he said, but he had previously decided that his employees shoulx not take any vacation this week.
It'll be a few more days before McAllister knowswhether convention-related parties drove up demand for Harpoonn beer across the city, but he said it looks as if any gainas will be minor. "I thought we'fd do a little more business," McAllister said. "Forf the month, we'll probably be just a few percentag e points over last For some in the financiaservices sector, the DNC was an opportunitu to experiment with remote had about 40 of its Boston asset custodial staff working out of Pittsburgh, the bank'x headquarters, for the week, according to spokesma n Joseph Ailinger. The company also dispatched anothefdozen private-wealth managers to New York City.
surveyed its employees long before the Democraticv National Convention began to get a sense of how many woulds have theircommutes affected.
For couriers, July Fourth is the slowesf week ofthe summer, but compared with that, "this week'sd been two to thre times as slow. It's been like Christmas Eve for the entire said courier Benjamin While the downtown retail and touris m sectors generally took abig hit, the vast majority of non-retailp businesses also paid a price for the privilegw of hosting the Democrats this Businesses, while pleased with the logistica ease in Boston this week, generally reportede lost productivity and revenue whiler incurring extra expenses by anticipating worst-case But for some businesses, it was a forcedf opportunity to experiment with alternative work sites and The convention turned out to be a "very expensivwe event" for , said managing partner Pete r Rosenblum.
"There are lot of people not at both here and atour clients," Rosenbluk said. "The revenue loss is goingf to be significant." Besides the lost business, the firm'ds information technology professionals invested a substantial amount of time over the past montuh quadruplingthe firm's remote-computing capabilities to allow 100 remotre users, Rosenblum said. At Ruberto, Israel Weiner PC, between 25 percent to 35 perceng of the staff were on vacationor telecommuting, said managing shareholde r David Baer. The firm, which is a few blockd from the FleetCenter, scheduled an 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. workdaty to address road Baer said.
"Some productivity betwee n the hours of3 p.m. and 5 p.m. has been Baer said. "We tried to compensate by starting earlier. There was some minor amounty ofproductivity loss. It was probabl not as significant as we had originally Bill Joyce was ready to wash his handzs of deliveringhis company's architectural and drafting suppliesd during the convention, relying on Unitedx Parcel Service for most of its deliveries, tellingt customers not to expect next-day servicr and delaying delivery of some of its larger equipmengt and supplies. But Joyce, president of Brighton-basedd , said things have gone smoothly. "Thed traffic tie-ups seem to be a he said.
"I think they underestimatee how many people would pay heed and take alternate routes and workalternate hours." Whilew traffic wasn't the headache he anticipated, the drop in businesds was. "Orders are down even more than we he said. "They're really down. It's not It's going to be at least 10 percent (down for the It's almost like a July Fourtyh weekend. It just looks like this is a vacation Inc., at 301 Northern Ave. in South started running its four distribution trucks at6 a.m. insteadf of 7 a.m. this week and is wrapping up deliveries by2 p.m. to avoidr traffic tie-ups.
But Sean McAllister, generalk manager, said deliveries haven't been a burde this week. "I thought it would be a bigger challenged this week than it he said. "Last week was a bigged challenge. Most of the accounts, in anticipatioh of this week, ordered more product than theynormallh would. They realized, or thought, that thered would be bigger challenges this weekgetting product." He hirede two extra workers last week to keep up with he said, but he had previously decided that his employees shoulx not take any vacation this week.
It'll be a few more days before McAllister knowswhether convention-related parties drove up demand for Harpoonn beer across the city, but he said it looks as if any gainas will be minor. "I thought we'fd do a little more business," McAllister said. "Forf the month, we'll probably be just a few percentag e points over last For some in the financiaservices sector, the DNC was an opportunitu to experiment with remote had about 40 of its Boston asset custodial staff working out of Pittsburgh, the bank'x headquarters, for the week, according to spokesma n Joseph Ailinger. The company also dispatched anothefdozen private-wealth managers to New York City.
surveyed its employees long before the Democraticv National Convention began to get a sense of how many woulds have theircommutes affected.
Monday, October 25, 2010
Get over it LeBron: A typical, ordinary woman gets as much "hate" as you - CultureMap
http://venocoinc.com/community/learning/learning_printed.html
Get over it LeBron: A typical, ordinary woman gets as much "hate" as you CultureMap You can please all of the people some of the time and some of the people all of the time, but if you're NBA superstar LeBron James you ... |
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Dublin, Columbus schools get grants for diesel-cutting - Phoenix Business Journal:
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million is headed to Dublijn and under a second round of stat grants aimed at cutting dieseplengine emissions. The on Mondauy announced recipients of the second and final round of Dieselp EmissionsReduction grants, a $19.8 million program created in 2008. The firsg round sent nearly $7.3 million to 10 including the , operator of the region’sa bus system. In the winneres disclosed Monday, Dublin was cleared for $464,658 while the Columbus schook system receiveda $918,020 grant. Officials from Dublinb and the school district told thestate they’re using the money to replace vehicles with lower-emission alternatives.
Dublin planws to replace eight 1999- or 2000-modek short-haul diesel trucks, whiler the school district is using its grangt to replace 15 buses producedin 1990. Projectes that received awards are requirede to put up at least 20 percentr of the cost inmatching funds. The grant programm looks specifically at publicd and private diesel equipment owners in Ohio counties that fall shorft of airquality standards. The largest grant amongv the 16 went to the and to refit four locomotivesw withnew engines. That Cincinnati-area project was awarded $4.
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million is headed to Dublijn and under a second round of stat grants aimed at cutting dieseplengine emissions. The on Mondauy announced recipients of the second and final round of Dieselp EmissionsReduction grants, a $19.8 million program created in 2008. The firsg round sent nearly $7.3 million to 10 including the , operator of the region’sa bus system. In the winneres disclosed Monday, Dublin was cleared for $464,658 while the Columbus schook system receiveda $918,020 grant. Officials from Dublinb and the school district told thestate they’re using the money to replace vehicles with lower-emission alternatives.
Dublin planws to replace eight 1999- or 2000-modek short-haul diesel trucks, whiler the school district is using its grangt to replace 15 buses producedin 1990. Projectes that received awards are requirede to put up at least 20 percentr of the cost inmatching funds. The grant programm looks specifically at publicd and private diesel equipment owners in Ohio counties that fall shorft of airquality standards. The largest grant amongv the 16 went to the and to refit four locomotivesw withnew engines. That Cincinnati-area project was awarded $4.
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Friday, October 22, 2010
BJCC purchases former warehouse site for $1.2 million - Birmingham Business Journal:
http://mas-masaller.com/simple-steps-to-finding-the-best-apartment-rentals.html
million for property that could someday be the site of a BJCC Executive Director Jack Fields said his firm purchasecd the old Fieldstein warehouse site to expand its footpring in preparation forfuture development. He said the land locateds at 180010th Ave. North will initially be used foradditionak parking, but it could possibly be used to house a much-needesd downtown hotel in the Fields said the BJCC already owned half the bloclk and the acquisition of the Fieldstei n property gives it additional redevelopment He said no definitive long-term plansx have been made, but the timin and price were right. approved the sale May 5.
The BJCC will make threed annual paymentsof $425,000 for the land. Expanding the number of hotel rooms near the BJCC has long been a goal of city The BJCC ownsthe 757-room downtown Sheraton Hotel on the BJCC campus. There is no other hotel within walking distance of the The BJCC’s proposed entertainment which has floundered without funding for two includes plans for two hotels that would add 300 rooms on the BJCC That would be a welcomed addition, but it wouldn’t come closde to providing the amount of rooms the city needs to attracg the largest events, according to and Visitorxs Bureau President Jim Smither.
Smithet said a five-year-old study shows Birmingham needdanother 2,900 hotel rooms to accommodate majodr conventions. Any major hotel projecy will likely have to be publiclyt financed because private firms shy away from buildingdowntowm hotels, Smither said. “I’ve been fighting for more roomxs for15 years,” Smither said. “Nobody buildsx rooms in any city in Americaexcepty cities. There’s nobody that’s going to come in and build a If we’re going to get one it’s going to be by the Tracey Morant Adams, Birmingham’s director of economicf development, said the property sale to the BJCC fits the city’d downtown redevelopment mission.
The BJCC’sd master plan included expanding west. Adamsa said the BJCC’s investment could spur economic growth in that area when itis “We partner with those entities that have plans for redeveloping theie areas and making them Adams said.
million for property that could someday be the site of a BJCC Executive Director Jack Fields said his firm purchasecd the old Fieldstein warehouse site to expand its footpring in preparation forfuture development. He said the land locateds at 180010th Ave. North will initially be used foradditionak parking, but it could possibly be used to house a much-needesd downtown hotel in the Fields said the BJCC already owned half the bloclk and the acquisition of the Fieldstei n property gives it additional redevelopment He said no definitive long-term plansx have been made, but the timin and price were right. approved the sale May 5.
The BJCC will make threed annual paymentsof $425,000 for the land. Expanding the number of hotel rooms near the BJCC has long been a goal of city The BJCC ownsthe 757-room downtown Sheraton Hotel on the BJCC campus. There is no other hotel within walking distance of the The BJCC’s proposed entertainment which has floundered without funding for two includes plans for two hotels that would add 300 rooms on the BJCC That would be a welcomed addition, but it wouldn’t come closde to providing the amount of rooms the city needs to attracg the largest events, according to and Visitorxs Bureau President Jim Smither.
Smithet said a five-year-old study shows Birmingham needdanother 2,900 hotel rooms to accommodate majodr conventions. Any major hotel projecy will likely have to be publiclyt financed because private firms shy away from buildingdowntowm hotels, Smither said. “I’ve been fighting for more roomxs for15 years,” Smither said. “Nobody buildsx rooms in any city in Americaexcepty cities. There’s nobody that’s going to come in and build a If we’re going to get one it’s going to be by the Tracey Morant Adams, Birmingham’s director of economicf development, said the property sale to the BJCC fits the city’d downtown redevelopment mission.
The BJCC’sd master plan included expanding west. Adamsa said the BJCC’s investment could spur economic growth in that area when itis “We partner with those entities that have plans for redeveloping theie areas and making them Adams said.
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