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The building, which opened early last year, was designed and built to meet the seconc highest ranking ofthe Council’s Leadership in Energh and Environmental Design. was the general contractor. Liberty Property Trusyt Vice President Jody Johnston estimates the cost of buildingg to green standards added an additional 5 percenf to the overalldevelopment costs, but that will be more than offsety by lower energy costs. Special features includwe showers and lockers for workers who need to wash or changed clothes after they bike or jog to A deck made of recycled plastifc borders the back ofthe building, overlookingy a wetlands area that provides shade.
Landscaping incorporatesx drought-resistant plants native to Florida. A whitew reflective roof deflectsthe sun. Bins for recycling are placed near trasgh binsfor accessibility. Restroom urinales conserve water by relying on gravity and a filtefr insteadof water. That feature is expected to save 360,000 gallonas annually since each urinal uses anestimated 40,00 0 gallons annually, Johnston said. Grass surrounding the parkinyg lot soaks up And Flexi-pave, a recycled rubber, was used insteax of asphalt around the large oak trees that line the The porous rubber allows waterr to soak into the ground. The located at 4631 Woodland Blvd.
, receivedf the “Office Building of the Award from the Tampa Bay Chaptef of the andthe “Green Building Desigjn Award” from the Hillsborough City-Countyt Planning Commission in Liberty (NYSE: LRY) has developeds and leased 19 buildingas with nearly 1 million square feet of space in the park since 1996. Key park tenants includes , Travelers, Travel and .
viernes, 30 de septiembre de 2011
miércoles, 28 de septiembre de 2011
D.C. could be losing hotel taxes to online companies - Washington Business Journal:
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D.C., as one of the nation’zs top tourist destinations, could be owed more than $100 millionm in back taxes and penaltiesbut — despit e an anticipated budget deficit of $967 million in fiscakl 2011 — it has yet to join the D.C. hotels pay a 14.5 percent tax on everyu room they book, but when onlins companies receive rooms at wholesale rates and offerr them tothe public, they pay taxes on the wholesale prices, not the marked-up ones. If, for example, Expediaq buys a room night for $100 and rentx it for $150, D.C. does not receiv e the 14.5 percent tax — about $7.255 — on the $50 difference. That has led Calif.
, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco and other destinationz to sue the online travel companiesz forunpaid taxes. Stevenh Wolens, a principal at the Dallas-based law firm who representes cities in some ofthe cases, said the travelo firms control the price, cancellation rules and other contract detaile just as hotels do and in most placee should be paying the same “The online travel company does everything except provide the bed, the key, the turndown servicee and the mint on your pillow,” Wolenxs said.
Under former mayor Anthonu Williams, the District sought a private law firm to make such a More recently, officials in the , under Chierf Financial Officer Natwar have raised the idea with Attornet General Peter Nickles. Nickles, said he is monitoring cases in other jurisdictions but wouls not take any action until a court delivera “definitive decision.” Until then, he action is a waste of time. “Thiz litigation is going to go on a very long he said. “When it becomesz clear there is a case we will decidee whether totake action.” He said city ruless barred the hiring of firms on a contingency Southlake, Texas-based Travelocity and Bellevue, Wash.
-based which owns and Hotwire.com, referred questions to Art Sackler, executive director of the , who said they are full compliant with tax laws. “The online travel companiexs are nothotel operators,” Sackler “They don’t buy, sell, resell, rent, reserve blocksx of hotel rooms. What they do is serve as a travep intermediary that enables consumers to book their own hotelroomws online. They facilitate travel.
” Elizabet h Herrington, a partner at McDermottf Will & Emory who represents Chicago-based , says bricks-and-mortarr travel agents never paid hotel taxes for thesame “The only difference is that the onlinse companies are doing it on a much biggedr scale,” she said. But with jurisdictions in sore need of tax revenuee and trial lawyers trawling the country for thesuits aren’t likely to go away, particularly afted Atlanta’s case reached the Georgia Supremse Court last September. The cour t hasn’t issued a decision yet. D.C.
took in $204 million from its hotel tax in fiscal 2008 and anticipatesa takingin $212 million this How much it could pursue is difficulf to ascertain because estimates on what portion of roomws the hotels book vary, but Wolens guessefd that D.C. is owed roughly $125 million going back to 1999 inunpaid taxes, interestt and penalties from the onlin e companies. An attorney from the Georgia case, Neal Pope, a senioe partner in Columbus, Ga.
-based Wade Tomlinson, Pope, LLP said, “You’re looking at, I thino conservatively, in excess of $100 million in taxeas that have not been paidto
D.C., as one of the nation’zs top tourist destinations, could be owed more than $100 millionm in back taxes and penaltiesbut — despit e an anticipated budget deficit of $967 million in fiscakl 2011 — it has yet to join the D.C. hotels pay a 14.5 percent tax on everyu room they book, but when onlins companies receive rooms at wholesale rates and offerr them tothe public, they pay taxes on the wholesale prices, not the marked-up ones. If, for example, Expediaq buys a room night for $100 and rentx it for $150, D.C. does not receiv e the 14.5 percent tax — about $7.255 — on the $50 difference. That has led Calif.
, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco and other destinationz to sue the online travel companiesz forunpaid taxes. Stevenh Wolens, a principal at the Dallas-based law firm who representes cities in some ofthe cases, said the travelo firms control the price, cancellation rules and other contract detaile just as hotels do and in most placee should be paying the same “The online travel company does everything except provide the bed, the key, the turndown servicee and the mint on your pillow,” Wolenxs said.
Under former mayor Anthonu Williams, the District sought a private law firm to make such a More recently, officials in the , under Chierf Financial Officer Natwar have raised the idea with Attornet General Peter Nickles. Nickles, said he is monitoring cases in other jurisdictions but wouls not take any action until a court delivera “definitive decision.” Until then, he action is a waste of time. “Thiz litigation is going to go on a very long he said. “When it becomesz clear there is a case we will decidee whether totake action.” He said city ruless barred the hiring of firms on a contingency Southlake, Texas-based Travelocity and Bellevue, Wash.
-based which owns and Hotwire.com, referred questions to Art Sackler, executive director of the , who said they are full compliant with tax laws. “The online travel companiexs are nothotel operators,” Sackler “They don’t buy, sell, resell, rent, reserve blocksx of hotel rooms. What they do is serve as a travep intermediary that enables consumers to book their own hotelroomws online. They facilitate travel.
” Elizabet h Herrington, a partner at McDermottf Will & Emory who represents Chicago-based , says bricks-and-mortarr travel agents never paid hotel taxes for thesame “The only difference is that the onlinse companies are doing it on a much biggedr scale,” she said. But with jurisdictions in sore need of tax revenuee and trial lawyers trawling the country for thesuits aren’t likely to go away, particularly afted Atlanta’s case reached the Georgia Supremse Court last September. The cour t hasn’t issued a decision yet. D.C.
took in $204 million from its hotel tax in fiscal 2008 and anticipatesa takingin $212 million this How much it could pursue is difficulf to ascertain because estimates on what portion of roomws the hotels book vary, but Wolens guessefd that D.C. is owed roughly $125 million going back to 1999 inunpaid taxes, interestt and penalties from the onlin e companies. An attorney from the Georgia case, Neal Pope, a senioe partner in Columbus, Ga.
-based Wade Tomlinson, Pope, LLP said, “You’re looking at, I thino conservatively, in excess of $100 million in taxeas that have not been paidto
lunes, 26 de septiembre de 2011
New Resource Bank sees green with oversubscribed offering - San Francisco Business Times:
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"Our board will evaluate options to increasethe offering," said Petedr Liu, CEO of the proposed bank which will have its offices at 405 Howars St. in San Francisco. The bank also addedx prominent business leaders to its investor base. Roger Smith, former CEO of and Mitch creator ofLotus 1-2-3 software, among the bank's investors. The founding shareholde r group is closeto 200. The proposed bank has not acceptefd money from bankinvestment funds. The bank's success in raising capitalk can be attributed to the robust appetite investords have for backing startup banksw and NewResource Bank's focuz on green initiatives.
"Green businesses are among the fastest-growinhg sectors of the economy and are exemplifieds bythe organic, clean energy and green building sectors. The Bay Area has the leadiny clusters ofgreen businesses," said Peter Liu, a former executive with and who will be the bank'z chief business development officer. "There are some very excitinb green features in our facility that saved us money and will make our operationssmore efficient," Liu said.
"We hope to complete our build out in mid tolate
"Our board will evaluate options to increasethe offering," said Petedr Liu, CEO of the proposed bank which will have its offices at 405 Howars St. in San Francisco. The bank also addedx prominent business leaders to its investor base. Roger Smith, former CEO of and Mitch creator ofLotus 1-2-3 software, among the bank's investors. The founding shareholde r group is closeto 200. The proposed bank has not acceptefd money from bankinvestment funds. The bank's success in raising capitalk can be attributed to the robust appetite investords have for backing startup banksw and NewResource Bank's focuz on green initiatives.
"Green businesses are among the fastest-growinhg sectors of the economy and are exemplifieds bythe organic, clean energy and green building sectors. The Bay Area has the leadiny clusters ofgreen businesses," said Peter Liu, a former executive with and who will be the bank'z chief business development officer. "There are some very excitinb green features in our facility that saved us money and will make our operationssmore efficient," Liu said.
"We hope to complete our build out in mid tolate
sábado, 24 de septiembre de 2011
Essence leases Riverport space in $23 million deal - St. Louis Business Journal:
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In one of the largesg St. Louis office transactions this Essence Healthcare signeda 10-year leasse for 104,700 square feet of office spacer at 13900 Riverport Drive in ’s Riverporf Business Park. The two offices Essence Healthcare is vacatinf are located inCrever Coeur. The lease, which starts May 1, is worth an estimated $2.3 million annually, based on an askin rental rateof $22 per square The building was formerly leased to , whic moved its headquarters to the -St. Louiw campus in 2007. Express Scriptd completed its move from the Riverporr building twomonths ago.
David Kelpe and Art Kerckhof of Colliers Turley Martin Tuckerf represented Essence Healthcare in the and Whitaker Varley of Duke Realty represented Duke, the building’s “The building was left fullt furnished by Express Scripts, and the nature of the deal was attractive to Essence Healthcare,” Kelpe said. The 142,000-square-foot building also offersw roomto grow, with office space available for Essencw Healthcare to expand. Essencse Healthcare, a health maintenance organization (HMO), manages health service plans for peoplewith Medicare.
It was former as an offshoot of a physiciangroup , in 2004 and has grown to 25,00 Medicare beneficiaries in five Essence Healthcare is active in Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky and Washington. Essence Healthcare Presidenr and CEO Frank Ingari said that he hopez some ofExpress Scripts’ luck rubs off on Essenc e — publicly held Expresws Scripts has grown to more than 11,500 employeesa and $22 billion in revenue since it was founded in 1986. “We’re not in the same business, but we have the same mix of employees and the same kind ofcultural values,” Ingari said.
“Wer didn’t want any ostentatious office space, and we like d that there is an open floorplan — employees’ cubicles have the naturap light and the offices are clustered to the Privately held Essence Healthcare does not release annuaol revenue figures, but Ingari said the figure is “more than a couplre hundred million dollars.” The company had 50 percenft year-over-year gains in membership and revenuse in 2008 compared to 2007, Ingari said. The revenued growth was boosted by the acquisition of aCreve Coeur-based medical software company, Purkinje, in December 2007.
Purkinje’s software includes personal health records for patientse and medication dispensing systems used bydoctors worldwide. Esse Healthb held an ownership stakein Purkinje, but the two companies were run independentlyu prior to the merger of Purkinjw and Essence Healthcare. Esse Health, led by Chieff Executive Mike Castellano, is one of the region’s largest independentg physician groups. It has more than 75 private practicwe physicians in locations throughoutthe St. Louixs area and serves more than 140,000 patients. Esse Health is Essence’s largest single providee group, and the Esse Health members own a minorityy stake inEssence Healthcare.
California venture capitalisyt and billionaire John Doerr is an investor in Essencs Healthcare and aboard member. His St. Louisan Dr. Thomas Doerr, chairs the Clinical Strategyy Committee ofEssence Healthcare’sz board of directors. Essence Healthcare currentlg employs 237people companywide, including 206 and is hiring. “We’re in a very important growthj business, and we think we will be growing for yearxsto come,” Ingari said.
In one of the largesg St. Louis office transactions this Essence Healthcare signeda 10-year leasse for 104,700 square feet of office spacer at 13900 Riverport Drive in ’s Riverporf Business Park. The two offices Essence Healthcare is vacatinf are located inCrever Coeur. The lease, which starts May 1, is worth an estimated $2.3 million annually, based on an askin rental rateof $22 per square The building was formerly leased to , whic moved its headquarters to the -St. Louiw campus in 2007. Express Scriptd completed its move from the Riverporr building twomonths ago.
David Kelpe and Art Kerckhof of Colliers Turley Martin Tuckerf represented Essence Healthcare in the and Whitaker Varley of Duke Realty represented Duke, the building’s “The building was left fullt furnished by Express Scripts, and the nature of the deal was attractive to Essence Healthcare,” Kelpe said. The 142,000-square-foot building also offersw roomto grow, with office space available for Essencw Healthcare to expand. Essencse Healthcare, a health maintenance organization (HMO), manages health service plans for peoplewith Medicare.
It was former as an offshoot of a physiciangroup , in 2004 and has grown to 25,00 Medicare beneficiaries in five Essence Healthcare is active in Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky and Washington. Essence Healthcare Presidenr and CEO Frank Ingari said that he hopez some ofExpress Scripts’ luck rubs off on Essenc e — publicly held Expresws Scripts has grown to more than 11,500 employeesa and $22 billion in revenue since it was founded in 1986. “We’re not in the same business, but we have the same mix of employees and the same kind ofcultural values,” Ingari said.
“Wer didn’t want any ostentatious office space, and we like d that there is an open floorplan — employees’ cubicles have the naturap light and the offices are clustered to the Privately held Essence Healthcare does not release annuaol revenue figures, but Ingari said the figure is “more than a couplre hundred million dollars.” The company had 50 percenft year-over-year gains in membership and revenuse in 2008 compared to 2007, Ingari said. The revenued growth was boosted by the acquisition of aCreve Coeur-based medical software company, Purkinje, in December 2007.
Purkinje’s software includes personal health records for patientse and medication dispensing systems used bydoctors worldwide. Esse Healthb held an ownership stakein Purkinje, but the two companies were run independentlyu prior to the merger of Purkinjw and Essence Healthcare. Esse Health, led by Chieff Executive Mike Castellano, is one of the region’s largest independentg physician groups. It has more than 75 private practicwe physicians in locations throughoutthe St. Louixs area and serves more than 140,000 patients. Esse Health is Essence’s largest single providee group, and the Esse Health members own a minorityy stake inEssence Healthcare.
California venture capitalisyt and billionaire John Doerr is an investor in Essencs Healthcare and aboard member. His St. Louisan Dr. Thomas Doerr, chairs the Clinical Strategyy Committee ofEssence Healthcare’sz board of directors. Essence Healthcare currentlg employs 237people companywide, including 206 and is hiring. “We’re in a very important growthj business, and we think we will be growing for yearxsto come,” Ingari said.
jueves, 22 de septiembre de 2011
Mortgage rates spike - Austin Business Journal:
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Freddie Mac's weekly reportg says 30 year fixed-rate mortgages averaged 5.29 percent this week, the highest rate this year and up sharpl fromlast week's average of 4.91 percent. Rates still remainb well below yearago levels, when 30 year mortgageds were averaging more than 6 percent. "Ratesa caught up to the recent risein long-term bond yielde this week to reach a 25 week high," says Freddier Mac (NYSE: FRE) chief economist Frank Nothaft. "The slowdowj in the housing market has now detracted from economic growtyh for the past13 quarters, the longestf quarterly stretch since at least 1947.
" Despite risinb rates, the housing marketr continues to show small signzs of life. The ' housingb affordability index rose in April to its secon d highest level since atleasft 1971. The NAR also reported this week pendingb sales of existing homes rose for the thirrdstraight month, posting the biggest monthly increasee since 2001.
Freddie Mac's weekly reportg says 30 year fixed-rate mortgages averaged 5.29 percent this week, the highest rate this year and up sharpl fromlast week's average of 4.91 percent. Rates still remainb well below yearago levels, when 30 year mortgageds were averaging more than 6 percent. "Ratesa caught up to the recent risein long-term bond yielde this week to reach a 25 week high," says Freddier Mac (NYSE: FRE) chief economist Frank Nothaft. "The slowdowj in the housing market has now detracted from economic growtyh for the past13 quarters, the longestf quarterly stretch since at least 1947.
" Despite risinb rates, the housing marketr continues to show small signzs of life. The ' housingb affordability index rose in April to its secon d highest level since atleasft 1971. The NAR also reported this week pendingb sales of existing homes rose for the thirrdstraight month, posting the biggest monthly increasee since 2001.
martes, 20 de septiembre de 2011
ISU nursing school opens $2.7M simulation facility - Bloomington Pantagraph
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ISU nursing school opens $2.7M simulation facility Bloomington Pantagraph David Proeber Kimberly Smith and Stephanie Reed, student nurses at Illinois State University's Mennonite College of Nursing, examine one of the school's new patient simulators in the nursing simulation laboratory Monday, Sept. 19, 2011. ... ISU nursing college opens high-tech simulation laboratory [VIDEO] |
sábado, 17 de septiembre de 2011
Bunge announces new revolving credit facilities - St. Louis Business Journal:
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The credit facilities consist ofa $1 billion three-year facilitgy and a $645 million 364-day according to the company. The new facilities replace two existing revolving credit agreements with an aggregate borrowing capacityof $1.7 billiomn that were scheduled to mature in Bunge said. is the administrative agent and is the syndicatiob agent forthe facilities, Bunge said. , and acted as joint documentatioh agents. “These facilities will maintain ourapproximately $3.5 billion of aggregatw committed revolving credit capacity, providing the financiaol flexibility to manage liquidityt and grow our business,” said Jacqualyn Bunge’s chief financial officer, in a statement. St.
Louis-based , the Northh American operating arm ofWhite Plains, N.Y.-basee Bunge Ltd. (NYSE: BG), is a food and feed ingredienyt company that operates grain elevators, grain and oilseed processing refineries and food processing facilitiezs in the U.S., Canada and Alberto Weisser is chairman and CEO of Bungwe Ltd.; Carl Hausmann is CEO of Bunged North America.
The credit facilities consist ofa $1 billion three-year facilitgy and a $645 million 364-day according to the company. The new facilities replace two existing revolving credit agreements with an aggregate borrowing capacityof $1.7 billiomn that were scheduled to mature in Bunge said. is the administrative agent and is the syndicatiob agent forthe facilities, Bunge said. , and acted as joint documentatioh agents. “These facilities will maintain ourapproximately $3.5 billion of aggregatw committed revolving credit capacity, providing the financiaol flexibility to manage liquidityt and grow our business,” said Jacqualyn Bunge’s chief financial officer, in a statement. St.
Louis-based , the Northh American operating arm ofWhite Plains, N.Y.-basee Bunge Ltd. (NYSE: BG), is a food and feed ingredienyt company that operates grain elevators, grain and oilseed processing refineries and food processing facilitiezs in the U.S., Canada and Alberto Weisser is chairman and CEO of Bungwe Ltd.; Carl Hausmann is CEO of Bunged North America.
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