Yearly Archives: 2013

New York, NY - February 5, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) today announced a $205,000 award funded through New York State’s Green Jobs-Green New York to Integral Building Design Inc. o...

WASHINGTON, DC - February 5, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) posted the second year of greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions data on its website, which provides public access to emissions data by sector, by greenhouse gas, and by geographic region such as county or state.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 5, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, U.S. Senators Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ) called on the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to make additional resources available to New Jers...

NEW YORK, NY - February 5, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Survivors may not know about disaster help from the U.S. Small Business Administration that could lead to a smarter, faster recovery for businesses, homeowners or private nonprofits. There’s a loa...

MINNEAPOLIS - February 5, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Earlier today in federal court, two mortgage loan officers were sentenced for recruiting straw buyers to purchase properties at inflated prices and then distributing the excess loan funds among thems...

PHOENIX - February 5, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The mortgage crisis that devastated the Arizona economy was made far worse because of misleading financial claims made by Standard & Poor’s, according to a lawsuit filed today, Attorney General Tom...

Greensboro, NC - February 5, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- United Way of Greater Greensboro (UWGG) announces the availability of the Facilitated Self-Assistance free tax preparation sites and online service at local non-profits. Households earning up to $57,000 annually can qualify to get free help preparing their tax return.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 5, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Future Fund at the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia will send three checks next week totalling $58,000 to local nonprofits that provide transitional housing programs for the homele...

Washington, D.C. - February 5, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- HBI, a national leader in career training for the building industry, today announced the appointment of David Pressly, president of Pressly Development Company, Inc. of Statesville, N.C., as chairman of its Board of Trustees.

Atlanta, GA - February 5, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Cushman & Wakefield’s Atlanta office announced today that its Equity Debt & Structured Finance team arranged $78.5 million of acquisition financing for The Keith Corporation Industrial Portfolio on behalf of a joint venture between Schmier & Feurring Properties, Inc., L&J Schmier Management and Investment Company and Independencia Asset Management LLC.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 5, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Good morning – and thank you all for being here. Today, I am joined by Acting Associate Attorney General Tony West; Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division Stuart Delery; United States Attorney Andre Birotté, Jr., for the Central District of California; and attorneys general from six states and the District of Columbia – in announcing the latest steps forward in our ongoing efforts to protect the American people from financial fraud, to hold accountable those who violate our laws and abuse the public trust, and to seek justice for all whose lives were devastated by the recent economic crisis

New York, NY - February 5, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- SL Green Realty Corp (NYSE: SLG) today announced that two new tenants have signed leases covering 42,664 square feet at 521 Fifth Avenue, the 39-story boutique office building conveniently located two blocks from Grand Central Terminal.. These transactions raise occupancy at the 463,000-square-foot building to 98%.

Washington, DC and San Francisco - February 5, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- NeighborWorks America, a national non-profit organization which creates opportunities for people to live in affordable homes and improve their lives, and Wells Fargo, one of America’s leading financial services companies, today marked the one-year anniversary of its NeighborhoodLIFTSM and CityLIFTSM programs by announcing the efforts have helped 1,624 moderate income buyers purchase homes with the help of homebuyer education training and $27 million of down payment assistance grants. In addition, 460 applicants have a contract to purchase a home through the programs with the help of nearly $8 million for down payment assistance. More than $64 million remains available for down payment assistance grants through LIFT programs in participating housing markets

New York, NY - February 5, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- New York City residential and commercial real estate broker confidence was at its highest levels of the last eight months in January 2013, according to the Real Estate Board of New York’s (REBNY??...

ALBANY, N.Y. - February 5, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- David C. Gillan has been appointed managing director of real estate for the New York State Teachers’ Retirement System (NYSTRS). He succeeds John W. Virtanen, who has been named managing director ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 5, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Colorado Coalition for the Homeless has broken ground on the new Stout Street Health Center and Renaissance Stout Street Lofts at 22nd and Stout Streets in Downtown Denver. This landmark pro...

San Diego, CA - February 5, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Chris, 25, came to San Diego in November from North Dakota for an online listing for a sales job that “turned out to be a real bad scam.” He was among a record 1,150 homeless San Diegans who ob...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 5, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- A torched office building injures seven firefighters; a nose doctor buys a yacht with insurance money from damaging and worthless surgeries; cohorts cut off a mentally disabled man’s hand for an insurance payout.

Vancouver, WA - February 5, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The average Clark County resident sends 3.1 pounds of waste to a landfill every day.

NEW ORLEANS, LA - February 5, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- 365 Connect, the New Orleans based, award-winning online technology platform provider for the multifamily industry, announced today the integration of its Marketing Syndication Platform with Zillow®, the leading real estate information marketplace. The integration automatically distributes all of the marketing data from apartment communities using the 365 Connect Technology Platform to Zillow