Hints and tips:
...says Lone Feifer, director for sustainable building at Velux....
...A black easel stands apart like a lone mourner at a funeral and a framed landscape painting hovers near the ceiling as if it had floated up there and got stuck....
...Chrissie Hynde, singer for The Pretenders rock group, this week slammed a neighbouring block under construction as a “monstrosity” that spoiled the view of the V&A Dundee....
...With a supple leather upper, a flatteringly snug ankle fit and a watertight construction, these boots are both stylish and sturdy — we like the orange ones best....
...Together, these high-tech ventures have benefited from $4.9bn in local, state and federal government support, such as grants, tax breaks, investments in factory construction and subsidised loans....
...Photographs: WeLive; Johnny Wolf; The Collective; Mekko Harjo; Monadnock Construction Inc...
...Last year, Starwood Capital, a private equity group, snapped up two main properties in Warsaw; Lone Star spent €160m on a 28 per cent stake in regional player Globe Trade Centre; and Blackstone bought a...
...Oak Hill bought Ohio-based Hillman in 2010 for $815m....
...North America again represented a lone bright spot, with retail machine sales up 14 per cent during the quarter, while all other regions reported declines of more than 18 per cent....
...North America represented a lone bright spot in overall sales, with retail machine sales up 6 per cent during the quarter....
...The planned equity issue is easily the biggest in Japan’s property and construction market, topping the Y144bn raised last year by Daiwa House, an Osaka-based developer....
...in Campofrío surged almost 11 per cent after Sigma said it had already acquired 44.5 per cent of the company including, through a 4.17 per cent stake sold by Caixabank, the Catalan lender, and the fund Oak...
...Unemployment is higher, there are more lone parents and a greater proportion of disabled people....
...It is all about different levels of service: lone advisers claim to offer a more personal touch while teams suggest they are able to offer a much deeper level of care....
...The unit has bleached oak floors, a high-spec German kitchen and private parking space. The asking price for a 185 sq m new-build penthouse in Prenzlauer Berg, bordering Mitte, is €1.7m....
...And despite some relaxation in the City’s attitude to tower block construction, it is Canary Wharf’s building schedule of ever higher towers that looks set to dominate the supply....
...That’s New Oak Capital’s head of commercial real estate, David Eyzenberg. He’s talking about pro-forma loans in Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (CMBS) — and well he might....
...& Construction....
...Hyundai Engineering & Construction tumbled 15 per cent after creditors named Hyundai Group as the preferred bidder to buy the country’s largest builder....
...Lone Star, the US private equity group, is likely to sell its 51 per cent stake in Korea Exchange Bank in the next six months, following two failed attempts to offload its stake party because of the backlash...
...A consortium led by an Abu Dhabi investment fund and a group led by a US builder were on Monday selected as preferred bidders for a controlling stake in South Korea’s Daewoo Engineering & Construction....
...Doosan Heavy Industries and Construction is looking to buy a Czech turbine maker amid signs that Korean groups are returning to the acquisition trail....
...KDB has recently been seen as a likely buyer for the financial division of Korea Post or even Korea Exchange Bank, which is controlled by US private equity firm Lone Star....
...Even for companies such as Daewoo Engineering & Construction, which engages in some defence-related business, foreign investment was welcome, he added....
...And even for companies like Daewoo Engineering & Construction, which engages in some defence-related business, foreign investment is welcomed, he added....
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