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CHICAGO-Mortgage Bankers Association of America members hold sway over "tens of billions of dollars of insurance premiums," says Robert Vestewig, chief operating officer of Houston-based GEMSA Loan Services, which might influence the industry to adopt standardized certificates of insurance.
ATLANTA-Jerry and Brett Buckner, previously of the locally based Buckner & Co., join the Irvine, CA-based company's office here as senior advisors. Kevin Boughner moves over from Wachovia Securities. The new trio takes the local office brokerage staff to a dozen.
PHOENIX-York International lines up 29,556 sf in the recently completed first phase at the junction of Interstate 17 and 7th Avenue. It moves in Dec. 1 from a Tempe location. Air Tiger, coming from central Phoenix, leases 6,371 sf.
PHILADELPHIA-The home-grown grocery chain buys 3.5 acres at the 86-acre former Quartermaster Depot. This gives Philadelphia Industrial Development Corp.'s plans to convert the excess military asset to retail a big boost and
DETROIT-Though property pollution is rampant in Michigan, reuse of former contaminated property is rising to more than $4 billion of investment per year, says the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality.
SAN FRANCISCO-The Presidio Trust is relying on investors to help rehabilitate the Presidio's Montgomery Street barracks, but the estimated renovation costs coupled with the current economy, has kept interest light.
CHICAGO-The 325 units at 2520 N. Lakeview Ave. will start at $1.4 million, setting a new high-water mark for the Lincoln Park condominium market when sales are expected to begin in 2006. The property has been under contract for more than a year.
LONDON-The London Borough of Tower Hamlets has cleared the way for the final phase of the redevelopment of the Spitalfields Market site on the eastern fringe of the City of London, when it resolved to grant planning permission for the 800,000-sf Bishops Square scheme.
MIAMI-WestCity Properties hopes to get city approval this month to build Palmetto Park, consisting of 200 apartment units, 110,000 sf of office space and 7,500 sf of retail space on 9.44 acres.