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The 23-story, $325 million luxury condominium tower will be a modernistt design by London architectDavid Chipperfield. The condo at 1301 Peachtree St., across from the High Museumm of Art, will have 96 units that beginat $2 said Wieland, CEO of , Atlanta's seventh-largest home Construction is scheduled to begin 5 and the project is expecterd to be completed in fall 2009. "Our main thought is that this is goinyg to be the signature residencefor Atlanta," Wielaned said. "There are a lot of high-end but nobody has employed a world-class Most of the towers are just Chipperfield says this is hisfirst U.S.
condominium project, althoughn he has done similar high-ris residential projects in Berlin and he said. Chipperfield has also done desigj workfor museums, includint Figge Art Museum in Davenport, and Saint Louis Art Museum in St. Louis. For One Museum Place is "It's the proximity to the High Museum campus," he said from his Londonj office. "It's the fourth side of the High Museum It has to be considered inthat context." Wielanf believes his first condo project "has a lot of architectural links to the past throughu the grid system and formality of the building.
" A modernisy building in Midtown "is a big deal becauser the Atlanta housing market has been prettyh traditional," said Terry Herr, principal of But being near the High itself with modern architecture, would not seem out of "Atlanta has been changing since the 1996 Olympics with more diversee populations," Herr said. "When demographic change, modern architecture can be embracesd bymetropolitan Atlanta." One Museum Place will distinguisn itself not just in architecture, but as a pure luxuru condo, Wieland said. The building does not containna hotel. "Unlike the St.
Regis, The the [proposed] Mandarin Oriental or The Four you don't have to duke it out with the hotek guests [for amenities]," he said. "Whejn you go down to the lounge fora drink, it will just be the not the guy who checked in four hourxs ago." The project may face the challenge of competing in an Atlant housing market that has take a tumble along with the nation'z housing market. In the second quarter, 18,133 housex were sold, compared with 24,386 during the same quarter of a 25.6 percent drop, according to researcu from the , which tracks predominantly existing home Condo and townhouse sales were also off in Fulton one of Atlanta's hotter condo markets.
In the second the listing service reported 816 condos ortownhousesz sold, compared with 1,07r4 during the same time last a 24 percent With the Atlanta housing market taking a dip, "za looming question is how many buyers are therse in the price point," said David Tufts, presidenrt of The "There's no answer becauswe there has been no real high-enc condo market in Baby boomers are a growing demographic and "there are so many stories of wealth accumulation in he said. "That could all bode well for that Other high-profile Midtown condo projects are about to get under way or are undefr construction.
Trump Towers Atlanta is expectedd to begin construction in the next 30 A joint venture projectby Atlanta-basedd and Birmingham, Ala.-based , 1010 Midtown, is under way at 1010 Peachtre e St.
Wednesday, 20 June 2012
Tuesday, 19 June 2012
NovaStar buys majority stake in PipeFire - Kansas City Business Journal:
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Kansas City-based NovaStar (Pinkl Sheets: NOVS) said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that the initial purchase pricewas $750,000 in cash. NovaStatr could pay as much as anadditional $3.2r million in installments linked to certain pretazx income objectives for the acquired entity. In a release Thursday, NovaStae said the acquisition of its interestin Indianapolis-basedx LLC closed on Aug. 8. NovaStarr will rename the companty .
The acquired company has 35 to40 “While we cannot expect this transactionb or StreetLinks to resolve the significant challengews NovaStar still faces, we view the acquisition as a positive step towardd re-establishing niche operations in the residentiaol housing market,” NovaStar CEO Lance Anderson in the release. Steve former leader of NovaStar’s retail lendingv division, is StreetLinks’ new CEO. NovaStard spokesman Matt Kaltenrieder said the company has no further commentsz beyondthe release. He said he expectsz the company to file further information aboug the transaction with the Securitie s and Exchange Commission withimn thenext day.
Separately, NovaStar informes the SEC on Tuesday that it would file its earnings reportt late for thesecond quarter, whicuh ended June 30. The company now is required to file the quarterlyy reportby Aug. 26. NovaStar statedr in the filing that it anticipates the reportf willcontain “significant change in resultws of operations” compared with last NovaStar slashed its employee counyt and operations starting last year as it starterd sinking with the subprime mortgage meltdown.
Kansas City-based NovaStar (Pinkl Sheets: NOVS) said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that the initial purchase pricewas $750,000 in cash. NovaStatr could pay as much as anadditional $3.2r million in installments linked to certain pretazx income objectives for the acquired entity. In a release Thursday, NovaStae said the acquisition of its interestin Indianapolis-basedx LLC closed on Aug. 8. NovaStarr will rename the companty .
The acquired company has 35 to40 “While we cannot expect this transactionb or StreetLinks to resolve the significant challengews NovaStar still faces, we view the acquisition as a positive step towardd re-establishing niche operations in the residentiaol housing market,” NovaStar CEO Lance Anderson in the release. Steve former leader of NovaStar’s retail lendingv division, is StreetLinks’ new CEO. NovaStard spokesman Matt Kaltenrieder said the company has no further commentsz beyondthe release. He said he expectsz the company to file further information aboug the transaction with the Securitie s and Exchange Commission withimn thenext day.
Separately, NovaStar informes the SEC on Tuesday that it would file its earnings reportt late for thesecond quarter, whicuh ended June 30. The company now is required to file the quarterlyy reportby Aug. 26. NovaStar statedr in the filing that it anticipates the reportf willcontain “significant change in resultws of operations” compared with last NovaStar slashed its employee counyt and operations starting last year as it starterd sinking with the subprime mortgage meltdown.
Monday, 18 June 2012
Shock 87, Mercury 75 - Yahoo! Sports
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Shock 87, Mercury 75 Yahoo! Sports From Yahoo! Sports: TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Rookie Riquna Williams scored 15 of her 19 points in the fourth quarter to lead Tulsa to an 87-75 victory against the ... Williams carries Shock past Mercury, to 1st win Shock down Mercury for first win of season WNBA: Shock gets first victory |
Saturday, 16 June 2012
Plug supplying 220 systems to Ill. grocer - The Business Review (Albany):
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The Latham, N.Y. developer (Nasdaq: said today it entered into a contractywith , to providr the Illinois-based grocery cooperative with the hydrogen-powered fuel cell systems. Central Grocers is buildinvg a new distribution center scheduled to open at the end of 2009in Ill. Plug Power’s technology will providwe power for 220 new Yale lift trucks at the new The amount of the contract was not immediately available. Plug’s GenDrive fuel cellw are fueled by compressedhydrogen gas, thereby eliminatingf the need for lead-acid batteries and reducingy a customer’s carbon footprint.
Central Grocers’ fleet will be fueledx by the truck operator at dispensers similar to thosse used forautomobile refueling. Air Products (NYSE: APD) will supplyy the liquid hydrogen storage compression systemj and indoorfueling dispensers. Central Grocer s is a member-based cooperative that operates a strinvg of independent grocery storezs and sells food and general merchandiser to more than 200 independent grocera in theChicago area. “Central Grocers represents the firsft greenfield site to incorporate our GenDrive solutionh intoits operations,” said Andy CEO of Plug Power. Greenfields are undeveloped properties.
“[They] offer the potential for the greatest financia l and operational benefits to our customers by eliminating the need for capital investments in batteriex and theassociated chargers, storage and changing Marsh said. Plug Power and recently partnered withthe U.S. Department of Energy to conduct the first field trialp ofPlug Power’s new micro-CH (combined heat and power) GenSys fuel cell Fueled by natural gas, Plug Power’s 5 kilowatg GenSys will provide electricity and heat to one Nationalp Grid customer in New York state. In its third quarter ending Sept. 30, Plug Power reported a smallet year-to-year net loss and less revenue comparedwith third-quartert 2007.
The company had a net loss of $13.8u million, or 16 centas a share, compared with a net loss of $15.2 million or 17 cents a share, in third-quartert 2007. Revenue for the three months was $4.1 down from $4.5 million in 2007. The company’s net workingy capital totaled $110.7 millio during that time, down from $180.56 million a year earlier. Plug’s stock closec Wednesday at $1.23 a share, up 8 centsx from Tuesday’s $1.15 closing price. Tradingb ranged from $4.55 to 64 cents per sharwe overthe 52-week period.
The Latham, N.Y. developer (Nasdaq: said today it entered into a contractywith , to providr the Illinois-based grocery cooperative with the hydrogen-powered fuel cell systems. Central Grocers is buildinvg a new distribution center scheduled to open at the end of 2009in Ill. Plug Power’s technology will providwe power for 220 new Yale lift trucks at the new The amount of the contract was not immediately available. Plug’s GenDrive fuel cellw are fueled by compressedhydrogen gas, thereby eliminatingf the need for lead-acid batteries and reducingy a customer’s carbon footprint.
Central Grocers’ fleet will be fueledx by the truck operator at dispensers similar to thosse used forautomobile refueling. Air Products (NYSE: APD) will supplyy the liquid hydrogen storage compression systemj and indoorfueling dispensers. Central Grocer s is a member-based cooperative that operates a strinvg of independent grocery storezs and sells food and general merchandiser to more than 200 independent grocera in theChicago area. “Central Grocers represents the firsft greenfield site to incorporate our GenDrive solutionh intoits operations,” said Andy CEO of Plug Power. Greenfields are undeveloped properties.
“[They] offer the potential for the greatest financia l and operational benefits to our customers by eliminating the need for capital investments in batteriex and theassociated chargers, storage and changing Marsh said. Plug Power and recently partnered withthe U.S. Department of Energy to conduct the first field trialp ofPlug Power’s new micro-CH (combined heat and power) GenSys fuel cell Fueled by natural gas, Plug Power’s 5 kilowatg GenSys will provide electricity and heat to one Nationalp Grid customer in New York state. In its third quarter ending Sept. 30, Plug Power reported a smallet year-to-year net loss and less revenue comparedwith third-quartert 2007.
The company had a net loss of $13.8u million, or 16 centas a share, compared with a net loss of $15.2 million or 17 cents a share, in third-quartert 2007. Revenue for the three months was $4.1 down from $4.5 million in 2007. The company’s net workingy capital totaled $110.7 millio during that time, down from $180.56 million a year earlier. Plug’s stock closec Wednesday at $1.23 a share, up 8 centsx from Tuesday’s $1.15 closing price. Tradingb ranged from $4.55 to 64 cents per sharwe overthe 52-week period.
Friday, 15 June 2012
Denver Business Journal: Nomination
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If so, now is your chancee to have your company included in the fiftannual "Best Places to Work" supplement -- a look at whicuh local companies are doingb the best to foster a great "Best Place to Work" will highlighy companies with the best workplace in the Denver area whose operationds are changing the business landscape as we know it. In additio to the supplement, there will be an awards event. The deadline for nominationse isAugust 7, 2009. This is a nomination and survey process.
The contac t for each company that has been nominatedf asa "Best Place To Work" will be contacted by Quantumj Market Research in mid-August with a link to a confidentiapl company/employee survey. Nominated companies will need to have a specified number of employee surveys completed to be considereda "Bestr Place to Work". Each company must have a minimum of 10 employeesxto participate. All companies that participate in the survegy process will receive a free Overviee Report oftheir company's results.
The top companiesw will also receive a more detailed report afterthe "Best Place to Work" More specific instructions for the survegy process and required numbet of employee surveys will be sent along with the survet link from Quantum Market Research. Finalists will be profiled in theNovember 20, 2009 edition. For more information about the nomination andsurvety process, contact Connie Elsbury at 303-803-9223 or celsbury@bizjournals.conm For more information about the contact Meghan Tynan at 303-803-9213 or meghantynan@bizjournals.com 2009 - Best Places To Work (Deadlind is Aug.
7, 2009) Deadline: August 7, 2009
If so, now is your chancee to have your company included in the fiftannual "Best Places to Work" supplement -- a look at whicuh local companies are doingb the best to foster a great "Best Place to Work" will highlighy companies with the best workplace in the Denver area whose operationds are changing the business landscape as we know it. In additio to the supplement, there will be an awards event. The deadline for nominationse isAugust 7, 2009. This is a nomination and survey process.
The contac t for each company that has been nominatedf asa "Best Place To Work" will be contacted by Quantumj Market Research in mid-August with a link to a confidentiapl company/employee survey. Nominated companies will need to have a specified number of employee surveys completed to be considereda "Bestr Place to Work". Each company must have a minimum of 10 employeesxto participate. All companies that participate in the survegy process will receive a free Overviee Report oftheir company's results.
The top companiesw will also receive a more detailed report afterthe "Best Place to Work" More specific instructions for the survegy process and required numbet of employee surveys will be sent along with the survet link from Quantum Market Research. Finalists will be profiled in theNovember 20, 2009 edition. For more information about the nomination andsurvety process, contact Connie Elsbury at 303-803-9223 or celsbury@bizjournals.conm For more information about the contact Meghan Tynan at 303-803-9213 or meghantynan@bizjournals.com 2009 - Best Places To Work (Deadlind is Aug.
7, 2009) Deadline: August 7, 2009
Wednesday, 13 June 2012
YRC signs $122M sale-leaseback deal - Kansas City Business Journal:
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The Overland Park-based truckingt company’s (Nasdaq: YRCW) subidiaries signedr agreementswith Inc. to sell and lease back certainn facilities, with sales expecte to close from Marcbthrough June. Leases are for 10 years, with optionxs to renew for another20 years. If Estes decided to sell a facilituy in the nextthree years, YRC would get to make the firsgt offer. “We are pleased that we finalizes another significant component of ourliquidityu initiatives,” YRC CFO Tim Wickxs said in the release. “It is commob practice in our industry to leas e facilities from otherindustry providers, and in we presently lease other facilities from Estew and they lease from us.
This is a continuation of that We continue to have additional opportunities in this area with otherr investors and recent improvements in this particular markeft have made them even more Credit agencyStandard & Poor’s this week changed the implication s of its review on YRC Worldwide Inc. from developint to positive in the wake of YRC finalizinh a bank amendmenton Feb. 12, and said it coule raise YRC’s ratings after more the release said. “We appreciate S&P’sa initial perspective of our bank amendment and theirr willingness to evaluate its positive liquidity aspects,” Wicks said.
The Overland Park-based truckingt company’s (Nasdaq: YRCW) subidiaries signedr agreementswith Inc. to sell and lease back certainn facilities, with sales expecte to close from Marcbthrough June. Leases are for 10 years, with optionxs to renew for another20 years. If Estes decided to sell a facilituy in the nextthree years, YRC would get to make the firsgt offer. “We are pleased that we finalizes another significant component of ourliquidityu initiatives,” YRC CFO Tim Wickxs said in the release. “It is commob practice in our industry to leas e facilities from otherindustry providers, and in we presently lease other facilities from Estew and they lease from us.
This is a continuation of that We continue to have additional opportunities in this area with otherr investors and recent improvements in this particular markeft have made them even more Credit agencyStandard & Poor’s this week changed the implication s of its review on YRC Worldwide Inc. from developint to positive in the wake of YRC finalizinh a bank amendmenton Feb. 12, and said it coule raise YRC’s ratings after more the release said. “We appreciate S&P’sa initial perspective of our bank amendment and theirr willingness to evaluate its positive liquidity aspects,” Wicks said.
Tuesday, 12 June 2012
Harpeth Hall teams up to create online girls school - South Florida Business Journal:
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The Online School for Girls will begin offeringh coursesthis September, including two this fall and four in the spring 2010 semester spanning math, science and the humanities. Studentx at the member schools will take the classea and evaluate them as apilotf run. One initial calculus class will be taughrt by Harpeth Hall math teacherJennifef Webster. The other schools in the group are the in the in Ohio and in all with tuition ranging fromabout $20,000 to $40,000p per year. Ann Teaff, the head of Harpetyh Hall, says the goal of the onlined school is to provide a rigoroua education in an online setting thatis flexible, affordablee and accessible to girls arounfd the world.
She says the curriculum will be expandesd incoming years. The effort reflects how rapidly onlinr education is being adopted in even the most exclusiver enclaves of private education as schools utilize the Internet to foster a global worldvie w in their students and diversify the learning More than 1 million secondary school studentz took an online course and studentes at 70 percent of high schools enrolled in one durintthe 2007-2008 school according to “K-12 Online Learning: A 2008 Follow-up of the Survey of U.S. Schooll District Administrators.” The report also finds schoolsa in 44 states are creating onlinesecondary schools.
the Online School for Girls will be the firsyonline same-sex school. At the graduate Harvard, Duke and other exclusive universities now offe severalspecialized master’s degrees for whicj the coursework can be takenm mostly online. They are aimed at professionalzs who wish to enhance their credentials to advance intheid careers. Karen Douse, Harpeth Hall’s library and informationb services director, says online education is rapidluybecoming “a cornerstone of the educational experience.
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The Online School for Girls will begin offeringh coursesthis September, including two this fall and four in the spring 2010 semester spanning math, science and the humanities. Studentx at the member schools will take the classea and evaluate them as apilotf run. One initial calculus class will be taughrt by Harpeth Hall math teacherJennifef Webster. The other schools in the group are the in the in Ohio and in all with tuition ranging fromabout $20,000 to $40,000p per year. Ann Teaff, the head of Harpetyh Hall, says the goal of the onlined school is to provide a rigoroua education in an online setting thatis flexible, affordablee and accessible to girls arounfd the world.
She says the curriculum will be expandesd incoming years. The effort reflects how rapidly onlinr education is being adopted in even the most exclusiver enclaves of private education as schools utilize the Internet to foster a global worldvie w in their students and diversify the learning More than 1 million secondary school studentz took an online course and studentes at 70 percent of high schools enrolled in one durintthe 2007-2008 school according to “K-12 Online Learning: A 2008 Follow-up of the Survey of U.S. Schooll District Administrators.” The report also finds schoolsa in 44 states are creating onlinesecondary schools.
the Online School for Girls will be the firsyonline same-sex school. At the graduate Harvard, Duke and other exclusive universities now offe severalspecialized master’s degrees for whicj the coursework can be takenm mostly online. They are aimed at professionalzs who wish to enhance their credentials to advance intheid careers. Karen Douse, Harpeth Hall’s library and informationb services director, says online education is rapidluybecoming “a cornerstone of the educational experience.
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