The Ravaudage development at Lee Road and US 17-92 in Winter… (Lola …

Bellows has already sold a piece of the Ravaudage property to Orlando-based Unicorp, which has plans for an 18,000-square-foot, two-story Gardens at Ravaudage. It would include two restaurants and some retail space on the first floor, with office space on the second floor.Bellows, who has courted everything from minor-league baseball teams to a Whole Foods for his project, was not available for comment Wednesday.A year ago he lost a request to get a portion of the revenues generated by any retailers Read more [...]

Making money from big events

JOHANNESBURG – Westbrooke Capital Management’s Special Opportunities Fund aims to grow its assets under management from R152 million to up to R1 billion within five years. Jarred Winer, co-founder of Westbrooke Capital Management, says with the current assets under management, its event-driven hedge fund can’t take full advantage of the opportunities in the locally listed small and mid-cap space where it operates. “So I think it will just widen our universe.” Winer Read more [...]

What $1 Million Buys You in America’s Best Retirement Destinations

Forbes recently published its list of 25 Best Places to Retire in 2014. To create the list, the magazine evaluated data from more than 400 cities from every state in the U.S., taking into consideration factors such as housing and living costs, taxes, weather and air quality, crime rates, doctor availability, and active-lifestyle rankings for walkability, bicycling and volunteering. Forbes listed its top locales alphabetically, naming no single "best place" to retire.The cities that made Read more [...]

White House urging US CEOs to avoid Russian forum

WASHINGTON | Top executives at major United States companies are reconsidering or withdrawing their participation in a Russian international economic forum amid requests from the Obama administration in the face of the growing crisis in Ukraine. Some executives have been pressed to cancel their attendance direct appeals from officials such as Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew and Valerie Jarrett, a senior adviser to President Barack Obama. The St. Petersburg International Economic Read more [...]

Dead sperm whale listed for sale on eBay

A dead sperm whale was listed for sale on eBay after it washed up on the shores of a Canadian town last week. The 40ft mammal was listed on the online marketplace after the town of Cape St George was told it was their responsibility to dispose of the carcass. However, the advert was swiftly removed from the site, which outlaws the selling of animals. "I received a call from the federal department of the environment saying that you're not allowed to sell any parts of sperm whales, even if Read more [...]

FNEX surpasses USD40bn in listed alternative investments

FNEX has aggregated in excess of USD40 billion in alternative investment opportunities including investments in businesses, real estate, hedge funds and managed futures accounts. FNEX launched FNEX.com, an online marketplace for alternative investments including direct placements in private companies, hedge funds and managed futures accounts, in September 2013.   The web-based platform provides investment advisors, family offices, institutions, and accredited investors access to investment opportunities Read more [...]

The Realtors of Oz: Bidding wars are unnecessarily sleazy

Denise Balkissoon is a Toronto writer and co-editor of The Ethnic Aisle, a blog about ethnic and cultural pluralism. She is on Twitter @balkissoon.Ah, spring. Chirping birds, budding flowers, and bloodthirsty bidding wars on Toronto’s frenzied real estate scene. Two weeks ago, a detached house in tony Lawrence Park confirmed that we’re in the busiest, silliest buying-and-selling season: The brick fixer-upper was listed for $699,000 in a million-dollar neighbourhood, then drew a ludicrous 72 Read more [...]