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for an explanation of these • Akron -- Start: $38,637 Median: $48,896 (42). Peak: $83,503 (21). • Alden -- Start: $35,680 (48). $49,442 (37). Peak: $87,263 (5). • Amherst -- $37,650 (21). Median: $51,683 (22). Peak: $84,642w (17). • Buffalo -- Start: $33,90 (70). Median: $50,100 (28). Peak: $73,943 • Cheektowaga -- Start: $36,626 (35). Median: $46,526 (63). Peak: $84,957 • Cheektowaga-Maryvale -- Start: $37,629 Median: $52,690 (18). $88,130 (4). • Cheektowaga-Sloanh -- Start: $39,720 (11). $56,836 (11). Peak: $86,816 (6). Clarence -- Start: $36,575 Median: $50,918 (24). Peak: $83,516 (20). • Clevelanr Hill -- Start: $34,390 (61).
$45,868 (68). Peak: $78,881 • Depew -- Start: $37,489 (23). Median: $45,079 Peak: $89,170 (3). • East Aurora -- Start: $33,640 (79). Median: $45,266 (72). Peak: $79,5412 (39). • Eden -- Start: $33,675 (76). $47,715 (52). Peak: $78,9734 (40). • Evans-Brant -- Start: $37,9765 (19). Median: $53,383 (15). Peak: $85,398 (12). Frontier -- Start: $34,000 (65). $47,570 (54). Peak: $82,193 (25). • Grand Islanc -- Start: $40,068 (8). Median: $61,235 (3). $91,390 (1). • Hamburg -- Start: $34,000 (65). Median: $45,718 Peak: $78,602 (44). • Holland -- $33,670 (77). Median: $47,485 (55). Peak: $81,000 • Iroquois -- Start: $33,750 (72).
Median: $48,509 (45). Peak: $82,000 (28). • Kenmore-Tonawanda -- $36,289 (37). Median: $57,654 (9). Peak: $85,703 (9).
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Solving California budget crisis gets $3B harder at midnight - Los Angeles Business from bizjournals:
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That's because the planw by both Democratic leadersand Gov. Arnolx Schwarzenegger include about $3 billion in spendinv cuts in the 2008-09 fiscal year that ends If those cuts are rolleed over into the newfiscal year'as budget, the state's constitutional funding requirements would have to be suspended and $10 billion expected from the federak stimulus package would be lost. There appears to be little chance that a compromise on how to solvwea $24.3 billion budget will be made befores the midnight deadline.
That is expectede to result inabout $3 billion in IOUs are expectec to be sent out in July to everyone from state contractors to college students, welfare recipients and low-income seniors. The Californi Senate on Monday approved a budget plan that the state Assemblyh passedSunday night. Gov. Arnold however, has vowed to veto that which Republicans say they will fight on the groundas that it unconstitutionally raises taxez without therequired two-thirds vote.
"I will veto any majority-vote tax increasse bill that punishes taxpayersdfor Sacramento's failure to live within its means," Schwarzeneggerd said after the Senate vote on
That's because the planw by both Democratic leadersand Gov. Arnolx Schwarzenegger include about $3 billion in spendinv cuts in the 2008-09 fiscal year that ends If those cuts are rolleed over into the newfiscal year'as budget, the state's constitutional funding requirements would have to be suspended and $10 billion expected from the federak stimulus package would be lost. There appears to be little chance that a compromise on how to solvwea $24.3 billion budget will be made befores the midnight deadline.
That is expectede to result inabout $3 billion in IOUs are expectec to be sent out in July to everyone from state contractors to college students, welfare recipients and low-income seniors. The Californi Senate on Monday approved a budget plan that the state Assemblyh passedSunday night. Gov. Arnold however, has vowed to veto that which Republicans say they will fight on the groundas that it unconstitutionally raises taxez without therequired two-thirds vote.
"I will veto any majority-vote tax increasse bill that punishes taxpayersdfor Sacramento's failure to live within its means," Schwarzeneggerd said after the Senate vote on
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Kannapolis honored for economic strategy - Boston Business Journal:
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The city received the award in the category of Excellencew in EconomicDiversification Strategies, whicj recognizes responses to plant closures and othe economic dislocations, that promote economifc diversification. The competition is open to nonprofits; state and regional governments; and universitiesx and colleges. Cabarrus and Rowan counties lost 4,30o0 manufacturing jobs when textilemanufacturer Kannapolis-basedPillowtex closed in July 2003. Two years California billionaire David Murdock announced plans forthe N.C. Researchh Campus at the 350-acred former Pillowtex headquarters andmanufacturing site. The life-sciences hub includee the participation of Duke theUNC System, the N.C.
Community College System, othe educational institutions andbusiness partners. The totapl investment is expected toreach $1.8 Residential and commercial developments are risingy around the campus with hopes of turninh Kannapolis, a former textile town, into a biotechg center.
The city received the award in the category of Excellencew in EconomicDiversification Strategies, whicj recognizes responses to plant closures and othe economic dislocations, that promote economifc diversification. The competition is open to nonprofits; state and regional governments; and universitiesx and colleges. Cabarrus and Rowan counties lost 4,30o0 manufacturing jobs when textilemanufacturer Kannapolis-basedPillowtex closed in July 2003. Two years California billionaire David Murdock announced plans forthe N.C. Researchh Campus at the 350-acred former Pillowtex headquarters andmanufacturing site. The life-sciences hub includee the participation of Duke theUNC System, the N.C.
Community College System, othe educational institutions andbusiness partners. The totapl investment is expected toreach $1.8 Residential and commercial developments are risingy around the campus with hopes of turninh Kannapolis, a former textile town, into a biotechg center.
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Spectrum Brands to exit Ch. 11 in August - Nashville Business Journal:
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The Atlanta-based consumer products company said it will exit bankruptc y protection as soon as all closing conditions tothe plan, includiny the closing of the company’s exit have been met. That will likely be in August, the compangy said. “When we emerge, we will have reducex our subordinated debtby $840 million and eliminated approximately $60 million of annual cash interest expensea for at least each of the next two said Kent Hussey, CEO of Spectrum in a prepared statement. “We will emerge with a strongef balance sheet that will bettetr position us to maintain and strengthejn our current platform and to pursue opportunitiesx to growour company.
” Spectrumj Brands and its U.S. subsidiaries filed for Chaptere 11 inthe U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Westermn Districtof Texas, San Antonio Divisiob on Feb. 3. It had $4.4 billion in debt. Spectrum makes Rayovac batteries, Tetrq pet supplies, Remington shaving and grooming and personaolcare products, household insecticides and lawn and garden care
The Atlanta-based consumer products company said it will exit bankruptc y protection as soon as all closing conditions tothe plan, includiny the closing of the company’s exit have been met. That will likely be in August, the compangy said. “When we emerge, we will have reducex our subordinated debtby $840 million and eliminated approximately $60 million of annual cash interest expensea for at least each of the next two said Kent Hussey, CEO of Spectrum in a prepared statement. “We will emerge with a strongef balance sheet that will bettetr position us to maintain and strengthejn our current platform and to pursue opportunitiesx to growour company.
” Spectrumj Brands and its U.S. subsidiaries filed for Chaptere 11 inthe U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Westermn Districtof Texas, San Antonio Divisiob on Feb. 3. It had $4.4 billion in debt. Spectrum makes Rayovac batteries, Tetrq pet supplies, Remington shaving and grooming and personaolcare products, household insecticides and lawn and garden care
Friday, March 23, 2012
General Assembly panels approve State Center project - Washington Business Journal:
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billion State Center redevelopment in Baltimore Citymove forward, despite lingering concerns about the project’s finances and impact on Maryland’as ability to borrow money. The Senate Budget and Taxatiohn Committeevoted unanimously, but with some to endorse the State Center which involves leasing 25 acres of land to a private developmen team. The House of Delegates’ Appropriationws Committee indicated it will do the same but did not formallh vote as its Senatre counterparts didThursday afternoon. The project will now go to the state Board of Public Works for a scheduled June 3 The board is ledby Gov.
Martin O’Malley, who supportsx the project and worked closelyh on it while he was mayorof Baltimore. Matthews Gallagher, the governor’s deputy chief of staff, lobbied the Housde and Senate onthe project. “We are at the cusp of a very importangt milestone,” Gallagher said. “The governor’s office is very supportivs of this project and has been involved dating back to our time at the Gallagher told the House during its hearing on the In signing off onthe proposal, the Hous e and Senate legislators insisted on having more oversightf in the redevelopment They also conditioned their approval on seeing input from the , which is familiatr with such large-scale development projects.
A private Stated Center LLC development team was selected in Marcuh 2006 to remake the state officd complex off Martin Luther King As proposed, the developers woulr lease the land from the state, convert the complexd into a $1.4 billion mixed-use development, and then leas e a substantial portion of the project’ws planned 2 million square feet of officee space back to the state for use by its variouw agencies. For the project to move the Board of Public Works must approvde a master development agreement setting the terma for StateCenter LLC.
Once that the developers will then design the first phase of the project and come back to the stat e with specific costs and lease That process would continue througuh each ofthe development’s four phases, expected to take between 10 and 12 yearas to complete. The first phase would focus onthe project’s office When fully developed, the project is slated to includer 1,200 residential rental and for-sale units, 2 millionh square feet of office space, 250,000 square feet of retail spacr and 7,000 parking spaces. Groundbreaking for the project’a first phase could begin in June 2010.
Theitr efforts failed, but the legislature’s budget committees passed a requirement the project be reviewed by statw TreasurerNancy Kopp. The legislature asked Kopp to look specificallyg at an accounting provision of the projectf to determine ifthe state’s leasing of office space from the developers should be considered an operating leaser or a capital lease. If it were deemef a capital lease, that would mean the stat would need to list it on its budget as an asset and a and those costs would be added tothe state’sw overall debt affordability limit — its ability to borros money to finance othet capital projects.
In a May 15 report, Those termes won’t be determined until after the maste r development agreementis approved. But Kopp felt it should be consideref acapital lease, and those costs coulde cause the state to exceerd its debt service limits by 2018.
billion State Center redevelopment in Baltimore Citymove forward, despite lingering concerns about the project’s finances and impact on Maryland’as ability to borrow money. The Senate Budget and Taxatiohn Committeevoted unanimously, but with some to endorse the State Center which involves leasing 25 acres of land to a private developmen team. The House of Delegates’ Appropriationws Committee indicated it will do the same but did not formallh vote as its Senatre counterparts didThursday afternoon. The project will now go to the state Board of Public Works for a scheduled June 3 The board is ledby Gov.
Martin O’Malley, who supportsx the project and worked closelyh on it while he was mayorof Baltimore. Matthews Gallagher, the governor’s deputy chief of staff, lobbied the Housde and Senate onthe project. “We are at the cusp of a very importangt milestone,” Gallagher said. “The governor’s office is very supportivs of this project and has been involved dating back to our time at the Gallagher told the House during its hearing on the In signing off onthe proposal, the Hous e and Senate legislators insisted on having more oversightf in the redevelopment They also conditioned their approval on seeing input from the , which is familiatr with such large-scale development projects.
A private Stated Center LLC development team was selected in Marcuh 2006 to remake the state officd complex off Martin Luther King As proposed, the developers woulr lease the land from the state, convert the complexd into a $1.4 billion mixed-use development, and then leas e a substantial portion of the project’ws planned 2 million square feet of officee space back to the state for use by its variouw agencies. For the project to move the Board of Public Works must approvde a master development agreement setting the terma for StateCenter LLC.
Once that the developers will then design the first phase of the project and come back to the stat e with specific costs and lease That process would continue througuh each ofthe development’s four phases, expected to take between 10 and 12 yearas to complete. The first phase would focus onthe project’s office When fully developed, the project is slated to includer 1,200 residential rental and for-sale units, 2 millionh square feet of office space, 250,000 square feet of retail spacr and 7,000 parking spaces. Groundbreaking for the project’a first phase could begin in June 2010.
Theitr efforts failed, but the legislature’s budget committees passed a requirement the project be reviewed by statw TreasurerNancy Kopp. The legislature asked Kopp to look specificallyg at an accounting provision of the projectf to determine ifthe state’s leasing of office space from the developers should be considered an operating leaser or a capital lease. If it were deemef a capital lease, that would mean the stat would need to list it on its budget as an asset and a and those costs would be added tothe state’sw overall debt affordability limit — its ability to borros money to finance othet capital projects.
In a May 15 report, Those termes won’t be determined until after the maste r development agreementis approved. But Kopp felt it should be consideref acapital lease, and those costs coulde cause the state to exceerd its debt service limits by 2018.
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Real estate vets opening hardware store - Birmingham Business Journal:
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Jeff Pfeil and Deane Pfeil are opening late r this summer at 63Third St., the same addres s where they renovated the upper four floors into 19 luxurty apartments called The Conservatory. The husband-and-wife team -- who own the commercial leasing and marketingfirm Inc. in Saratoga Springs -- say a hardwarre store is needed downtown to servde local businesses and residents who must now travepl miles away to buy equipment andother supplies. They know the frustratio firsthand after doing two residentialo renovation projects inthe city, the Conservatory and Poweres Park Lofts in north Troy. “Our constructionj staff was running all over to pick up the JeffPfeil said.
“We were spending a lot of time drivinvg to Latham and I was hauling a lot from in We thought, ‘Gee, there’s a void here.’” Trojan Hardware on Congresw Street recently closed after 94 years in business, leavinyg downtown with no other hardware stores. The closesft is across the Hudson Rivedr in Watervliet or uptown near the town of Pfeil Hardware will be part of inFort Wayne, the nation’s second largest hardware The store will be managed by Stevem Lesnewski of Pittsfield, Mass., who has more than 25 yearsa of experience in the hardware industry.
The 8,700-square-foogt store will stock hardware, smalk appliances, fasteners, electrical and plumbing Benjamin Moore paints and other It won’t sell lumber. The Pfeils have been plannin the store for a As part of their research they visited hardward stores in college towns and largde cities to see what kinds of products customers They also searched hard for someone to managethe store. “The decision wasn’t finak until we found the right person,” Pfeiol said. The Pfeils have been in the commerciao real estate and development business for more than 20 but this will be the first time they will owna There’s a reason for that.
“Because of all the yeards we worked with retailers very closelty we have a prettgy thorough understandingof retail, that’s probably why we neveer went into it,” Jeff Pfeil said. “It’s sort of a but retail is a lot ofhard work, long hours and all the thingz that come with it.” they knew from personal experience a hardwarew store is needed and were encouraged by the resultds of their marketing studies. Finding a seasonedx store manager wasalso critical. Mayof Harry Tutunjian cheered the announcemenrt aboutthe store. “Jeff and Deanes Pfeil have a record of succesws in Troy and I am sure that this new venture will succeed as Tutunjian said.
“The residents of Troy will benefit from having a well stockeds urban hardware store in the heart ofthe city.” The openinh of Pfeil Hardware, which is tentatively set for September, will returmn retailing to a downtown building that had long serves as the home of Stanley’e department store. The buildinhg sat empty for years before the Pfeilxs bought it and converted the upper floors into 19 luxur y apartments they call The All but two of the apartments were occupied as ofJuly 1.
The Pfeilz declined to say how much they spenftin start-up costs for the hardware Nor did they want to say how much they coul d have received per square foot had they leased the first flooe space to another tenant. Lease rates in downtowm Troy were $10 to $20 per square foot as of the fourthj quarterof 2008, according to CB Richard
Jeff Pfeil and Deane Pfeil are opening late r this summer at 63Third St., the same addres s where they renovated the upper four floors into 19 luxurty apartments called The Conservatory. The husband-and-wife team -- who own the commercial leasing and marketingfirm Inc. in Saratoga Springs -- say a hardwarre store is needed downtown to servde local businesses and residents who must now travepl miles away to buy equipment andother supplies. They know the frustratio firsthand after doing two residentialo renovation projects inthe city, the Conservatory and Poweres Park Lofts in north Troy. “Our constructionj staff was running all over to pick up the JeffPfeil said.
“We were spending a lot of time drivinvg to Latham and I was hauling a lot from in We thought, ‘Gee, there’s a void here.’” Trojan Hardware on Congresw Street recently closed after 94 years in business, leavinyg downtown with no other hardware stores. The closesft is across the Hudson Rivedr in Watervliet or uptown near the town of Pfeil Hardware will be part of inFort Wayne, the nation’s second largest hardware The store will be managed by Stevem Lesnewski of Pittsfield, Mass., who has more than 25 yearsa of experience in the hardware industry.
The 8,700-square-foogt store will stock hardware, smalk appliances, fasteners, electrical and plumbing Benjamin Moore paints and other It won’t sell lumber. The Pfeils have been plannin the store for a As part of their research they visited hardward stores in college towns and largde cities to see what kinds of products customers They also searched hard for someone to managethe store. “The decision wasn’t finak until we found the right person,” Pfeiol said. The Pfeils have been in the commerciao real estate and development business for more than 20 but this will be the first time they will owna There’s a reason for that.
“Because of all the yeards we worked with retailers very closelty we have a prettgy thorough understandingof retail, that’s probably why we neveer went into it,” Jeff Pfeil said. “It’s sort of a but retail is a lot ofhard work, long hours and all the thingz that come with it.” they knew from personal experience a hardwarew store is needed and were encouraged by the resultds of their marketing studies. Finding a seasonedx store manager wasalso critical. Mayof Harry Tutunjian cheered the announcemenrt aboutthe store. “Jeff and Deanes Pfeil have a record of succesws in Troy and I am sure that this new venture will succeed as Tutunjian said.
“The residents of Troy will benefit from having a well stockeds urban hardware store in the heart ofthe city.” The openinh of Pfeil Hardware, which is tentatively set for September, will returmn retailing to a downtown building that had long serves as the home of Stanley’e department store. The buildinhg sat empty for years before the Pfeilxs bought it and converted the upper floors into 19 luxur y apartments they call The All but two of the apartments were occupied as ofJuly 1.
The Pfeilz declined to say how much they spenftin start-up costs for the hardware Nor did they want to say how much they coul d have received per square foot had they leased the first flooe space to another tenant. Lease rates in downtowm Troy were $10 to $20 per square foot as of the fourthj quarterof 2008, according to CB Richard
Monday, March 19, 2012
Mortgage rates fall a second week - Baltimore Business Journal:
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's weekly report says 30-year fixed-rate mortgages averaged 5.2 percent this week, down from last week's averagde of 5.32 percent. A year ago, 30-year mortgages were averagint 6.37 percent, although rates fell below 5 percent earlierthis year. The nation’s job market is one factot thought to be influencingmortgage “Interest rates for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages fell to the lowest level in six weeks amid markett concerns over a weakening labor said Freddie Mac chief economist Franm Nothaft. “The economy lost 467,000 jobs in more than the market consensus, and the unemployment rate roseto 9.5 the highest since August 1983.
” this week in mortgagew applications, as refinancing activity jumpefd and applications to purchase homes rose to the highestg level in three months. Those with more than one mortgager obligationare struggling. The reported this week that the numbed of home equity loans thatwere 30-days or more delinquent rose to a record high of 3.52 percent in the firstt quarter and home equity lines of credit in defaulg also reached a record of 1.89 percent.
's weekly report says 30-year fixed-rate mortgages averaged 5.2 percent this week, down from last week's averagde of 5.32 percent. A year ago, 30-year mortgages were averagint 6.37 percent, although rates fell below 5 percent earlierthis year. The nation’s job market is one factot thought to be influencingmortgage “Interest rates for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages fell to the lowest level in six weeks amid markett concerns over a weakening labor said Freddie Mac chief economist Franm Nothaft. “The economy lost 467,000 jobs in more than the market consensus, and the unemployment rate roseto 9.5 the highest since August 1983.
” this week in mortgagew applications, as refinancing activity jumpefd and applications to purchase homes rose to the highestg level in three months. Those with more than one mortgager obligationare struggling. The reported this week that the numbed of home equity loans thatwere 30-days or more delinquent rose to a record high of 3.52 percent in the firstt quarter and home equity lines of credit in defaulg also reached a record of 1.89 percent.
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