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Boston, MA - August 1, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- International law firm Nixon Peabody LLP announces that its clients Rogerson Communities and Greater Boston Chinese Golden Age Center have announced plans to commence construction on a $30 million affordable housing development in Boston’s Chinatown neighborhood. The groundbreaking for the eight-floor, 100,000-square-foot building, which will include 74 new apartments for low-income elderly, is scheduled for August 4, 2011.

WASHINGTON, DC - August 1, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Spitzer Enterprises along with managing agent, Cushman & Wakefield, Inc., a global commercial real estate brokerage and management firm, aligned with CQI Associates, LLC, a Columbia, Maryland-based energy and environmental management consulting firm, to earn LEED Gold, established by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) for 2001 K Street, NW in Washington, DC. The management team and tenants celebrated with a special certification presentation by the USGBC on Thursday, July 21.

ANAHEIM, CA - August 1, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Vision Awards for outstanding service in the world of community association management were presented to 15 California professionals last night. Presented by the California Association of Community Managers (www.cacm.org) at the association’s annual statewide Expo and Conference at the Disneyland Hotel and Convention Center in Anaheim, Calif., the awards were given to professionals from around the state for their outstanding expertise in homeowners association management. California is home to nearly 49,000 homeowners associations.

BARNEGAT, NJ - August 1, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- For generations, the American Dream has been synonymous with homeownership. Today, however, with the stress on housing markets, some Americans are redefining that dream, finding they don’t have to buy to live well.

BRISTOL, PA - August 1, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- National Honey Almond, Inc., a wholesale distributor of fine cigars and a long-term client of commercial real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield, Inc., has acquired a new headquarters propert...

Improvements in blue-collar industries account for a significant share of Phoenix economic growth in 2011, despite choppy early year hiring. Total metro employment grew by 0.9%, or 14,900 positions. Manual-trade payrolls, in contrast, expanded by a healthy-1.1% year to date with the addition of 3,800 workers. The Valley’s manufacturing sector notched the most hires, adding 2,500 employees and offsetting the combined loss of 700 construction and transportation and utilities personnel through the second quarter. Moreover, major expansions by companies such as Federal Express, First Solar and Easy Energy Systems Inc. will boost the economy and leasing in the near term. Through the extended outlook, sales tax legislation may push more companies like Amazon to relocate from California to Arizona, further supporting industrial space demand. Although international and domestic concerns could dampen growth in the second half, the economic recovery is expected to gain momentum. Metr owide staffing levels will increase by a projected 39,000 positions, or 2.3%, in 2011, while blue-collar industries will add 12,500 workers, a 3.7% increase. National payrolls will rise by 1.65 million positions, or 1.3%

Torrance, CA - August 1, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mountain Real Estate Capital (MREC) announces the acquisition of Village III within the Riverwalk Vista master plan in Riverside, Calif. MREC acquired the asset directly from Bank of the West and will be retaining Artisan Communities to complete the remaining development work and ultimately build out the project. The transaction closed June 28; its value could not be disclosed.

MILFORD, CT - August 1, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Total Mortgage Services, LLC, a leading mortgage lender, announced today it is expanding its product lineup by offering the Guaranteed Rural Housing Loan Program insured by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) through its Rural Development program. A USDA home loan is guaranteed by The Guaranteed Rural Housing Loan Program and is offered through the Rural Housing Service, an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and provides low and moderate?income rural residents to access to more affordable housing finance options

EUGENE, OR - August 1, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. and Dennis Nottingham have united to present Indiana home seekers with a unique online real estate solution on the Advanced Realty search page. Nottingham has employed IDX Broker software on h...

Destin, FL - August 1, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- A shake up has developed in the best real estate markets forecast for the year by Housing Predictor as cities that appeared to be developing stronger markets decline, and others move into full-fledged housing recoveries. Many cities in the U.S. are sustaining the blow of a generation in terms of home prices, but there are markets that are strengthening.

West Hartford, CT - August 1, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) CT REIA & Alan Cowgill presents an All Day Weekend Seminar: How To Find All The Money You Need To Invest In Properties August 27, 2011 - 9am to 3pm Crowne Plaza Hotel. 100 Berlin Road. Cromwell, CT

EUGENE, OR - August 1, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. and Denise Cote have joined forces to revolutionize the way Arizona home seekers search for properties online, by adding the innovative IDX Broker software to the website Cote hosts. As a member of the Arizona Regional MLS (ARMLS), Cote has long had access to the detailed property listings through their professional database. Now, with her IDX enabled search page, clients of Cote receive the same levels of access that was once reserved only for real estate agents and brokers, conveniently on her website. Her customizable IDX solution gives Cote and her clients more freedom and access to the ARMLS listings than ever before available online.

July 29, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The $12 million sale price for Long Point in Rumson, N.J., has secured Kelly Zaccaro’s place in the annals of real estate history. On the heels of four continuous months of improving national home sale numbers, Zaccaro, a veteran sales associate with the Rumson office of Gloria Nilson, REALTORS®, Real Living – the leading high-end real estate brokerage in central New Jersey – recently closed the single largest residential real estate transaction in the history of Rumson.

San Antonio, TX - July 29, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Republic Core Fund, an affiliate of USAA Real Estate Company, RXR Realty and Broadway Partners today announced the recapitalization of 340 Madison Avenue, an approximately 750,000-square-foot Class A office building located in Midtown Manhattan’s Grand Central submarket.

Washington, DC - July 29, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The following is a statement by National Association of Realtors® President Ron Phipps. “The National Association of Realtors®, on behalf of its 1.1 million members, their clients and customers, and the nation’s 75 million homeowners, urges Congress to resolve the mounting debt ceiling crisis before the August 2 deadline.

Los Angeles, CA - July 29, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Los Angeles County Assessor John R. Noguez today announced the 2011 Assessment Roll reflecting a 1.49 percent increase in value, ending two years of decline and producing a property roll of more than a trillion dollars for Los Angeles County. The $1,105,742,244,670 gross total property roll is $16.2 billion greater than last year.

Miami, FL - July 29, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- DCT Industrial Trust, Inc. purchased 14.68 acres of land from Jacksonville-based, Everbank, for $6,260,000. The two parcel property had a staged closing with the first phase occurring July 19. The second phase is slated to close by year end. DCT Industrial plans to develop industrial distribution space for lease. The site is located in the Doral/Airport submarket.

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Torrance, CA - July 29, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates, one of the largest national commercial real estate providers with regional expertise, welcomes three commercial real estate experts to the Newport Beach office. With more than 15 years of combined experience, Judd Hietbrink, Wyatt Prichard and Justin Wegnes specialize in industrial and office brokerage.

OXNARD, CA - July 29, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates-LA North/Ventura, Inc. Principals John Ochoa, SIOR, and Grant Harris and Vice President David Kim transacted a 15,510-square-foot office lease that will bring the first Laurus College campus to Ventura County.