Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:19:00 GMT
Mall of La. firm, lenders rework debt deal (The Advocate)
LOS ANGELES — Mall of Louisiana operator General Growth Properties Inc., which filed the largest U.S. real estate bankruptcy case in history earlier this year, said Thursday its lenders have agreed to restructure some $8.9 billion in shopping mall mortgage loans.
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Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:47:22 GMT
Banking woes seen by La. company as opportunity (NBC 2 Fort Myers)
Associated Press - November 19, 2009 11:34 AM ET NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A Louisiana banking company is using the recent rash of U.S. bank failures, the worst in two decades, as an opportunity to...
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Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:50:14 GMT
Malls still a fixture after 50 years (Lawrence Journal-World)
John Kiefer remembers the early days when he opened Kief’s Records and Hi-Fi in a space at The Malls Shopping Center, on the southwest corner of 23rd and Louisiana streets.
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Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:47:34 GMT
George Ackel Jr., real estate developer, dies at 57 (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
George Ackel Jr., a successful real estate developer from Harahan and son of the late Louisiana Public Service Commissioner George Ackel Sr., died Nov. 11 of complications after a medical procedure. He was 57. George Ackel Jr. Mr. Ackel was...
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Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:32:48 GMT
Neely to play college ball for U of L Lafayette (Beauregard Daily News)
MERRYVILLE—Kyle Neely, a senior left-handed pitcher for the Merryville Panthers, has been awarded an athletic scholarship to play college baseball for the University of Louisiana Lafayette Cayennes.
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Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:45:25 GMT
C-Murder Asks For Appeal Funding (New Kerala)
November 14, 2009: Incarcerated rapper COREY MILLER has appealed to a Louisiana judge to declare him impoverished, because he has no money to fund an appeal for his second-degree murder charge.
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Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:11:45 GMT
Feds shut Naples-based Orion Bank (The News-Press)
Regulators shut down Naples-based Orion Bank on Friday and dealt most of its deposits and assets to a Louisiana bank.
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Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:32:38 GMT
Louisiana investigating Olde Oaks (The Shreveport Times)
The Louisiana inspector general's office is investigating why a $500,000 check from lot sales in Olde Oaks neighborhood near Haughton went missing for months instead of being paid into the pension fund to which it was owed.
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Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:16:30 GMT
Corey Miller - C Murder Asks For Appeal Funding (ContactMusic)
Incarcerated rapper COREY MILLER has appealed to a Louisiana judge to declare him impoverished, because he has no money to fund an appeal for his second-degree...
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Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:04:58 GMT
Four Louisiana metro areas ranked for sustaining economic growth (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
Four Louisiana metropolitan areas appear on a list of the areas that are best at sustaining economic growth. The 2009 Milken Institute/Greenstreet Real Estate Partners Best-Performing Cities list ranks areas according to how well they are creating and sustaining...
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Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:51:33 GMT
Our view: Hard work of rebuilding remains so (The Alexandria Town Talk)
The city of Alexandria is pushing hard to restore its capacity and reputation as a logical and cost-effective destination for convention business in Louisiana. This is smart, as we and other stakeholders have said many times.
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Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:29:48 GMT
Big-box stores for Nord du Lac near Covington being pushed again (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
The developer behind the large retail center planned along Interstate 12 and Louisiana 21 near Covington is renewing a push to bring big-box retailers to the site, despite the fact that nearby residents successfully fought several years ago to keep...
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Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:44:34 GMT
Louisiana Homestead Exemption Hurting Businesses (Bayou Buzz)
New data recently released by the Tax Foundation reconfirms the fact that the residential property tax burden in Louisiana is the lowest in the nation. The Tax Foundation is recognized as an unbiased source of the most accurate and up-to-date tax information in America .
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Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:06:44 GMT
La. may miss some benefits of homebuyer tax credit (Greater Baton Rouge Business Report)
(From The Times-Picayune ) Congress may have extended and expanded the homebuyer tax credit program last week, but concern is mounting among local real estate professionals and members of the Congressional delegation that many of the benefits may bypass Louisiana.
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Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:35:07 GMT
Ida's winds up to 105 mph; hurricane watch issued for Panhandle (Northwest Florida Daily News)
MIAMI — Forecasters say Hurricane Ida has strengthened to a Category 2 storm, and a hurricane watch was extended to the Florida Panhandle as Ida made its way across the Gulf of Mexico. The hurricane watch now stretches from southeastern Louisiana...
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