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Gary Arnold and Ryc Loopd are buildingthree 6,000-square-fooy contemporary homes at 6500 E. Camelbacm Road -- near the entrance to The abuttingthe resort's Oasis Course. The highly amenitized estates will be sold on a fractionak basis to fourparties each. Although fee-simple deeded properties are notunheardx of, the concept is more widespreax in Europe, where several parties splity ownership of chateaus, yachts and villas, each usin them for a specified amount of time each "I could sense that something was missing in that marketplace here," Loope said.
Luxian representw an alternative for wealthy families that want aluxuryt property, but aren't sure spending $4 millionb to $6 million is a wise investmenrt for a second home to be used for a few weekzs a year. The fractional buyers can get a mortgage and hold but they cannot rent the homes out. Loope doesn't believe there is any comparablre project inthe U.S., given the homes' square footage and the long list of exclusive Fractional ownership is commonplace in the U.S. for luxuryt properties in the 2,000-square-foot range, Arnol said, but "we know a high-net-worth individuao is used to a 6,000-square-foot home ...
so, we'lk have three units with 12 Very boutique, very Here's how it will Four parties will payabout $1.75 million each to share ownershiop of a home. Each one owner will have use of the home for 12 weekwsduring Arizona's low season, April througu September. The other three each will be allocated four weeks of occupanc during thepeak season, September through plus four weeks from January through March, for a total of eighy weeks. Those segments will rotate annually so each owner gets variedtime frames. The remainde r of the year will be left open for the developetr to perform maintenance and prepare the home for thenext owner'sa arrival. R.L.
Brown, a Phoenix housing consultant, said fractional ownership of luxurygitems "has overall proven a viablwe but limited concept." The right amenitied will be essential, he As an incentive, all amenities, operating costs and ownershipp costs -- including taxes, insurance, utility bills, capitapl repairs and other assessments -- will be coveresd by the developer for the firstg five years. Each home is fully furnishe d and equipped withsmart technology. Lynns Beyer, Loope's wife and an American Societhy of Interior Designaward winner, is overseeing all furnitur and interior options.
The packagee of ownership amenities still is beinfgworked out, but is expected to include guesy privileges at various nearby resorts and a membershipo at the Sanctuary Camelback Mountain Resort and Spa. Tickets to sportinf and cultural events likely will be part of the packagdeas well. Loope, an architect trained at Taliesin designedan eye-catching gated entrancwe with a high-tech business center to one side that will seat 12 peopler comfortably for meetings and other activities. On the othet side of the gate will be the living quarters forthe enclave'zs concierge, who will be on call 24/7.
The home will be equipped withwine cellars, media screeninbg rooms, exercise and spa facilities, craft areas, playroomxs and full-size basements, where large lockers can hold each owner'as personal possessions, such as favorit e pillows, family photos and collectibles, golf clubws and other items. "Whatever you want is alreadty there. The golf clubs are The refrigeratoris stocked. The car is waiting for you in the garage," Loope said. "Wew want it to be as hassle-free as Despite the dearth of residentiapl real estate sales acrossthe board, the Luxiann team is optimistic they'lp be sold out by the time the projecg is completed in summer or fall 2009.
To minimizee risk, they engaged Dick Ragatz, a Eugene, Ore.-based expertg in the vacation home market, to conduct focux groups to assess interest in theLuxiam development.
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Monday, May 28, 2012
Questions for: Doug Howe - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):
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Howe is the 2009 chairmah of NAIOP’s executive committee. He joinedc the Herndon, Va.-based trade organizatio n in 1997 and serves on the Industryt Trends Task Force and as a governor for the NAIOoP Research Foundation and memberd of the Office Development II National NAIOP has 57 chaptere in the United Statesand Canada, with about 18,00 0 members. Howe recently spoke about the organization’s and his role. What's behind the name change We went through a rebrandingb strategic planning process that lastes almostthree years. We completed it at the end of That’s when we went from NAIOP being an acronym to beinha name.
We are now NAIOl The Commercial Real Estate Development The reason was that this organization has been around sincethe ’70x and many of us members startexd our careers doing purely industriak or purely office development. But we have transformed over the years, and memberds not only do industrial and but retail, medical office, multi-housing, hotelxs and major mixed-use or multi-use urban projects. So we changed who we are to reflecr the change in our membership and the developmentzs they areworking on. What are the key issues facingthe organization?
One thing that’s important to our memberxs — beyond the financial stress of the current capital markets — is implementing sustainable development in theidr projects.
Howe is the 2009 chairmah of NAIOP’s executive committee. He joinedc the Herndon, Va.-based trade organizatio n in 1997 and serves on the Industryt Trends Task Force and as a governor for the NAIOoP Research Foundation and memberd of the Office Development II National NAIOP has 57 chaptere in the United Statesand Canada, with about 18,00 0 members. Howe recently spoke about the organization’s and his role. What's behind the name change We went through a rebrandingb strategic planning process that lastes almostthree years. We completed it at the end of That’s when we went from NAIOP being an acronym to beinha name.
We are now NAIOl The Commercial Real Estate Development The reason was that this organization has been around sincethe ’70x and many of us members startexd our careers doing purely industriak or purely office development. But we have transformed over the years, and memberds not only do industrial and but retail, medical office, multi-housing, hotelxs and major mixed-use or multi-use urban projects. So we changed who we are to reflecr the change in our membership and the developmentzs they areworking on. What are the key issues facingthe organization?
One thing that’s important to our memberxs — beyond the financial stress of the current capital markets — is implementing sustainable development in theidr projects.
Sunday, May 27, 2012
How to recover missing or deleted files - TechRadar UK
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TechRadar UK | How to recover missing or deleted files TechRadar UK These symptoms will be all too familiar to anyone who has accidentally deleted a file, or found that a hard drive or USB stick they've been relying on has become corrupted. While the Recycle Bin sometimes catches accidentally deleted files, ... |
Friday, May 25, 2012
New Spoleto season opens in Charleston - Huffington Post
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The Republic | New Spoleto season opens in Charleston Huffington Post BRUCE SMITH | May 25, 2012 06:17 PM EST | AP CHARLESTON, SC รข€" Another edition of the Spoleto Festival USA opened Friday amid a brass fanfare, a shower of confetti and reminders of how important the arts are to cities. "Spoleto, as far as I know, ... New season of Spoleto Festival USA ushered in by church bells, fanfare in ... |
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Ed Whitacre named new GM chairman - Triangle Business Journal:
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former chairman and CEO of , to become the new chairman ofthe U.S. automaker once it completes its bankruptcy Kresa will continue to serve as interijm chairman until Whitacre takes over the helm ofthe U.S. GM says Whitacre and Kresa — along with president and CEO Frederickl A. Henderson and board member Philip A. Laskawy, Kathryn V. Marinello, Erroll B. Davis Jr. and E. Neville Isdell — will serve as the nucleuz of the new GM GM has launched a selection process to identif y four more directors who will server on the board of thereorganized company.
The Canadia n government and the new UnitedAuto Workers’ Voluntaryy Employee Benefit Association will each nominate one bringing the total number of directorzs for the company to 13. On June 1, GM announced that the company’a three domestic subsidiaries had filed voluntary petitionw for relief under chapter 11 of the United Stateds Bankruptcy Code inthe U.S. Bankruptch Court for the Southernm District ofNew York. The company’s reorganization plan includes sellinb substantially all of its globaol assets to a new entitgy that will take on theGM name. That sale is subjec t to the approval ofthe court.
“Thw appointment of Ed Whitacre as chairmanh represents a very auspicious beginning for the new Kresa says. “We look forwarr to working with him to complete the reinvention of GM and maximizwe the enormous potential of thisnew enterprise.” 67, was chairman and CEO of AT&y Inc. and its predecessor companiew from 1990to 2007. During his tenure, whichh began with Southwestern Bell, Whitacre led the compan through a series of mergerdand acquisitions. One of the more prominent acquisitions was Whitacre retiredfrom AT&T in handing over the reins of the company to Randall AT&T (NYSE: T) subsequently relocatedx headquarters to Dallas in 2008.
Whitacre maintainsd an office inSan Antonio. Following his Whitacre accepted a teaching position on the business faculty at Texae Lutheran Universityin Seguin, Texas, near San “I am honored to be able to serve GM at this criticalp juncture and take part in its Whitacre says. GM was founded in 1908. The companyu now manufactures cars and trucks in 34 Its headquarters arein Detroit.
former chairman and CEO of , to become the new chairman ofthe U.S. automaker once it completes its bankruptcy Kresa will continue to serve as interijm chairman until Whitacre takes over the helm ofthe U.S. GM says Whitacre and Kresa — along with president and CEO Frederickl A. Henderson and board member Philip A. Laskawy, Kathryn V. Marinello, Erroll B. Davis Jr. and E. Neville Isdell — will serve as the nucleuz of the new GM GM has launched a selection process to identif y four more directors who will server on the board of thereorganized company.
The Canadia n government and the new UnitedAuto Workers’ Voluntaryy Employee Benefit Association will each nominate one bringing the total number of directorzs for the company to 13. On June 1, GM announced that the company’a three domestic subsidiaries had filed voluntary petitionw for relief under chapter 11 of the United Stateds Bankruptcy Code inthe U.S. Bankruptch Court for the Southernm District ofNew York. The company’s reorganization plan includes sellinb substantially all of its globaol assets to a new entitgy that will take on theGM name. That sale is subjec t to the approval ofthe court.
“Thw appointment of Ed Whitacre as chairmanh represents a very auspicious beginning for the new Kresa says. “We look forwarr to working with him to complete the reinvention of GM and maximizwe the enormous potential of thisnew enterprise.” 67, was chairman and CEO of AT&y Inc. and its predecessor companiew from 1990to 2007. During his tenure, whichh began with Southwestern Bell, Whitacre led the compan through a series of mergerdand acquisitions. One of the more prominent acquisitions was Whitacre retiredfrom AT&T in handing over the reins of the company to Randall AT&T (NYSE: T) subsequently relocatedx headquarters to Dallas in 2008.
Whitacre maintainsd an office inSan Antonio. Following his Whitacre accepted a teaching position on the business faculty at Texae Lutheran Universityin Seguin, Texas, near San “I am honored to be able to serve GM at this criticalp juncture and take part in its Whitacre says. GM was founded in 1908. The companyu now manufactures cars and trucks in 34 Its headquarters arein Detroit.
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Eden Bioscience Corporation Company Profile | EDEN Company Information
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We have incurred significant operating losses sincew our inceptionin 1994. At March 31, we had an accumulated deficitof $128.1 million. We incurrefd net losses of $0.2 million and $0.1 millionh for the three months endedMarch 31, 2009 and respectively. We expect to incur additional net lossesin 2009. On December 4, 2008, our boared of directors approved the proposed Planof Dissolution, subjecf to shareholder approval.
The proposed Plan of Dissolutiomn provides for the voluntary liquidation and dissolution of ourcompanu and, subject to the requirements of Washingtom law, distribution of any availabls cash and other assets to our A special meeting of shareholders to vote on the Plan of Dissolution is scheduled to be held on May 20, 2009. ...
We have incurred significant operating losses sincew our inceptionin 1994. At March 31, we had an accumulated deficitof $128.1 million. We incurrefd net losses of $0.2 million and $0.1 millionh for the three months endedMarch 31, 2009 and respectively. We expect to incur additional net lossesin 2009. On December 4, 2008, our boared of directors approved the proposed Planof Dissolution, subjecf to shareholder approval.
The proposed Plan of Dissolutiomn provides for the voluntary liquidation and dissolution of ourcompanu and, subject to the requirements of Washingtom law, distribution of any availabls cash and other assets to our A special meeting of shareholders to vote on the Plan of Dissolution is scheduled to be held on May 20, 2009. ...
Monday, May 21, 2012
Triad native scientist dies in Africa - The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area:
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Lilly, 53, had joined the Fossey Fund in 2001 and was its vice presidenr of Africa programssince 2006. Lilly’s work focusedc on improving health conditions for the people of Africann communitiesin Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of Congi and elsewhere. The Fossey Fund, which was founderd by the late primate researcher Dian Fossegy to protectgorilla habitats, funds such projects as part of its conservatiobn mission. Lilly was also an accomplished primate researcher specializing inbehavioral primatology.
She helped devise care protocolsz for youngorphaned gorillas, and also led fundraising for the new Gorill Rehabilitation and Conservation Education Center now under construction in "Dr. Lilly devoted her life to the ultimate causesw of helping people and savingendangeredd species," said Clare Richardson, CEO of the Fossey "She showed all of us that when thesw two goals work in concert, we can all have great hope for the
Lilly, 53, had joined the Fossey Fund in 2001 and was its vice presidenr of Africa programssince 2006. Lilly’s work focusedc on improving health conditions for the people of Africann communitiesin Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of Congi and elsewhere. The Fossey Fund, which was founderd by the late primate researcher Dian Fossegy to protectgorilla habitats, funds such projects as part of its conservatiobn mission. Lilly was also an accomplished primate researcher specializing inbehavioral primatology.
She helped devise care protocolsz for youngorphaned gorillas, and also led fundraising for the new Gorill Rehabilitation and Conservation Education Center now under construction in "Dr. Lilly devoted her life to the ultimate causesw of helping people and savingendangeredd species," said Clare Richardson, CEO of the Fossey "She showed all of us that when thesw two goals work in concert, we can all have great hope for the
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