Comstock: Tax Big Box Acres Of Free Parking
- June
- 4
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One of the massive changes in how we build our cities is in the retail sector. Most notable is the Wal- Martization factor where 60% of the city’s commercial tax base is being undermined by the tax treatment of this new-format retail: the Big Box with acres of parking. This change is not really surprising, [...]
Mixeduse complexes lure homebuyers with convenience livability
- January
- 23
Buzz Gosnell, president of Woodbine Southwest Corp., said the lifestyle is nostalgic. Woodbine developed Kierland Commons, perhaps the Valley’s most well-established local residential and retail complex.
The lifestyle complexes, Gosnell said, re-create the Main Street feel of the old days. And although vertical and seemingly more closed off than the suburbs, they create [...]
Why real estate continues to be hot property for investors?
- January
- 16
The real estate sector has
always been a favourite with Indian investors as they are comfortable putting
their money in an asset class that offers them the ‘touch and feel’
benefit.
And there seems to be
every reason to continue to repose faith in the realty sector as it has been
growing at around 30% per annum, with [...]
Tottenhamrsquo;s Alan Hutton inquiry is typical of panic buying during January sales
- January
- 16
It is not exactly a game of poker this January transfer window, is it? Every
hand is exposed, every need known. Daniel Levy, the Tottenham Hotspur
chairman, has admitted that the transfer window is the worst time to buy
top-quality players, although if he sells Dimitar Berbatov for a tidy sum,
he will not mind being on the opposite [...]
Why real estate continues to be hot property for investors
- January
- 15
The
real estate sector has always been a favourite with Indian investors as they are
comfortable putting their money in an asset class that offers them the
‘touch and feel’ benefit.
And there seems to be every
reason to continue to repose faith in the realty sector as it has been growing
at around 30% per annum, with most [...]
Infrastructure amp; Policy Lending support to retail sector
- January
- 15
All
eyes are on the retail industry as the boom in the organized segment of this
sector is expected to be the next big story, currently in the making. After the
software and telecom sectors, organized retail is deemed to provide a big boost
to the domestic economy. Being the second largest employer, after the
agricultural sector, it [...]
Kenyan fighting reveals ethnic tensions
- January
- 3
The two groups exchange insults and stones, waiting for the other to attack. The fighting has been fierce. People are slashed with machetes, their homes torched. The desire for revenge is strong.
“Those people have burned our homes,” Mugambi said of the Luos. “I will cut any who come across that bridge.”
A wave of violence over [...]
WalMart steps up lobbying
- December
- 28
A relative newcomer to lobbying, the Bentonville, Ark.-based company is making sure Capitol Hill knows it does not take a discount approach to getting its message out about everything from immigration to financial-services licensing. Wal-Mart spent more than $4 million lobbying in the past 18 months compared with the $6.6 [...]
WalMart Lobbies Above Retail Value
- December
- 28
A relative newcomer to lobbying, the Bentonville, Ark.-based company is making sure Capitol Hill knows it doesn’t take a discount approach to getting its message out about everything from immigration to financial-services licensing. Wal-Mart spent more than $4 million lobbying in the past 18 months compared with the $6.6 million it collectively spent [...]
