Yearly Archives: 2010

GREENSBORO, NC - April 21, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The City of Greensboro has been awarded $5 million in funding from the US Department of Energy (DOE) for building energy efficiency retrofitting on more than 5,000 housing units and 125 non-residential buildings.

Raleigh, NC - April 20, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Gov. Bev Perdue today announced that U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (USDVA) has approved $24.2 million in grants for new North Carolina State Veterans Homes in Kinston and Swannanoa, with funds coming from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - April 20, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- North Carolina Municipal Power Agency Number 1 (NCMPA1) and its 19 member organizations will soon begin providing homes and businesses in Shelby, N.C., with clean, renewable solar energy produced by a photovoltaic project recently acquired by a Duke Energy commercial business unit.

GREENSBORO, NC - April 15, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- In recognition of April being Fair Housing Month, the City of Greensboro’s Human Relations Department will hold a Fair Housing Program to discuss the closure of Lutheran Family Services and the impact that will have on Greensboro’s immigrant population

Washington, D.C. - March 30, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Just moments before the House adjourned last week, Reps. Brad Miller (D-NC) and Keith Ellison (D-MN), both Members of the Financial Services Committee, introduced legislation that will eliminate a conflict of interest that may be preventing large mortgage companies from modifying troubled mortgages voluntarily.

CHARLOTTE, N.C., March 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cogdell Spencer Inc. (NYSE: CSA) announced today that it will release first quarter earnings after the market closes...

RALEIGH, NC - March 23, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Commerce Secretary Keith Crisco announced today that two North Carolina counties have been awarded Community Development Block Grants to provide down-payment assistance and financial literacy training for first-time homebuyers.

Raleigh - March 11, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Roy Cooper got consent judgments this week against two of the defendants in the Village of Penland real estate scheme, Richard Amelung and J. Kevin Foster

ATLANTA, GA - January 19, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) [LON: IHG, NYSE: IHG (ADRs)], the world's largest hotel group by number of rooms, announced the recent opening of the Holiday Inn Express and Suites Matthews.

DURHAM, N.C. - January 15, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- On Thursday, January 14, 2010, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded nearly $2 billion in funding under the Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP2) to states, local governments and non-profit housing developers.

GREENSBORO, NC - January 15, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Residents are invited to share their hopes for Greensboro’s housing future at Housing Summit 2010, held Tuesday, February 23, from 8:30 am to 1:30 pm at the Greensboro Coliseum Special Events Center, 1921 W. Lee St.

Jackson, MS - January 14, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- EastGroup Properties (NYSE-EGP) today announced the acquisition of two business distribution buildings containing 193,000 square feet in Charlotte, North Carolina for a combined purchase price of $5,250,000. The buildings, which will be renamed Commerce Park 2 and 3, are located in Charlotte's southwest submarket. They were constructed in 1981 and 1987 and are presently 87% occupied by nine customers. The buildings are projected to generate an annualized 11.7% yield at their current occupancy and rents.