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Monthly Archives: June 2012
Live in former West Seattle Pump House
Bored with most of the houses listed for sale in Seattle? Try this one in West Seattle.
The Seattle Department of Engineering erected the brick building, 424 S.W. Kenyon St., in 1936 to house a system that pumped water from the Duwamish River up to the reservoir.
It has since been renovated into a three-story home, with three bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, 16-foot ceilings, granite and marble floors, exposed ducts and steel beams, custom railings, a family room and an updated kitchen. The 10,500-square-foot Read more [...]
African Markets – Factors to watch on June 12
Historic estate for sale at £7m
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Records show work not listed on Del Mastro’s election spending report: source
Elections Canada has obtained records itemizing voter-contact work performed by an Ottawa company for Conservative MP Dean Del Mastro that appear not to be listed on his election spending report.Elections Canada has time-stamped logs detailing between 25,000 and 30,000 phone calls — including 7,500 to 10,000 "connects" — all of which were made during the election campaign, someone familiar with the documents said Monday. "All of this work was conducted solely during the writ period," Read more [...]
What House? Awards Focus: Best Renovation
The restoration of a derelict empty home in Llangollen saw North Wales Housing beat off tough competition to be awarded the prestigious gold accolade for Best Renovation at the annual What House? Awards last year.
Gold - North Wales Housing - The Willows, Llangollen, Denbighshire'The Willows', a grade II listed building in the heart of the town, has been extensively refurbished and re-developed as social housing by North Wales Housing in partnership with Denbighshire County Council.
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Upcoming Events in Hub Territory
Posted: Monday, June 11, 2012 12:43 pm
Upcoming Events in Hub Territory
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KEARNEY — Summer’s here, and the weekends are packed with festivals, fairs and other events in Hub Territory. This weekend’s events highlights include Annevar in Ravenna and Swedish Days in Holdrege.
If your community has Read more [...]
For sale … Coronation Street’s set will be sold after it was denied listed …
There were hopes the famous cobbles and terraces could be preserved as a
tourist attraction once the soap moves to a new home.
But English Heritage said: “The oldest buildings are less than 30 years old.”
ITV will sell the land in Manchester once it moves stars like Michelle Keegan,
who plays Tina McIntyre, to a new set at Media City UK in Salford.
A spokesperson said it “continues to consider the future use of the Coronation
Street set”.
Newly Listed REIT Serves as Fixed-Income Alternative
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Healthcare Trust of America(HTA) last week listed its medical office-focused REIT on the New York Stock Exchange. This inaugural listing was American Realty Capital's subsidiary, Realty Capital Securities, the second successful non-traded REIT listing this year.
The first to list was American Realty Capital Trust(ARCT), a triple-net sector REIT that listed on March Read more [...]
Coronation Street fails to win listed status
The most famous street in the north of England has failed to win listed status as an historic building because of its constant reinvention to suit the changing demands of TV drama.The redbrick terrace of Coronation Street, which is threatened by redevelopment as the city's media move from central Manchester to Salford Quays, lost out after a detailed analysis by English Heritage.For all its lore and grip on the national imagination – "Corrie" is comfortably the world's longest-running, and Read more [...]