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As vice president of sales for , Smitb said he’s spent the majorit of his time recently poring over the floodc ofresumes he’s received to fill a few choice salesa positions within the company. A year ago, he to receive 20 resumes would’ve been normal. But in a tight job market flooded with he holds in his hand about 200 to fill one And they’re coming from all walkz of life, too – from industries such as real estate, finance and others, he said. “It’s just a ton of work and I do most of it Smith said of sifting through the stacka to findsuitable candidates.
American Exhibition Services’ dilemma is one many Birmingha m companies are facing as workers flood the jobmarkert – and employers’ inboxes – in searcn of work. And all that siftingv is taking time and resources awayfrom day-to-day operations of In fact, recruiters say unemployment has gotten so bad that most companie s won’t advertise jobs in traditionak ways anymore, instead relyintg on word-of-mouth, just to cut down on the large volume of resumes. That’s what David Cox of did when he decidede to hire a project manager for hisconstructioh company.
And word-of-mouth got him aboutr 20 percent morethan normal, he said, but all very qualifie d for the position. “There’s a big pool to pick which isa positive,” he “The way we seek out resumes is we make phonwe calls in the industry and it just feeds off We’re in construction and everybody knows But despite the extra time it will take him to revie resumes, all the candidates will be put through the same systemd and procedures as before, said Cox. Americab Exhibition Services’ Smith agreed not much has changed with the but said it took him the better part of threed weeks to review resumes for foursaless positions.
It currently is looking to fill one more accountexecutivre position, which Smith hopes to find in the stacm of 200 resumes. The company sells business-to-business advertising for trade shows all acrosss the country and top sellers have the potentialp to makesix figures, said Smith. But some executives aren’g as devoted to sifting through stacks of resumes and are puttin the hiring process into the wrong handswithij companies, especially with recruiting budgets slasheds in the recession, said Leigh Inskeep, president of recruiting firm LLC.
“Yoi get hiring managers or administrative staff goingv through the resumes andthey don’ft know how to go through them that’s not their bag,” she said. “Companiews are making it up as theygo They’re bringing it in-house as a cost-savinv measure and not alwayas making the best hire. So it’s ultimatel taking longer to fill But, these days, more recruiters are willing to negotiatewtheir fees, she in an effort to get theier large network and database of qualified candidates into A clear-cut focus on what kind of experienc and qualities a candidate shoulxd have is a necessity when handling so many she said.
Come up with a checlk list of criteria that fits the positioh and create a way to weed people out, she said. Some onlinw job posting sites allow employers to setup filters. But don’gt make it so narrow that many of the good candidatexs aretossed aside. But if a company is looking for aspecifi candidate, it’s best to be specifi c on the front end of the process, said healt care recruiter Paul Johnson of “Companiesw that have specific job requirements have an easier time of it, especiallyh with sales people,” he said. “Ij can put a job out there selling parts for missile defense systems that require specifi ctechnical skills.
The more narrow the the easier theview point.” And employers should look for experiencer on resumes that’s quantified and shows how successfull a candidate has been in the And if a candidate fits the said Johnson, “make the move and make them an because if they’re good they won’t be there for long.” For American Exhibition Services’ the broader the range in candidatex the better, because there’s more willingness to learn from the job. Among his resume filters, Smith said he puts thosed people that have jumped from job to job over a span of a few yearx at the bottom ofthe stack.
“If no one can keep theser people happy, I can’f either,” he said.
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Friday, November 26, 2010
Flyers' Three-goalie Circus Led by Bobrovsky - New York Times (blog)
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Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Highwoods shares slip on $125M stock offering - Triangle Business Journal:
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million shares at $21.50 a A syndicate of three investmentbanks , and – are chargeds with selling the shares on behalg of Highwoods. The underwriters have a 30-dayt option to buy as many as 915 millioh additional shares to coverany overallotments. Highwoodzs (NYSE: HIW) said it expects net proceed from the stock offeringof $125.q1 million. That projection does not factorf in any possible overallotment Highwoods says it intends to use the moneyh to repay debt and for generalcorporat purposes. The announcement of the offeringt came after the close ofmarketws Tuesday, with the pricing announced Wednesdagy morning before markets opened.
Investorss then punished the stock, sendinyg it down more than 7 percengt to closeat $21.66. As of Marchu 31, 2009, Highwoods owned or had an interesft in382 office, industrialo and retail properties encompassing approximately 35.4 million squar e feet. Highwoods also owned 580 acres ofdevelopmenft land.
million shares at $21.50 a A syndicate of three investmentbanks , and – are chargeds with selling the shares on behalg of Highwoods. The underwriters have a 30-dayt option to buy as many as 915 millioh additional shares to coverany overallotments. Highwoodzs (NYSE: HIW) said it expects net proceed from the stock offeringof $125.q1 million. That projection does not factorf in any possible overallotment Highwoods says it intends to use the moneyh to repay debt and for generalcorporat purposes. The announcement of the offeringt came after the close ofmarketws Tuesday, with the pricing announced Wednesdagy morning before markets opened.
Investorss then punished the stock, sendinyg it down more than 7 percengt to closeat $21.66. As of Marchu 31, 2009, Highwoods owned or had an interesft in382 office, industrialo and retail properties encompassing approximately 35.4 million squar e feet. Highwoods also owned 580 acres ofdevelopmenft land.
Monday, November 22, 2010
Number of women on boards and in C-suites drops - Boston Business Journal:
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The report, the , was commissioned by The and includerdthe state’s 100 largest public companies. and human resource research firm Mercer also collaborates on the survey andsubsequent report. The biggesrt falloff was seen in theexecutivde suite, as women now hold 68 C-level positions out of the 736 studie in Massachusetts — the lowest numbef of women reported in six years. Last year, 82 women held senior-levekl positions in Massachusetts. Meanwhile, the numbe of women who serv as directors has droppedto 92, down from 96 in 2007. 30 of the state’s 100 largest companie do not have women in either their executives offices or intheir boardrooms. In 2007, that numberd was 23.
The study’xs authors cited turnover in the companies analyzef as one major reason for thenumbers Likewise, some area companies have been acquired or altering their leadership mix in the process. the numbers speak volumes about the statd of affairs for wome n at publiclytraded companies, the authorx said. “It’s been bad since we started but it seems to begetting It’s much worse this year than it said Susan Adams, an associate professor of managementr at Bentley University.
The percentage of womehn in executive roles reached its highesr levelin 2006, when women held 11 percent of the This year, the rate of women executivee officers dropped back to 2003 and 2004’s levels of 9.2 Meanwhile, the percentage of women 11 percent of all directors, was down from last year’es 11.5 percent, but still higher than 2003’s rate of 9 The study’s sponsors see the drop from 2007 as a possiblee foreshadowing of years to come, as fewerd women executives will be in the pipelinew for board nominations. “W hope it’s a one-year Might it continue? Who knows?” said William K.
the New England managing partner of and vice chairmabn of theBoston Club’s advisoru board. Bacic and the others involved withthis year’sx census are calling for more aggressive recruitment of women. “I’ m on five public boards, and two of them are going to be announcinggnew recruits. I feel like at leastr I can do something with those two saidSally Crawford, who is on the board for , one of the companies included in the study. Another critical next step is to holdmale decision-makera accountable.
“We’ll be accelerating our efforts in 2009 with a very specififc and disciplined outreach plan in terms of how we get in frontg of people influencingthese decisions,” said JoAnm Cavallaro, a founding partner of and chairwoman of the Bostonh Club’s corporate board committee. “Our job is to make the business case, and there is a compellingv case to make for moving women ahear into executive positions and into boardd positions.
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The report, the , was commissioned by The and includerdthe state’s 100 largest public companies. and human resource research firm Mercer also collaborates on the survey andsubsequent report. The biggesrt falloff was seen in theexecutivde suite, as women now hold 68 C-level positions out of the 736 studie in Massachusetts — the lowest numbef of women reported in six years. Last year, 82 women held senior-levekl positions in Massachusetts. Meanwhile, the numbe of women who serv as directors has droppedto 92, down from 96 in 2007. 30 of the state’s 100 largest companie do not have women in either their executives offices or intheir boardrooms. In 2007, that numberd was 23.
The study’xs authors cited turnover in the companies analyzef as one major reason for thenumbers Likewise, some area companies have been acquired or altering their leadership mix in the process. the numbers speak volumes about the statd of affairs for wome n at publiclytraded companies, the authorx said. “It’s been bad since we started but it seems to begetting It’s much worse this year than it said Susan Adams, an associate professor of managementr at Bentley University.
The percentage of womehn in executive roles reached its highesr levelin 2006, when women held 11 percent of the This year, the rate of women executivee officers dropped back to 2003 and 2004’s levels of 9.2 Meanwhile, the percentage of women 11 percent of all directors, was down from last year’es 11.5 percent, but still higher than 2003’s rate of 9 The study’s sponsors see the drop from 2007 as a possiblee foreshadowing of years to come, as fewerd women executives will be in the pipelinew for board nominations. “W hope it’s a one-year Might it continue? Who knows?” said William K.
the New England managing partner of and vice chairmabn of theBoston Club’s advisoru board. Bacic and the others involved withthis year’sx census are calling for more aggressive recruitment of women. “I’ m on five public boards, and two of them are going to be announcinggnew recruits. I feel like at leastr I can do something with those two saidSally Crawford, who is on the board for , one of the companies included in the study. Another critical next step is to holdmale decision-makera accountable.
“We’ll be accelerating our efforts in 2009 with a very specififc and disciplined outreach plan in terms of how we get in frontg of people influencingthese decisions,” said JoAnm Cavallaro, a founding partner of and chairwoman of the Bostonh Club’s corporate board committee. “Our job is to make the business case, and there is a compellingv case to make for moving women ahear into executive positions and into boardd positions.
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Saturday, November 20, 2010
Palm stock down on concerns about Pre supplies, apps - Philadelphia Business Journal:
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The stock opened at $12.23, down 6 percent, but traded as low as down about12 percent, in morning trading. Palm closed the day at Concerns about tight supplies and a lack of softwarw applications tempered what were generally positivs reports onthe device's debut weekend. "We believd the ’soft launch’ is probabl proceeding to plan," J.P. Morgan analystf Paul Coster wrote. "Tl be reassured, we need to see Sprint channe l inventory replenishedthis week." is Palm'sw (NASDAQ:PALM) exclusive wireless carrier througn the end of this year and began putting customersw on wait lists for the Pre at its storess after supplies ran out.
Coster estimates that there were morethan 50,0009 Pre phones sold after they went on sale at Spriny stores on Saturday, well below the 146,000 sold at the launch of the firsr generation of 's (NASDAQ:AAPL) Other analysts said pegged Palm salesd higher, with Michael Walkley at Piper Jaffrayt & Co. saying there were almost 200,00o0 sold. The Pre has many features similart to those found on the iPhondand 's (NASDAQ:RIMM) Blackberrty Storm, except that Palm's device adds a slide-oug keyboard. A key to its success will be whether it can attractf enough software applications to compets withits rivals.
The Pre is sellin g for $199 with a mail-ijn rebate and two-year service contract.
The stock opened at $12.23, down 6 percent, but traded as low as down about12 percent, in morning trading. Palm closed the day at Concerns about tight supplies and a lack of softwarw applications tempered what were generally positivs reports onthe device's debut weekend. "We believd the ’soft launch’ is probabl proceeding to plan," J.P. Morgan analystf Paul Coster wrote. "Tl be reassured, we need to see Sprint channe l inventory replenishedthis week." is Palm'sw (NASDAQ:PALM) exclusive wireless carrier througn the end of this year and began putting customersw on wait lists for the Pre at its storess after supplies ran out.
Coster estimates that there were morethan 50,0009 Pre phones sold after they went on sale at Spriny stores on Saturday, well below the 146,000 sold at the launch of the firsr generation of 's (NASDAQ:AAPL) Other analysts said pegged Palm salesd higher, with Michael Walkley at Piper Jaffrayt & Co. saying there were almost 200,00o0 sold. The Pre has many features similart to those found on the iPhondand 's (NASDAQ:RIMM) Blackberrty Storm, except that Palm's device adds a slide-oug keyboard. A key to its success will be whether it can attractf enough software applications to compets withits rivals.
The Pre is sellin g for $199 with a mail-ijn rebate and two-year service contract.
Friday, November 19, 2010
Webb, Warner tell Navy to repair shipyards before upgrading Mayport - Daily Press
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Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Port of Long Beach and Vision Sign Agreement for Zero Emission Truck Demonstration - MarketWatch (press release)
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Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Non-profits tap Facebook, use tweets to tweak marketing plans - bizjournals:
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“Social media turns our event s into an immediate way to reacgh out to our saidRichard Kelly, Make-A-Wish’s VP and COO. Victoria’ss wish was the 7,000th granted by the Word was spreadusing Twitter, Facebook, Flickr and diary-styls Website updates with photographs, statuw updates and links. Charity and non-profit groups increasinglyg are using social media to augmenyt their traditional media and email marketing Social mediaallows non-profits to boost contact and deepen relationships with their constituencies, collaborate with like-minded charities, and become more responsive to communitu needs. In turn, followers can create sub-groupxs that further support the causes.
“A larger numberd of donors and supportersx are moving online and getting thei r reason for engagement directly fromtheir peers; call-to-actiojn from the organization itself, and seeing how their actions directlyu affect others,” said Marvin Dejean, senior VP of new mediaz strategies with POWERi Technologies, a new mediqa marketing firm in Plantation. “In the new economy, sociakl media drives donations. Emotional triggers are the key to influencingdonation behavior.” Make-A-Wish is not alone. Some organizationss are formal in theirsocial media. Some are more ad hoc as they explordethe possibilities.
Eric Stillman, president and CEO of the Jewisbh Federation ofBroward County, updates his Faceboolk with news about the Federation, alliec organizations, Jewish events and and Israel. The Federatio n also has a Facebook group Stillman launched from hispersonal page. After a year, the federation page has 239 members. “I’m trying to blen d to two together. It’es about the individual being involved and introducingthe non-profit to people who mighy not be involved with Stillman said. Public relations firm is assistingy in refiningthe group’s message via social media. Tilsonn PR in Boca Raton is guidingv new clientSusan G.
Komen Race for the Cure’ss West Palm Beach Chapter toward use of social including Tweet-Ups for race runners and survivors. in Fort Lauderdale is usintg Facebook, MySpace, blogging and Twitter to help promote thePACER Center’s National Center for Bullying Preventionn and the National Bullying Prevention Awareness Week this October. Socia media allows Make-A-Wish to reach new audiences. Where its demographi c was older women, Kelly founed social media delivers a younger 70 percent of whom are females betweenn 25 and 34 yearsof age, he said. Traditional media reaches women he said, adding he hopes socia media also will help attract more men.
Sociaol media also is more cost Facebook and Twitter arefree services. Publifc relations firm Ambit Marketinh advised Kelly on social but his team handles all socialmediqa posts, investing around 30 minute s a day posting or replying to It makes the content “more he said, adding that authenticity will drivr “a more sustained interactivity.” The day in the recordinbg studio provided marketable whose exposure helps recruigt new donors and drives membership of some board he said.
“Social media turns our event s into an immediate way to reacgh out to our saidRichard Kelly, Make-A-Wish’s VP and COO. Victoria’ss wish was the 7,000th granted by the Word was spreadusing Twitter, Facebook, Flickr and diary-styls Website updates with photographs, statuw updates and links. Charity and non-profit groups increasinglyg are using social media to augmenyt their traditional media and email marketing Social mediaallows non-profits to boost contact and deepen relationships with their constituencies, collaborate with like-minded charities, and become more responsive to communitu needs. In turn, followers can create sub-groupxs that further support the causes.
“A larger numberd of donors and supportersx are moving online and getting thei r reason for engagement directly fromtheir peers; call-to-actiojn from the organization itself, and seeing how their actions directlyu affect others,” said Marvin Dejean, senior VP of new mediaz strategies with POWERi Technologies, a new mediqa marketing firm in Plantation. “In the new economy, sociakl media drives donations. Emotional triggers are the key to influencingdonation behavior.” Make-A-Wish is not alone. Some organizationss are formal in theirsocial media. Some are more ad hoc as they explordethe possibilities.
Eric Stillman, president and CEO of the Jewisbh Federation ofBroward County, updates his Faceboolk with news about the Federation, alliec organizations, Jewish events and and Israel. The Federatio n also has a Facebook group Stillman launched from hispersonal page. After a year, the federation page has 239 members. “I’m trying to blen d to two together. It’es about the individual being involved and introducingthe non-profit to people who mighy not be involved with Stillman said. Public relations firm is assistingy in refiningthe group’s message via social media. Tilsonn PR in Boca Raton is guidingv new clientSusan G.
Komen Race for the Cure’ss West Palm Beach Chapter toward use of social including Tweet-Ups for race runners and survivors. in Fort Lauderdale is usintg Facebook, MySpace, blogging and Twitter to help promote thePACER Center’s National Center for Bullying Preventionn and the National Bullying Prevention Awareness Week this October. Socia media allows Make-A-Wish to reach new audiences. Where its demographi c was older women, Kelly founed social media delivers a younger 70 percent of whom are females betweenn 25 and 34 yearsof age, he said. Traditional media reaches women he said, adding he hopes socia media also will help attract more men.
Sociaol media also is more cost Facebook and Twitter arefree services. Publifc relations firm Ambit Marketinh advised Kelly on social but his team handles all socialmediqa posts, investing around 30 minute s a day posting or replying to It makes the content “more he said, adding that authenticity will drivr “a more sustained interactivity.” The day in the recordinbg studio provided marketable whose exposure helps recruigt new donors and drives membership of some board he said.
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Ed Whitacre named new GM chairman - Los Angeles Business from bizjournals:
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former chairman and CEO of , to become the new chairmajn ofthe U.S. automaker once it completes itsbankruptcy reorganization. Kresa will continuwe to serve as interim chairmann until Whitacre takes over the helm ofthe U.S. Kresa, the chairman emeritus of Northrop Grumman took the reigns aschairman . GM says Whitacre and Kress — along with president and CEO Frederickj A. Henderson and board members Philip A. Kathryn V. Marinello, Erroll B. Davis Jr. and E. Nevilld Isdell — will serve as the nucleus of the new GM GM has launched a selection process to identif y four more directors who will servde on the board of thereorganizedx company.
The Canadian government and the new UnitecAuto Workers’ Voluntary Employee Benefit Associatiom will each nominate one director, bringin g the total number of directors for the company to 13. On June 1, GM announcee that the company’s threre domestic subsidiaries had filed voluntary petitions for relief under chapterf 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code inthe U.S. Bankruptcyg Court for the Southern District of New The company’s reorganization plan includes selling substantiallty all of its global assets to a new entity that will take on the GM That sale is subject to the approval of the “The appointment of Ed Whitacre as chairman representzs a very auspicious beginning for the new GM,” Kresaq says.
“We look forward to working with him to completre the reinvention of GM and maximized the enormous potential of thisnew enterprise.” 67, was chairman and CEO of AT&Ty Inc. and its predecessor companie from 1990to 2007. During his tenure, which begaj with Southwestern Bell, Whitacre led the companhy through a series of mergersand acquisitions. One of the more prominenr acquisitionswas AT&T. Whitacre retired from AT&T in 2007, . AT&Ty (NYSE: T) subsequently relocated headquarters to Dallaswin 2008.
Whitacre maintains an office in San Followinghis retirement, Whitacre accepted a teaching positiom on the business faculty at Texa Lutheran University in Texas, near San Antonio. “I am honore to be able to serve GM at this critical juncture and take part in its Whitacre says. GM was founded in 1908. The companu now manufactures cars and trucks in 34 Its headquarters isin Detroit.
former chairman and CEO of , to become the new chairmajn ofthe U.S. automaker once it completes itsbankruptcy reorganization. Kresa will continuwe to serve as interim chairmann until Whitacre takes over the helm ofthe U.S. Kresa, the chairman emeritus of Northrop Grumman took the reigns aschairman . GM says Whitacre and Kress — along with president and CEO Frederickj A. Henderson and board members Philip A. Kathryn V. Marinello, Erroll B. Davis Jr. and E. Nevilld Isdell — will serve as the nucleus of the new GM GM has launched a selection process to identif y four more directors who will servde on the board of thereorganizedx company.
The Canadian government and the new UnitecAuto Workers’ Voluntary Employee Benefit Associatiom will each nominate one director, bringin g the total number of directors for the company to 13. On June 1, GM announcee that the company’s threre domestic subsidiaries had filed voluntary petitions for relief under chapterf 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code inthe U.S. Bankruptcyg Court for the Southern District of New The company’s reorganization plan includes selling substantiallty all of its global assets to a new entity that will take on the GM That sale is subject to the approval of the “The appointment of Ed Whitacre as chairman representzs a very auspicious beginning for the new GM,” Kresaq says.
“We look forward to working with him to completre the reinvention of GM and maximized the enormous potential of thisnew enterprise.” 67, was chairman and CEO of AT&Ty Inc. and its predecessor companie from 1990to 2007. During his tenure, which begaj with Southwestern Bell, Whitacre led the companhy through a series of mergersand acquisitions. One of the more prominenr acquisitionswas AT&T. Whitacre retired from AT&T in 2007, . AT&Ty (NYSE: T) subsequently relocated headquarters to Dallaswin 2008.
Whitacre maintains an office in San Followinghis retirement, Whitacre accepted a teaching positiom on the business faculty at Texa Lutheran University in Texas, near San Antonio. “I am honore to be able to serve GM at this critical juncture and take part in its Whitacre says. GM was founded in 1908. The companu now manufactures cars and trucks in 34 Its headquarters isin Detroit.
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Sidewalks in the sky: BJCC building elevated walkways - Birmingham Business Journal:
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Construction recently started and isthe next-to-lasr major renovation the existingy facility will receive as part of its six-year, $52 millionn capital improvements project, said Jack Fields, executive directort at the BJCC. The connecting skywalks and corridorx are slated for completionin 2009, around the same time renovationws will be complete on the arena and north and southg meeting rooms. “At that point, we will have gottenj the existing facility to the greatest pointg we can get it to with theoriginall design,” Fields said. A grand reopening is scheduledf in the next few weeks for theConcerrt Hall, which recently received a $12 millioj renovation, he said.
The new skywalk and corridod system will allow internal access to meeting roomd and exhibit halls that only have entrances from outsidewthe buildings. Birmingham’s Brasfield & Gorrie LLC is servinvg as general contractor. “The bottom line is when we have a majofr hotel that isaccommodating out-of-towj attendees, they have to go outside to get to particularf areas, Fields said. And that coulfd sway a meeting planner’s decision when picking a site and lookinfg at allthe particulars, especially the said Jim Smither, presidenyt of the and . “This is going to give us anothere locationto sell,” he said. “It’sw going to open up the building.
Right now, you can’rt go to the Northj Hall or meeting rooms withoutgoing outdoors.” Plan s call for a skywalk to reacn across Richard Arrington Jr. Boulevard North from the Sheratoh Birmingham Hotel to the North Exhibit said Fields. Another one will extend from the North Hall to the uppef level of the arena on Ninth Avenue And raised corridors will go around the perimetef ofthe facility, including into the second level of the proposedx entertainment district, The Forge, he said. The countdown continuesx for theproposed $40 million entertainment As of Wednesday, the backward-ticking clock given to the BJCC by developet is set at 338 days until completion.
As of presw time, construction on the entertainment complex had not Smither said all the BJCC renovations and the addition of the entertainmenty district will tip the scalesin Birmingham’s favor for attractin g more conventions and meetings. “The whole ball game is goingbto change,” he said. “Right now (lack of nearby is one of our biggest problems. It will be neat for peoplre to just walkover there.” Performa has plane to build the entertainment district adjaceng to the BJCC, similar to the one it developed in Memphias on Beale Street. As of now, the companuy is finalizing its financing to starftthe project.
Slated to appear in the district includesCoyote Ugly, Green Acres Cafe, Humidor, China Aloft Hotel, nightclubs by American Idol winners Rubeh Studdard and Taylor Golden Rule Barbecue and others. Los Angeles promoter AEG, which has shown interest in building a small concert venue in the entertainment last week signed a deal with the BJCC to help brinbg entertainment events tothe facility. A site at the BJCC is one of threw locations in the area in the running for a newdomedd stadium, proposed by Birminghamj Mayor Larry Langford.
Other potential sites for the dome include Legiohn Fieldon Birmingham’s West Side and land near the Birmingham Race Courser on the northeast side of News reports indicate Langford is set to announc his decision by Labor Day.
Construction recently started and isthe next-to-lasr major renovation the existingy facility will receive as part of its six-year, $52 millionn capital improvements project, said Jack Fields, executive directort at the BJCC. The connecting skywalks and corridorx are slated for completionin 2009, around the same time renovationws will be complete on the arena and north and southg meeting rooms. “At that point, we will have gottenj the existing facility to the greatest pointg we can get it to with theoriginall design,” Fields said. A grand reopening is scheduledf in the next few weeks for theConcerrt Hall, which recently received a $12 millioj renovation, he said.
The new skywalk and corridod system will allow internal access to meeting roomd and exhibit halls that only have entrances from outsidewthe buildings. Birmingham’s Brasfield & Gorrie LLC is servinvg as general contractor. “The bottom line is when we have a majofr hotel that isaccommodating out-of-towj attendees, they have to go outside to get to particularf areas, Fields said. And that coulfd sway a meeting planner’s decision when picking a site and lookinfg at allthe particulars, especially the said Jim Smither, presidenyt of the and . “This is going to give us anothere locationto sell,” he said. “It’sw going to open up the building.
Right now, you can’rt go to the Northj Hall or meeting rooms withoutgoing outdoors.” Plan s call for a skywalk to reacn across Richard Arrington Jr. Boulevard North from the Sheratoh Birmingham Hotel to the North Exhibit said Fields. Another one will extend from the North Hall to the uppef level of the arena on Ninth Avenue And raised corridors will go around the perimetef ofthe facility, including into the second level of the proposedx entertainment district, The Forge, he said. The countdown continuesx for theproposed $40 million entertainment As of Wednesday, the backward-ticking clock given to the BJCC by developet is set at 338 days until completion.
As of presw time, construction on the entertainment complex had not Smither said all the BJCC renovations and the addition of the entertainmenty district will tip the scalesin Birmingham’s favor for attractin g more conventions and meetings. “The whole ball game is goingbto change,” he said. “Right now (lack of nearby is one of our biggest problems. It will be neat for peoplre to just walkover there.” Performa has plane to build the entertainment district adjaceng to the BJCC, similar to the one it developed in Memphias on Beale Street. As of now, the companuy is finalizing its financing to starftthe project.
Slated to appear in the district includesCoyote Ugly, Green Acres Cafe, Humidor, China Aloft Hotel, nightclubs by American Idol winners Rubeh Studdard and Taylor Golden Rule Barbecue and others. Los Angeles promoter AEG, which has shown interest in building a small concert venue in the entertainment last week signed a deal with the BJCC to help brinbg entertainment events tothe facility. A site at the BJCC is one of threw locations in the area in the running for a newdomedd stadium, proposed by Birminghamj Mayor Larry Langford.
Other potential sites for the dome include Legiohn Fieldon Birmingham’s West Side and land near the Birmingham Race Courser on the northeast side of News reports indicate Langford is set to announc his decision by Labor Day.
Friday, November 12, 2010
Sen. Lisa Murkowski gets write-in votes as Alaska counts - USA Today
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Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Several Sierra ski resorts opening over next 10 days; 30 cm of snow - The Canadian Press
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Several Sierra ski resorts opening over next 10 days; 30 cm of snow The Canadian Press Opening dates announced as of Wednesday include: Heavenly, Nov. 19 Squaw Valley USA and Northstar at Tahoe, Nov. 20 Alpine Meadows and Tahoe Donner, Dec. ... |
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Meade mystified by Pando drama - The Press Association
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Meade mystified by Pando drama The Press Association Noel Meade's classy performer was withdrawn at the start before the ladbrokes.com Chase after the problem was spotted. "It's a bit of a mystery because when ... |
Sunday, November 7, 2010
UN aid chief worried at spate of Sudan abductions - AFP
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UN aid chief worried at spate of Sudan abductions AFP EL-FASHER, Sudan â€" UN aid chief Valerie Amos on Sunday expressed concern at the repeated abductions of foreigners in Darfur when she visited the western ... |
Saturday, November 6, 2010
European Tour - SkySports
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The Guardian | European Tour SkySports Francesco Molinari will take a one-shot lead over Lee Westwood into the final round of the HSBC Champions event after both players shot rounds of 67 on ... HSBC Champions: I'd love to speak Chinese in my speech...if I win title, says ... |
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Area home sales post big drop in May - Sacramento Business Journal:
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There were 1,783 home closings last a 29 percent decrease from May according to the Greater Nashville Association of The median priceof single-family homew in May was $169,000, a $5,400 increasew from the prior month, but a 10.6 percen decline from May 2008. “Realo estate is feeling the same effects as the rest of thenationalk economy,” Greater Nashville Associationm of Realtors President Mike Nichols says in a press “With the recent American Recovery and Reinvestmenrt Act of 2009 supported by the FHA, we are hopefuk that first-time home buyers will take advantage of the opportunitt to use the $8,000 tax credit to help with certainb costs at closing.
” Inventory on the markey increase about 0.8 percent from There were 24,600 homezs on the market May 31. May’s numbers brings year-to-date closingsw up to 7,149, down 31 percent from the 10,406 closing s at this point in 2008. The condok market had 228 closingsin May, a 25.2 perceny drop from the year before. That compares to 305 closingxslast year. The median pricee for a condo in May was down 1.7 percent from last year. There were 2,00 0 sales pending at the end of May. Whil e that number was down from 2,489 pending sales last it was only the second time since last Septembetr that pending sales figure hadreachedf 2,000 properties or more.
There were 1,783 home closings last a 29 percent decrease from May according to the Greater Nashville Association of The median priceof single-family homew in May was $169,000, a $5,400 increasew from the prior month, but a 10.6 percen decline from May 2008. “Realo estate is feeling the same effects as the rest of thenationalk economy,” Greater Nashville Associationm of Realtors President Mike Nichols says in a press “With the recent American Recovery and Reinvestmenrt Act of 2009 supported by the FHA, we are hopefuk that first-time home buyers will take advantage of the opportunitt to use the $8,000 tax credit to help with certainb costs at closing.
” Inventory on the markey increase about 0.8 percent from There were 24,600 homezs on the market May 31. May’s numbers brings year-to-date closingsw up to 7,149, down 31 percent from the 10,406 closing s at this point in 2008. The condok market had 228 closingsin May, a 25.2 perceny drop from the year before. That compares to 305 closingxslast year. The median pricee for a condo in May was down 1.7 percent from last year. There were 2,00 0 sales pending at the end of May. Whil e that number was down from 2,489 pending sales last it was only the second time since last Septembetr that pending sales figure hadreachedf 2,000 properties or more.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Blackhawks-Devils Preview: The Remedy for a Struggling Team Comes to Chicago - ChicagoNow (blog)
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Blackhawks-Devils Preview: The Remedy for a Struggling Team Comes to Chicago ChicagoNow (blog) If the Chicago Blackhawks are struggling to find an identity, Wednesday night's game should provide the perfect remedy. There's really no other way to look ... |
Monday, November 1, 2010
Brywood Centre construction will start later in the summer - Sacramento Business Journal:
http://www.artd-multiservices.com/article/New-C-A-R--Report-Says-Internet-Homebuyers-Are-The-Norm.html
The approved Tri-Land’s plan to redevelo p the at 63rd Street and Blue Ridge Cutoffflast month. The approved $5.6 millio in TIF reimbursements forthe $30.6 million project in June 2008. Tri-Land is basee in Westchester, Ill. “We are very excitexd to be moving forward with thisredevelopment Tri-Land Executive Vice President Hugh Robinsoj said in a release. “We have had a greatt relationship with the city and the two district council members, Terry Riley and Cind Circo, throughout this process.
We look forward to deliveringya renewed, high-quality projec to this great Redevelopment of the 183,000-square-foot center will includd a new facade, updated signagew and lighting, landscaping upgrades, expansion of a Price Chopper supermarket that anchors the center and increasedf pad-site availability along 63rd Tri-Land also hopes to announce a new anchor tenant soon for the 37-year-old center. Tri-Land owns and manages more than 2.8 millionm square feet of retail space inthe Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions of the It specializes in acquiring and revitalizinb distressed and undervalued community centers rangingh from 100,000 square feet to 750,000 square feet.
The approved Tri-Land’s plan to redevelo p the at 63rd Street and Blue Ridge Cutoffflast month. The approved $5.6 millio in TIF reimbursements forthe $30.6 million project in June 2008. Tri-Land is basee in Westchester, Ill. “We are very excitexd to be moving forward with thisredevelopment Tri-Land Executive Vice President Hugh Robinsoj said in a release. “We have had a greatt relationship with the city and the two district council members, Terry Riley and Cind Circo, throughout this process.
We look forward to deliveringya renewed, high-quality projec to this great Redevelopment of the 183,000-square-foot center will includd a new facade, updated signagew and lighting, landscaping upgrades, expansion of a Price Chopper supermarket that anchors the center and increasedf pad-site availability along 63rd Tri-Land also hopes to announce a new anchor tenant soon for the 37-year-old center. Tri-Land owns and manages more than 2.8 millionm square feet of retail space inthe Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions of the It specializes in acquiring and revitalizinb distressed and undervalued community centers rangingh from 100,000 square feet to 750,000 square feet.
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