Kitchen is still king (The Wichita Eagle)

January 29, 2010

As Wichita gets ready for its annual home show next week, national experts are saying that Americans want smaller houses and are willing to strip some of yesterday’s most popular rooms — such as home theaters — from them in order to accommodate changing lifestyles.

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Off the Rack: Marketfair Mall’s future uncertain - FayObserver.com

January 29, 2010
Off the Rack: Marketfair Mall's future uncertain
FayObserver.com
Listed in it are creditor claims ranging from $57 owed to Orkin Pest Control to more than $5.8 million owed to a commercial real estate financing company in

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Designers of the Year: Graft (Contract Magazine)

January 29, 2010

Graft is a productive bundle of contradictions. The five young partners collaborate on every design even though they are now working out of Los Angeles, Berlin, and Beijing.

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Profiles of Alaska Flight 261 victims - Seattle Times

January 29, 2010
Profiles of Alaska Flight 261 victims
Seattle Times
Kristin Mills, 26, Las Vegas—She lived in Las Vegas with her husband of three years, Dave, but kept a home in Seattle so she could work at her dream job as

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Court Approves Classic’s Sale & Restructuring Plan (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

January 29, 2010

Only 25 days after filing for protection under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, Judge Nancy V. Alquist today approved the sale of Classic Sleep Products to Classic Brands LLC, which was formed by the current management team and the company’s Chinese manufacturing partner.

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Former Deutsche Trader Aims to Start Own Fund - Wall Street Journal

January 29, 2010
Former Deutsche Trader Aims to Start Own Fund
Wall Street Journal
Casino in Las Vegas, have soured. Meanwhile, Jon Vaccaro, who built Deutsche's commercial real-estate business over the past decade, has resigned.

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Hints of a Rebirth for Commercial Real Estate? (Kiplinger.com)

January 29, 2010

Investors are taking an interest in commercial real estate, primarily apartment and office buildings. Retail space — not so much.

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Home Builders Court Equity Financing - UPI.com

January 29, 2010
Home Builders Court Equity Financing
UPI.com
Nothing drives change like crisis, and the credit crisis that home builders face is driving them out of business

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Southdale mall continues to struggle — even under new ownership (Finance and Commerce)

January 29, 2010

For years, the stagnant state of the iconic Southdale regional mall in Edina was blamed on its troubled parent company, the Maryland-based Mills Corp.

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Dreary reality aside, optimists make case for Vegas revival - Las Vegas Sun

January 29, 2010

Las Vegas Sun
Dreary reality aside, optimists make case for Vegas revival
Las Vegas Sun
Las Vegas real estate is now cheaper relative to that in Southern California than it was in 2000. A new influx of Californians could be coming.

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