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Sunday, 29 April 2012
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Friday, 27 April 2012
Equitable Building going back on the market - Memphis Business Journal:
, the recently appointed receiver of the foreclosec office building indowntown Atlanta, is said to be talkingb to several brokerage firms vying to market the 33-storyu tower. Lincoln is expected to name a brokerage firm within the next week to help sell thelandmarjk building, also known as 100 Peachtree. and CB . are amonb the finalists. Marketing the building is a sought-aftetr assignment in the sluggish commercial realestatr market. For months, the lack of financingy for real estate transactions hasstifled Atlanta’s investmenyt sales activity. “It’s one owner that is definitelgy intenton selling,” one investment sales brokerd said on condition of anonymity.
The Equitable Building’w recent sale to 100 Peachtree St. Atlanta LLC, an affiliate of , markec the city’s first significant commercial foreclosurein years. which foreclosed upon the 33-story bought it for $29.5 However, its value may be lowe than that, investment sales brokers Equitable is only 39percent And, its previous owner, , was unabl e to finance tenant Equitable has also been overshadowed in the downtown markeg by the success of class A assetd such as One Ninety One Peachtree, and older buildingw including the Peachtree Center towers.
San Diego-based Equastone paid about $57 millionb to acquire Equitablein but, as the owner struggledc to raise occupancy, the tower’d value plummeted to $42 million by early 2009. Equastone received 90 percent financing from Capmar toacquire Equitable. Plans to stabilizer the building’s occupancy and turn it into an income-producinv asset never materialized amid the worst commerciaol real estate crisis in20 years. movinbg to new digs. Parsons Inc. has signedc a new lease for almost 26,500 square feet at Royalp Peachtree Corners in Parsons has been housed at Lakeside at Spaldinyg Triangle forseveral years. Parsons is a 65-year-old engineerinvg and construction firm.
The which posted $3.4 billion in revenue last year, has at leastf 11,500 employees worldwide. Its lease at TPA Realty’es Royal Peachtree Corners bringsthe 238,000-square-foot business park to 93 percent leased. Glenn Dyke and Kevibn Carroll of CB Richard Ellis represented Bryan Heller, with TPA Realty Services, represented ownership. The nearly six-year lease was valued at about $2.5 excluding concessions. On the move. Scott Perryt has recently joined LLC aftetr being with CBRichard Ellis’ Atlanta office.
Wednesday, 25 April 2012
BioMarin: Genzyme virus problem won
Genzyme (NASDAQ: GENZ) found a virus strain and stopped production of two drugse atthe Allston, Mass., facility. The strain, Vesivirue 2117, apparently does not causwe human infection but interrupts the growth of cells that are used to make Aldurazyme — a treatment for MPS I, a rare and fata disease caused by an enzyme deficiency — was last filled at the Genzyme facilitu in September 2008, accordingf to BioMarin (NASDAQ: The company has about 10 monthsz of vialed inventory on hand, it said, and uses a secon fill finish supplier. A third suppliefr is expected to be qualified later this BioMarin said. BioMarin makes the bulk material used in Aldurazymed at itsNovato facility.
The Food and Drug Administratio hadinspected Genzyme’s plant in September and Octoberr and reportedly was concerned about controls to protec against contamination.
Tuesday, 24 April 2012
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Sunday, 22 April 2012
Cape Town's Stunning Beauty And Deep History - Huffington Post (blog)
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Friday, 20 April 2012
Equitable Building auctioned for $30M - Dallas Business Journal:
The new owner, , an affiliate of Capmark boughtthe 33-story tower for $29.5 million, said attorneyh William Rothschild, with law firm . Sutherlande was representing the lender, , whicj was foreclosing on the Equitable Capmark was the only bidder on Equitable as most commercial real estateobservers expected. Equitable'a former owner, San Diego-based , paid about $57 millionm to acquire the buildingin 2007, but its values plummeted to $42 million by early 2009.
Equaston e received 90 percent financing from Capmark to acquire but plans to stabilizethe building's occupancy and turn it into an income-producintg asset never materialized amid the worstr commercial real estate crisis in 20 The tower -- designed by renowned architectural firm -- has remained about half occupied this year. is managing and leasing the building. It's expectefd to court the Fulton Countypublic defender’s office, which is seeking at least a 50,000-square-foot lease downtown.
The public defender'a office was looking at the Equitable Building, but the financiapl crisis facing the tower helped derail the Rothschild was assisted in the transactionby Sutherland's Jasonn Kirkham.
Wednesday, 18 April 2012
Current TV to Hire Gavin Newsom, California's Lieutenant Governor - New York Times (blog)
New York Times (blog) | Current TV to Hire Gavin Newsom, California's Lieutenant Governor New York Times (blog) By BRIAN STELTER Ramin Talaie/Bloomberg NewsGavin Newsom, lieutenant governor of California and new Current TV talk show host. 12:13 pm | Updated Gavin Newsom, the lieutenant governor of California, is getting a second job: as a talk show host o n ... The Gavin Newsom Show: California Lieutenant Governor Scores Current TV Gig California Lieutenant Governor Newsom gets Current TV show Calif. Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom gets Current TV gig |

