| Some entrepreneurs prosper during U.S. housing slump
The housing slump in the United States has exacted its toll on everyone from banks and Wall Street firms to builders and mortgage brokers. But there are the exceptions - the entrepreneurs who either have long experience in real estate or have carved out a special niche. So far, they have been able to ride out the worst. HouseRaising of Charlotte, North Carolnia, a custom builder that caters to the rich, is one of them. It makes sales on the Internet and often closes deals with prospective customers in a single day of "one-stop shopping" at one of its two design centers, for everything from doors to, literally, the kitchen sink. Since mid-2006, when it began using a patented computerized system for overseeing every aspect of the building process, has completed 12 houses and has 30 more in the works, as well as a $16.3 million project to develop a residential community in Lake Norman, North Carolina, just north of Charlotte.
MidAtlantic Real Estate And Development Completes Construction On The ...
RALEIGH, N.C. Jason Stegall, president and managing partner of MidAtlantic Real Estate and Development, a general brokerage that locates sites, space and development opportunities throughout North Carolina, has announced the firms completion of construction on The Magnolia, a home located at 2319 Lake Drive, inside Raleighs Interstate-440 Beltline. The Magnolia is an elaborate Greek Revival and Georgian style home with an approximate area of 10,400 square feet in four levels, and it sits on a 1.17-acre lot with formal gardens. Facing the street is the formal faade, a two story veranda with six square Tuscan columns and large entablature. The home offers five bedrooms, five full bathrooms and two half-baths. Jerry Stoltz of Divine Stoltz Development, LLC in Raleigh built the home, and Jorge Andres Abad of Smith Sinnett Architecture in Raleigh served as architectural designer and attributes his influence for the home to Louisiana architect A.
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Delaware is one of nine states committed to joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative — a group of Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states that aims to reduce greenhouse gases in the region. Minner asked lawmakers to pass a law endorsing that agreement. She also sought additional conservation and alternative energy measures for state government. .
Swedish exhibit on display in Georgetown
It features letters, clothes, furniture, and pictures. Some of the display pieces were donated or loaned by local families descended from the original Swedish pioneers. "Palm Valley, next to Round Rock, was a huge Swedish settlement here in Williamson County. And also Hutto, right down the street from Round Rock. So there's a really close knit community there. They're very strong keeping their culture alive," Chris Dyer with the Williamson County Historical Museum said. The exhibit will be up for a year at the museum. After that it will become a traveling exhibit. The museum is open Wednesday through Friday from Noon until
five, on Saturdays from nine a.m. until six p.m., and by appointment.
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Will condo wave swamp the market?
The national real estate hangover spooked some Seattle buyers and the national lenders who fund condo projects, leading developers to shelve building plans. Others, however, insist the Seattle market will hold up. For example 83 percent of the more than 1,200 new downtown condo units that came on line in 2007 sold. All of the more than 1,400 downtown units built from 2000 through 2006 have sold, according to market research firm Realogics. .
Mayor announces Luminaria arts celebration
(Jan. 28, 2008)--Mayor Phil Hardberger and Marise McDermott of the Witte Museum and chair of the Luminaria Committee today announced San Antonio's inaugural Luminaria: Arts Night in San Antonio, a March 15 celebration of San Antonio's creative spirit featuring the unprecedented collaboration of local artists and nonprofit organizations. .
Danish library plans to house cartoons of prophet Muhammad
Several have agreed to donate the works for mothing but the museum may have to buy some of them. One has already been sold to a private buyer. Around 100 people died in riots across the Muslim world as protests spread after the publication of the cartoons - one of which depicted Muhammad with a bomb in his turban - in numerous western newspapers in 2006. The disturbances led to Denmark's embassy in Damascus being burned and diplomatic missions in several other Muslim countries being attacked. The cartoons originally appeared in the Danish Jyllands-Posten newspaper in 2005. Jytte Kjaergaard, a spokeswoman for the library, said they were unlikely to be displayed publicly and insisted the decision was not intended to be controversial. "We are not interested in an exhibition, we are interested in them being kept safe for future generations because they have created history in Denmark," she told the Guardian.
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