01/26/2012 - Taro Systems, Inc. Announces JMW Real Estate of Frankenmuth, MI as Newest Client to ProGold i2 and ViewMyListing.com.
Frankenmuth Michigan real estate sellers of JMW Real Estate have new on-line communication tool, to communication with the office and agent.Grand Rapids, MI (PRWEB) January 26, 2012 Taro System Inc. has partnered with JMW Real Estate to enhance customer service to real estate buyers, sellers and sales associates and to increase inner office efficiency. JMW Real Estate owner, Jeff Monchilov a top ...
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02/10/2012 - Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder lays out budget plan
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder presents his budget for the fiscal year that starts Oct. 1 ...
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02/09/2012 - Big House Is Perfect Setting for Winter Classic, But Casting of Red Wings, Maple Leafs Lacks Some Entertainment Value
In real estate, it's all about location, location, location. In that regard, the NHL couldn't have picked a better spot for their annual showcase when they formally announced on Thursday that next year's Winter Classic will be held at the Big House at the University of Michigan. Bigger isn't always better, but the spectacle of putting on the league's premier regular-season event before 100,000 ...
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02/09/2012 - NSB building sold for $1.6M
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A Rochester, N.Y.-based real-estate investment company recently purchased a Taco Bell here from the Michigan-based Bravo Food Group, doing business as BFG Florida LLC.
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02/01/2012 - Feds: Major SE Mich. Drug Ring Busted
An investigation of a major drug ring in southeastern Michigan has turned up more than $20 million in cash, as well as real estate and 10 vehicles, including a Rolls Royce and Bentleys, federal authorities said Wednesday.
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01/31/2012 - ANN ARBOR: Three of top five real estate deals in southeast Michigan take place in city last year
Three of the top five real estate transactions for southeast Michigan took place in Ann Arbor last year, Crain's Detroit is reporting.
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01/27/2012 - Poll: Romney loses to Obama in Michigan
WASHINGTON Two months ago, it appeared Michigan might well be prime real estate for Mitt Romney as he sought the Republican nomination for president.
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01/25/2012 - Romney Tax Returns Help Revive Effort to Overhaul Carried Interest Tax
The tax rate on carried-interest investment income earned by real estate partnerships, private equity investors and hedge fund operators has once again become an issue for national debate -- this time, all the way to the 2012 presidential campaign. Two prominent Michigan lawmakers announced that they are reviving efforts to reclassify the tax treatment for carried-interest income after ...
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01/22/2012 - Chicago celebrates music history in revived zone
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Music that went silent nearly 40 years ago on an historic stretch of Chicago's celebrated Michigan Avenue is poised to return, thanks to an unlikely mix of rock stars, politicians and real estate developers. Chicago has rezoned Motor Row -- near Chess Studios, the famed "home of the electric blues" -- as a live entertainment district, set to open in early 2013. The building ...
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01/22/2012 - A real estate revival?
The housing market in Southwest Michigan is showing signs of moving out of the doldrums, a recovery likely to continue at a slow pace for several years.
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01/20/2012 - Michigan home sales decline slightly for 2011 as national rate rises
The nation ended 2011 with a slight home sales gain, while Michigan finished with a slight loss, according to reports from real estate groups.
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01/20/2012 - 2011 home sales dip in Mich., up in U.S.
The nation ended 2011 with a slight home sales gain, while Michigan finished with a small loss, according to reports from real estate groups.
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01/20/2012 - Officials react to Snyder address
Positive or negative reactions to Gov. Rick Snyder's second State of the State address Wednesday depend largely on support or opposition to his ideas to reinvent Michigan.
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01/15/2012 - Detroit fastest-growing market for tech jobs
Michigan leads the nation in announcements of research and development facility projects, according to this month's issue of Site Selection , a real estate trade publication. The Norcross, Ga.
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01/12/2012 - Habitat Co. buys Lake Village of Ann Arbor, Windemere Park apartments for $85 million
Daniel Duggan - A Chicago-based investment firm is expanding its Michigan real estate portfolio with the purchase of two buildings in Ann Arbor.
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01/12/2012 - New Michigan Anti-Fraud Laws Send Warning to Notaries, Businesses: Accountability and Penalties Increasing
The National Notary Association , the leader in best practices, training, and advocacy for the nation’s community of 4.8 million Notaries, informs Michigan Notaries and employ
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01/09/2012 - Flagstar Bank Takes Three Floors at Troy Officentre
TROY, MI- Flagstar Bank , the largest financial institution in Michigan, is expanding from its current Troy headquarters into three floors at the 745,000-square-foot Troy Officentre complex.
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01/05/2012 - Septic system standby
BENTON HARBOR - The Berrien County Board of Health will wait to see if Michigan legislators pass a law this year regulating septic system inspections, and will have their own ordinance ready if a statewide initiative goes down the drain.
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01/05/2012 - Real estate gets stronger in Grand Rapids
The West Michigan region saw a slight decrease in housing sales but realtors in the City of Grand Rapids have good news. They saw an increase over last year. Housing sales inside Grand Rapids are up three percent.
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01/03/2012 - Hotel reportedly in works for Boul Mich landmark
A landmark at what could be Chicago’s most impressive corner is losing a major tenant and faces an identity crisis.The 360 N. Michigan building, at the southwest corner of Michigan and Wacker, will be mostly empty once its largest tenant, Crain Communications Inc., leaves in the spring. The owner of Crain’s Chicago Business is headed south to 150 N. Michigan.So the landlord of 360 N. Michigan ...
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12/29/2011 - 6 Sears, Kmart closures announced for Michigan
Sears Holdings Corp. said Thursday it will shutter a half-dozen Sears and Kmart stores in Michigan, a second major blow to the retail landscape after this year's closing of big box retailer Borders Group Inc.
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12/29/2011 - Oakman Place Apartments Ribbon Cutting - Provides Homes and Hope
Contact: Jill M. Haiser, Marketing and Communications Manager, Lutheran Child & Family Service of Michigan, +1-989-415-9391, jhaiser@lcfsmi.org
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12/29/2011 - Co-owner of Michigan Commercial Realty leaves to form real estate brokerage franchise
Dan Stewart, formerly a partner and co-owner of Ann Arbor-based Michigan Commercial Realty, recently left the company to form a franchise of Sperry Van Ness International.......
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12/27/2011 - Detroit casinos to set new record for annual revenue
Detroit's three casinos are on track to set a new annual revenue record in 2011 -- despite southeast Michigan's sagging real estate market and a recession only now starting to show signs of recovery.
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12/22/2011 - Meijer hopes to sell outlot properties at Ann Arbor-Saline Road store for development
Michigan-based grocery store chain Meijer hopes to sell two outlots at its Ann Arbor-Saline Road store, opening the door for developers or retailers interested in commercial real estate in one of the area's most high-trafficked retail corridors....
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12/18/2011 - Village Green plans new apartment projects
Daniel Duggan - With a new equity partner and a healthy outlook for Michigan and the city of Detroit, look for more projects from the Farmington Hills-based Village Green Cos. real estate company, said its chairman and CEO.
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12/13/2011 - Top 5: University of Michigan's biggest commercial real estate leases
The University of Michigan is one of the largest renters of private commercial real estate in the Ann Arbor region.
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12/09/2011 - Editorial: Troy should build new train station
Like a lot of Michigan cities, Troy is under pressure from citizens to hold the line on taxes while decreased real estate values and state revenue sharing have shrunk the tax base. But even under those circumstances, it would be a mistake for Troy to reject a long-planned Amtrak station and transit center.
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12/06/2011 - Vineyards yield success
ºWine industry succeeds in recession-weary Michigan. LAKE LEELANAU, Mich. -- A state thirsting for good economic news is toasting the success of an up-and-coming industry: winemaking.
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12/05/2011 - Michigan Wine
Wine industry succeeds in recession-weary Michigan
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12/02/2011 - Coolest Homes on America's Poshest Streets
BOSTON (MainStreet) -- New York's Central Park West, Chicago's Michigan Avenue and other famously upscale U.S. addresses offer people who buy homes there a special cache recognizable around the globe. "If you're talking to a business associate in South America and you tell them you live on Michigan Avenue, that automatically means something," Chicago real estate broker Phil Skowron says. "It's ...
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11/29/2011 - Newcastle Limited Buys Retail Investment Property on Michigan Avenue in Chicago's Loop
CHICAGO, IL--(Marketwire - Nov 29, 2011) - Newcastle Limited has acquired a 7,100-square-foot retail condominium located at 6 North Michigan Avenue in an all-cash deal for $10.1 million. Newcastle purchased the property on behalf of the firm's $500 million Chicago real estate investment platform. Doug Renner and Anthony Campagni of Baum Realty represented the seller in the transaction.
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11/27/2011 - China seeks clean tech
Tom Henderson - A real-estate development group overseeing one of the largest urban development projects in China has agreed to provide $30 million for an investment fund to help Michigan-based clean-tech companies ramp up production so they can sell to...
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11/26/2011 - High-Profile Realtor Charged With Stealing Ties
A president at a high-profile real estate firm is accused of shoplifting three ties from Michigan Avenue’s Bloomingdale’s on Black Friday, but his attorney said it was just a mistake because of the frenzy of holiday shopping.
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11/26/2011 - Realtor Charged With Stealing Ties
A president at a high-profile real estate firm is accused of shoplifting three ties from Michigan Avenue’s Bloomingdale’s on Black Friday, but his attorney said it was just a mistake because of the frenzy of holiday shopping.
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11/21/2011 - Students place second in real estate development competition
Alberto Albanelli, Michael Birach and Jordan Woodcock had only 72 hours to come up with a real estate developmental plan. The three students are a part of Central Michigan University’s Real Estate Development and Finance program within the finance and law departments in the College of Business Administration. Started in 2006 by Patrick Corcoran, associate professor [...]
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11/18/2011 - Friday Morning Quarterback: Michigan meets its mirror image
A weekly primer. GAME OF THE CENTURY OF THE WEEK NEBRASKA at MICHIGAN (-3½) • Noon ET, ESPN. What's at stake: For one thing, you have two huge, loyal fan bases that haven't seen each other in the regular season since 1962 and will have plenty to say to one another about 1997 . More directly, they're posturing for prime BCS real estate in January: The loser is done for in the Big Ten's Legends ...
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11/17/2011 - Michigan High Court Says Yes To Electronic Database Foreclosures
A ruling by the Michigan Supreme Court Wednesday overturned an lower court's decision that suspended thousands of foreclosures in the state. The new decision allows Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems (MERS), a third-party record-holding agency that acts on behalf of lenders to foreclose on homes.
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11/10/2011 - Carrier Carl Vinson, sailors ready for basketball
The courts are in. The stands are up. Late Thursday afternoon, basketball players from Michigan State and the University of North Carolina were warming up on the pricey real estate usually claimed by fighter jets.
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11/09/2011 - Romney’s Auto Bailout Opposition Highlighted in Home State
A prime target is former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, a Michigan native and front-runner in the primary race. Yesterday, the Democratic National Committee released a web video entitled, “Hit the road, Mitt.” The ad features the headline from a Nov. 18 New York Times essay in which Romney argues against the bailout, which read: “Let Detroit Go Bankrupt.”
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11/10/2011 - RealtyTrac releases October foreclosure data: How did Michigan fare?
Michigan saw a 12-month high in the number of default notices issued last month.
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11/08/2011 - Group says home prices in Saginaw area have dropped, again
Home prices are down in Mid-Michigan -- Real estate analyst group Core-Logic says that prices in Saginaw and Saginaw Township dropped in August and September.
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11/07/2011 - Companies honored for building and land use
Several West Michigan companies are being honored by the University of Michigan Urban Land Institute.
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11/06/2011 - Guest Opinion: Reforms needed to clamp down on mortgage fraud
Mortgage scams occur right here in our own backyard. Just two years ago, Michigan was ranked in the top 10 states with a mortgage fraud problem, according to the FBI.
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11/02/2011 - Bloomberg index: Pace of Michigan recovery surpassing all but North Dakota, thanks to autos
William Selway Bloomberg News - Michigan's economy is recovering from the recession at the second-fastest pace in the U.S., lifted by reviving carmakers and local manufacturers, according to a new Bloomberg index that tracks the pace of state growth.
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11/02/2011 - VIDEO: Fall 2011 Michigan Money Summit
Financial advice straight from the experts: Murray Feldman hosts the WWJ Newsradio 950's 2011 Fall Michigan Money Summit.
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11/01/2011 - Michigan Surpassing 48 States Shows Autos Drive U.S. Manufacturing Rebound
Michigan’s economy is recovering from the recession at the second-fastest pace in the U.S., lifted by reviving carmakers and local manufacturers, according to a new Bloomberg index that tracks the pace of state growth.
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10/30/2011 - Kevin Keating is president-elect of Central Michigan Association of Realtors
Kevin Keating was named president-elect of the Central Michigan Association of Realtors for 2012.
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10/27/2011 - Daniel Howes: Granholm-backed program instrumental in auto comeback
Former Gov. Jennifer Granholm may not appear on many short lists dispensing credit for the resurgence of auto production in Michigan, but maybe she should.
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10/26/2011 - Some building types that caused recession
University of Michigan professor and land-use strategist Christopher Leinberger has compiled a list of 19 standard real estate product types that have been prevalent for the past half-century. They include the grocery anchored neighborhood center, suburban detached starter homes, big-box anchored power centers, multi-tenant bulk warehousing and self-storage facilities. Emily Badger reports that ...
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