| Delora's Daughter | | San Diego Voice: Survival in San Diego - My colleague Kelly Bennett is allowing me to drop in to Survival for a moment to direct you to some interesting bits of information. | | 10/6/2008 8:26:48 AM |
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| Aguirre May Put City's Suit on Hold | | San Diego Voice: Survival in San Diego - City Attorney Mike Aguirre called the settlement struck between 11 states' attorneys general and Countrywide Financial Corp. "a bit of good news for the San Diegans who were victimized" by predatory lending practices of the lender, now owned by Bank of America, in a press conference this morning. | | 10/6/2008 5:18:22 AM |
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| GREEN LEDE | Green Building News from CoStar | | Commercial Real Estate News from CoStar Group - Welcome to Green Lede, a CoStar feature column by sustainability reporter Andrew Burr examining green building and its impact on commercial real estate, politics and the environment.
Oct. 6, 2008
Attracting Crowds, CAS Unveils a Spectacle on its Roof... | | 10/6/2008 4:03:33 AM |
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| CoStar's Retail News Roundup: Oct. 5 to 11, 2008 | | Commercial Real Estate News from CoStar Group - This week in the Retail Roundup, CoStar reports on expansions or new concepts at Kohl's and Saladworks; new retail developments in NC, PA, CA, TX, NV and IL; acquisition, merger, loan or sale activity at Sembler and Cole Companies, Wells Fargo and Wachovia... | | 10/6/2008 2:16:24 AM |
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| BofA Settles Deceptive Lending Suit | | San Diego Voice: Survival in San Diego - Bank of America has agreed to modify thousands of mortgages in 11 states as part of a settlement worth more than $8.4 billion in a suit challenging the practices of Countrywide Financial Corp., which the giant bank acquired in July. California Attorney General Jerry Brown and officials from 11 states have sued Countrywide over deceptive lending practices they say placed borrowers in such risky loans they had little chance of avoiding foreclosure. | | 10/6/2008 12:42:08 AM |
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| How Much for 'General Malcontent?' | | San Diego Voice: Survival in San Diego - I just came across the donation page on the website of the Grantville Action Group, the group fighting redevelopment in Grantville. The group's raising money for its legal challenge to the settlement. I found a couple of these donor categories funny, though some appear to need a run through the spell-check: | | 10/3/2008 9:12:17 AM |
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| Watch List (Sept. 28-Oct. 4): Tishman Speyer/Blackrock Deal Downgraded | | Commercial Real Estate News from CoStar Group - In this week’s issue:
$5.4 billion multifamily purchase slow to meet expectations.
GE to cut real estate holdings by $10 billion.
Hotel demand falling, supply increasing.
SWFs expected to increase CRE spending.
Plus, we give you one bonus item and... | | 10/2/2008 3:05:07 AM |
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| Under Contract (Sept. 28-Oct. 4): On Again, Off Again | | Commercial Real Estate News from CoStar Group - In this week’s issue:
AIMCO's stop and go sales.
Plus we give you the latest properties Under Contract in: Fremont, Sacramento, Santa Monica and Walnut Creek, CA; Denver, CO; Schaumburg, IL; Silver Spring, MD; Tecumseh, MI; Eden Prairie, MN; St. Charles... | | 10/2/2008 3:04:24 AM |
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| Property Finance (Sept. 28-Oct. 4): Bank Consortium Backs Forest City DC Project | | Commercial Real Estate News from CoStar Group - In this week's issue:
Forest City lines up construction financing for DC project.
Plus we give you new property finance deals and a valuable leads list of lenders funding office acquisitions and loans maturing in the next 12 months in: Los Angeles,... | | 10/2/2008 3:03:22 AM |
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| Updated: Closures & Layoffs (Sept. 28-Oct. 4): HP + EDS = -13,000 | | Commercial Real Estate News from CoStar Group - In this week's issue:
HP to layoff 13,000 in EDS merger.
Hanesbrands stripping U.S. operations.
Lydall consolidating to North Carolina.
Plus we report on company closures and layoffs in: California, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Mississippi, New Jersey... | | 10/2/2008 3:02:38 AM |
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